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
Homes for Good Housing Agency
2020
$250,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeCapital Support
Counties Served
- Lane
For capital support to develop new permanent supportive housing for families experiencing homelessness in Eugene, Oregon
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
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
Native American Youth and Family Center
2020
$76,500
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To support strategy development and training to strengthen Native American advocacy to address disparities in housing and homelessness
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
Communities United for People
2020
$50,000
Meyer Designated Program
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For project support of Freedom To Thrive's operations in Oregon, which is grounded in building a united movement to defund criminalization and reinvestment in communities impacted by punishment-based criminal and immigration systems; 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
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People of color
Black United Fund of Oregon
2020
$200,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
For strategic planning and visioning for this organization working to increase philanthropic activity and fund organizations providing resources for underserved low-income communities and communities of color in Oregon
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People of color
National Indian Child Welfare Association
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
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
Climate Solutions
2020
$75,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
6 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support the Oregon Clean and Equitable Transportation Campaign, a coalition focused on an equitable transition away from fossil fuel powered transportation in Oregon
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Seeding Justice
2020
$200,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
6 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For the Oregon Worker Relief Infrastructure Fund
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon
2020
$200,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For project support of this organization's loan forgiveness program supporting Black entrepreneurs
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People of color
Association of Black Foundation Executives
2020
$10,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
For annual membership
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
Rogue Climate
2020
$1,325
Building Community
Duration of Award
1 month
Support TypeProject Support
For participation in a systems change convening
Grant
Population
- 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
Latino Network
2020
$1,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
2 months
For participation in the Gathering for Student Success
Grant
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
World Stage Theatre
2020
$25,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For general operating support
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People of color
Virginia Garcia Memorial Foundation
2020
$25,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties Served
- Washington
- Yamhill
To provide high quality, comprehensive and culturally appropriate health care to immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers in the context of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic; 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
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
ACLU Foundation of Oregon
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