Grant County to receive over $1.3M in PILT funding
By Logan Bagett on Tuesday, June 30th, 2026 in Eastern/Southeast Oregon News More Top Stories
GRANT COUNTY – Federal Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) funding has been announced for each of Oregon’s 36 counties. Grant County is slated to receive $1,311,810 for a total of 1,779,063 acres of federal land. A release from Senators Wyden and Merkley explains, “Because local governments cannot tax federal lands, annual PILT funding helps to defray the costs associated with maintaining important community services in counties with federal lands.”
PILT compensates counties for tax-exempt federal lands administered by federal agencies. Payments are calculated based on the number of acres of federal land within each county or jurisdiction and the population of that county or jurisdiction.
