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 Regional Education Service District
2021
$104,700
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
7 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Tillamook
- Washington
To accelerate workforce diversity, embed current statewide equity initiatives and implement targeted culturally responsive professional development for K-12 educators and educator preparation programs in Oregon
Grant
Population
- People of color
Portland State University Foundation
2021
$104,986
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
20 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
To accelerate workforce diversity, embed current statewide equity initiatives and implement targeted culturally responsive professional development for K-12 educators and educator preparation programs in Oregon
Grant
Population
- People of color
Center for NonProfit Legal Services
2021
$50,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Jackson
To conduct outreach, offer education and provide legal services that will assist in the integration and inclusion of immigrants in Southern Oregon
Grant
Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon
2021
$50,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To ensure the rights of immigrants and others who have been systematically excluded from food access to nutrition programs
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People of color
Pueblo Unido PDX
2021
$57,475
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To provide training and accreditation for Mesoamerican Indigenous interpreters to assist immigrants seeking a new home in Oregon
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland Metropolitan Area
2021
$70,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
To support equity-focused out-of-school programming for priority students in Multnomah and Washington Counties
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
AYCO
2021
$179,468
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To scale AYCO's holistic supports for Somali students in Washington County
Grant
Population
- People of color
- People with disabilities
Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians
2021
$100,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Douglas
To support a Tribal after-school program serving Native youth in Douglas County
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People living on low incomes
Black Parent Initiative
2021
$185,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
For culturally specific, relationship-focused, school-based supports for African American and Black students and their families in Multnomah County
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Willamette Neighborhood Housing Services
2021
$200,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Counties Served
- Marion
For an innovative collaboration with Farmworker Housing Development Corporation to support Latinx homeownership in the Willamette Valley
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Northwest Coastal Housing
2021
$168,680
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Counties Served
- Lincoln
- Tillamook
To support increased capacity in asset management and housing development in Lincoln and Tillamook counties
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
- Veterans
The Klamath Tribes
2021
$185,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Klamath
For support of legal work and advocacy to advance the Klamath Tribes' efforts to protect the endangered C'waam and Koptu fish through better management of the Upper Klamath Lake ecosystem
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People living on low incomes
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
2021
$185,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Benton
- Clackamas
- Coos
- Douglas
- Klamath
- Lane
- Lincoln
- Linn
- Marion
- Multnomah
- Polk
- Tillamook
- Washington
- Yamhill
To secure traditional ecological knowledge and integrate it with conservation practices to increase access to cultural resources and strengthen land management
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Coalition of Communities of Color
2021
$6,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For general support
Grant
Population
- People of color
Kor Community Land Trust
2021
$125,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Counties Served
- Crook
- Deschutes
- Jefferson
To support the construction of five permanently affordable, net zero homeownership cottages over 24 months
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
- Women or girls
United Way of the Columbia-Willamette
2021
$150,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support the We Draw Oregon campaign, a BIPOC-led, statewide effort to drive civic engagement for an equitable 2021 redistricting process
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People of color
- People with disabilities
Na'ah Illahee Fund
2021
$180,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For investment in Native communities through funding of Indigenous-led projects focused on food sovereignty, community crisis relief, green infrastructure and ending gender-based violence as well as community-responsive technical assistance
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
Pride Foundation
2021
$200,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To provide project support for Pride Foundation's operations and participatory, BIPOC-centered grantmaking in Oregon
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People of color
Multnomah Education Service District
2021
$81,282
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To accelerate workforce diversity, embed current statewide equity initiatives and implement targeted culturally responsive professional development for K-12 educators and educator preparation programs in Oregon
Grant
Population
- People of color
Salem-Keizer Coalition for Equality
2021
$150,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Marion
To support parent and community engagement and systems change in Salem Keizer School District for Latino/a/x students and families
Grant
Population
- People of color