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
Elders in Action
2017
$35,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
For capacity building support to plan and develop a framework for an “Elder Advocacy Coalition” among organizations focused on diverse, vulnerable and low income people aged 60 and older
Grant
Population
- All/General
Living Yoga
2017
$17,240
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
For sustainability planning and to integrate diversity, equity and inclusion lens throughout this Portland-based organization — founded to bring the practice of yoga to women in prison — in order to better serve diverse low-income participants who are healing from trauma
Grant
Center for Diversity and the Environment
2017
$10,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
For participation in the Meyer Leadership Development Learning Collaborative
Grant
August Wilson Red Door Project
2017
$60,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support performances of Hands Up in Oregon communities beyond Portland, for development of an original work incorporating law enforcement perspectives
Grant
Population
- Crime/abuse survivors
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Adelante Mujeres
2017
$250,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeCapital Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
- Washington
- Yamhill
For capital support for the build-out and renovation of Adelante Mujeres’ offices, resulting in expanded culturally appropriate services and programs for the Latino community in Washington County.
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
- Women or girls
ALF Oregon
2017
$80,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties ServedStatewide
To establish a geographically and racially diverse Urban/Rural Connection Leadership Cohort that will focus on bridging Oregon’s urban and rural divide
Grant
La Clinica
2017
$136,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Jackson
For an equity, diversity and inclusion plan for policies and practices designed to improve outcomes for diverse populations experiencing disparities in Jackson County
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People of color
Oregon Health Authority
2017
$49,500
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties ServedStatewide
To support the Developing Equity Leadership Through Training and Action (DELTA) program, which brings together agencies and organizations committed to advancing health equity and diversity throughout Oregon
Grant
We Can Do Better
2017
$20,900
Building Community
Duration of Award
9 months
To support a community-engaged strategic planning process to address shifting policy roles among statewide health promotion organizations seeking to advance health equity
Grant
Gorge Grown Food Network
2017
$40,754
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Hood River
- Sherman
- Wasco
For the Mid-Columbia Gorge Food Security Coalition, working to improve food security and the availability of nutritious options in Hood River, Wasco and Sherman counties, and in the Umatilla and Warm Springs Indian reservations
Grant
Population
- All/General
Pathfinders of Oregon
2017
$135,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To implement a comprehensive diversity, equity and inclusion plan with multi-level strategies to improve services for justice- and DHS-involved families
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Bend 2030
2017
$110,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Counties Served
- Deschutes
To support twelve organizations in strengthening civic engagement and participation around housing advocacy
Grant
Health Care Without Harm
2017
$35,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To increase institutional market opportunities for minority and women-owned food businesses in Oregon's community foods system network
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
- Women or girls
Griffin's Place
2017
$10,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
For technical assistance to support the fundraising capacity of this organization working to provide social opportunities for people with disabilities in Washington County
Grant
Children First for Oregon
2017
$10,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
For participation in the Meyer Capacity Builders Learning Collaborative
Grant
Black United Fund of Oregon
2017
$100,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
26 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To strengthen this legacy organization, which has responded to the challenges and victories of marginalized communities of color in Oregon for 34 years
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Ascent Funding
2017
$120,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
To continue providing access to capital, mentorship and resources to minority- and women-owned small businesses and businesses in underserved communities in the Portland metro area
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
- Women or girls
Basic Rights Education Fund
2017
$85,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties ServedStatewide
To deepen the leadership and advocacy skills of LGBTQ people of color and transgender Oregonians
Grant
Lutheran Community Services Northwest
2017
$138,350
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Marion
- Multnomah
- Washington
For the Refugee Peer Support pilot project to improve health equity and access to mental health care across the Salem metropolitan area and in Multnomah, Clackamas and Washington counties
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon
2017
$85,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties Served
- Benton
- Clackamas
- Linn
- Malheur
- Marion
- Multnomah
- Washington
To strengthen the Hunger-Free Leadership Institute
Grant