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
Northwest Environmental Defense Center
2020
$200,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
28 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support a collaborative effort to reduce diesel particulate emissions and health impacts, particularly in low-income communities of color, by influencing regulations and rules governing diesel emissions
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
Native Arts and Cultures Foundation
2020
$195,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
13 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For project support of a feasibility study
Grant
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
Stand for Children Leadership Center
2020
$150,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For capacity building support to increase high school graduation rates and implementation of the Student Success Act in public schools in Oregon
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
JOIN
2020
$47,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
To support a collaborative effort between JOIN and Street Roots to utilize digital and print media to educate and engage Oregon communities in discussions about housing and homeless service investments in Multnomah County
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
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
NeighborWorks Umpqua
2020
$147,399
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Coos
  • Curry
  • Douglas
  • Jackson
  • Josephine
  • Klamath
  • Lake
To develop a Southern Oregon regional approach to build community capacity to permanently house justice-involved individuals through collaboration, rental tenant education and financial stabilization in Coos, Curry, Douglas and Josephine counties
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
Housing Oregon
2020
$120,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support this Portland-based organization's efforts to connect affordable housing providers in Oregon on the implementation of a statewide Housing Plan, local jurisdiction bond equity metrics and COVID-19 response
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
Peak Grantmaking
2020
$2,400
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties ServedStatewide
For annual membership
Grant
Columbia Land Trust
2020
$185,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Clatsop
  • Columbia
  • Hood River
  • Multnomah
  • Wasco
To develop a forest carbon model that provides opportunities for people living in the Pacific Northwest to connect to local climate solutions
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
Centro Latino Americano
2020
$77,500
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Lane
To establish the Latinx and Immigrant Family Wellness Hub, an emerging collaboration of three Latinx-serving organizations—Centro Latino Americano, Huerto de La Familia and Downtown Languages—in Lane County
Grant
Population
  • People of color
EUVALCREE
2020
$500
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
2 months
For participation in the Gathering for Student Success
Grant
NW Energy Coalition
2020
$110,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
30 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To deepen this Seattle-based organization’s work with environmental justice organizations working to advance more just and inclusive energy policy decisions in Oregon
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
Oregon State University Foundation
2020
$60,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
For contribution to the Beavers Care fund to provide COVID-related assistance to DACA and undocumented students who are not eligible for federal aid.
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Chemeketa Community College
2020
$185,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support the Biliteracy Pathway and Leadership Training for biliterate/bicultural teachers in Oregon
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Innovation Law Lab
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
NeighborWorks Umpqua
2020
$300
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
1 month
For participation in a breakout session at the 2020 Regards to Rural Conference
Grant
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
Asian American Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy
2020
$5,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
For annual membership of this organization that advocates for a more equitable and inclusive philanthropic sector
Grant
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
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