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
Nez Perce Tribe
2020
$138,824
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Counties Served
- Wallowa
To integrate Nez Perce tribal knowledge into Wallowa Lake management and explore reintroduction of native sockeye to the lake
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
Grantmakers of Oregon and SW Washington
2020
$10,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support the 2020 Grantmakers as Changemakers Conference, which brings together more than 200 diverse philanthropists and thought leaders in Oregon and Southwest Washington to generate partnerships and develop funding innovations
Grant
Adelante Mujeres
2020
$25,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
6 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Washington
To support costs associated with participating in the planning and implementation of the Student Success Act
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
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
Columbia Land Trust
2020
$185,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clatsop
- Columbia
- Hood River
- Multnomah
- Wasco
To develop a forest carbon model that provides opportunities for people living in the Pacific Northwest to connect to local climate solutions
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
Urban League of Portland
2020
$150,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
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
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Innovation Law Lab
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 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
Benton Habitat for Humanity
2020
$100,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Counties Served
- Benton
To increase the capacity for critical home repairs for low-income seniors and people with disabilities in Benton County
Grant
Population
- Aging/elderly
- People living on low incomes
- People with disabilities
JOIN
2020
$47,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To support a collaborative effort between JOIN and Street Roots to utilize digital and print media to educate and engage Oregon communities in discussions about housing and homeless service investments in Multnomah County
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
Chemeketa Community College
2020
$185,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support the Biliteracy Pathway and Leadership Training for biliterate/bicultural teachers in Oregon
Grant
Population
- People of color
United Way of the Mid-Willamette Valley
2020
$15,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
4 months
Support TypeProject Support
For relief support for communities facing hardship from wildfires in Marion, Polk and Yamhill counties
Grant
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
Black Parent Initiative
2020
$25,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For general operating support for this organization that helps families achieve financial, educational and spiritual success
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People of color
Latino Community Association
2020
$1,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
2 months
For participation in the Gathering for Student Success
Grant
Tides Foundation
2020
$135,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For project support at this nonpartisan, statewide program aimed at building culturally-specific pathways to elected and appointed officials through training, coaching and mentorship in partnership with community-based organizations
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People of color
United Negro College Fund
2020
$15,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Columbia
- Hood River
- Jefferson
- Lincoln
- Multnomah
- Polk
- Washington
- Yamhill
To support high school graduation and college readiness for priority students through the UNCF Portfolio Project in Portland
Grant
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
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
CASA of Oregon
2020
$12,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For technical support of strategic planning and to implement diversity, equity and inclusion action steps
Grant