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
Forward Together
2020
$100,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To build power among POC communities by strengthening civic participation, building cross-sector partnerships and raising the visibility of community leadership
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People of color
Basic Rights Education Fund
2020
$112,500
Building Community
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support a comprehensive strategic planning process at this organization working on policy advocacy, leadership development and statewide engagement that furthers legal and lived equality for LGBTQ Oregonians
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
Mano a Mano Family 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
Oregon Humanities
2020
$100,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support civc programming and internal capacity at this independent, nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities
Grant
Population
- People of color
Nonprofit Association of Oregon
2020
$240,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For operating support of this statewide nonprofit membership organization that represents and supports charitable nonprofits of all sizes, geographic locations and missions across Oregon
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People of color
Oregon Student 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
Partnership for Safety and Justice
2020
$165,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For operating support of this organization focused on transforming the criminal justice system by bringing together people who are crime survivors, people convicted of crime and the families and communities of both
Grant
Population
- People of color
Unite Oregon
2020
$2,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
1 month
Support TypeProject Support
For participation in a systems change convening
Grant
Population
- People of color
Metropolitan Family Service
2020
$66,011
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
For project support to expand access to tax preparation services and tax credits and to build internal capacity to deepen systems change work at this organization that serves families living in the Portland Metro area
Grant
Population
- People of color
Institute for Nonprofit News
2020
$55,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support in depth reporting of the stories and voices of American Indian and Alaska Native people throughout Oregon
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
Causa of Oregon
2020
$180,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For operating support of this organization working to assist immigrant and undocumented communities in Oregon that are most impacted by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People of color
Proteus Fund
2020
$90,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support people of color-led organizations in Oregon in advancing a stronger, more equitable democracy
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People of color
Momentum Alliance
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
Partnership for Safety and Justice
2020
$2,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
1 month
Support TypeProject Support
For participation in a systems change convening
Grant
Population
- People of color
Oregon Center for Public Policy
2020
$240,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For operating support of this organization that uses research and analysis to advance policies and practices that improve the economic and social opportunities of all Oregonians
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People of color
Portland Jobs with Justice Education 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
Portland Jobs with Justice Education Fund
2020
$140,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
For operating support of this organization that educates and takes action for workers rights and economic justice, especially those most marginalized by our economic systems: people of color, immigrants, LGBTQ people and women
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People of color
Central City Concern
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
Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon
2020
$74,790
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Columbia
- Hood River
- Marion
- Multnomah
- Washington
For project support to increase low-income entrepreneurs' access to financial institutions
Grant
Population
- People of color