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
Incight Company
2020
$65,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support students with disabilities across Oregon by providing targeted curriculum
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People with disabilities
BARK
2020
$12,500
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
8 months
Support TypeProject Support
To support public education about the 2020 Oregon wildfires and impacts of post-fire logging in the Mt. Hood National Forest
Grant
Central City Concern
2020
$150,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To improve racial equity in private market housing placements for justice involved individuals through landlord education and network development in Multnomah County
Grant
Population
- People of color
National Indian Child Welfare Association
2020
$1,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
1 month
Support TypeProject Support
For participation in a systems change convening
Grant
Population
- People of color
Resources Legacy Fund
2020
$100,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support Tribal collaboration on state water issues and increase awareness of Tribal water priorities in Oregon
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
Salem-Keizer Coalition for Equality
2020
$500
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
2 months
For participation in the Gathering for Student Success
Grant
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
Northwest Native Chamber
2020
$160,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
For a collaborative effort between the Oregon Native American Chamber and Business for a Better Portland to ensure economic recovery efforts at the state and local level include a diversity of voices; and to build capacity to advance an equitable policy agenda
Grant
August Wilson Red Door Project
2020
$50,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
General operating support
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People of color
Rogue Climate
2020
$1,325
Building Community
Duration of Award
1 month
Support TypeProject Support
For participation in a systems change convening
Grant
Population
- People of color
The Next Door, Inc.
2020
$1,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
1 month
For participation in a presentation
Grant
Constructing Hope Pre-Apprenticeship Program
2020
$76,500
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
To implement a mentorship program to promote hiring and advancement for people of color, individuals coming from the criminal justice systems and community members from low-income households in construction trades
Grant
Population
- People of color
Rural Organizing Project
2020
$1,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
1 month
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For participation as a presenter in an educational webinar on environmental and social justice advocacy in Oregon
Grant
Friends of the Children - Portland
2020
$200,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Columbia
- Marion
- Multnomah
- Washington
- Yamhill
To support strategies for mitigating learning loss and negative impacts on education through long-term mentoring for priority youth
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
ACLU Foundation of Oregon
2020
$1,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
1 month
Support TypeProject Support
For participation in a systems change convening
Grant
Population
- People of color
Fair Housing Council of Oregon
2020
$15,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For technical assistance to support an internal focus on racial equity through organizational assessment and regional equity plans
Grant
JOIN
2020
$124,461
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To educate and inform public officials statewide about urgent housing needs and priorities by elevating and centering the voices of those with lived experience of homelessness and extreme housing instability
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Western States Center
2020
$10,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
1 month
Support TypeProject Support
For participation in a cohort of nonprofit executives, focusing on career coaching for strategic communication that can drive results in a unique moment of social upheaval
Grant
Native American Youth and Family Center
2020
$123,333
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To eliminate barriers to college and career readiness and cultivate a stronger college-going culture within Portland's Native American community
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
Impact NW
2020
$93,911
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
To hire a resident services supervisor to support and oversee five low-income housing sites across Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties
Grant
Population
- Aging/elderly
- Veterans