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
Northwest Health Foundation Fund II
2020
$200,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For the Reimagining Safety fund, supporting Black-led work to advance alternative public safety policies
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
  • People of color
Philanthropy Northwest
2020
$24,905
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For annual membership of this association of community, private and public foundations, corporations and individuals committed to improving the quality of life in the Pacific Northwest
Grant
Race Forward
2020
$2,500
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
1 month
For participation as a presenter in an educational webinar on diversity, equity, inclusion and social justice advocacy
Grant
Oregon Student Foundation
2020
$135,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
  • Benton
  • Deschutes
  • Lane
  • Linn
  • Marion
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
For operating support of this statewide, student-led advocacy and organizing nonprofit working to make a quality education more affordable and accessible for all Oregonians
Grant
Population
  • People of color
NeighborWorks Umpqua
2020
$17,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
6 months
Counties Served
  • Coos
  • Curry
  • Douglas
  • Jackson
  • Josephine
For technical assistance to prepare the organization to hire its first equity officer
Grant
CASA of Oregon
2020
$12,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For technical support of strategic planning and to implement diversity, equity and inclusion action steps
Grant
Benton Soil and Water Conservation District
2020
$80,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
For project support to develop and implement a new streamlined framework to monitor river health in the Willamette River Basin
Grant
Initiative
Willamette River Initiative
Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon
2020
$500
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
1 month
For participation in a presentation
Grant
Friends of the Columbia Gorge
2020
$30,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Hood River
  • Multnomah
  • Wasco
For technical assistance to support deeper integration of diversity, equity and inclusion goals into this organization's work to ensure the long-term protection and resilience of the Columbia Gorge
Grant
ALF Oregon
2020
$3,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
4 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
  • Benton
  • Curry
  • Deschutes
  • Douglas
  • Hood River
  • Jackson
  • Jefferson
  • Marion
  • Multnomah
  • Polk
  • Wasco
  • Washington
For capacity building and evaluation to support Urban/Rural Connection Project, a geographically and racially diverse leadership cohort that focuses on bridging Oregon’s urban and rural divide
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Portland Community Reinvestment Initiatives
2020
$199,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
6 months
Support TypeCapital Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
For funding of a collective community cause: the King + Parks Affordable Housing Project in NE Portland to mitigate the displacement and oppression of Portlanders during COVID-19, social unrest and beyond
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
Community Development Partners
2020
$250,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
36 months
Support TypeCapital Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
For capital support of Mamook Tokatee Apartments, an innovative model housing both Tribal and Non-Tribal communities in Multnomah County
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People of color
Yamhill Community Action Partnership
2020
$130,500
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Yamhill
To support justice-involved Latinx individuals experiencing homelessness access and maintain private market housing in Yamhill County
Grant
Population
  • Crime/abuse survivors
  • People of color
  • People with disabilities
Oregon Justice Resource Center
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
Verde
2020
$75,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
To support the Healthy Communities Coalition, a community-based collaborative of multicultural advocacy organizations working to empower communities to engage in and benefit from the Broadway Corridor redevelopment project
Grant
Population
  • People of color
APANO Communities United Fund
2020
$120,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To advance the work of New Oregon Movement, a BIPOC democracy hub for culturally-specific, people of color-led organizations and organizational leaders
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People of color
350PDX
2020
$135,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
Operating support for a grassroots movement fueling climate justice-based solutions that combat systemic inequities
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
Lebanon Area Habitat for Humanity
2020
$83,500
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Linn
Project support to improve housing stability through housing repairs for seniors, disabled people and families living on low-income in East Linn county
Grant
Population
  • Aging/elderly
  • People living on low incomes
  • People with disabilities
Northwest Pilot Project
2020
$167,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
19 months
Support TypeProject Support
To support production of a report on the "State of Seniors" in Multnomah County
Grant
Northwest Workers' Justice Project
2020
$40,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Marion
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
For rapid legal response to support the health, safety and legal rights of low-wage workers, many of whom are immigrant and front line essential workers
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
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