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
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
Community Cycling Center
2020
$90,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Marion
- Multnomah
To provide STEM education for underserved youth in Marion and Multnomah counties through the lens of bicycle mechanics
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Community Development Partners
2020
$50,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
36 months
Support TypeCapital Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For capital support for Mamook Tokatee Apartments using an innovative funding model to house Tribal and Non-Tribal communities in Multnomah County
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People of color
Rural Organizing Project
2020
$2,150
Building Community
Duration of Award
1 month
Support TypeProject Support
For participation in a systems change convening
Grant
Population
- People of color
Get Schooled
2020
$185,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To increase college-going rates for priority students in rural Oregon
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Clinica Medical Nuestra Senora De Guadalupe
2020
$1,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
1 month
Support TypeOperating Support
For participation in a presentation
Grant
Momentum Alliance
2020
$100,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To strengthen Oregon's youth-led social justice movements by supporting youth-of-color-led organizations and supporting their roles as changes agents toward a more equitable and just society
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People of color
Oregon Community Foundation
2020
$80,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
To address disparities in Oregon’s early care and education system by expanding professional development opportunities for providers of color
Grant
Population
- People of color
350PDX
2020
$46,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
10 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To support a partnership with Sunrise Movement PDX and an Earth Day event in Portland that will mobilize frontline communities and build the capacity of youth to be leaders within in the climate and environmental justice movement
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
PACE
2020
$10,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
For annual membership
Grant
APANO Communities United Fund
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
Community Energy Project
2020
$100,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To expand accessibility to residential efficiency and electrification for frontline communities
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- 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
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
Centro Cultural de Condado de Washington
2020
$40,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Washington
To support the Esperanza Fund, which provides critical and culturally-specific support to families in Washington County that are impacted by COVID-19
Grant
Know Agenda Foundation
2020
$250,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
26 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
For a food systems fellowship program that will build the capacity of aspiring food systems leaders of color
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- 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
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
Communities United for People
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
Portland Jobs with Justice Education Fund
2020
$140,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
For operating support of this organization that educates and takes action for workers rights and economic justice, especially those most marginalized by our economic systems: people of color, immigrants, LGBTQ people and women
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People of color