Awards Database
Since 1982, Meyer has awarded grants and program-related investments totaling more than $930 million to more than 3,500 organizations around the Pacific Northwest.
Awards Since Inception
41
Years
3,500
Organizations
$930m
Awarded
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This database includes more than 9,000 grant awards Meyer Memorial Trust has made since 1982. It is updated quarterly. Use the filters below or search to refine your view. For assistance with more complex inquiries into Meyer's grants, please contact our Grant Operations team at grantops [at] mmt.org (grantops[at]mmt[dot]org).
Awards Database
Allen Temple CME Church
2022
$80,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To support community outreach programs, including culturally-specific drug, alcohol, HIV/AIDs outreach and support, for the African American and Black communities in inner North/Northeast Portland
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People living on low incomes
Portland Institute for Contemporary Art
2022
$150,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To support A Black Artist Ecology Project that continues to sustain and showcase Black artists through space development, material and production support as well as collaborative, site-responsive, culturally specific, place-staking projects in Multnomah County
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- Women or girls
PBDG Foundation
2022
$200,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support Black entrepreneurs in the construction trade by building skills and accessing resources
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- Women or girls
- People living on low incomes
Center for African Immigrants & Refugees Organization
2022
$50,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Washington
- Multnomah
- Clackamas
For general operating support of this organization which offers culturally specific support to African immigrant students and their families
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People living on low incomes
- Immigrants and/or refugees
Rejoice! Diaspora Dance Theatre
2022
$50,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Washington
- Multnomah
For general operating support of this organization, which seeks to diversify the contemporary dance landscape with untold stories and under-told perspectives from communities of color
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People living on low incomes
- Immigrants and/or refugees
Elevate Oregon
2022
$150,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To build relationships with youth that promote education, self-reliance and achievement in the Parkrose School District
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Bridge-Pamoja
2022
$50,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Washington
- Multnomah
For bridging cultural divisions between African and African American communities through storytelling, community building, educational convenings and crisis response services throughout Multnomah and Washington County
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People living on low incomes
- Immigrants and/or refugees
Columbia Slough Watershed Council
2022
$26,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Washington
- Multnomah
- Clackamas
To support mindfulness nature activities for people of color in Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington County
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People living on low incomes
- Immigrants and/or refugees
Ten, Tiny, Talks
2022
$125,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support theatre programming and residency for Black and Native artists throughout Oregon
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
Black Educational Achievement Movement
2022
$100,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Tillamook
- Multnomah
- Clatsop
- Clackamas
For general operating support of this organization which works to improve Black student achievement and social emotional health
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Going Home II
2022
$50,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For general operating support of this organization focused on assisting those in transition from the prison system back to community
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People living on low incomes
Sabin Community Development Corporation
2022
$100,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For general operating support of this organization, which works toward social equity by stabilizing and improving the livability of culturally diverse Portland neighborhoods by assuring the availability of long-term affordable rental and land trust housing for low- and moderate-income residents throughout Oregon
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- Women or girls
Equitable Giving Circle
2022
$100,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Yamhill
- Washington
- Multnomah
- Hood River
- Columbia
- Clackamas
To support the BIPOC community via food distribution services
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People living on low incomes
- Immigrants and/or refugees
Cerimon House
2022
$50,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For general operating support of this organization that plans to bring a racial justice lens to this art space in Multnomah County through the new Artistic Director Vin Shambry
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People with disabilities
Community Doula Alliance
2022
$200,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Washington
- Multnomah
- Linn
- Lincoln
- Clackamas
- Benton
For general operating support of this organization that provides culturally-matched doula care for Black communities in Benton, Linn, Lincoln and the Portland Metro area
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- Women or girls
- People living on low incomes
The Numberz FM
2022
$150,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Washington
- Multnomah
- Clackamas
To support this station as it strengthens their youth training program and improves work readiness for BIPOC immigrant and refugee youth in Portland
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- Women or girls
- People living on low incomes
Black Food Sovereignty Coalition
2022
$100,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Washington
- Multnomah
- Columbia
- Clackamas
For support of economic sovereignty in Black food systems
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People living on low incomes
- Immigrants and/or refugees
University of Oregon Foundation
2022
$75,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Lane
For project support for this organization, which addresses barriers in higher education by connecting Black students to existing resources on and off campus, both through unique, signature programming and collaborative efforts in Lane County
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
The Highland Haven
2022
$40,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For general operating support of this organization working to improve the lives of Black children and their families through educational supports and other pro-social activities
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People living on low incomes
Communities United for People
2022
$120,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For project support for Black Oregonians to build shared abolitionist vision focused on the intersections of the carceral and immigration systems in Multnomah County
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees