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
KairosPDX
2020
$200,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To reduce disparities and improve outcomes for priority students in Multnomah County through culturally responsive trauma-informed practices
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Partnership for Safety and Justice
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
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
High Desert Food & Farm Alliance
2020
$177,942
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Jefferson
To develop and implement a plan that will establish a sustainable, culturally relevant food system in the Warm Springs community
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People living on low incomes
Oregon Citizens' Utility Board
2020
$70,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support advocacy for energy policies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and eliminate environmental justice and affordability inequities
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
REAP
2020
$70,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
- Washington
To engage diverse African and Black communities in dialogue to promote cross-cultural understanding and connection
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People of color
Forward Together
2020
$50,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
6 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To support infrastructure and strategy for the #WeCountOregon campaign
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People of color
Verde
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
Deschutes River Conservancy
2020
$160,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Crook
- Deschutes
- Jefferson
For general operating support of this organization that convenes and facilitates collaborative efforts to meet in-stream and community water needs
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
Oregon Environmental Council
2020
$15,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
10 months
Counties ServedStatewide
To support restorative justice and facilitation for advocacy organizations working on state climate justice policy
Grant
Population
- People of color
Oregon Solar Energy Education Fund
2020
$48,183
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
9 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
To create a collaborative workforce development partnership and program that will provide careers and pathways into the solar industry for low-income women and people of color
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon
2020
$30,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
2 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Tillamook
- Washington
- Yamhill
To provide emergency bridge funding to maintain critical immigrant and refugee resettlement services; this grant was 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
Northeast Oregon Economic Development District
2020
$77,500
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Baker
- Union
- Wallowa
For project support to build internal infrastructure at this organization and increase support for relationship development as part of broader systems change work in Enterprise, Oregon
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
Beaverton Education Foundation
2020
$136,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Washington
To provide diverse, low-income elementary school students summer enrichment to reduce educational disparities that result from distance learning
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
African American Alliance for Home Ownership
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 works to increase homeownership and economic stability for African-Americans and other underserved individuals in Portland
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People of color
Rural Organizing Project
2020
$240,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For operating support of this statewide organization working to build the capacity of local grassroots groups in rural communities to shift culture and create systems change at the local, county and state level
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People of color
Nonprofit Association of Oregon
2020
$20,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
9 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
For technical assistance to create and disseminate the "Oregon Race to Lead Report"
Grant
Population
- People of color
National Indian Child Welfare Association
2020
$180,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For operating support of this Portland-based national organization dedicated to the well-being of American Indian and Alaska Native children and families
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
United Way of the Columbia-Willamette
2020
$25,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
4 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
For relief support for communities facing hardship from wildfires in Clackamas, Washington and Multnomah counties
Grant
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