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
Central City Concern
2020
$75,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To engage people with lived experiences of homelessness and recovery to improve service programs and address barriers that impede their health, wellness and economic stability
Grant
Population
- People of color
Cascadia Wildlands
2020
$12,500
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
8 months
Support TypeProject Support
For advocacy to confront damaging post-fire logging of older forests and communications support for local voices in the Umpqua River basin affected by the 2020 Oregon wildfires
Grant
Tides Center
2020
$21,600
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
3 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Benton
- Clackamas
- Lane
- Linn
- Marion
- Multnomah
- Polk
- Washington
- Yamhill
For technical assistance to support hiring a co-executive director for the Willamette River Network
Grant
Oregon Community Foundation - Meyer Memorial Trust Donor Advised Fund
2020
$1,750,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For the Meyer Memorial Trust Donor Advised Fund
Grant
Latino Community Association
2020
$120,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Crook
- Deschutes
- Jefferson
To improve Latinx student achievement and leadership skills through school-based Spanish literacy and parent engagement activities in Central Oregon.
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Oregon Community Foundation
2020
$80,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
To address disparities in Oregon’s early care and education system by expanding professional development opportunities for providers of color
Grant
Population
- People of color
Climate Solutions
2020
$110,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For 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
Safe Routes to School National Partnership
2020
$185,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
For the Getting There Together Coalition that advocates for transportation improvements that prioritize communities experiencing disparities and historic underinvestment
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Chalkboard Project
2020
$3,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
2 months
For participation in the Gathering for Student Success
Grant
Voz Workers' Rights Education Project
2020
$120,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For operating support to build social and economic power for immigrants and raise the profile of day laborers who have been disproportionately impacted by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People of color
Unite Oregon
2020
$150,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support the implementation of a strategic plan in response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People of color
Urban League of Portland
2020
$200,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
0 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support staffing for fiscally sponsored project, Reimagine Oregon
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People of color
Habitat for Humanity of Oregon
2020
$50,000
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
Create COVID-19 Rapid Rehome Fund to expedite getting families into Habitat homes throughout Oregon
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Multnomah Education Service District
2020
$14,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
5 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
- Washington
To support a learning delegation seeking to diversify the teaching workforce through a regional, cross-institutional “grow your own” teacher pipeline
Grant
Multnomah Education Service District
2020
$250,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To advance education equity for racially and linguistically diverse students through increasing educator workforce diversity in Multnomah County
Grant
Population
- People of color
Native Arts and Cultures Foundation
2020
$195,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
13 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For project support of a feasibility study
Grant
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
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
NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon 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
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