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
World Stage Theatre
2020
$25,000
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
The Next Door, Inc.
2020
$1,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
1 month
For participation in a presentation
Grant
Columbia Slough Watershed Council
2020
$18,480
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
For strategic planning at this organization that engages diverse communities that live in and around Portland's Columbia Slough watershed in land stewardship and restoration efforts
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • People of color
Western States Center
2020
$150,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For operating support of this organization working in the eight Western states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada and Alaska to advance racial, gender and economic equity
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People of color
Imagine Black
2020
$200,000
Meyer Designated Program
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
For general operating support of this organization that envisions a world where people of African descent enjoy the rights, resources and recognition of a thriving, resilient and connected community; 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
Latino Network
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
Friends of the Children - Portland
2020
$200,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Columbia
  • Marion
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
  • Yamhill
To support strategies for mitigating learning loss and negative impacts on education through long-term mentoring for priority youth
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
Bridge Meadows
2020
$275,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeCapital Support
Counties Served
  • Crook
  • Deschutes
  • Jefferson
To increase affordable housing units in Central Oregon through replication of the Bridge Meadows’ supportive intergenerational housing model in Deschutes County
Grant
Population
  • Aging/elderly
  • People living on low incomes
Nonprofit Association of Oregon
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
Oregon Coast Community Action
2020
$300
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
1 month
For participation in a breakout session at the 2020 Regards to Rural Conference
Grant
Metropolitan Family Service
2020
$66,011
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
For project support to expand access to tax preparation services and tax credits and to build internal capacity to deepen systems change work at this organization that serves families living in the Portland Metro area
Grant
Population
  • People of color
CASA of Oregon
2020
$50,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
  • Jackson
  • Josephine
For general operating support for this organization that provides housing for farmworkers and other marginalized populations in primarily rural areas
Grant
Innovation Law Lab
2020
$165,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For legal counsel, representation, litigation, advocacy and volunteer management in connection with the detention of immigrants at the Federal Correctional Institution in Sheridan, Ore.; this grant is awarded as a part of the Oregon Immigrant and Refugee Funders Collaborative, which addresses critical and time-sensitive issues facing immigrants and refugees
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • People of color
United Way of Lane County
2020
$200,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Lane
To achieve measurable progress on third grade reading for priority students in Lane County through the "Lane County Reads" program
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
Northwest Coastal Housing
2020
$250,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeCapital Support
Counties Served
  • Lincoln
For capital support to fund the new construction of new Veterans/Workforce Housing in Toledo, Oregon
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • Veterans
Luke-Dorf
2020
$180,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
To support deeper engagement with diversity, equity and inclusion work within the organization’s housing portfolio
Grant
Population
  • People with disabilities
Innovative Housing
2020
$195,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeCapital Support
Counties Served
  • Clatsop
For capital support for 40 units of affordable housing in Astoria
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
CASA of Oregon
2020
$420,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
36 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support the formation of resident-owned manufactured home park cooperatives
Grant
Augustana Lutheran Church
2020
$32,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Deschutes
  • Jefferson
  • Marion
  • Multnomah
To expand a community awareness defense program and to strengthen migrant organizing
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
Lomakatsi Restoration Project
2020
$120,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
36 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Jackson
  • Josephine
To support integration of the Promotora Program into this organization that works with Tribes and low-income, forest-based communities in Southern Oregon and Northern California
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
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