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

Awardee
Year
Type
Amount
Category
Forward Together
2020
$100,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
To build power among POC communities by strengthening civic participation, building cross-sector partnerships and raising the visibility of community leadership
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People of color
Institute for Nonprofit News
2020
$55,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 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
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
MACG Vision
2020
$35,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
For operating support to reduce social isolation by connecting community members
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • People of color
Momentum Alliance
2020
$100,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To strengthen Oregon's youth-led social justice movements by supporting youth-of-color-led organizations and supporting their roles as changes agents toward a more equitable and just society
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People of color
Momentum Alliance
2020
$100,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Marion
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
To strengthen Oregon's youth-led social justice movements by supporting BIPOC youth of color and creating opportunities for youth organizing and healing in the Portland Metro area and beyond
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People of color
Neighborhood Partnerships
2020
$60,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To advance economic empowerment and economic justice through a shared narrative, racial equity centered program, policy design and collective action
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People of color
Next Up
2020
$70,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Marion
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
To amplify the voices of diverse young people to achieve a more just and equitable Oregon
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Northwest Workers' Justice Project
2020
$90,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties ServedStatewide
To strengthen internal systems and staff capacity at this organization to better reflect those that it serves and assure continued protection of low-wage workers in Oregon
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • People of color
OPAL
2020
$100,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
To train grassroots organizers from historically-marginalized communities to lead advocacy campaigns
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Our Children Oregon
2020
$75,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support the organization's mission and ensure an equity centered recovery process is achieved through legislative decisions
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People of color
PBDG Foundation
2020
$160,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To increase access to public and private construction projects for minority and women subcontractors
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People of color
Prosecutor Impact
2020
$150,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To reframe the practice of prosecution in Oregon to address racial disparities and enhance equitable outcomes for communities served
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Proteus Fund
2020
$90,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support people of color-led organizations in Oregon in advancing a stronger, more equitable democracy
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People of color
REAP
2020
$70,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
To engage diverse African and Black communities in dialogue to promote cross-cultural understanding and connection
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • People of color
Street Roots
2020
$120,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
For operating support to create a larger sense of community for people who are disenfranchised from power and societal belonging.
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People of color
Verde
2020
$175,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To build power and wealth in low-income and people of color communities through community control of resources and investments
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • People of color
Verde
2020
$75,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
To create platforms for digital organizing, enterprise and justice, building an inclusive, participatory technology future with and for frontline communities
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • People of color
Willamette Valley Law Project
2020
$150,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Deschutes
  • Marion
  • Polk
  • Yamhill
To support statewide culturally specific community education and outreach programs and systems change efforts that center the strengths and needs of farmworkers and working Latinx families
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • People of color
Cascade Pacific Resource Conservation and Development
2020
$91,090
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Counties Served
  • Benton
  • Clackamas
  • Lane
  • Linn
For culturally sustaining STEM education focused on English Language Learners living along the Willamette River
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
Chemeketa Community College
2020
$185,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support the Biliteracy Pathway and Leadership Training for biliterate/bicultural teachers in Oregon
Grant
Population
  • People of color
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