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

Awardee
Year
Type
Amount
Category
Coalition of Communities of Color
2021
$75,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
To support a campaign that builds BIPOC engagement in local charter review processes
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People of color
Southeast Uplift Neighborhood Program
2021
$81,700
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To strengthen and expand a hate incident reporting tool
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Neighborhood Partnerships
2021
$92,500
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To provide project support for the work of the Oregon Economic Justice Roundtable and the role of Neighborhood Partnerships as the lead convener
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People of color
Innovation Law Lab
2021
$165,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For general operating support to leverage lawyers (legal representation and litigation); technology and organizers (advocacy and volunteer management) to advance immigrant and refugee justice
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • People of color
Institute for Nonprofit News
2021
$25,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
8 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
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
Asian American Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy
2021
$25,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support youth scholarship packages and community learning tours at the APIP and NAP 2022 conference
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Forward Together
2021
$200,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
To build power among BIPOC Oregonians through political education, advocacy, cross-sector alliances and raising the visibility of their leadership
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People of color
Unite Oregon
2021
$200,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support a service-to-organizing model and racial and climate justice initiatives
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • People of color
Street Roots
2021
$200,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
For general operating support in service to unhoused or housing insecure people in the Portland metro area
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
Next Up
2021
$147,791
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
  • Benton
  • Clackamas
  • Linn
  • Marion
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
For general operating support of this organization which fosters youth participation in the democratic process through civic engagement and voter education
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
Red Lodge Transition Services
2020
$115,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For operating support of this Native American-led organization that provides culturally focused programs for individuals released from jails, prisons and treatment programs who are working on creating a better life for themselves, their children and their communities
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People of color
Asian Health and Service Center
2020
$76,500
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
For project support to develop a new payment model for CareOregon to better support culturally-specific behavioral health service providers
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Southeast Uplift Neighborhood Program
2020
$76,500
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
To support data collection and analysis that will inform a policy agenda related to addressing hate crimes in the Portland Metro area
Grant
Population
  • 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
Coquille Indian Tribe
2020
$100,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Coos
  • Curry
  • Douglas
  • Jackson
  • Lane
To address pressing healthcare needs of Native American communities, utilizing a self-directed and culturally respectful approach
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
Basic Rights Education Fund
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
Our Children Oregon
2020
$75,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support the organization's mission and ensure an equity centered recovery process is achieved through legislative decisions
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • 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
Latino Network
2020
$150,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Clatsop
  • Jackson
  • Malheur
  • Marion
  • Multnomah
  • Polk
  • Washington
  • Yamhill
For operating support of this culturally-specific organization working to positively transform the lives of Latinx youth, families and communities throughout Portland
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • People of color
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