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
Port Orford-Langlois School District
2020
$19,247
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Coos
- Curry
To develop an ongoing funding strategy for the Ready, Set Learn! program serving Curry and Coos counties
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
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
Oregon Wild
2020
$27,500
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
8 months
Support TypeProject Support
For coordination and implementation of public education and advocacy efforts related to the 2020 Oregon wildfires, prioritizing vulnerable communities and ecologically sound fire recovery efforts
Grant
Constructing Hope Pre-Apprenticeship Program
2020
$75,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For general operating support for this organization that encourages self-sufficiency through skills training and education in the construction industry for people of color, people coming from incarceration and adults living on low-incomes
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People of color
Community Alliance of Tenants
2020
$15,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
8 months
Counties ServedStatewide
For technical assistance to support an executive director transition at this community-led tenant rights organization
Grant
Urban League of Portland
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 Student Foundation
2020
$135,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Benton
- Deschutes
- Lane
- Linn
- Marion
- Multnomah
- Washington
For operating support of this statewide, student-led advocacy and organizing nonprofit working to make a quality education more affordable and accessible for all Oregonians
Grant
Population
- People of color
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
Race Forward
2020
$2,500
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
1 month
For participation as a presenter in an educational webinar on diversity, equity, inclusion and social justice advocacy
Grant
350PDX
2020
$135,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
Operating support for a grassroots movement fueling climate justice-based solutions that combat systemic inequities
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Urban League of Portland
2020
$50,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
22 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
For general operating support to Urban League of Portland focused in Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
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
Disability Rights Oregon
2020
$118,727
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To provide statewide legal advocacy for people with disabilities to advance their housing rights to receive reasonable accommodations or modifications and to develop and disseminate “Know Your Rights” publications
[Note- using updated language from Grantee. 11-9-20. Pls don't change]
Grant
Population
- Aging/elderly
- People with disabilities
Janus Youth Programs
2020
$72,686
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For project support to develop organizational policies and leadership development opportunities that advance systems change efforts at Portland-based Village Gardens
Grant
Population
- People of color
Oregon Humanities
2020
$100,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support civc programming and internal capacity at this independent, nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities
Grant
Population
- People of color
Community Development Partners
2020
$250,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
36 months
Support TypeCapital Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For capital support of Mamook Tokatee Apartments, an innovative model housing both Tribal and Non-Tribal communities in Multnomah County
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- 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
Portland Community Reinvestment Initiatives
2020
$199,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
6 months
Support TypeCapital Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For funding of a collective community cause: the King + Parks Affordable Housing Project in NE Portland to mitigate the displacement and oppression of Portlanders during COVID-19, social unrest and beyond
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon
2020
$500
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
1 month
Support TypeOperating Support
For participation in a panel presentation
Grant
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