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

Awardee
Year
Type
Amount
Category
Grantmakers for Education
2020
$11,200
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
For annual membership of this diverse network of education grantmakers dedicated to improving educational outcomes and increasing opportunities for all learners
Grant
Stand for Children Leadership Center
2020
$150,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For capacity building support to increase high school graduation rates and implementation of the Student Success Act in public schools in Oregon
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • 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
CAPACES Leadership Institute
2020
$2,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
1 month
Support TypeProject Support
For Farmworker Service Center's participation in a systems change convening
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Latino Network
2020
$150,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Clatsop
  • Jackson
  • Malheur
  • Marion
  • Multnomah
  • Polk
  • Washington
  • Yamhill
For operating support of this culturally-specific organization working to positively transform the lives of Latinx youth, families and communities throughout Portland
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • People of color
Nez Perce Tribe
2020
$138,824
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Counties Served
  • Wallowa
To integrate Nez Perce tribal knowledge into Wallowa Lake management and explore reintroduction of native sockeye to the lake
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
The Funders Network Inc.
2020
$6,310
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
1 month
For membership dues
Grant
Black Parent Initiative
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 helps families achieve financial, educational and spiritual success
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
  • People of color
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
Innovation Law Lab
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
Tides Foundation
2020
$135,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For project support at this nonpartisan, statewide program aimed at building culturally-specific pathways to elected and appointed officials through training, coaching and mentorship in partnership with community-based organizations
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People of color
Benton Habitat for Humanity
2020
$100,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Counties Served
  • Benton
To increase the capacity for critical home repairs for low-income seniors and people with disabilities in Benton County
Grant
Population
  • Aging/elderly
  • People living on low incomes
  • People with disabilities
Native American Youth and Family Center
2020
$60,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
To build capacity within a rental housing stability program to increase access to private market rental housing and culturally specific services for people of color experiencing homelessness, especially Native Americans
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People living on low incomes
Portland Community Media
2020
$73,500
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Marion
  • Multnomah
To build a coalition focused on addressing policies and practices that enforce racial and gender disparities in the film and TV industry in the Portland Metro area
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Oregon Justice Resource Center
2020
$50,000
Meyer Designated Program
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For general operating support of this advocacy organization working to make fairness, accountability and evidence-based practices the foundation of our criminal justice system; 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
  • Crime/abuse survivors
  • People of color
Urban League of Portland
2020
$150,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
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
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley
2020
$15,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
4 months
Support TypeProject Support
For relief support for communities facing hardship from wildfires in Marion, Polk and Yamhill counties
Grant
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
Construct Foundation
2020
$30,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
To launch the Equity in Education Student Design Challenge, a multi-school/multi-phase project for educators and students in Multnomah County
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
IRCO
2020
$285,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To address barriers to attendance and on-track graduation for immigrant and refugee English Language Learners in Malheur County
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
Showing 101 to 120 of 417 entries