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
Urban League of Portland
2020
$73,750
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For debt relief and flexible funding to help low-income renters with criminal histories re-enter the private rental market in Multnomah County
Grant
Hacienda Community Development Corporation
2020
$75,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For general operating support for this Latino Community Development Corporation that strengthens families by providing affordable housing, homeownership support, economic advancement and educational opportunities
Grant
Population
- People of color
Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon
2020
$35,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
15 months
Counties Served
- Linn
- Marion
- Polk
For completion of the Chankawan Wildlife Area Restoration Alternatives Analysis
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People living on low incomes
Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon
2020
$74,790
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Columbia
- Hood River
- Marion
- Multnomah
- Washington
For project support to increase low-income entrepreneurs' access to financial institutions
Grant
Population
- People of color
Northwest Environmental Defense Center
2020
$200,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
28 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support a collaborative effort to reduce diesel particulate emissions and health impacts, particularly in low-income communities of color, by influencing regulations and rules governing diesel emissions
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Hacienda Community Development Corporation
2020
$300,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To support development of a replicable, community-based, affordable ADU development model aimed at increasing the supply of affordable rental housing and creating stability for homeowners with modest incomes in neighborhoods experiencing gentrification and displacement
Grant
Initiative
Affordable Housing Initiative
Population
- People of color
Verde
2020
$75,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To create platforms for digital organizing, enterprise and justice, building an inclusive, participatory technology future with and for frontline communities
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People of color
Virginia Garcia Memorial Foundation
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
Seeding Justice
2020
$60,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
7 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For the Since Time Immemorial Fund, an effort to rapidly deploy resources to Tribal communities across the region when opportunity or need arises
Grant
Housing Oregon
2020
$7,500
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
3 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For conference sponsorship and scholarship support of the virtual Fall 2020 Industry Support Conference
Grant
Population
- People of color
Soul River Inc
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
Urban League of Portland
2020
$200,000
Meyer Designated Program
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For general operating support of one of Oregon’s oldest civil rights and social service organizations, empowering African Americans and others to achieve equality in education, employment, health, economic security and quality of life; 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
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People of color
Next Up
2020
$70,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Marion
- Multnomah
- Washington
To amplify the voices of diverse young people to achieve a more just and equitable Oregon
Grant
Population
- People of color
Oregon Student Foundation
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
Children's Forest of Central Oregon
2020
$59,915
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Crook
- Deschutes
- Jefferson
For a collaborative that supports increasing outdoor access for central Oregon’s Latinx communities
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People of color
REAP
2020
$1,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
2 months
For participation in the Gathering for Student Success
Grant
Latino Network
2020
$150,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Clatsop
- Jackson
- Malheur
- Marion
- Multnomah
- Polk
- Washington
- Yamhill
For operating support of this culturally-specific organization working to positively transform the lives of Latinx youth, families and communities throughout Portland
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People of color