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
Lomakatsi Restoration Project
2020
$120,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
36 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Jackson
  • Josephine
To support integration of the Promotora Program into this organization that works with Tribes and low-income, forest-based communities in Southern Oregon and Northern California
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
Oregon Citizens' Utility Board
2020
$70,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support advocacy for energy policies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and eliminate environmental justice and affordability inequities
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
Neighborhood Partnerships
2020
$60,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To advance economic empowerment and economic justice through a shared narrative, racial equity centered program, policy design and collective action
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People of color
Augustana Lutheran Church
2020
$32,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Deschutes
  • Jefferson
  • Marion
  • Multnomah
To expand a community awareness defense program and to strengthen migrant organizing
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
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
Lower Columbia Hispanic Council
2020
$1,111
Building Community
Duration of Award
1 month
Support TypeProject Support
For participation in a systems change convening
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Forward Together
2020
$50,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
6 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
To support infrastructure and strategy for the #WeCountOregon campaign
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People of color
Muslim Educational Trust
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
Metropolitan Family Service
2020
$66,011
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
For project support to expand access to tax preparation services and tax credits and to build internal capacity to deepen systems change work at this organization that serves families living in the Portland Metro area
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Black United Fund of Oregon
2020
$200,000
Meyer Designated Program
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For general operating support of this organization working to increase philanthropic activity and fund organizations providing resources for underserved low-income communities and communities of color in Oregon; 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
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
  • People of color
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
Yamhill Community Action Partnership
2020
$140,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Yamhill
To support increased capacity to address emerging housing and homelessness needs in Yamhill County
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • People with disabilities
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
Self Enhancement, Inc.
2020
$1,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
2 months
For participation in the Gathering for Student Success
Grant
McKenzie River Trust
2020
$35,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties Served
  • Benton
  • Douglas
  • Lane
  • Lincoln
  • Linn
For technical assistance to develop a diversity, equity and inclusion plan to inform land conservation programs
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
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
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
Project Access NOW
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
Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods
2020
$1,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
1 month
Support TypeProject Support
For participation in Meyer Learning Week 2020
Grant
Beaverton Education Foundation
2020
$136,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Washington
To provide diverse, low-income elementary school students summer enrichment to reduce educational disparities that result from distance learning
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
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