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
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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
Urban League of Portland
2020
$200,000
Meyer Designated Program
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
For general operating support of one of Oregon’s oldest civil rights and social service organizations, empowering African Americans and others to achieve equality in education, employment, health, economic security and quality of life; this grant was awarded as part of the Oregon Justice for Black Lives initiative, a five-year, $25 million investment in Black leadership, Black-serving
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
  • People of color
The Funders Network Inc.
2020
$6,310
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
1 month
For membership dues
Grant
CAPACES Leadership Institute
2020
$2,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
1 month
Support TypeProject Support
For Farmworker Service Center's participation in a systems change convening
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon
2020
$35,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
15 months
Counties Served
  • Linn
  • Marion
  • Polk
For completion of the Chankawan Wildlife Area Restoration Alternatives Analysis
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People living on low incomes
Oregon Community Foundation
2020
$70,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For continued support of the Oregon Parent Education Collaborative to include program evaluation, technical assistance and shared learning opportunities
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
Grantmakers of Oregon and SW Washington
2020
$10,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support the 2020 Grantmakers as Changemakers Conference, which brings together more than 200 diverse philanthropists and thought leaders in Oregon and Southwest Washington to generate partnerships and develop funding innovations
Grant
Northwest Environmental Defense Center
2020
$200,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
28 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support a collaborative effort to reduce diesel particulate emissions and health impacts, particularly in low-income communities of color, by influencing regulations and rules governing diesel emissions
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
BARK
2020
$80,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Hood River
  • Multnomah
  • Wasco
To center racial equity in this community-based organization’s work to protect the Mt. Hood National Forest and surrounding federal lands
Grant
United Way of Linn, Benton & Lincoln Counties
2020
$15,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
4 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Benton
  • Lincoln
  • Linn
For relief support for Linn County communities facing hardship from wildfires
Grant
Northwest Health Foundation Fund II
2020
$200,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For the Reimagining Safety fund, supporting Black-led work to advance alternative public safety policies
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
  • People of color
Human Solutions
2020
$275,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
22 months
Support TypeCapital Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
To build 93 affordable housing units in East Portland with on-site support services for people living on low- and very-low income
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
Oregon State University Foundation
2020
$60,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
For contribution to the Beavers Care fund to provide COVID-related assistance to DACA and undocumented students who are not eligible for federal aid.
Grant
Population
  • People of color
JOIN
2020
$47,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
To support a collaborative effort between JOIN and Street Roots to utilize digital and print media to educate and engage Oregon communities in discussions about housing and homeless service investments in Multnomah County
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
Housing Oregon
2020
$120,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support this Portland-based organization's efforts to connect affordable housing providers in Oregon on the implementation of a statewide Housing Plan, local jurisdiction bond equity metrics and COVID-19 response
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
Columbia Land Trust
2020
$185,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Clatsop
  • Columbia
  • Hood River
  • Multnomah
  • Wasco
To develop a forest carbon model that provides opportunities for people living in the Pacific Northwest to connect to local climate solutions
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
Grantmakers of Oregon and SW Washington
2020
$10,940
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For annual membership
Grant
Resolutions Northwest
2020
$55,363
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
2 months
Support TypeProject Support
For a restorative justice process to reduce disproportionate discipline for youths of color
Grant
Population
  • People of color
NeighborWorks Umpqua
2020
$147,399
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Coos
  • Curry
  • Douglas
  • Jackson
  • Josephine
  • Klamath
  • Lake
To develop a Southern Oregon regional approach to build community capacity to permanently house justice-involved individuals through collaboration, rental tenant education and financial stabilization in Coos, Curry, Douglas and Josephine counties
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
Centro Latino Americano
2020
$77,500
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Lane
To establish the Latinx and Immigrant Family Wellness Hub, an emerging collaboration of three Latinx-serving organizations—Centro Latino Americano, Huerto de La Familia and Downtown Languages—in Lane County
Grant
Population
  • People of color
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