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
Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts
2020
$200,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For operating support of this network comprised of twenty land trusts working to advance land conservation in Oregon
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
Safe Routes to School National Partnership
2020
$185,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
For the Getting There Together Coalition that advocates for transportation improvements that prioritize communities experiencing disparities and historic underinvestment
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Leaven Community
2020
$92,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeProject Support
For Bridging the Gap, a project to build community capacity and support leadership development for culturally relevant environmental education in the Willamette River Basin
Grant
Initiative
Willamette River Initiative
Bienestar
2020
$75,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Washington
For general operating support for this organization that builds housing, hope and community for the wellbeing of Latinxs, immigrants and all families in need
Grant
Coquille Indian Tribe
2020
$100,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Coos
- Curry
- Douglas
- Jackson
- Lane
To address pressing healthcare needs of Native American communities, utilizing a self-directed and culturally respectful approach
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
Coalition of Communities of Color
2020
$75,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To support the Coalition of Communities of Color in efforts to co-create intersectional and innovative solutions that advance climate justice
Grant
Population
- People of color
Hacienda Community Development Corporation
2020
$300,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To support development of a replicable, community-based, affordable ADU development model aimed at increasing the supply of affordable rental housing and creating stability for homeowners with modest incomes in neighborhoods experiencing gentrification and displacement
Grant
Initiative
Affordable Housing Initiative
Population
- People of color
Habitat for Humanity of Oregon
2020
$50,000
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
Create COVID-19 Rapid Rehome Fund to expedite getting families into Habitat homes throughout Oregon
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Critical Resistance Portland
2020
$10,000
Meyer Designated Program
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For project support of Critical Resistance's Portland chapter operations dedicated to abolition of the prison industrial complex; this award; 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
REAP
2020
$1,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
2 months
For participation in the Gathering for Student Success
Grant
Multnomah Education Service District
2020
$250,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To advance education equity for racially and linguistically diverse students through increasing educator workforce diversity in Multnomah County
Grant
Population
- People of color
Brown Hope
2020
$10,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
6 months
Support TypeProject Support
For participation in a cohort of nonprofit executives, focusing on strategic communication that can drive results in a unique moment of social upheaval
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Forward Together
2020
$1,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
1 month
For participation in a presentation
Grant
Oregon Student Foundation
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
Virginia Garcia Memorial Foundation
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
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
Albina Head Start
2020
$25,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For general operating support for this organization that provides Early Head Start and Head Start services to families living on low-incomes
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People of color