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
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
Oregon Health and Science University Foundation
2020
$180,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Klamath
To enhance the On Track science education program for Native American middle and high school students in rural Oregon
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People living on low incomes
Greater Douglas United Way
2020
$15,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
4 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Douglas
For relief support for Douglas County communities facing hardship from wildfires
Grant
Northwest Health Foundation Fund II
2020
$250,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support the Civic Health Initiative, a program focused on public policy education, training and professional development for organizations led by Black people, Indigenous people and people of color
Grant
Population
- People of color
Resolutions Northwest
2020
$55,363
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
2 months
Support TypeProject Support
For a restorative justice process to reduce disproportionate discipline for youths of color
Grant
Population
- People of color
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
Portland Community Reinvestment Initiatives
2020
$75,000
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
EUVALCREE
2020
$500
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
2 months
For participation in the Gathering for Student Success
Grant
Red Lodge Transition Services
2020
$1,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
1 month
For participation in a systems change convening
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
Human Solutions
2020
$275,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
22 months
Support TypeCapital Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To build 93 affordable housing units in East Portland with on-site support services for people living on low- and very-low income
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Native Fish Society
2020
$85,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
14 months
Counties ServedStatewide
To grow relationships with rural and Indigenous communities by integrating equity outcomes into ongoing environmental programs and efforts
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People living on low incomes
Depave
2020
$19,200
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
18 months
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
For technical assistance to strengthen anti-racist practices, deepen the organization's commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion and put equity tools into practice that will inform community greening projects
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Momentum Alliance
2020
$100,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Marion
- Multnomah
- Washington
To strengthen Oregon's youth-led social justice movements by supporting BIPOC youth of color and creating opportunities for youth organizing and healing in the Portland Metro area and beyond
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People of color
NeighborWorks Umpqua
2020
$17,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
6 months
Counties Served
- Coos
- Curry
- Douglas
- Jackson
- Josephine
For technical assistance to prepare the organization to hire its first equity officer
Grant
Linfield College
2020
$52,500
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Malheur
- Marion
- Multnomah
- Polk
- Washington
- Yamhill
For organizational development in an emerging state-wide mentorship program serving male Latinx high school students and those transitioning to college
Grant
Population
- People of color
Friends of Trees
2020
$31,725
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
7 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Lane
- Marion
- Multnomah
- Washington
For technical assistance to support an Executive Director transition for this environmental organization that serves five counties in Oregon
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
Family Forward Oregon
2020
$150,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For operating support of this organization working to establish paid sick days, paid family leave, workplace flexibility, equal pay for equal work, rights for domestic workers, retirement security and accessible, affordable child care for all in the state of Oregon
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People of color
Raphael House of Portland
2020
$80,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
For wraparound housing stability services for survivors of domestic violence in Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties, focusing on Latinx families
Grant
Population
- Crime/abuse survivors
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- Women or girls
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