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
Prosecutor Impact
2020
$150,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To reframe the practice of prosecution in Oregon to address racial disparities and enhance equitable outcomes for communities served
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Human Solutions
2020
$54,090
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
For project support to develop a replicable Resident Advisory Committee to heighten resident influence at Human Solutions
Grant
Population
  • People of color
PACE
2020
$10,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
For annual membership
Grant
Northwest Workers' Justice Project
2020
$25,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Marion
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
To support a rapid legal response program serving unmet immigration needs of clients; this grant was awarded as a part of the Oregon Immigrant and Refugee Funders Collaborative, which addresses critical and time-sensitive issues facing immigrants and refugees
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • People living on low incomes
Verde
2020
$250,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
For Living Cully, a collaborative that works to address disparities in housing, income, health, education and natural resources in Portland's Cully neighborhood
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
Portland Community College Foundation
2020
$184,211
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
To improve career and college readiness for priority students in Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
Multnomah Education Service District
2020
$250,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
To advance education equity for racially and linguistically diverse students through increasing educator workforce diversity in Multnomah County
Grant
Population
  • People of color
National Public Education Support Fund
2020
$10,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
For annual membership in this national hub for convening and connecting influential leaders in education philanthropy, advocacy, research, policy and practice
Grant
Albina Head Start
2020
$25,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
For general operating support for this organization that provides Early Head Start and Head Start services to families living on low-incomes
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
  • People of color
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
Oregon Center for Public Policy
2020
$240,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For operating support of this organization that uses research and analysis to advance policies and practices that improve the economic and social opportunities of all Oregonians
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • 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
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
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
NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon 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
Habitat for Humanity of Oregon
2020
$50,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
8 months
Support TypeCapital Support
Counties Served
  • Benton
  • Clackamas
  • Clatsop
  • Columbia
  • Coos
  • Deschutes
  • Douglas
  • Hood River
  • Jackson
  • Jefferson
  • Josephine
  • Lane
  • Lincoln
  • Linn
  • Marion
  • Morrow
  • Multnomah
  • Polk
  • Tillamook
  • Umatilla
  • Union
  • Wasco
  • Washington
  • Yamhill
Create COVID-19 Rapid Rehome Fund to expedite getting families into Habitat homes throughout Oregon
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • 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
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