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
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
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
Momentum Alliance
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
NeighborWorks Umpqua
2020
$17,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
6 months
Counties Served
  • Coos
  • Curry
  • Douglas
  • Jackson
  • Josephine
For technical assistance to prepare the organization to hire its first equity officer
Grant
Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon
2020
$500
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
1 month
For participation in a presentation
Grant
Raphael House of Portland
2020
$80,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
For wraparound housing stability services for survivors of domestic violence in Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties, focusing on Latinx families
Grant
Population
  • Crime/abuse survivors
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • Women or girls
Friends of Trees
2020
$31,725
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
7 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Lane
  • Marion
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
For technical assistance to support an Executive Director transition for this environmental organization that serves five counties in Oregon
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
American Indian Science and Engineering Society
2020
$177,464
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To improve Indigenous students success across Oregon through implementing STEM-related college and career readiness strategies
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People living on low incomes
National Indian Child Welfare Association
2020
$1,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
1 month
For participation in a presentation
Grant
Portland Jobs with Justice Education 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
United Way of Southwestern Oregon
2020
$15,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
4 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Curry
  • Jefferson
For relief support for communities facing hardship from wildfires in Coos and Curry counties
Grant
Hispanics in Philanthropy
2020
$6,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
For annual membership support for this organization that works to strengthen Latino equity, leadership and voice in the U.S. and the Americas
Grant
OPAL
2020
$250,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For general operating support of this community-led collaborative that advances climate justice and statewide properties for communities on the frontlines
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
BARK
2020
$12,500
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
8 months
Support TypeProject Support
To support public education about the 2020 Oregon wildfires and impacts of post-fire logging in the Mt. Hood National Forest
Grant
Native American Youth and Family Center
2020
$250,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
  • Gilliam
  • Hood River
  • Morrow
  • Multnomah
  • Sherman
  • Umatilla
  • Wasco
To support a new Columbia River tribal housing entity, providing management services and community development for Indigenous people living along the Columbia River
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
Northwest Workers' Justice Project
2020
$40,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Marion
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
For rapid legal response to support the health, safety and legal rights of low-wage workers, many of whom are immigrant and front line essential workers
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
Oregon Built Environment & Sustainable Technologies Center
2020
$185,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Counties ServedStatewide
To strengthen VertueLab's diversity, equity and inclusion capacity and expand their support for green technology entrepreneurs of color including providing capital for climate-focused new technologies
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Asian Health and Service Center
2020
$76,500
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
For project support to develop a new payment model for CareOregon to better support culturally-specific behavioral health service providers
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Muslim Educational Trust
2020
$75,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
  • Yamhill
For general operating support
Grant
Northwest Workers' Justice Project
2020
$90,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties ServedStatewide
To strengthen internal systems and staff capacity at this organization to better reflect those that it serves and assure continued protection of low-wage workers in Oregon
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • People of color
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