Awards Database

Since 1982, Meyer has awarded grants and program-related investments totaling more than $1 billion to more than 3,800 organizations around the Pacific Northwest. 

Awards Since Inception

43
Years
3,800
Organizations
$1B
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
OR
2022
$150,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To increase the number of Black educators and administrators in Oregon
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Confluences
2022
$3,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
4 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To provide technical assistance for the Equitable Education portfolio's Oregon Collective Summit, a virtual event for educators of color
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Multnomah Education Service District
2022
$100,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties ServedStatewide
For support of The Black Educators Project, a community-driven partnership to increase the number of Black educators in Multnomah County and across Oregon
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
  • People living on low incomes
IRCO
2022
$100,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
  • Marion
  • Malheur
To improve Black/African Immigrant and refugee students' academic, social and emotional outcomes throughout Oregon
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
Better Together Central Oregon
2022
$75,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties Served
  • Deschutes
For the Father’s Group, an organization supporting Black fathers reimagining public safety and education in Bend
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
  • People living on low incomes
YWCA of Greater Portland
2022
$50,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
To provide leadership development, life skills instruction and a sense of community responsibility for middle to high school age girls in the Portland area
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
  • Women or girls
  • People living on low incomes
Portland Taiko
2022
$1,500
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
1 month
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
For an interactive performance at the Oregon Collective Summit
Grant
Willamette Valley Law Project
2022
$23,300
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Polk
  • Marion
  • Lane
  • Josephine
  • Jackson
  • Douglas
For a collaborative that will elevate the voices of Latinx, indigenous and migrant workers working in the timber and agriculture sectors to help improve land management practices and worker protections
Grant
Population
  • People of color
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
JOIN
2022
$65,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To mobilize and support people experiencing severe housing insecurity and instability in ways that inform public decisions around housing across the state
Grant
Population
  • People of color
  • People living on low incomes
iUrban Teen
2022
$75,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
  • Washington
  • Multnomah
  • Clackamas
For general operating support of this organization focused on providing academic, social and emotional support for Black and Brown students who have struggled in traditional educational settings
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
  • People living on low incomes
Outgrowing Hunger
2022
$50,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
To provide project support for this organization which works to advance economic opportunity for Black youth and their families
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
  • People living on low incomes
WaterWatch
2022
$55,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For operating support of this organization that protects and restores streamflows in Oregon's rivers and reforms outdated water policies
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
Center for African Immigrants & Refugees Organization
2022
$50,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
  • Washington
  • Multnomah
  • Clackamas
For general operating support of this organization which offers culturally specific support to African immigrant students and their families
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
Going Home II
2022
$50,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
For general operating support of this organization focused on assisting those in transition from the prison system back to community
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
  • People living on low incomes
Albina Vision Trust
2022
$400
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
1 month
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
For participation in JOBL's Grant Review Committee
Grant
PBDG Foundation
2022
$80,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For industry specific software needs for its construction business training program used by minority and women subcontractors
Grant
Population
  • People of color
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
Social Good Fund
2022
$50,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Josephine
  • Jackson
To prepare young Latinx/Indigenous people in Southern Oregon to be the leaders in their communities to confront the realities of climate disaster and build solidarity economies
Grant
Population
  • People of color
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
The Highland Haven
2022
$40,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
For general operating support of this organization working to improve the lives of Black children and their families through educational supports and other pro-social activities
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
  • People living on low incomes
Youth Organized and United to Help
2022
$75,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For general operating support of this organization working to build capacity for youth-led leadership across the state
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
PBDG Foundation
2022
$15,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties Served
  • Washington
  • Multnomah
  • Clackamas
For participation in the housing leaders antiracist cohort to increase racial justice commitment among affordable housing organizations and improve understanding of how to advance diversity, equity and inclusion through its work
Grant
Population
  • People of color
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