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
Central City Concern
2020
$150,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To improve racial equity in private market housing placements for justice involved individuals through landlord education and network development in Multnomah County
Grant
Population
- People of color
OPAL
2020
$250,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For general operating support of this community-led collaborative that advances climate justice and statewide properties for communities on the frontlines
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Community Alliance of Tenants
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
Incight Company
2020
$65,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support students with disabilities across Oregon by providing targeted curriculum
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People with disabilities
Oregon Built Environment & Sustainable Technologies Center
2020
$185,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Counties ServedStatewide
To strengthen VertueLab's diversity, equity and inclusion capacity and expand their support for green technology entrepreneurs of color including providing capital for climate-focused new technologies
Grant
Population
- People of color
BARK
2020
$12,500
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
8 months
Support TypeProject Support
To support public education about the 2020 Oregon wildfires and impacts of post-fire logging in the Mt. Hood National Forest
Grant
Resources Legacy Fund
2020
$100,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support Tribal collaboration on state water issues and increase awareness of Tribal water priorities in Oregon
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
August Wilson Red Door Project
2020
$50,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
General operating support
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People of color
Impact NW
2020
$93,911
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
To hire a resident services supervisor to support and oversee five low-income housing sites across Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties
Grant
Population
- Aging/elderly
- Veterans
Oregon Center for Public Policy
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
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
JOIN
2020
$124,461
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To educate and inform public officials statewide about urgent housing needs and priorities by elevating and centering the voices of those with lived experience of homelessness and extreme housing instability
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
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
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
Burns Paiute Tribe
2020
$150,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeCapital Support
Counties Served
- Harney
To support the economic development of Harney County through the creation of the Burns Paiute Tribe's Tukwahone Business Accelerator and Cultural Growth Center
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
Nonprofit Association of Oregon
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
Western States Center
2020
$10,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
1 month
Support TypeProject Support
For participation in a cohort of nonprofit executives, focusing on career coaching for strategic communication that can drive results in a unique moment of social upheaval
Grant
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
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
2020
$9,690
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
For annual membership
Grant