Introducing Meyer's Tribal Partnership Strategy | Our Commitment to Sovereign Nations
There’s a saying in Indian Country that goes, “If you’ve met with one tribe, you’ve met with one tribe.” This saying reveals an important truth: while the...
Meyer accelerates racial, social and economic justice for the collective well-being of Oregon’s lands and peoples.
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2024 Funding Opportunity
Thank you to everyone who applied to our 2024 Funding Opportunity. We received over 850 applications under our three issue-based priority areas — Our Resilient Places, Our Empowered Youth and Our Collective Prosperity. Our grantmaking team will spend the following months reviewing your proposals. We will inform all applicants of our funding decisions by February 2025 at the latest.
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Our Place in Oregon History
Meyer Memorial Trust is rooted in Portland's Historic Albina community and will never forget its connection to the state’s entire, complicated history. At the same time, we will continue to do our best to connect resources to solutions that make all communities stronger and healthier.
This video offers a glimpse into our headquarters campus and Oregon's rich and diverse history.
A New Resource for Grantees
Center for Great Purposes Opens for Reservations
Meyer now offers a free event space to all current grantees! Organizations with an active Meyer grant may reserve the space and enjoy its many amenities.
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Notable Numbers from the Road
Our team is back from the road after more than a dozen statewide info sessions. We're feeling very excited, a little exhausted and more inspired than ever by...
Climate Justice as Reparative Justice
As Oregon ramps up its efforts to become a 100% clean energy state by 2040, a coalition of nonprofits is paving the way for communities of color to be active...
Announcing Our Funding Goals, Strategies and Grantmaking Plans for 2024
I was talking to a friend recently about the moments in our lives where we felt part of something bigger than ourselves, larger than one person or...
What Does Justice Require? At Meyer, a Multi-faceted Approach to Grantmaking
As you heard last month from Vice President of Impact, Kim Melton, Meyer has been working to build the strongest program strategy we can, incorporating a mix...
Oregon Leaders You Should Know: Michelle Yemaya Benton
Michelle Yemaya Benton is the executive director of Black Community of Portland, a Justice Oregon for Black Lives grantee partner. We caught up with her to...
Sharing the Path on Our Journey Towards Justice
In his 1988 novel "Arrow of God,” Chinua Achebe quotes a well-known Igbo proverb that says “The world is like a Mask dancing. If you want to see it well, you...
Breadth, Depth of Immigrant and Refugee Organizing Inspires Increased Funding for Movement Building
Last year saw a historic rise in the number of displaced people around the world and, tragically, a similarly unprecedented increase in anti-immigrant...
Moving ahead as "One Meyer"
Two years ago, I accepted the opportunity of a lifetime. At the time, Meyer was in the process of living into its newly adopted mission to accelerate racial...