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
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
2018
$6,850
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
For the second phase of a project to better understand cold water habitats in the Willamette River and enable river restoration groups to build this new knowledge into their work
Grant
Initiative
Willamette River Initiative
Housing Oregon
2018
$7,500
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
6 months
For conference sponsorship and travel scholarships to support the 2018 Fall Industry Support Conference, which brings together affordable housing and community development practitioners, policy makers and business partners for inspiration, skills-building and advocacy in Portland
Grant
Initiative
Affordable Housing Initiative
Oregon Robotics Tournament and Outreach Program
2018
$60,880
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
25 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support STEM equity by improving access and inclusion of priority youth throughout Oregon
Grant
Population
- People of color
- People with disabilities
Portsmouth Union Church
2018
$70,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
12 months
For capital support to build 20 new units of affordable housing in North Portland
Grant
Project Access NOW
2018
$35,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
To conduct diversity, equity and inclusion training within this agency working to improve the health and well-being in the Portland Metro area by ensuring access to care, services and resources for those most in need
Grant
REACH Community Development
2018
$7,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
12 months
For technical assistance to support fire testing and safety certification of construction methods designed for lower-cost development
Grant
Initiative
Affordable Housing Initiative
The Klamath Tribes
2018
$50,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
To support efforts in response to a siting of new fossil fuel infrastructure that would cross Klamath Tribal territory and negatively impact the Tribes' sacred cultural resources and surface waters
Grant
Black Educational Achievement Movement
2018
$35,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
To stabilize and expand existing programming for priority students in Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington Counties
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Black Educational Achievement Movement
2018
$40,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
For general operating support to stabilize and expand existing programming for priority students in Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Community Alliance of Lane County
2018
$94,500
Building Community
Duration of Award
36 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Lane
For operating support to continue this organization's work in Lane County: using arts as tools for social change, lifting marginalized voices and building common understandings of systemic oppression
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Corporation for Supportive Housing
2018
$35,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
To provide support for a collaborative of health systems and foundations developing a comprehensive plan for funding supportive housing in the Portland metro area
Grant
Earth Share of Oregon
2018
$25,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
17 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For capacity building support to facilitate diversity, equity and inclusion trainings and peer-learnings for Oregon member organizations of Earthshare
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
- Women or girls
Straub Environmental Center
2018
$50,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Benton
- Linn
- Marion
- Polk
- Yamhill
For capacity building support to design and implement culturally-relevant outdoor education programs that facilitate academic achievement, and college and career readiness for Latinx students in the Central Willamette Valley
Grant
Population
- English language learners
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Gorge Ecumenical Ministries
2018
$37,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Hood River
For project support to implement a county-wide ordinance to create an identification card program for Hood River County residents
Grant
Population
- Aging/elderly
- Crime/abuse survivors
- Immigrants and/or refugees
Housing Development Center
2018
$57,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
16 months
To support evaluation of Meyer’s Sustaining Portfolio Strategy, and housing providers and the preservation of aging affordable housing units in Oregon
Grant
North Portland Community Works
2018
$30,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For capacity building support to develop a strategic plan to stabilize and expand programing in Multnomah County
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Latino Network
2018
$35,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clatsop
- Jackson
- Malheur
- Marion
- Multnomah
- Polk
- Washington
- Yamhill
For project support to develop a statewide leadership development program between three organizations serving Latinx residents in Portland, Ontario and Woodburn counties
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Let's Talk Diversity Coalition
2018
$11,400
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
6 months
To fund an evaluation of organizational structure that will strengthen the long-term health of this diversity, equity and inclusion technical assistance provider
Grant
Lower Nehalem Community Trust
2018
$10,125
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
13 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Tillamook
For capacity building support to provide DEI training and organizational development assistance for this organization that conserves land in the Lower Nehalem-Neahkahnie Mountain region
Grant
National Korean American Service and Education Consortium
2018
$70,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeCapital Support
Counties Served
- Marion
For construction of a healing garden inside the Oregon State Penitentiary — serving 2,000 prison inmates to improve their mental health, get involved in activities and gain skills that would prevent recidivism
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
- People with disabilities