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
Black Community of Portland
2022
$100,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Washington
- Multnomah
To uplift the Black community of Portland through financial literacy and culturally responsive education for youth
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People living on low incomes
- Immigrants and/or refugees
Allen Performing Arts Inc.
2022
$25,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To engage the Black arts community to help heal individuals experiencing life’s most traumatic circumstances through creative productions in Multnomah County
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- Women or girls
- People living on low incomes
Built Oregon
2022
$100,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To increase the capacity of programs that provide culturally, community-relevant support for Black-owned businesses, and develop metrics to determine community impact
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Oregon Black Pioneers
2022
$50,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For general operating support of this organization that facilitates community healing through educational opportunities about historical Black Oregonians statewide
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Youth Organized and United to Help
2022
$75,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For general operating support of this organization working to build capacity for youth-led leadership across the state
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Friends of Noise
2022
$150,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties Served
- Washington
- Multnomah
- Clackamas
To assist Black residents in retaining and improving their homes in the Portland metro area
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People with disabilities
- People living on low incomes
Portland Housing Center
2022
$200,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Washington
- Multnomah
- Clackamas
For general operating support of this organization that provides pre-purchase counseling and downpayment assistance to Black and African American residents in Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington Counties
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
OR
2022
$150,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To increase the number of Black educators and administrators in Oregon
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Portland Art Museum
2022
$100,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Washington
- Multnomah
- Clackamas
Project support launch the Black Artists of Oregon: an exhibition to elevate and increase awareness of local Black artists contributions to art history in Oregon
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
NE STEAM Coalition
2022
$50,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For general operating support of this collaborative effort to improve access to STEAM education, activities and careers in technology for BIPOC youth in North and Northeast Portland
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- Women or girls
Brown Hope
2022
$250,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Washington
- Multnomah
For providing a roadmap on addressing healing and increasing trauma literacy in Black communities
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People living on low incomes
Urban League of Portland
2022
$200,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support economic justice for Black communities
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Portland State University Foundation
2022
$75,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To provide project support to develop the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School Museum of Contemporary Art in Multnomah County
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Multnomah Education Service District
2022
$100,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties ServedStatewide
For support of The Black Educators Project, a community-driven partnership to increase the number of Black educators in Multnomah County and across Oregon
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People living on low incomes
NAMC-Oregon
2022
$300,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
36 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Washington
- Multnomah
- Clackamas
For general operating support of this organization, which leverages resources across private, public and business partnerships to improve the economic outcomes for Black communities across the state
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
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
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
2022
$25,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Washington
- Multnomah
- Clackamas
For the C.H.U.R.C.H. Community Healing Project, which works to support restorative justice programs and reimagine public safety
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People living on low incomes
The Rosewood Initiative
2021
$35,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
0 months
Support TypeProject Support
Support for fiscally sponsored organization, Leaders Become Legends
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Brown Hope
2021
$125,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For general operating support for this community solution for racial justice, creating connection with Black, Brown, and Indigenous leaders through the heart, mind and voice to inspire our collective healing
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People of color
The Blueprint Foundation
2021
$25,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For general operating support for this organization that provides youth with resources and mentoring where opportunity gaps exist with a focus to uplift, educate and support the development of black-identified youth and other communities of color
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People of color