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

Awardee
Year
Type
Amount
Category
Grantmakers of Oregon and SW Washington
2020
$10,940
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For annual membership
Grant
Columbia Land Trust
2020
$185,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Clatsop
  • Columbia
  • Hood River
  • Multnomah
  • Wasco
To develop a forest carbon model that provides opportunities for people living in the Pacific Northwest to connect to local climate solutions
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
Oregon Business Council Charitable Institute
2020
$150,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To engage culturally-specific and cross-sector leaders to shape an equitable education policy agenda for Oregon
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
OPAL
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 Community Media
2020
$73,500
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Marion
  • Multnomah
To build a coalition focused on addressing policies and practices that enforce racial and gender disparities in the film and TV industry in the Portland Metro area
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Candid
2020
$21,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
For general operating support
Grant
Institute for Nonprofit News
2020
$55,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support in depth reporting of the stories and voices of American Indian and Alaska Native people throughout Oregon
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
Benton Habitat for Humanity
2020
$100,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Counties Served
  • Benton
To increase the capacity for critical home repairs for low-income seniors and people with disabilities in Benton County
Grant
Population
  • Aging/elderly
  • People living on low incomes
  • People with disabilities
Northwest Health Foundation Fund II
2020
$200,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For the Reimagining Safety fund, supporting Black-led work to advance alternative public safety policies
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
  • People of color
Chemeketa Community College
2020
$185,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support the Biliteracy Pathway and Leadership Training for biliterate/bicultural teachers in Oregon
Grant
Population
  • People of color
EUVALCREE
2020
$500
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
2 months
For participation in the Gathering for Student Success
Grant
Constructing Hope Pre-Apprenticeship Program
2020
$75,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
For general operating support for this organization that encourages self-sufficiency through skills training and education in the construction industry for people of color, people coming from incarceration and adults living on low-incomes
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
  • People of color
Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon
2020
$500
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
1 month
For participation in a presentation
Grant
United Negro College Fund
2020
$15,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Columbia
  • Hood River
  • Jefferson
  • Lincoln
  • Multnomah
  • Polk
  • Washington
  • Yamhill
To support high school graduation and college readiness for priority students through the UNCF Portfolio Project in Portland
Grant
Linfield College
2020
$52,500
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Malheur
  • Marion
  • Multnomah
  • Polk
  • Washington
  • Yamhill
For organizational development in an emerging state-wide mentorship program serving male Latinx high school students and those transitioning to college
Grant
Population
  • People of color
ACLU Foundation of Oregon
2020
$50,000
Meyer Designated Program
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For general operating support of this advocacy organization fighting for free speech, racial justice, criminal justice reform, religious liberty, reproductive rights, LGBTQ+ rights, immigrants' rights and more; 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
  • Crime/abuse survivors
  • People of color
Better Together Central Oregon
2020
$1,175
Building Community
Duration of Award
1 month
Support TypeProject Support
For participation in a systems change convening
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Oregon Student Foundation
2020
$135,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
  • Benton
  • Deschutes
  • Lane
  • Linn
  • Marion
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
For operating support of this statewide, student-led advocacy and organizing nonprofit working to make a quality education more affordable and accessible for all Oregonians
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Warm Springs Community Action Team
2020
$250,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Jefferson
  • Wasco
To support leadership development on the Warm Springs Reservation for individuals who can take on roles to advocate for their community
Grant
Friends of the Columbia Gorge
2020
$30,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Hood River
  • Multnomah
  • Wasco
For technical assistance to support deeper integration of diversity, equity and inclusion goals into this organization's work to ensure the long-term protection and resilience of the Columbia Gorge
Grant
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