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
Lane Community College Foundation
2022
$150,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
For project support for GRIOT: Greatness Rediscovered in Our Time, a mentorship program which provides culturally relevant intervention(s) and specializes in positively arming African American men in Lane County
Grant
RACE TALKS: Uniting to Break the Chains of Racism
2022
$100,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
To support RACETALKS which is a space for community members of color to learn from one another, build networks and gain traction in emerging work throughout the state
Grant
Kor Community Land Trust
2022
$60,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
For general operating support of this organization that provides affordable homeownership opportunities to Latine/x/a/os and families of color in Central Oregon
Grant
Nonprofit Association of Oregon
2021
$5,450
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
1 month
Support TypeProject Support
For participation in Meyer's DEI Consultant Gathering Series
Grant
The Funders Network Inc.
2021
$7,500
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
For annual membership
Grant
Skanner Foundation
2021
$10,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
1 month
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To support the Skanner Foundation Scholarship Program
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People of color
The Rosewood Initiative
2021
$35,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
0 months
Support TypeProject Support
Support for fiscally sponsored organization, Leaders Become Legends
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Brown Hope
2021
$125,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For general operating support for this community solution for racial justice, creating connection with Black, Brown, and Indigenous leaders through the heart, mind and voice to inspire our collective healing
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People of color
The Blueprint Foundation
2021
$25,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For general operating support for this organization that provides youth with resources and mentoring where opportunity gaps exist with a focus to uplift, educate and support the development of black-identified youth and other communities of color
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People of color
Southeast Uplift Neighborhood Program
2021
$15,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
0 months
Support TypeProject Support
Support for fiscally sponsored partner Black & Beyond the Binary Collective
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Center for Diversity and the Environment
2021
$5,450
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
1 month
For an honorarium grant to design, co-facilitate and participate in a DEI consultant learning series
Grant
Grantmakers for Education
2021
$11,200
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
For annual membership
Grant
Environmental Grantmakers Association
2021
$10,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
For annual membership
Grant
Willamette Valley Law Project
2021
$40,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
6 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For support to boost PCUN’s environmental justice advocacy capacity at this critical time, while they also sustain significant new mutual aid support for their communities, which have been hard hit by COVID and wildfires
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People of color
Women's Foundation of Oregon
2021
$200,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For general operating support of this Oregon-based organization that works to dismantle sexism, racism and structural oppression through the movement of resources and ideas
Grant
Population
- People of color
- Women or girls
Western States Center
2021
$100,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support the Oregon Inclusive Democracy Network
Grant
Institute for Nonprofit News
2021
$25,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
8 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support in depth reporting of the stories and voices of American Indian and Alaska Native people throughout Oregon
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- Indigenous communities and tribes
Street Roots
2021
$25,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
8 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For general operating support of this award-winning, nonprofit, independent news source focusing on social, economic and environmental justice
Grant
Population
- People of color
Next Up
2021
$25,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
8 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For general operating support of this statewide nonpartisan organization focused on innovative solutions for young Oregonians to learn about, debate and educate their neighbors about current events and issues of public concern
Grant
REAP
2021
$25,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
8 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
- Washington
To support the Bridge Program, a community-driven effort to bridge cultural divisions between African and African American communities through storytelling, community building and educational convenings
Grant