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
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
CASA of Oregon
2020
$420,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
36 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support the formation of resident-owned manufactured home park cooperatives
Grant
Verde
2020
$175,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To build power and wealth in low-income and people of color communities through community control of resources and investments
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People of color
Portland Leadership Foundation
2020
$150,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Columbia
- Lane
- Marion
- Multnomah
- Tillamook
- Washington
To support the stabilization of justice-involved parents with children in foster care through community-based crews offering peer mentorship and access to long-term private market housing in Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties
Grant
Environmental Grantmakers Association
2020
$30,392
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
For annual membership to the Environmental Grantmakers Association and support for the integration of Native American philanthropy, Tribal funds and participation of Indigenous communities in the EGA Fall 2020 Retreat
Grant
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
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
Burns Paiute Tribe
2020
$99,780
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Harney
To build the capacity of the Burns Paiute Tribe to more effectively engage in discussions about water management in their traditional homelands
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
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
Oregon Latino Health Coalition
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 Sustainable Economy
2020
$80,485
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Columbia
- Multnomah
For fiscal sponsorship of Just Climate to support communities living in and around the Portland Harbor on the Willamette River in developing a vision for a clean and just energy future
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Asian Health and Service Center
2020
$150,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
For general operating support
Grant
CASA of Oregon
2020
$50,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Jackson
- Josephine
For general operating support for this organization that provides housing for farmworkers and other marginalized populations in primarily rural areas
Grant
Black United Fund of Oregon
2020
$200,000
Meyer Designated Program
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For general operating support of this organization working to increase philanthropic activity and fund organizations providing resources for underserved low-income communities and communities of color in Oregon; 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
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
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
Innovative Housing
2020
$195,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeCapital Support
Counties Served
- Clatsop
For capital support for 40 units of affordable housing in Astoria
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Habitat for Humanity of Oregon
2020
$4,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
3 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support advocacy and equity tracks of the 2020 Western Region Conference
Grant
Seeding Justice
2020
$100,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support the Since Time Immemorial fund for COVID-19 relief for Tribes and Native communities
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
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
Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center
2020
$100,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For general operating support for this organization that provides high-quality services in education, mentoring, family outreach, employment training and placement for at-risk youth and adults
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People of color