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

Awardee
Year
Type
Amount
Category
Coquille Indian Tribe
2020
$100,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Coos
  • Curry
  • Douglas
  • Jackson
  • Lane
To address pressing healthcare needs of Native American communities, utilizing a self-directed and culturally respectful approach
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
Critical Resistance Portland
2020
$10,000
Meyer Designated Program
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
For project support of Critical Resistance's Portland chapter operations dedicated to abolition of the prison industrial complex; this award; this grant was awarded as part of the Oregon Justice for Black Lives initiative, a five-year, $25 million investment in Black leadership, Black-serving organizations and systems-level change
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
  • People of color
Portland Jobs with Justice Education Fund
2020
$140,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
For operating support of this organization that educates and takes action for workers rights and economic justice, especially those most marginalized by our economic systems: people of color, immigrants, LGBTQ people and women
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • People of color
National Public Education Support Fund
2020
$10,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
For annual membership in this national hub for convening and connecting influential leaders in education philanthropy, advocacy, research, policy and practice
Grant
Nez Perce Tribe
2020
$138,824
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Counties Served
  • Wallowa
To integrate Nez Perce tribal knowledge into Wallowa Lake management and explore reintroduction of native sockeye to the lake
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
Albina Head Start
2020
$25,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
For general operating support for this organization that provides Early Head Start and Head Start services to families living on low-incomes
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
  • People of color
Benton Soil and Water Conservation District
2020
$70,164
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
To develop a map of restoration and conservation areas based on data, modeling and engagement
Grant
Initiative
Willamette River Initiative
Cascade Pacific Resource Conservation and Development
2020
$27,500
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
For project support to expand development of a collaborative basin-wide project between Willamette River drinking water providers and local soil and water conservation districts to improve agricultural practices, water quality and river health
Grant
Initiative
Willamette River Initiative
CAPACES Leadership Institute
2020
$2,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
1 month
Support TypeProject Support
For Farmworker Service Center's participation in a systems change convening
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Seeding Justice
2020
$60,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
7 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For the Since Time Immemorial Fund, an effort to rapidly deploy resources to Tribal communities across the region when opportunity or need arises
Grant
The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
2020
$300,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeCapital Support
Counties Served
  • Umatilla
To redevelop the Lucky 7 manufactured home park with new, high-efficiency homes on The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People of color
Portland Community Reinvestment Initiatives
2020
$75,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
For general operating support
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
  • People of color
Burns Paiute Tribe
2020
$173,884
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Grant
  • Harney
  • Malheur
For the Burns Paiute Tribe to exercise its sovereignty by protecting natural systems and salmon in the waterways of the Tribe's traditional homeland
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
Latino Community Association
2020
$1,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
2 months
For participation in the Gathering for Student Success
Grant
Innovation Law Lab
2020
$1,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
1 month
Support TypeProject Support
For participation in a systems change convening
Grant
Population
  • People of color
United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley
2020
$15,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
4 months
Support TypeProject Support
For relief support for communities facing hardship from wildfires in Marion, Polk and Yamhill counties
Grant
Our Children Oregon
2020
$75,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support the organization's mission and ensure an equity centered recovery process is achieved through legislative decisions
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People of color
Bienestar
2020
$50,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
3 months
Support TypeCapital Support
Counties Served
  • Washington
For pre-development support to further the development of Nueva Esperanza, an affordable multi-family apartment project in Hillsboro
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
Resolutions Northwest
2020
$55,363
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
2 months
Support TypeProject Support
For a restorative justice process to reduce disproportionate discipline for youths of color
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Port Orford-Langlois School District
2020
$19,247
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
  • Coos
  • Curry
To develop an ongoing funding strategy for the Ready, Set Learn! program serving Curry and Coos counties
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
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