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
Environmental Grantmakers Association
2020
$30,392
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
For annual membership to the Environmental Grantmakers Association and support for the integration of Native American philanthropy, Tribal funds and participation of Indigenous communities in the EGA Fall 2020 Retreat
Grant
Tides Foundation
2020
$1,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
1 month
Support TypeProject Support
For Oregon Futures Lab's participation in a systems change convening
Grant
Population
  • 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
Deschutes River Conservancy
2020
$160,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
  • Crook
  • Deschutes
  • Jefferson
For general operating support of this organization that convenes and facilitates collaborative efforts to meet in-stream and community water needs
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
Voz Workers' Rights Education Project
2020
$20,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
To support implementation of the COVID-19 Immigrant Day Labor Worker Emergency Preparedness Plan which provides direct services education, individual and collective preparedness planning for day labor workers impacted by the novel coronavirus
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
REAP
2020
$70,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
To engage diverse African and Black communities in dialogue to promote cross-cultural understanding and connection
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • People of color
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
Innovative Housing
2020
$195,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeCapital Support
Counties Served
  • Clatsop
For capital support for 40 units of affordable housing in Astoria
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
Portland Leadership Foundation
2020
$150,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Columbia
  • Lane
  • Marion
  • Multnomah
  • Tillamook
  • Washington
To support the stabilization of justice-involved parents with children in foster care through community-based crews offering peer mentorship and access to long-term private market housing in Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties
Grant
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
KairosPDX
2020
$200,000
Meyer Designated Program
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
For general operating support of this non-profit organization focused on delivering excellent, equitable education to underserved children, their families and their communities; 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
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
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
Native Americans in Philanthropy
2020
$15,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
For annual membership
Grant
Long Tom Watershed Council
2020
$39,723
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
16 months
Support TypeProject Support
For completion of a floodplain inundation mapping for 160 miles of the Willamette River
Grant
Initiative
Willamette River Initiative
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
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
Social Good Fund
2020
$80,485
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Columbia
  • Multnomah
For the Portland Harbor Community Coalition 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
Habitat for Humanity of Oregon
2020
$4,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
3 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support advocacy and equity tracks of the 2020 Western Region Conference
Grant
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
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