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
Central City Concern
2020
$75,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To engage people with lived experiences of homelessness and recovery to improve service programs and address barriers that impede their health, wellness and economic stability
Grant
Population
- People of color
350PDX
2020
$46,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
10 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To support a partnership with Sunrise Movement PDX and an Earth Day event in Portland that will mobilize frontline communities and build the capacity of youth to be leaders within in the climate and environmental justice movement
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
350Deschutes
2020
$70,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Crook
- Deschutes
- Jefferson
To advocate for and support implementation of clean energy and efficiency upgrades for residents living on low-incomes in Deschutes County
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People living on low incomes
Wallowa Resources
2020
$41,975
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
10 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Wallowa
For diversity, equity and inclusion training at this organization that works to improve environmental education and increase natural resource stewardship, sustainable economic development and rural lands policy collaboration
Grant
Community Development Partners
2020
$50,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
36 months
Support TypeCapital Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For capital support for Mamook Tokatee Apartments using an innovative funding model to house Tribal and Non-Tribal communities in Multnomah County
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People of color
PACE
2020
$10,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
For annual membership
Grant
Unite Oregon
2020
$150,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support the implementation of a strategic plan in response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People of color
Momentum Alliance
2020
$100,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To strengthen Oregon's youth-led social justice movements by supporting youth-of-color-led organizations and supporting their roles as changes agents toward a more equitable and just society
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People of color
Urban League of Portland
2020
$73,750
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For debt relief and flexible funding to help low-income renters with criminal histories re-enter the private rental market in Multnomah County
Grant
Hacienda Community Development Corporation
2020
$75,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For general operating support for this Latino Community Development Corporation that strengthens families by providing affordable housing, homeownership support, economic advancement and educational opportunities
Grant
Population
- People of color
Basic Rights Education Fund
2020
$2,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
1 month
Support TypeProject Support
For participation in a systems change convening
Grant
Population
- People of color
Tides Center
2020
$21,600
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
3 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Benton
- Clackamas
- Lane
- Linn
- Marion
- Multnomah
- Polk
- Washington
- Yamhill
For technical assistance to support hiring a co-executive director for the Willamette River Network
Grant
Housing Oregon
2020
$7,500
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
3 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For conference sponsorship and scholarship support of the virtual Fall 2020 Industry Support Conference
Grant
Population
- People of color
Soul River Inc
2020
$25,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For general operating support
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People of color
Verde
2020
$75,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To create platforms for digital organizing, enterprise and justice, building an inclusive, participatory technology future with and for frontline communities
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People of color
The Funders Network Inc.
2020
$6,310
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
1 month
For membership dues
Grant
Know Agenda Foundation
2020
$250,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
26 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
For a food systems fellowship program that will build the capacity of aspiring food systems leaders of color
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
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
Urban League of Portland
2020
$200,000
Meyer Designated Program
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For general operating support of one of Oregon’s oldest civil rights and social service organizations, empowering African Americans and others to achieve equality in education, employment, health, economic security and quality of life; 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
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People of color
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