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
Homes for Good Housing Agency
2020
$25,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeCapital Support
Counties Served
- Lane
New Construction of Permanent Supportive Housing for Families Experiencing Homelessness in Eugene
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
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
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
Causa of 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
Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon
2020
$30,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
2 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Tillamook
- Washington
- Yamhill
To provide emergency bridge funding to maintain critical immigrant and refugee resettlement services; 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
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
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
Burns Paiute Tribe
2020
$78,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Harney
For project support to strengthen the Burns Paiute Tribe's Economic Development Office and advance economic vitality of the Tribe
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
Rural Organizing Project
2020
$240,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For operating support of this statewide organization working to build the capacity of local grassroots groups in rural communities to shift culture and create systems change at the local, county and state level
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People of color
Seeding Justice
2020
$100,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support the Since Time Immemorial fund for COVID-19 relief for Tribes and Native communities
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility
2020
$160,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
30 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To mobilize health professionals in the fight against climate change so that the climate justice movement can better serve local and state-wide communities most affected by it
Grant
Portland Community College Foundation
2020
$184,211
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
To improve career and college readiness for priority students in Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Middle 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
350PDX
2020
$46,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
10 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To support a partnership with Sunrise Movement PDX and an Earth Day event in Portland that will mobilize frontline communities and build the capacity of youth to be leaders within in the climate and environmental justice movement
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Hacienda Community Development Corporation
2020
$75,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For general operating support for this Latino Community Development Corporation that strengthens families by providing affordable housing, homeownership support, economic advancement and educational opportunities
Grant
Population
- People of color
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
Willamette Valley Law Project
2020
$25,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
4 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For PCUN's Farmworker Emergency Fund, which provides relief support for farmworkers facing hardship from wildfires
Grant
Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts
2020
$200,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For operating support of this network comprised of twenty land trusts working to advance land conservation in Oregon
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
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
Operation Nightwatch - Portland
2020
$25,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To launch a program that will build relationships with women that are houseless with the goal of preparing them to access housing opportunities in Multnomah County
Grant
Population
- Crime/abuse survivors
- Women or girls