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
350Deschutes
2020
$70,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Crook
  • Deschutes
  • Jefferson
To advocate for and support implementation of clean energy and efficiency upgrades for residents living on low-incomes in Deschutes County
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People living on low incomes
IRCO
2020
$100,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Malheur
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
To reduce barriers for immigrants and refugees in accessing legal information and assistance, including refugee and asylum status adjustment, naturalization, disability waivers, work permits, green card renewals and certificates of citizenship
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
Tides Center
2020
$21,600
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
3 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
  • Benton
  • Clackamas
  • Lane
  • Linn
  • Marion
  • Multnomah
  • Polk
  • Washington
  • Yamhill
For technical assistance to support hiring a co-executive director for the Willamette River Network
Grant
Operation Nightwatch - Portland
2020
$25,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
To launch a program that will build relationships with women that are houseless with the goal of preparing them to access housing opportunities in Multnomah County
Grant
Population
  • Crime/abuse survivors
  • Women or girls
Next Up
2020
$70,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Marion
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
To amplify the voices of diverse young people to achieve a more just and equitable Oregon
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Children's Forest of Central Oregon
2020
$59,915
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Crook
  • Deschutes
  • Jefferson
For a collaborative that supports increasing outdoor access for central Oregon’s Latinx communities
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • People of color
United Way of Linn, Benton & Lincoln Counties
2020
$15,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
4 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Benton
  • Lincoln
  • Linn
For relief support for Linn County communities facing hardship from wildfires
Grant
Hacienda Community Development Corporation
2020
$300,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
To support development of a replicable, community-based, affordable ADU development model aimed at increasing the supply of affordable rental housing and creating stability for homeowners with modest incomes in neighborhoods experiencing gentrification and displacement
Grant
Initiative
Affordable Housing Initiative
Population
  • People of color
Urban League of Portland
2020
$200,000
Meyer Designated Program
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
For general operating support of one of Oregon’s oldest civil rights and social service organizations, empowering African Americans and others to achieve equality in education, employment, health, economic security and quality of life; 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
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
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
Northwest Environmental Defense Center
2020
$200,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
28 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support a collaborative effort to reduce diesel particulate emissions and health impacts, particularly in low-income communities of color, by influencing regulations and rules governing diesel emissions
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
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
Grantmakers of Oregon and SW Washington
2020
$10,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support the 2020 Grantmakers as Changemakers Conference, which brings together more than 200 diverse philanthropists and thought leaders in Oregon and Southwest Washington to generate partnerships and develop funding innovations
Grant
Verde
2020
$75,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
To create platforms for digital organizing, enterprise and justice, building an inclusive, participatory technology future with and for frontline communities
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • People of color
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon
2020
$35,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
15 months
Counties Served
  • Linn
  • Marion
  • Polk
For completion of the Chankawan Wildlife Area Restoration Alternatives Analysis
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People living on low incomes
Oregon Student Foundation
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
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