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
NeighborWorks Umpqua
2020
$120,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Counties Served
  • Coos
  • Curry
  • Douglas
To build a regional collaborative to align, coordinate and support housing efforts on the Southern Oregon coast
Grant
Population
  • Aging/elderly
  • People living on low incomes
Oregon Justice Resource Center
2020
$50,000
Meyer Designated Program
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For general operating support of this advocacy organization working to make fairness, accountability and evidence-based practices the foundation of our criminal justice system; 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
  • Crime/abuse survivors
  • People of color
Northwest Health Foundation Fund II
2020
$250,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support the Civic Health Initiative, a program focused on public policy education, training and professional development for organizations led by Black people, Indigenous people and people of color
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Centro Latino Americano
2020
$77,500
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Lane
To establish the Latinx and Immigrant Family Wellness Hub, an emerging collaboration of three Latinx-serving organizations—Centro Latino Americano, Huerto de La Familia and Downtown Languages—in Lane County
Grant
Population
  • People of color
NeighborWorks Umpqua
2020
$147,399
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Coos
  • Curry
  • Douglas
  • Jackson
  • Josephine
  • Klamath
  • Lake
To develop a Southern Oregon regional approach to build community capacity to permanently house justice-involved individuals through collaboration, rental tenant education and financial stabilization in Coos, Curry, Douglas and Josephine counties
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
Housing Oregon
2020
$120,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support this Portland-based organization's efforts to connect affordable housing providers in Oregon on the implementation of a statewide Housing Plan, local jurisdiction bond equity metrics and COVID-19 response
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
Oregon Humanities
2020
$100,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support civc programming and internal capacity at this independent, nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities
Grant
Population
  • People of color
IRCO
2020
$285,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To address barriers to attendance and on-track graduation for immigrant and refugee English Language Learners in Malheur County
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church
2020
$150,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
For project support for restoration of a facility on the National Register of Historic Places and renovation that will include Portland's first African American History Museum
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
  • People of color
Family Forward Oregon
2020
$150,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For operating support of this organization working to establish paid sick days, paid family leave, workplace flexibility, equal pay for equal work, rights for domestic workers, retirement security and accessible, affordable child care for all in the state of Oregon
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • People of color
Construct Foundation
2020
$30,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
To launch the Equity in Education Student Design Challenge, a multi-school/multi-phase project for educators and students in Multnomah County
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
Centro Cultural de Condado de Washington
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
Asian American Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy
2020
$5,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
For annual membership of this organization that advocates for a more equitable and inclusive philanthropic sector
Grant
FACT
2020
$25,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
6 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support costs associated with participating in the planning and implementation of the Student Success Act
Grant
Population
  • People with disabilities
APANO Communities United Fund
2020
$120,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To advance the work of New Oregon Movement, a BIPOC democracy hub for culturally-specific, people of color-led organizations and organizational leaders
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People of color
Urban League of Portland
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
Salmon-Safe
2020
$80,570
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To incorporate Tribal conservation priorities related to First Foods into Salmon-Safe certification standards
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
Crag Law Center
2020
$27,500
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
8 months
Support TypeProject Support
For coordination and implementation of public education and advocacy efforts related to the 2020 Oregon wildfires, prioritizing vulnerable communities and ecologically sound fire recovery efforts
Grant
Upper Snake River Tribes Foundation
2020
$50,100
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Harney
  • Jefferson
  • Malheur
  • Wasco
To support planning for gatherings and cultural events of the organization’s member tribes and the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs
Grant
Depave
2020
$19,200
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
18 months
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
For technical assistance to strengthen anti-racist practices, deepen the organization's commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion and put equity tools into practice that will inform community greening projects
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
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