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

Explore Grants

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
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
Race Forward
2020
$50,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
16 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support the Government Alliance on Race and Equity Annual Membership Meeting, an educational gathering for members of a national government alliance focused on advancing racial equity
Grant
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
The Next Door, Inc.
2020
$1,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
1 month
For participation in a presentation
Grant
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
CASA of Oregon
2020
$50,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
  • Jackson
  • Josephine
For general operating support for this organization that provides housing for farmworkers and other marginalized populations in primarily rural areas
Grant
Luke-Dorf
2020
$180,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
To support deeper engagement with diversity, equity and inclusion work within the organization’s housing portfolio
Grant
Population
  • People with disabilities
Black United Fund of Oregon
2020
$200,000
Meyer Designated Program
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For general operating support of this organization working to increase philanthropic activity and fund organizations providing resources for underserved low-income communities and communities of color in Oregon; 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 organizations and systems-level
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
  • People of color
United Way of Lane County
2020
$200,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Lane
To achieve measurable progress on third grade reading for priority students in Lane County through the "Lane County Reads" program
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • 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
APANO Communities United Fund
2020
$35,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
To provide DEI training and organizational development assistance for this organization that serves Asian and Pacific Islander communities in Oregon
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Lower Columbia Hispanic Council
2020
$1,111
Building Community
Duration of Award
1 month
Support TypeProject Support
For participation in a systems change convening
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
2020
$9,690
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
For annual membership
Grant
Portland Leadership Foundation
2020
$150,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Columbia
  • Lane
  • Marion
  • Multnomah
  • Tillamook
  • Washington
To support the stabilization of justice-involved parents with children in foster care through community-based crews offering peer mentorship and access to long-term private market housing in Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties
Grant
High Desert Food & Farm Alliance
2020
$177,942
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Jefferson
To develop and implement a plan that will establish a sustainable, culturally relevant food system in the Warm Springs community
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People living on low incomes
Oregon Citizens' Utility Board
2020
$70,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support advocacy for energy policies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and eliminate environmental justice and affordability inequities
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
Beyond Toxics
2020
$185,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
25 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Jackson
  • Josephine
  • Lane
To advance shared environmental justice priorities of Black, Brown and Indigenous communities in Lane, Josephine and Jackson counties
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
Center for Diversity and the Environment
2020
$127,350
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
13 months
Support TypeProject Support
To support the Environment 2042 Leadership program, which provides training, technical assistance and leadership development for diversity, equity and inclusion to people of color involved in the Willamette River Basin restoration movement
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People of color
Innovation Law Lab
2020
$165,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For legal counsel, representation, litigation, advocacy and volunteer management in connection with the detention of immigrants at the Federal Correctional Institution in Sheridan, Ore.; this grant is awarded as a part of the Oregon Immigrant and Refugee Funders Collaborative, which addresses critical and time-sensitive issues facing immigrants and refugees
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • People of color
Asian Health and Service Center
2020
$150,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
For general operating support
Grant
Showing 361 to 380 of 417 entries