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
WomenFirst Transition & Referral Center
2020
$132,101
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
To support Black justice-involved women in a holistic and culturally-specific approach to achieve long-term housing stability in Clackamas and Multnomah counties
Grant
Population
- Crime/abuse survivors
- People of color
- Women or girls
North Portland Community Works
2020
$38,005
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To support the ELSO Organization Investment Project
Grant
Population
- People of color
APANO Communities United Fund
2020
$180,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Marion
- Multnomah
- Washington
For operating support of this culturally specific organization working to serve and empower Oregon's Asian and Pacific Islander communities
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People of color
Oregon Solar Energy Education Fund
2020
$48,183
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
9 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
To create a collaborative workforce development partnership and program that will provide careers and pathways into the solar industry for low-income women and people of color
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Family Forward Oregon
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
Centro Cultural de Condado de Washington
2020
$30,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Washington
To provide support and services to DACA-eligible youth and families who have been impacted by COVID-19
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council
2020
$1,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
2 months
For participation in an educational webinar on advancing racial equity in freshwater funding
Grant
Neighborhood Partnerships
2020
$100,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support Residents Organizing for Change, a statewide network of affordable housing residents engaged in housing advocacy
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
Oregon Community Foundation
2020
$80,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
To address disparities in Oregon’s early care and education system by expanding professional development opportunities for providers of color
Grant
Population
- People of color
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
Oregon Food Bank
2020
$250
Building Community
Duration of Award
1 month
For participation in "Real Talk: Connecting Services and Systems Change,” a Services to Systems learning circle panel discussion
Grant
Population
- People of color
PACE
2020
$10,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
For annual membership
Grant
Momentum Alliance
2020
$100,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To strengthen Oregon's youth-led social justice movements by supporting youth-of-color-led organizations and supporting their roles as changes agents toward a more equitable and just society
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- 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
Self Enhancement, Inc.
2020
$200,000
Meyer Designated Program
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For general operating support of this comprehensive, one-stop resource for youth and families, primarily African Americans, and others living in poverty or seeking culturally responsive services; 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
Voz Workers' Rights Education Project
2020
$120,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For operating support to build social and economic power for immigrants and raise the profile of day laborers who have been disproportionately impacted by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People of color
Northwest Workers' Justice Project
2020
$25,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Marion
- Multnomah
- Washington
To support a rapid legal response program serving unmet immigration needs of clients; 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
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
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
Safe Routes to School National Partnership
2020
$185,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
For the Getting There Together Coalition that advocates for transportation improvements that prioritize communities experiencing disparities and historic underinvestment
Grant
Population
- 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