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
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
Institute for Nonprofit News
2020
$55,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support in depth reporting of the stories and voices of American Indian and Alaska Native people throughout Oregon
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
Adelante Mujeres
2020
$1,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
2 months
For participation in the Gathering for Student Success
Grant
Centro Latino Americano
2020
$77,500
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Lane
To establish the Latinx and Immigrant Family Wellness Hub, an emerging collaboration of three Latinx-serving organizations—Centro Latino Americano, Huerto de La Familia and Downtown Languages—in Lane County
Grant
Population
- People of color
OPAL
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
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
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
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
Constructing Hope Pre-Apprenticeship Program
2020
$75,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For general operating support for this organization that encourages self-sufficiency through skills training and education in the construction industry for people of color, people coming from incarceration and adults living on low-incomes
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People of color
Oregon Health and Science University Foundation
2020
$180,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Klamath
To enhance the On Track science education program for Native American middle and high school students in rural Oregon
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People living on low incomes
Stand for Children Leadership Center
2020
$1,500
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
2 months
For participation in the Gathering for Student Success
Grant
JOIN
2020
$47,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To support a collaborative effort between JOIN and Street Roots to utilize digital and print media to educate and engage Oregon communities in discussions about housing and homeless service investments in Multnomah County
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
Raphael House of Portland
2020
$80,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
For wraparound housing stability services for survivors of domestic violence in Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties, focusing on Latinx families
Grant
Population
- Crime/abuse survivors
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- Women or girls
Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church
2020
$150,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For project support for restoration of a facility on the National Register of Historic Places and renovation that will include Portland's first African American History Museum
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People of color
Warm Springs Community Action Team
2020
$250,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Jefferson
- Wasco
To support leadership development on the Warm Springs Reservation for individuals who can take on roles to advocate for their community
Grant
350PDX
2020
$135,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
Operating support for a grassroots movement fueling climate justice-based solutions that combat systemic inequities
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Better Together Central Oregon
2020
$1,175
Building Community
Duration of Award
1 month
Support TypeProject Support
For participation in a systems change convening
Grant
Population
- People of color
Native Fish Society
2020
$85,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
14 months
Counties ServedStatewide
To grow relationships with rural and Indigenous communities by integrating equity outcomes into ongoing environmental programs and efforts
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People living on low incomes
Farmworker Housing Development Corporation
2020
$75,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Marion
For general operating support for this organization that develops farmworker leadership for stronger and more secure families and communities through affordable housing, social services, education and economic development
Grant
Upper Snake River Tribes Foundation
2020
$50,100
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Harney
- Jefferson
- Malheur
- Wasco
To support planning for gatherings and cultural events of the organization’s member tribes and the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs
Grant