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
Voz Workers' Rights Education Project
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
Neighborhood Partnerships
2020
$7,500
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
6 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For conference sponsorship of the 2020 virtual Fall Industry Support Conference
Grant
Washington County Kids
2020
$48,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
  • Washington
To foster effective coordination, collaboration and support of Out-of-School-Time providers in Washington County
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
Black United Fund of Oregon
2020
$200,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
For strategic planning and visioning for this organization working to increase philanthropic activity and fund organizations providing resources for underserved low-income communities and communities of color in Oregon
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • 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
National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy
2020
$12,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
For operating support for this organization that works to create long-term change for marginalized communities
Grant
Portland Leadership Foundation
2020
$150,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
13 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For general operating support
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
  • People of color
Race Forward
2020
$50,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
16 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support the Government Alliance on Race and Equity Annual Membership Meeting, an educational gathering for members of a national government alliance focused on advancing racial equity
Grant
Fair Housing Council of Oregon
2020
$15,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For technical assistance to support an internal focus on racial equity through organizational assessment and regional equity plans
Grant
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
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
REAP
2020
$75,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support coordination of a statewide network of Black nonprofit CEOs and executives
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • People of color
Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency
2020
$149,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Marion
To support housing rental access for Latinx individuals who are justice-involved in Multnomah County
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Unite Oregon
2020
$25,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To advance conversations about dismantling anti-Black racism within immigrant, refugee, and asylee communities in Oregon; this grant was awarded as a part of the Oregon Immigrant and Refugee Funders Collaborative, which addresses critical and time-sensitive issues facing immigrants and refugees
Grant
Rogue Farm Corps
2020
$90,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Benton
  • Clackamas
  • Crook
  • Deschutes
  • Jackson
  • Josephine
  • Lane
  • Linn
  • Multnomah
  • Umatilla
  • Washington
  • Yamhill
To equip the next generation of farmers to build a more equitable, resilient food system and adapt to change
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • 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
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
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
Seeding Justice
2020
$25,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
4 months
Support TypeProject Support
For the Rogue Valley Relief Fund, a crucial relief effort supporting people most impacted by wildfires in the Rogue Valley region
Grant
Native American Youth and Family Center
2020
$25,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
6 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
To support costs associated with participating in the planning and implementation of the Student Success Act
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People living on low incomes
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