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
Columbia Slough Watershed Council
2020
$18,480
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
For strategic planning at this organization that engages diverse communities that live in and around Portland's Columbia Slough watershed in land stewardship and restoration efforts
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • People of color
The Next Door, Inc.
2020
$1,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
1 month
For participation in a presentation
Grant
World Stage Theatre
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
Rogue Farm Corps
2020
$90,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Benton
  • Clackamas
  • Crook
  • Deschutes
  • Jackson
  • Josephine
  • Lane
  • Linn
  • Multnomah
  • Umatilla
  • Washington
  • Yamhill
To equip the next generation of farmers to build a more equitable, resilient food system and adapt to change
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
Rural Organizing Project
2020
$1,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
1 month
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For participation as a presenter in an educational webinar on environmental and social justice advocacy in Oregon
Grant
Verde
2020
$240,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For operating support of this organization that works to secure social and economic benefits for low-income people and people of color through social enterprise, outreach and advocacy
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
ACLU Foundation of Oregon
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
The Next Door, Inc.
2020
$2,075
Building Community
Duration of Award
1 month
Support TypeProject Support
For participation in a systems change convening
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Friends of the Children - Portland
2020
$200,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Columbia
  • Marion
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
  • Yamhill
To support strategies for mitigating learning loss and negative impacts on education through long-term mentoring for priority youth
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
Race Forward
2020
$50,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
16 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support the Government Alliance on Race and Equity Annual Membership Meeting, an educational gathering for members of a national government alliance focused on advancing racial equity
Grant
Oregon Coast Community Action
2020
$300
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
1 month
For participation in a breakout session at the 2020 Regards to Rural Conference
Grant
Causa of Oregon
2020
$180,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For operating support of this organization working to assist immigrant and undocumented communities in Oregon that are most impacted by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • People of color
PBDG Foundation
2020
$160,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To increase access to public and private construction projects for minority and women subcontractors
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People of color
APANO Communities United Fund
2020
$1,500
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
2 months
For participation in the Gathering for Student Success
Grant
Rogue Climate
2020
$1,325
Building Community
Duration of Award
1 month
Support TypeProject Support
For participation in a systems change convening
Grant
Population
  • People of color
United Way of Lane County
2020
$200,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Lane
To achieve measurable progress on third grade reading for priority students in Lane County through the "Lane County Reads" program
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
Innovation Law Lab
2020
$165,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For legal counsel, representation, litigation, advocacy and volunteer management in connection with the detention of immigrants at the Federal Correctional Institution in Sheridan, Ore.; this grant is 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 of color
CASA of Oregon
2020
$50,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
  • Jackson
  • Josephine
For general operating support for this organization that provides housing for farmworkers and other marginalized populations in primarily rural areas
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
Augustana Lutheran Church
2020
$32,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Deschutes
  • Jefferson
  • Marion
  • Multnomah
To expand a community awareness defense program and to strengthen migrant organizing
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
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