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
Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency
2019
$126,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Marion
To establish the ARCHES Family Stabilization program, which is a family-focused stabilization program for families living in the Mid-Willamette Valley
Grant
Oregon Natural Desert Association
2019
$175,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Crook
- Grant
- Harney
- Lake
- Malheur
- Wheeler
To strengthen partnerships with Tribes, including integrating restoration and conservation practices that reflect traditional knowledge with science-based practices to conserve and restore ecosystem health in Oregon’s high desert
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
Portland Homeless Family Solutions
2019
$180,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
36 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
For rapid intervention services to prevent homelessness for families living in Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
Bicycle Transportation Alliance
2019
$143,380
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
15 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
For project support of this organization focused on increasing regional transportation investments in the Portland Metro area to expand transportation choices and reduce transportation emissions in communities that experience disparities
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
NeighborWorks Umpqua
2019
$185,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
36 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Coos
- Curry
- Douglas
For capacity building to develop, preserve and improve affordable housing in Coos, Curry and Douglas counties
Grant
Population
- Aging/elderly
- People living on low incomes
WaterWatch
2019
$110,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 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
Neighborhood Funders Group
2019
$80,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support the Integrated Rural Strategies Group, which facilitates rural organizing, furthers the work of creating deep democracy in rural areas and uplifts working economies that are ecologically resilient and sustainable for generations to come
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
WaterWatch
2019
$10,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For technical assistance to develop an equity/environmental justice screening process and support integration of a water justice lens into this organization’s three-year strategic planning process
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians
2019
$249,968
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For project support of a collaborative effort and coordination with nine Oregon-based Tribes to develop and implement renewable energy, energy efficiency and greenhouse gas policies and investment projects
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
African American Alliance for Home Ownership
2019
$180,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
36 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Washington
To support Homeownership for Prosperity and Equity (HOPE), a collaboration between the African American Alliance for Home Ownership and Bienestar focused on cultivating wealth and increasing homeownership for communities of color living in Washington County
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Albertina Kerr Centers
2019
$300,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeCapital Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For capital support to develop 150 rental units of affordable housing for direct care professionals, people living on low incomes and people with intellectual and developmental disabilities in East Multnomah County
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People with disabilities
Bridge Meadows
2019
$300,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeCapital Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To increase affordable housing units in East Portland through replication of Bridge Meadows’ intergenerational housing model for foster youth, adoptive families and seniors
Grant
Population
- Aging/elderly
- People living on low incomes
Causa of Oregon
2019
$203,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
10 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To maintain investment in an immigrant inclusion plan that seeks to create a stronger immigrant rights infrastructure meshing community-based organizing, immigrant defense work, immigrant rights policy development and public discourse on immigrants to create inclusion throughout the state; this grant was awarded as part of the Oregon Immigrant and Refugee Funders Collaborative, which addresses
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
Unite Oregon
2019
$250,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
- Washington
To establish the SW Equity Coalition Steering Committee, a collaboration between the Community Alliance of Tenants, Metro and Unite Oregon that will build capacity among communities in the Southwest corridor of Portland and oversee implementation of the SW Corridor Equitable Development Strategy
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
City of Salem
2019
$238,856
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
66 months
Support TypeProject Support
For floodplain forest habitat restoration at Salem's Minto-Brown Island Park
Grant
Initiative
Willamette River Initiative
Clackamas Women's Services
2019
$250,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
To support transitional housing and wraparound services in Clackamas County for immigrants, refugees, survivors of human trafficking and people of color who have survived domestic violence
Grant
Population
- Crime/abuse survivors
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People of color
Ecotrust
2019
$250,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
25 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To support the Green Workforce Academy, an environmental workforce and career pathways program that provides green job training and creates environmental job opportunities for low-income Black and Native American young adults in the Portland Metro area
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People of color
Housing Authority of Washington County
2019
$250,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Washington
For a collaborative pilot program to develop a model to align permanent supportive housing services with the Medicaid payment system in Washington County
Grant
Population
- People with disabilities
The Nature Conservancy in Oregon
2019
$250,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Curry
- Jackson
- Josephine
To support a collaborative effort addressing escalating wildfire, smoke and a changing climate risks within dry, fire-dependent forests and surrounding communities of the Rogue River Basin in southern Oregon
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People living on low incomes
Women's Foundation of Oregon
2019
$100,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
13 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For operating support as this public foundation pilots a new Giving Project model and embarks on additional organizational transformation
Grant