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
Operation Nightwatch - Portland
2020
$25,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To launch a program that will build relationships with women that are houseless with the goal of preparing them to access housing opportunities in Multnomah County
Grant
Population
- Crime/abuse survivors
- Women or girls
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
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
Cascade Pacific Resource Conservation and Development
2020
$27,500
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
For project support to expand development of a collaborative basin-wide project between Willamette River drinking water providers and local soil and water conservation districts to improve agricultural practices, water quality and river health
Grant
Initiative
Willamette River Initiative
Beyond Toxics
2020
$200,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For operating support of this advocacy organization that works to safeguard human health and promote a safe environment in Oregon for children, rural Oregonians, people of color, and working class and low-income communities
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon
2020
$74,790
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Columbia
- Hood River
- Marion
- Multnomah
- Washington
For project support to increase low-income entrepreneurs' access to financial institutions
Grant
Population
- 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
Native Arts and Cultures Foundation
2020
$195,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
13 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For project support of a feasibility study
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
Benton Soil and Water Conservation District
2020
$70,164
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
To develop a map of restoration and conservation areas based on data, modeling and engagement
Grant
Initiative
Willamette River Initiative
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
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon
2020
$35,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
15 months
Counties Served
- Linn
- Marion
- Polk
For completion of the Chankawan Wildlife Area Restoration Alternatives Analysis
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People living on low incomes
Philanthropy Northwest
2020
$24,905
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For annual membership of this association of community, private and public foundations, corporations and individuals committed to improving the quality of life in the Pacific Northwest
Grant
Bienestar
2020
$50,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
3 months
Support TypeCapital Support
Counties Served
- Washington
For pre-development support to further the development of Nueva Esperanza, an affordable multi-family apartment project in Hillsboro
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Peak Grantmaking
2020
$2,400
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties ServedStatewide
For annual membership
Grant
Burns Paiute Tribe
2020
$173,884
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Grant
- Harney
- Malheur
For the Burns Paiute Tribe to exercise its sovereignty by protecting natural systems and salmon in the waterways of the Tribe's traditional homeland
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Oregon State University Foundation
2020
$60,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For contribution to the Beavers Care fund to provide COVID-related assistance to DACA and undocumented students who are not eligible for federal aid.
Grant
Population
- People of color
Human Solutions
2020
$275,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
22 months
Support TypeCapital Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To build 93 affordable housing units in East Portland with on-site support services for people living on low- and very-low income
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
NW Energy Coalition
2020
$110,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
30 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To deepen this Seattle-based organization’s work with environmental justice organizations working to advance more just and inclusive energy policy decisions in Oregon
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Greater Douglas United Way
2020
$15,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
4 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Douglas
For relief support for Douglas County communities facing hardship from wildfires
Grant