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
Northwest Coastal Housing
2020
$10,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeCapital Support
Counties Served
- Lincoln
Capital Fund Request-New Construction: Veteran/Workforce Housing, Toledo, OR
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- Veterans
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
Willamette Riverkeeper
2020
$31,844
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
32 months
Support TypeProject Support
For completion of the Willamette Mission Floodplain Reforestation project and restoration of the largest tract of intact, reproductive floodplain forest in the Willamette Valley
Grant
Initiative
Willamette River Initiative
Verde
2020
$240,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For operating support of this organization that works to secure social and economic benefits for low-income people and people of color through social enterprise, outreach and advocacy
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Latino Network
2020
$1,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
2 months
For participation in the Gathering for Student Success
Grant
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
Unite Oregon
2020
$25,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To advance conversations about dismantling anti-Black racism within immigrant, refugee, and asylee communities in Oregon; this grant was awarded as a part of the Oregon Immigrant and Refugee Funders Collaborative, which addresses critical and time-sensitive issues facing immigrants and refugees
Grant
World Stage Theatre
2020
$25,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For general operating support
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People of color
Mid-Columbia Economic Development District
2020
$120,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Counties Served
- Hood River
To support implementation of the Hood River County Energy Plan to increase energy resilience and equitable access to clean energy solutions
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Imagine Black
2020
$200,000
Meyer Designated Program
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For general operating support of this organization that envisions a world where people of African descent enjoy the rights, resources and recognition of a thriving, resilient and connected community; 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 change
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People of color
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
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
Immigration Counseling Service
2020
$199,975
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties Served
- Baker
- Benton
- Crook
- Deschutes
- Gilliam
- Grant
- Harney
- Hood River
- Jefferson
- Lincoln
- Linn
- Malheur
- Marion
- Morrow
- Polk
- Sherman
- Umatilla
- Union
- Wallowa
- Wasco
- Wheeler
For immigration legal services that provide immediate and meaningful access to a host of fundamental human rights
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
Partnership for Safety and Justice
2020
$2,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
1 month
Support TypeProject Support
For participation in a systems change convening
Grant
Population
- People of color
Coalition of Communities of Color
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
Habitat for Humanity of Oregon
2020
$225,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
8 months
Support TypeCapital Support
Counties Served
- Benton
- Clackamas
- Clatsop
- Columbia
- Coos
- Deschutes
- Douglas
- Hood River
- Jackson
- Jefferson
- Josephine
- Lane
- Lincoln
- Linn
- Marion
- Morrow
- Multnomah
- Polk
- Tillamook
- Umatilla
- Union
- Wasco
- Washington
- Yamhill
To develop the Rapid Rehome Fund to support Oregonians experiencing houselessness as a result of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Save Our wild Salmon Coalition
2020
$192,280
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support grassroots organizing to restore the lower Snake River and its endangered salmon and steelhead
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
Family Access Network Foundation
2020
$75,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Crook
- Deschutes
- Jefferson
For general operating support of FAN Advocate Services across Deschutes, Crook and Jefferson counties
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
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
United Way of Lane County
2020
$15,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
4 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Lane
For relief support for Lane County communities facing hardship from wildfires
Grant