Columbia-Willamette Clean Cities Coalition, Inc.

Columbia-Willamette Clean Cities Coalition, Inc., a tax-exempt nonprofit based in Gresham, Oregon, operates as a federal grant recipient (88% of recent awards) and occasional contract awardee, delivering clean transportation infrastructure deployment, diesel equipment modernization, and stakeholder engagement services to the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Energy. The organization does not hold federal contract IDVs or operate as a subcontractor on contracts; its footprint is almost entirely grant-based, with sub-recipient arrangements for equipment procurement and implementation support on individual awards.

The Coalition's federal work concentrates on Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) grants and Department of Energy Transportation Technologies Office cooperative agreements. Representative work includes a $6.28 million EPA Region 1 project grant (awarded July 2024, completion June 2026) to replace three excavators and five dump trucks with Tier 4 EPA-certified diesel equipment at Schnitzer Steel Industries' Everett Port facility in Massachusetts, reducing NOx emissions by 86 tons over equipment lifetime; a $1.0 million EPA Region 4 grant (July 2024 to June 2026) to replace eight pieces of construction equipment in Georgia (three excavators, one rubber-tire dozer, four cranes) with Tier 4 or electric machinery, mitigating 18 tons of lifetime NOx; and a $215 thousand Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy cooperative agreement (April 2026 to March 2027) to provide outreach, engagement, and market-tracking services supporting the Clean Cities and Communities program in the Coalition's Oregon service territory. A December 2024 purchase order from EPA Region 9 valued at $50 thousand covers sponsorship and logistical support for the West Coast Collaborative Partners Meeting in March 2025.

Customer concentration is dispersed across EPA regional offices and the Department of Energy. The Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy funds six awards; EPA Region 10 has placed five awards totaling $300 thousand in combined potential value; and EPA Regions 1, 4, and 9 each hold one to three awards. The Coalition obligated $28.8 million across all recent awards — approximately 30,859% of combined potential value, indicating heavy upfront obligation of multi-year grant commitments. Three awards face completion within the next twenty-four months, carrying a combined potential value of $50 thousand in recompete exposure.

On grant sub-recipient arrangements, the Coalition has engaged Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. as the sub-awardee responsible for equipment procurement, operation, and ownership across multiple DERA projects in Massachusetts, Georgia, Washington, and Oregon. Skookum Environmental Advisors, a certified emerging small business, provided sub-recipient support on the Georgia project for EPA grant compliance and DERA requirements verification. The Coalition also received sub-awards from World Resources Institute (August 2025, electric school bus adoption outreach and training) and Washington State University (July 2024, zero-emission vehicle barriers elimination and tribal engagement).

Activity shows concentration in 2024 (six awards) following a sparse 2022 (one award) and single awards in 2025 and 2026 to date. The capability portfolio centers on grant administration for clean fleet modernization, fossil-fuel equipment replacement with EPA-certified Tier 4 or electric alternatives, emissions inventory tracking, and community engagement around zero-emission vehicle adoption and workplace electrification readiness — all rooted in the Coalition's mission to reduce transportation emissions and diesel air toxics in the Pacific Northwest and supported communities nationwide.