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
SquareOne Villages
2020
$276,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeCapital Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To pilot an innovative housing model, which combines a limited-equity cooperative with a community land trust to create affordable homeownership options for people living on low-incomes
Grant
Climate Solutions
2020
$110,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For a coalition focused on an equitable transition away from fossil fuel powered transportation in Oregon
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Mano a Mano Family 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
Unite Oregon
2020
$150,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support the implementation of a strategic plan in response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- 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
Human Solutions
2020
$54,090
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
For project support to develop a replicable Resident Advisory Committee to heighten resident influence at Human Solutions
Grant
Population
- People of color
Bienestar
2020
$75,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Washington
For general operating support for this organization that builds housing, hope and community for the wellbeing of Latinxs, immigrants and all families in need
Grant
Urban League of Portland
2020
$200,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
0 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support staffing for fiscally sponsored project, Reimagine Oregon
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People of color
Urban League of Portland
2020
$73,750
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For debt relief and flexible funding to help low-income renters with criminal histories re-enter the private rental market in Multnomah County
Grant
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
Tides Center
2020
$21,600
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
3 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Benton
- Clackamas
- Lane
- Linn
- Marion
- Multnomah
- Polk
- Washington
- Yamhill
For technical assistance to support hiring a co-executive director for the Willamette River Network
Grant
Resolutions Northwest
2020
$181,424
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
To mobilize BIPOC Restorative Justice practitioners, K-12 teachers and youth to build transformative school communities in Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties
Grant
Population
- People of color
- People with disabilities
The Funders Network Inc.
2020
$6,310
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
1 month
For membership dues
Grant
Beyond Toxics
2020
$200,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For operating support of this advocacy organization that works to safeguard human health and promote a safe environment in Oregon for children, rural Oregonians, people of color, and working class and low-income communities
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
National Public Education Support Fund
2020
$10,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
For annual membership in this national hub for convening and connecting influential leaders in education philanthropy, advocacy, research, policy and practice
Grant
Seeding Justice
2020
$60,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
7 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For the Since Time Immemorial Fund, an effort to rapidly deploy resources to Tribal communities across the region when opportunity or need arises
Grant
Housing Oregon
2020
$7,500
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
3 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For conference sponsorship and scholarship support of the virtual Fall 2020 Industry Support Conference
Grant
Population
- People of color
Hacienda Community Development Corporation
2020
$300,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To support development of a replicable, community-based, affordable ADU development model aimed at increasing the supply of affordable rental housing and creating stability for homeowners with modest incomes in neighborhoods experiencing gentrification and displacement
Grant
Initiative
Affordable Housing Initiative
Population
- People of color
Urban League of Portland
2020
$200,000
Meyer Designated Program
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
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; 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
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People of color
BARK
2020
$80,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Hood River
- Multnomah
- Wasco
To center racial equity in this community-based organization’s work to protect the Mt. Hood National Forest and surrounding federal lands
Grant