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
Communities United for People
2018
$50,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
To coordinate a year-long leadership development cohort that builds organizing skills grounded in Enlace’s Integrated Organizing Approach (IOA) methodology, centering wellness and healing justice work for long-haul organizing
Grant
Self Enhancement, Inc.
2018
$99,600
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
For supporting the Portland African American Leadership Forum implement a newly adopted, community-driven strategic business plan
Grant
Population
- Aging/elderly
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
OPAL
2018
$90,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For support of existing leadership development programs and year-round training opportunities as well as the addition of new curriculum and opportunities that will engage and advance key advocacy campaigns
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
CAPACES Leadership Institute
2018
$165,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
25 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Marion
- Multnomah
- Polk
- Yamhill
To design and implement a management training program to strengthen the capacity of Alianza Poder, a movement-building collaborative fostering relationships and cross-training among a network of culturally specific organizations in Polk and Marion counties
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Social Justice Fund Northwest
2018
$50,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
11 months
For support of the Coalitions & Alliances Giving Project, which trains local leaders in race/class analysis, grassroots fundraising and social justice grantmaking
Grant
Oregon Health Care Interpreters Association
2018
$35,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
5 months
To support strategic planing and long-term sustainability and growth for this organization that promotes and advances the health care interpreter profession in Oregon
Grant
El Programa Hispano Catolico
2018
$185,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
For capacity building support to strengthen fund development of this organization providing Latinx social services in the Portland metropolitan area
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Tides Foundation
2018
$86,575
Building Community
Duration of Award
17 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support Oregon Futures Lab, a non-partisan program to build culturally specific pathways to elected and appointed office through hands-on intensive coaching and mentorship
Grant
The Geezer Gallery
2018
$2,500
Building Community
Duration of Award
6 months
For a grant that will provide the gallery's board with training on roles, responsibilities and fundraising
Grant
North by Northeast Community Health Center
2018
$26,640
Building Community
Duration of Award
8 months
For racial equity training and community engagement in preparation for the development of an organizational strategic plan
Grant
Hispanic Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce
2018
$143,229
Building Community
Duration of Award
37 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For hiring a Latino Education and Career Advancement Program Specialist that can connect future generations of Latinos to higher education and better serve the nonprofit's mission of producing more emerging Latino business leaders
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
EUVALCREE
2018
$25,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
To develop a youth-specific leadership development program in partnership with Rural Development Initiatives
Grant
Social Justice Fund Northwest
2018
$180,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
36 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To support Giving Projects in Oregon, which organizes volunteers across divisions of race and class to be social justice donors, fundraisers and grantmakers
Grant
Population
- People of color
Business Oregon
2018
$56,726
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Jefferson
- Malheur
- Marion
- Wasco
To support the Rural Opportunities Initiative, which creates and elevates opportunities for minority-led entrepreneurship in rural communities
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People living on low incomes
Communities United for People
2018
$185,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
36 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Marion
- Multnomah
- Washington
For leadership development and capacity building programming to support ongoing movement building and social justice work in Oregon
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People of color
Verde
2018
$50,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
16 months
To complete the community-designed Lideres Verdes Program Plan and begin implementing Year 1 of the new program model
Grant
Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center
2018
$35,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
To develop sustainability plan for this agency that preserves and interprets the rich history of African Americans and others in the rural northeastern Oregon railroad logging community of Maxville
Grant
Family Forward Oregon
2018
$250,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
26 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support the Fair Shot for All Coalition, which will organize and advocate for statewide policies that resolve systemic economic inequities for people of color, LGBTQ, immigrants and women
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People of color
Allied Media Projects, Inc.
2018
$3,500
Building Community
Duration of Award
1 month
To ensure the accessibility and inclusion of people with disabilities at the 2018 Affect Conference in Portland
Grant
City Club of Portland
2018
$83,152
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
- Washington
To fund high-quality programming at the City Club of Portland that aligns with the organization's strong belief in multiculturalism and collaborative storytelling
Grant
Population
- People of color