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
Oregon Business Council Charitable Institute
2020
$150,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To engage culturally-specific and cross-sector leaders to shape an equitable education policy agenda for Oregon
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • 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
NW Energy Coalition
2020
$110,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
30 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To deepen this Seattle-based organization’s work with environmental justice organizations working to advance more just and inclusive energy policy decisions in Oregon
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
McKenzie River Trust
2020
$10,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
8 months
Support TypeProject Support
For public education and communications related to the 2020 Holiday Farm Fire
Grant
Portland Community Media
2020
$73,500
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Marion
  • Multnomah
To build a coalition focused on addressing policies and practices that enforce racial and gender disparities in the film and TV industry in the Portland Metro area
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Stand for Children Leadership Center
2020
$1,500
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
2 months
For participation in the Gathering for Student Success
Grant
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
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
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 State University Foundation
2020
$60,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
For contribution to the Beavers Care fund to provide COVID-related assistance to DACA and undocumented students who are not eligible for federal aid.
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Peak Grantmaking
2020
$2,400
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties ServedStatewide
For annual membership
Grant
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
Adelante Mujeres
2020
$1,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
2 months
For participation in the Gathering for Student Success
Grant
Luckiamute Watershed Council
2020
$149,305
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
68 months
Support TypeProject Support
To expand upon existing forest-floodplain restoration work at the Luckiamute State Natural Area by 60 acres
Grant
Initiative
Willamette River Initiative
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
Oregon Justice Resource Center
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
ACLU Foundation of Oregon
2020
$50,000
Meyer Designated Program
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For general operating support of this advocacy organization fighting for free speech, racial justice, criminal justice reform, religious liberty, reproductive rights, LGBTQ+ rights, immigrants' rights and more; 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
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
  • Crime/abuse survivors
  • People of color
Friends of Trees
2020
$35,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
For project support to assess the role of tree planting in improving health and advancing climate justice for Indigenous communities, Tribes, people of color and low-income communities
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People of color
Center for Diversity and the Environment
2020
$3,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
2 months
For participation and webinar support in an educational webinar on advancing racial equity in freshwater funding
Grant
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
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