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
Northwest Workers' Justice Project
2016
$130,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To bolster and expand efforts by the Northwest Workers' Justice Project to advance fairness and safety in the workplace for Oregon’s most vulnerable workers
Grant
Portland Jobs with Justice Education Fund
2016
$25,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For technical assistance for this agency that works to create alliance with diverse groups to advance economic justice at the intersection of workers' rights, racial justice and gender justice
Grant
Portland Jobs with Justice Education Fund
2016
$60,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For operating support for this agency that works to create alliance with diverse groups to advance economic justice at the intersection of workers' rights, racial justice and gender justice
Grant
Seeding Justice
2016
$10,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
4 months
To co-sponsor Giving Back: The Soul of Philanthropy, an exhibit of stories of the African American philanthropic experience and giving traditions grounded in faith, fellowship and social justice
Grant
Western States Center
2016
$25,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
6 months
To create the Oregon Tribal Literacy Project, a tribal, community and education coalition-building project to support the Oregon American Indian/Alaska Native State Education Plan
Grant
Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians
2016
$15,050
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
To convene a Tribal Water Forum in Summer 2017, which will bring the nine federally-recognized Oregon tribes together along with key state and federal partners and community leaders to capture Tribes’ common interests around water
Grant
Community Alliance of Tenants
2016
$70,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
12 months
For tenant outreach and mobilization by the Stable Homes for Oregon Families coalition, which operates in rural Oregon
Grant
Funders for LGBTQ Issues
2016
$5,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
7 months
To sponsor the 2017 Funding Forward Conference, an annual gathering of grantmakers committed to LGBTQ issues
Grant
Funders Together to End Homelessness
2016
$15,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
12 months
For annual membership
Grant
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees
2016
$4,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
For annual membership
Grant
Grantmakers of Oregon and SW Washington
2016
$10,940
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
For annual membership
Grant
Grantmakers of Oregon and SW Washington
2016
$50,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
24 months
For bridge funding and flexible operating support during GOSW's leadership transition
Grant
Hispanics in Philanthropy
2016
$6,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
For annual membership
Grant
Malheur Education Service District Region 14
2016
$50,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
To provide LEAP training to teachers to serve children disabilities and other complex needs in an inclusive school setting
Grant
NLIHC
2016
$3,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
12 months
For annual membership
Grant
Neighborhood Partnerships
2016
$6,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
6 months
To support an event in Portland with author Matthew Desmond highlighting the urgency of housing instability and poverty
Grant
Initiative
Affordable Housing Initiative
Neighborhood Partnerships
2016
$15,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
12 months
For technical assistance to hire a consultant to reset the organization's strategic goals, with a focus on an equity and inclusion lens
Grant
Initiative
Affordable Housing Initiative
Northwest Indian Housing Association
2016
$2,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
For 2017 and 2018 annual memberships
Grant
St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County
2016
$20,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
3 months
To address immediate needs at a manufactured home park in Northeast Portland being acquired by SVDP, including deconstruction of abandoned homes, testing for meth-related chemicals, and general cleanup
Grant
The Library Foundation
2016
$5,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
3 months
To widen the engagement and reach of Everybody Reads 2017, focusing on Matthew Desmond's book "Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City"
Grant
Initiative
Affordable Housing Initiative