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
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
Nonprofit Association of Oregon
2020
$20,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
9 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
For technical assistance to create and disseminate the "Oregon Race to Lead Report"
Grant
Population
  • People of color
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
Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center
2020
$120,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Wallowa
To support acquisition, archaeological exploration and interpretive development of the original Maxville Townsite
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
  • 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
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
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
Leaven Community
2020
$184,640
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Deschutes
  • Lane
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
To support the Leaven Community Land and Housing Coalition organizing congregations across five counties to build affordable housing on faith community-owned land
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • People of color
Rural Organizing Project
2020
$2,150
Building Community
Duration of Award
1 month
Support TypeProject Support
For participation in a systems change convening
Grant
Population
  • People of color
IRCO
2020
$100,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Malheur
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
To reduce barriers for immigrants and refugees in accessing legal information and assistance, including refugee and asylum status adjustment, naturalization, disability waivers, work permits, green card renewals and certificates of citizenship
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
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
Oregon Community Foundation
2020
$80,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
To address disparities in Oregon’s early care and education system by expanding professional development opportunities for providers of color
Grant
Population
  • People of color
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
Community Cycling Center
2020
$90,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Marion
  • Multnomah
To provide STEM education for underserved youth in Marion and Multnomah counties through the lens of bicycle mechanics
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
Voz Workers' Rights Education Project
2020
$120,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
For operating support to build social and economic power for immigrants and raise the profile of day laborers who have been disproportionately impacted by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • People of color
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
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
Oregon Community Foundation - Meyer Memorial Trust Donor Advised Fund
2020
$1,750,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For the Meyer Memorial Trust Donor Advised Fund
Grant
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
Nez Perce Tribe
2020
$138,824
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Counties Served
  • Wallowa
To integrate Nez Perce tribal knowledge into Wallowa Lake management and explore reintroduction of native sockeye to the lake
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
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