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
Explore Grants
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
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
APANO Communities United Fund
2020
$35,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To provide DEI training and organizational development assistance for this organization that serves Asian and Pacific Islander communities in Oregon
Grant
Population
- People of color
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
Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon
2020
$25,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties ServedStatewide
To support internal capacity for strategic activities that advance anti-racist organizational practices
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Forward Together
2020
$50,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
6 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To support infrastructure and strategy for the #WeCountOregon campaign
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People of color
Natives of One Wind Indigenous Alliance
2020
$46,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Douglas
- Jackson
- Josephine
- Lane
- Marion
- Polk
For a collaborative that will elevate the voices of Latinx, indigenous and migrant workers working in the timber sector to help improve statewide forest practices and workplace safety rules
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People of color
Innovative Housing
2020
$195,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeCapital Support
Counties Served
- Clatsop
For capital support for 40 units of affordable housing in Astoria
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Beyond Toxics
2020
$185,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
25 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Jackson
- Josephine
- Lane
To advance shared environmental justice priorities of Black, Brown and Indigenous communities in Lane, Josephine and Jackson counties
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Center for Diversity and the Environment
2020
$127,350
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
13 months
Support TypeProject Support
To support the Environment 2042 Leadership program, which provides training, technical assistance and leadership development for diversity, equity and inclusion to people of color involved in the Willamette River Basin restoration movement
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People of color
Burns Paiute Tribe
2020
$99,780
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Harney
To build the capacity of the Burns Paiute Tribe to more effectively engage in discussions about water management in their traditional homelands
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
Sponsors
2020
$185,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Lane
To expand existing programs to support housing stability for recently incarcerated individuals at risk of homelessness or housing displacement in Lane County
Grant
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
American Rivers
2020
$100,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Malheur
For a collaborative effort working with Tribes and ranchers to increase support for protections of more than one million acres of public land in Malheur County
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
Rural Organizing Project
2020
$240,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For operating support of this statewide organization working to build the capacity of local grassroots groups in rural communities to shift culture and create systems change at the local, county and state level
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People of color
Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center
2020
$120,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Wallowa
To support acquisition, archaeological exploration and interpretive development of the original Maxville Townsite
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People of color
Northeast Oregon Economic Development District
2020
$77,500
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Baker
- Union
- Wallowa
For project support to build internal infrastructure at this organization and increase support for relationship development as part of broader systems change work in Enterprise, Oregon
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
Metropolitan Public Defender Service
2020
$150,262
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For continued support of the removal defense project to prevent and confront efforts to deport Oregonians through free legal services
Grant
WomenFirst Transition & Referral Center
2020
$132,101
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
To support Black justice-involved women in a holistic and culturally-specific approach to achieve long-term housing stability in Clackamas and Multnomah counties
Grant
Population
- Crime/abuse survivors
- People of color
- Women or girls
National Indian Child Welfare Association
2020
$180,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For operating support of this Portland-based national organization dedicated to the well-being of American Indian and Alaska Native children and families
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
Habitat for Humanity of Oregon
2020
$4,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
3 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support advocacy and equity tracks of the 2020 Western Region Conference
Grant