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).
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2021
$25,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
8 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For general operating support of this statewide nonpartisan organization focused on innovative solutions for young Oregonians to learn about, debate and educate their neighbors about current events and issues of public concern
Grant
Oregon Student Foundation
2021
$135,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Benton
- Deschutes
- Jackson
- Lane
- Linn
- Marion
- Multnomah
To create greater access to civic life for students of color and LGBTQ students by providing support and development for their leadership
Grant
Population
- People of color
Burns Paiute Tribe
2021
$144,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Harney
For the Community Economic Development Department to advance the economic vitality of the Burns Paiute Tribe
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon
2021
$200,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Columbia
- Multnomah
- Washington
To support stability and create growth opportunities for low-income entrepreneurs
Grant
Population
- People of color
Willamette Valley Law Project
2021
$150,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Marion
- Polk
For project support of PCUN's 501(c)3 advocacy, education and organizing work
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People of color
Tides Foundation
2021
$200,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
25 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To provide project support for Oregon Futures Lab Education Fund to train Oregon BIPOC community leaders to enter public office and govern effectively
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People of color
REAP
2021
$25,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
8 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
- Washington
To support the Bridge Program, a community-driven effort to bridge cultural divisions between African and African American communities through storytelling, community building and educational convenings
Grant
Oregon Tradeswomen
2021
$185,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To provide project and capacity building support for Oregon Tradeswomen to advocate for equitable and safe job sites
Grant
Population
- People of color
Cascade AIDS Project
2021
$200,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Columbia
- Multnomah
- Washington
- Yamhill
To provide direct services and support systems-level change that advances the well-being of LGBTQ+ people, people living with HIV and people of color
Grant
Population
- People of color
Social Venture Partners Portland
2021
$250,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For the Early Childhood Equity Collaborative to continue advocating for equitable resource allocation, policies and practices within Oregon's early education system
Grant
Population
- People of color
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- Immigrants and/or refugees
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
Oregon Food Bank
2020
$250
Building Community
Duration of Award
1 month
For participation in "Real Talk: Connecting Services and Systems Change,” a Services to Systems learning circle panel discussion
Grant
Population
- People of color
Urban League of Portland
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
CAPACES Leadership Institute
2020
$2,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
1 month
Support TypeProject Support
For Farmworker Service Center's 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
Innovation Law Lab
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
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