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
Long Tom Watershed Council
2020
$39,723
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
16 months
Support TypeProject Support
For completion of a floodplain inundation mapping for 160 miles of the Willamette River
Grant
Initiative
Willamette River Initiative
Wallowa Resources
2020
$144,750
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Baker
  • Umatilla
  • Union
  • Wallowa
To expand the rural “Stewardship Economy” model in eastern Oregon through land management collaboratives, community land ownership, workforce training programs and partnerships with community-based organizations
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
Oregon Environmental Council
2020
$200,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
28 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For operating support of this organization working to ensure clean water, to protect children from toxics and to protect communities from the impacts of climate change
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
Project Access NOW
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
WomenFirst Transition & Referral Center
2020
$132,101
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Multnomah
To support Black justice-involved women in a holistic and culturally-specific approach to achieve long-term housing stability in Clackamas and Multnomah counties
Grant
Population
  • Crime/abuse survivors
  • People of color
  • Women or girls
North Portland Community Works
2020
$38,005
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
To support the ELSO Organization Investment Project
Grant
Population
  • People of color
OPAL
2020
$100,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
To train grassroots organizers from historically-marginalized communities to lead advocacy campaigns
Grant
Population
  • People of color
New Venture Fund
2020
$750,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
36 months
Counties ServedStatewide
For the Tipping Point Fund, a national collaborative to support the continued growth of the impact investing field
Grant
Oregon Community Foundation
2020
$80,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
To address disparities in Oregon’s early care and education system by expanding professional development opportunities for providers of color
Grant
Population
  • People of color
SquareOne Villages
2020
$276,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeCapital Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To pilot an innovative housing model, which combines a limited-equity cooperative with a community land trust to create affordable homeownership options for people living on low-incomes
Grant
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
PACE
2020
$10,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
For annual membership
Grant
Leaven Community
2020
$92,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeProject Support
For Bridging the Gap, a project to build community capacity and support leadership development for culturally relevant environmental education in the Willamette River Basin
Grant
Initiative
Willamette River Initiative
Community Cycling Center
2020
$90,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Marion
  • Multnomah
To provide STEM education for underserved youth in Marion and Multnomah counties through the lens of bicycle mechanics
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • 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
Cascadia Wildlands
2020
$12,500
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
8 months
Support TypeProject Support
For advocacy to confront damaging post-fire logging of older forests and communications support for local voices in the Umpqua River basin affected by the 2020 Oregon wildfires
Grant
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
Leaven Community
2020
$184,640
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Deschutes
  • Lane
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
To support the Leaven Community Land and Housing Coalition organizing congregations across five counties to build affordable housing on faith community-owned land
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • People of color
Latino Community Association
2020
$120,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
  • Crook
  • Deschutes
  • Jefferson
To improve Latinx student achievement and leadership skills through school-based Spanish literacy and parent engagement activities in Central Oregon.
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • 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
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