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
Partnership for Safety and Justice
2020
$165,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For operating support of this organization focused on transforming the criminal justice system by bringing together people who are crime survivors, people convicted of crime and the families and communities of both
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Save Our wild Salmon Coalition
2020
$192,280
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support grassroots organizing to restore the lower Snake River and its endangered salmon and steelhead
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
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
Native American Youth and Family Center
2020
$25,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
6 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
To support costs associated with participating in the planning and implementation of the Student Success Act
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People living on low incomes
Unite Oregon
2020
$100,000
Meyer Designated Program
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For general operating support of this diverse, grassroots organization working to build a multi-racial, multicultural movement for immigrant and refugee rights; 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
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • People living on low incomes
  • 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
Yamhill Community Action Partnership
2020
$140,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Yamhill
To support increased capacity to address emerging housing and homelessness needs in Yamhill County
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • People with disabilities
Muslim Educational Trust
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
Center for Diversity and the Environment
2020
$127,350
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
13 months
Support TypeProject Support
To support the Environment 2042 Leadership program, which provides training, technical assistance and leadership development for diversity, equity and inclusion to people of color involved in the Willamette River Basin restoration movement
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People of color
Habitat for Humanity of Oregon
2020
$225,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
8 months
Support TypeCapital Support
Counties Served
  • Benton
  • Clackamas
  • Clatsop
  • Columbia
  • Coos
  • Deschutes
  • Douglas
  • Hood River
  • Jackson
  • Jefferson
  • Josephine
  • Lane
  • Lincoln
  • Linn
  • Marion
  • Morrow
  • Multnomah
  • Polk
  • Tillamook
  • Umatilla
  • Union
  • Wasco
  • Washington
  • Yamhill
To develop the Rapid Rehome Fund to support Oregonians experiencing houselessness as a result of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
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
August Wilson Red Door Project
2020
$75,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To provide innovative training for criminal justice professionals to support systemic change and increased public safety
Grant
Population
  • 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
Centro Cultural de Condado de Washington
2020
$30,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Washington
To provide support and services to DACA-eligible youth and families who have been impacted by COVID-19
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
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
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
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
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
Native Americans in Philanthropy
2020
$15,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
For annual membership
Grant
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