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
On-the-Move Community Integration
2016
$50,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
13 months
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
To expand organizational capacity, invest in professional development and create an organizational equity and inclusion plan for this small nonprofit supporting adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Grant
Oregon Abuse Advocates and Survivors in Service (OAASIS)
2016
$90,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Counties ServedStatewide
To establish a survivor-led Strategic Action Council to increase the engagement of sexual abuse survivors in policy change
Grant
Oregon Law Center
2016
$88,628
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
36 months
Counties Served
- Washington
For a criminal expungement clinic in Washington County that helps low-income residents whose arrest and conviction records prevent them from obtaining housing and employment
Grant
Oregon Wild
2016
$19,200
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties ServedStatewide
For technical assistance to develop an equity strategy, provide diversity, equity and inclusion training to its staff and board, and to integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion strategies into an organizational strategic plan
Grant
Oregon Tradeswomen
2016
$100,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
13 months
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
To expand the Pathways to Success program, which provides pre-apprenticeship training and support to diverse women entering trades careers in the Portland metropolitan region
Grant
PassinArt: A Theatre Company
2016
$40,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
To support the a series of community-building events that address causes and consequences of youth violence through a theatrical production of "The Gospel of Loving Kindness," by Marcus Gardley, an art exhibit by artist James Pate, "KKK-Kin Killing Kin," and a series of four community forums
Grant
Portland Audubon Society
2016
$20,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
For technical assistance including equity training, diversity strategy implementation and planning, policies and practices that integrate diversity, equity and inclusion
Grant
REACH Community Development
2016
$88,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To expand services and to pilot new supports for self-sufficiency and stability at The Rose, a Southeast Portland property for women transitioning out of homelessness
Grant
ROSE Community Development Corporation
2016
$75,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To expand programming that helps residents achieve improved outcomes in health, education and early childhood development in Southeast Portland
Grant
ShelterCare
2016
$18,400
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties Served
- Lane
To develop a framework to capture and disseminate internal healthcare data that will encourage healthcare investment in housing throughout Lane County
Grant
The Forest Park Conservancy
2016
$25,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties Served
- Columbia
- Multnomah
- Washington
For technical assistance to develop an organizational equity strategy and provide equity training to staff and board members
Grant
Tualatin Riverkeepers
2016
$88,500
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Counties Served
- Washington
To add new staff to help deepen equity, diversity and inclusion impact in this organization's work protecting and restoring the Tualatin River system
Grant
United Community Action Network
2016
$32,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Counties Served
- Douglas
- Josephine
To support this backbone human service agency's efforts to develop effective service strategies for underserved people of color and members of the LGBT community in Douglas and Josephine counties
Grant
Voz Workers' Rights Education Project
2016
$25,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
For a plan to build environmental and climate justice capacity and prepare day laborers for green economy jobs
Grant
Western States Center
2016
$75,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties ServedStatewide
For the statewide, grassroots distribution of "The Architecture of Internment," an exhibit exploring how ordinary Oregonians pushed for the internment of Japanese Americans 75 years ago
Grant
Write Around Portland
2016
$40,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
To support creative writing workshops that give 200 east Multnomah County youths and adults facing cultural, social and economic barriers the opportunity to document their own stories
Grant
Yamhill Community Action Partnership
2016
$100,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Counties Served
- Yamhill
To implement a diversion program for Yamhill county residents on the verge of homelessness
Grant
1000 Friends of Oregon
2016
$95,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
To update and expand the Regional Equity Atlas, and to engage more community organizations with this tool for analyzing access to resources and opportunities by different populations
Grant
African American Alliance for Home Ownership
2016
$125,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
36 months
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For program support to deploy $3.2 million in homeownership assistance through Portland Housing Bureau's preference policy in North and Northeast Portland neighborhoods
Grant
ACLU Foundation of Oregon
2016
$150,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To support a campaign to engage communities of color with stakeholders within the criminal justice system to address racial and ethnic disparity in Multnomah County's criminal justice system
Grant