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
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
Verde
2020
$250,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
For Living Cully, a collaborative that works to address disparities in housing, income, health, education and natural resources in Portland's Cully neighborhood
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
Western States Center
2020
$1,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
1 month
Support TypeOperating Support
For participation in Meyer Learning Week 2020
Grant
Leaven Community
2020
$92,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeProject Support
For Bridging the Gap, a project to build community capacity and support leadership development for culturally relevant environmental education in the Willamette River Basin
Grant
Initiative
Willamette River Initiative
Bienestar
2020
$75,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
  • Washington
For general operating support for this organization that builds housing, hope and community for the wellbeing of Latinxs, immigrants and all families in need
Grant
Urban League of Portland
2020
$73,750
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For debt relief and flexible funding to help low-income renters with criminal histories re-enter the private rental market in Multnomah County
Grant
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
APANO Communities United Fund
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
Prosecutor Impact
2020
$150,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To reframe the practice of prosecution in Oregon to address racial disparities and enhance equitable outcomes for communities served
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Community Development Partners
2020
$50,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
36 months
Support TypeCapital Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
For capital support for Mamook Tokatee Apartments using an innovative funding model to house Tribal and Non-Tribal communities in Multnomah County
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People of color
Housing Oregon
2020
$7,500
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
3 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For conference sponsorship and scholarship support of the virtual Fall 2020 Industry Support Conference
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Brown Hope
2020
$10,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
6 months
Support TypeProject Support
For participation in a cohort of nonprofit executives, focusing on strategic communication that can drive results in a unique moment of social upheaval
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
BARK
2020
$80,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Hood River
  • Multnomah
  • Wasco
To center racial equity in this community-based organization’s work to protect the Mt. Hood National Forest and surrounding federal lands
Grant
Communities United for People
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
Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
2020
$350,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
16 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
  • Clatsop
To build the capacity of the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission to effectively acquire, manage and oversee the Center for Coastal Margin Observation & Prediction program, an estuary and ocean observation program for the Columbia River region
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
Virginia Garcia Memorial Foundation
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
Albina Head Start
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 provides Early Head Start and Head Start services to families living on low-incomes
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
  • People of color
Native American Youth and Family Center
2020
$300,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
36 months
Support TypeCapital Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
For capital support for redevelopment of Tistilal Village, for low-income/formerly homeless Native families and low-income families in Multnomah County
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People of color
Latino Network
2020
$150,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Clatsop
  • Jackson
  • Malheur
  • Marion
  • Multnomah
  • Polk
  • Washington
  • Yamhill
For operating support of this culturally-specific organization working to positively transform the lives of Latinx youth, families and communities throughout Portland
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • People of color
Coalition of Communities of Color
2020
$75,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
To support the Coalition of Communities of Color in efforts to co-create intersectional and innovative solutions that advance climate justice
Grant
Population
  • People of color
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