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
Center for Sustainable Economy
2020
$80,485
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Columbia
  • Multnomah
For fiscal sponsorship of Just Climate to support communities living in and around the Portland Harbor on the Willamette River in developing a vision for a clean and just energy future
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
Unite Oregon
2020
$100,000
Meyer Designated Program
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For general operating support of this diverse, grassroots organization working to build a multi-racial, multicultural movement for immigrant and refugee rights; 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
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
Habitat for Humanity of Oregon
2020
$225,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
8 months
Support TypeCapital Support
Counties Served
  • Benton
  • Clackamas
  • Clatsop
  • Columbia
  • Coos
  • Deschutes
  • Douglas
  • Hood River
  • Jackson
  • Jefferson
  • Josephine
  • Lane
  • Lincoln
  • Linn
  • Marion
  • Morrow
  • Multnomah
  • Polk
  • Tillamook
  • Umatilla
  • Union
  • Wasco
  • Washington
  • Yamhill
To develop the Rapid Rehome Fund to support Oregonians experiencing houselessness as a result of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
Funders for LGBTQ Issues
2020
$10,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
1 month
For annual membership
Grant
Coalition of Communities of Color
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
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
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
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
Sponsors
2020
$185,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Lane
To expand existing programs to support housing stability for recently incarcerated individuals at risk of homelessness or housing displacement in Lane County
Grant
Verde
2020
$175,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To build power and wealth in low-income and people of color communities through community control of resources and investments
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • People of color
Western States Center
2020
$90,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support a convening focused on communications, networking and media
Grant
Partnership for Safety and Justice
2020
$165,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For operating support of this organization focused on transforming the criminal justice system by bringing together people who are crime survivors, people convicted of crime and the families and communities of both
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Nonprofit Association of Oregon
2020
$20,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
9 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
For technical assistance to create and disseminate the "Oregon Race to Lead Report"
Grant
Population
  • People of color
United Way of the Columbia-Willamette
2020
$25,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
4 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
For relief support for communities facing hardship from wildfires in Clackamas, Washington and Multnomah counties
Grant
Children's Institute
2020
$200,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To advance a bold statewide agenda to reduce disparities and improve kindergarten readiness and third-grade success
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
African American Alliance for Home Ownership
2020
$25,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
For general operating support for this organization that works to increase homeownership and economic stability for African-Americans and other underserved individuals in Portland
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
  • People of color
Northwest Regional Education Service District
2020
$185,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Clatsop
  • Columbia
  • Tillamook
  • Washington
To establish district-wide Equity Learning Teams that identify and disrupt inequitable and disproportionate systems across Clatsop, Columbia, Tillamook and Washington Counties.
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
Resource Media
2020
$27,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
6 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
To develop a communications strategy and tools to support frontline community organizations through implementation of the Portland Clean Energy Fund and reporting
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Native Americans in Philanthropy
2020
$15,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
For annual membership
Grant
Wallowa Resources
2020
$144,750
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Baker
  • Umatilla
  • Union
  • Wallowa
To expand the rural “Stewardship Economy” model in eastern Oregon through land management collaboratives, community land ownership, workforce training programs and partnerships with community-based organizations
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
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