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
Wallowa Resources
2020
$144,750
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Baker
- Umatilla
- Union
- Wallowa
To expand the rural “Stewardship Economy” model in eastern Oregon through land management collaboratives, community land ownership, workforce training programs and partnerships with community-based organizations
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Beyond Toxics
2020
$10,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
8 months
Support TypeProject Support
For storytelling and communications support in response to the 2020 Oregon wildfires, focusing on forests, climate and impacts on frontline communities
Grant
Children's Institute
2020
$200,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To advance a bold statewide agenda to reduce disparities and improve kindergarten readiness and third-grade success
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon Foundation
2020
$75,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For operating support of this organization working to implement Oregon’s Reproductive Health Equity Act
Grant
African American Alliance for Home Ownership
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 works to increase homeownership and economic stability for African-Americans and other underserved individuals in Portland
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People of color
Family Forward Oregon
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
Native Americans in Philanthropy
2020
$15,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
For annual membership
Grant
Northeast Oregon Economic Development District
2020
$77,500
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Baker
- Union
- Wallowa
For project support to build internal infrastructure at this organization and increase support for relationship development as part of broader systems change work in Enterprise, Oregon
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
Centro Cultural de Condado de Washington
2020
$30,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Washington
To provide support and services to DACA-eligible youth and families who have been impacted by COVID-19
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
KairosPDX
2020
$200,000
Meyer Designated Program
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For general operating support of this non-profit organization focused on delivering excellent, equitable education to underserved children, their families and their communities; 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
- People of color
Wallowa Resources
2020
$41,975
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
10 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Wallowa
For diversity, equity and inclusion training at this organization that works to improve environmental education and increase natural resource stewardship, sustainable economic development and rural lands policy collaboration
Grant
Oregon Food Bank
2020
$250
Building Community
Duration of Award
1 month
For participation in "Real Talk: Connecting Services and Systems Change,” a Services to Systems learning circle panel discussion
Grant
Population
- People of color
Get Schooled
2020
$185,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To increase college-going rates for priority students in rural Oregon
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Clinica Medical Nuestra Senora De Guadalupe
2020
$1,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
1 month
Support TypeOperating Support
For participation in a presentation
Grant
Western States Center
2020
$1,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
1 month
Support TypeOperating Support
For participation in Meyer Learning Week 2020
Grant
PACE
2020
$10,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
For annual membership
Grant
Community Cycling Center
2020
$90,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Marion
- Multnomah
To provide STEM education for underserved youth in Marion and Multnomah counties through the lens of bicycle mechanics
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Basic Rights Education Fund
2020
$2,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
1 month
Support TypeProject Support
For participation in a systems change convening
Grant
Population
- People of color
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
Leaven Community
2020
$184,640
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Deschutes
- Lane
- Multnomah
- Washington
To support the Leaven Community Land and Housing Coalition organizing congregations across five counties to build affordable housing on faith community-owned land
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People of color