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
Portland State University Foundation
2017
$133,604
Building Community
Duration of Award
30 months
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Marion
- Multnomah
- Polk
- Washington
To build the capacity of Oregon nonprofits to understand and use equity-related data and co-produce data literacy curricula and training tools that are responsive to diverse needs
Grant
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
Voz Workers' Rights Education Project
2017
$130,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
26 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To increase fundraising capacity, strengthen internal systems and build organizational knowledge at this worker-led agency that empowers immigrants and day laborers to improve their working conditions and protect their civil rights
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
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
IRCO, Slavic Network of Oregon
2017
$81,500
Building Community
Duration of Award
13 months
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Marion
- Multnomah
- Washington
To engage Slavic leadership graduates in experiential learning to gain advocacy skills
Grant
Forward Together
2017
$175,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
26 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To build support for policies that provide people of color and low-income families with the power and resources they need to thrive
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
- Women or girls
Western States Center
2017
$85,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties ServedStatewide
To implement the Two Spirit Justice Program, which develops tribal leaders as effective advocates and ensures that equitable access and opportunities for Two Spirit/LGBTQ tribal community members
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
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association
2017
$150,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Jackson
For comprehensive diversity, equity and inclusion training at this regional repertory theatre in Ashland, to institutionalize a culture of inclusion and equitable practices aimed at better engaging diverse communities in core programming and increasing its impact field-wide
Grant
Population
- People of color
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
Refugee Disability Benefits Oregon
2017
$16,050
Building Community
Duration of Award
8 months
For strategic planning and executive coaching
Grant
Volunteers In Medicine Clinic
2017
$100,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Lane
To create an Outreach & Interpretation Services program to build bridges with the Latino community in Lane County
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
- Women or girls
Vision Action Network
2017
$150,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Counties Served
- Washington
To advance and evaluate the effectiveness of equity in the Washington County Nonprofit Network’s organization, programs and services
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
Washington Progress Fund
2017
$140,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
26 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support AmplifyNW in building nonpartisan, culturally specific pathways to elected and appointed office in Oregon through hands-on intensive coaching and mentorship in partnership with community-based organizations
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People of color
- Women or girls
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
Latino Network
2017
$10,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties ServedStatewide
For participation in the Meyer Leadership Development Learning Collaborative
Grant
Impact NW
2017
$135,451
Building Community
Duration of Award
26 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
To develop equitable organizational policies and formalize culturally responsive practices with the aim of improving outcomes for populations experiencing disparities
Grant
Population
- People of color
Willamette Valley Law Project
2017
$85,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties ServedStatewide
To accelerate and broaden the Capaces Network’s Thinking Forward Leadership Development project, to align and assess its collective capacity, and to adapt it to meet community demand
Grant
Western States Center
2017
$1,750
Building Community
Duration of Award
3 months
To convene funders and social justice organizations to take stock of the changed political environment at the Strengthening Action for Justice forum
Grant