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
Virginia Garcia Memorial Foundation
2017
$175,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
38 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Washington
- Yamhill
To create a culture of advocacy and equity, resulting in health-care equity and access for vulnerable populations
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Elders in Action
2017
$35,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
For a one-year grant to conduct organizational diversity, equity and inclusion planning to better serve low-income seniors
Grant
Population
- All/General
CASA of Lincoln and Tillamook Counties
2016
$15,550
Building Community
Duration of Award
13 months
Counties Served
- Lincoln
- Tillamook
To recruit and train volunteers to provide court advocacy on behalf of children in foster care or experiencing abuse and neglect in Lincoln and Tillamook counties
Grant
FACT
2016
$150,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For operating support to move toward overall organizational maturity to advance its work of serving Oregonians experiencing disability
Grant
Portland Jobs with Justice Education Fund
2016
$60,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For operating support for this agency that works to create alliance with diverse groups to advance economic justice at the intersection of workers' rights, racial justice and gender justice
Grant
Oregon Center for Public Policy
2016
$100,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Counties ServedStatewide
For operating support and technical assistance to provide budget, tax and economic analysis to organizations in order to expand opportunity for marginalized communities
Grant
PassinArt: A Theatre Company
2016
$40,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
To support the a series of community-building events that address causes and consequences of youth violence through a theatrical production of "The Gospel of Loving Kindness," by Marcus Gardley, an art exhibit by artist James Pate, "KKK-Kin Killing Kin," and a series of four community forums
Grant
Metropolitan Contractor Improvement Partnership
2016
$150,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Marion
- Multnomah
- Washington
For project support aimed at creating a stronger, more competitive minority business sector in the Portland metropolitan area
Grant
Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
2016
$100,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Gilliam
- Hood River
- Jefferson
- Morrow
- Sherman
- Umatilla
- Wasco
To support tribal communities living along the Columbia River in the development of an Inter-Tribal housing authority and long-term economic strategy
Grant
Rural Organizing Project
2016
$150,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
36 months
Counties ServedStatewide
To expand community organizing in rural Oregon through grassroots efforts based on equity, collaboration and intersectionality
Grant
IRCO, Slavic Network of Oregon
2016
$56,250
Building Community
Duration of Award
9 months
To support the Slavic Coalition Leadership Development Project
Grant
Garten Services
2016
$75,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties Served
- Lane
- Linn
- Marion
- Polk
To support this agency's transition from a sheltered work employment program for people with disabilities to supporting people with disabilities working at jobs within the community with local employers
Grant
Community Cycling Center
2016
$20,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
25 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For leadership development and civic engagement — among low-income, immigrant families in Portland's Cully neighborhood — aimed at creating safer routes to school, positive health impacts and access to bikes
Grant
Metropolitan Family Service
2016
$150,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
To build upon a successful pilot to improve the financial well-being of families by integrating financial knowledge, skills and abilities into all core programs
Grant
Funders for LGBTQ Issues
2016
$5,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
7 months
To sponsor the 2017 Funding Forward Conference, an annual gathering of grantmakers committed to LGBTQ issues
Grant
Oregon Latino Health Coalition
2016
$150,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Counties ServedStatewide
To support this agency's efforts to advance health equity for Latinos across Oregon through policy advocacy, leadership development and new direct services programming
Grant
United Community Action Network
2016
$32,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Counties Served
- Douglas
- Josephine
To support this backbone human service agency's efforts to develop effective service strategies for underserved people of color and members of the LGBT community in Douglas and Josephine counties
Grant
Family Forward Oregon
2016
$160,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
25 months
Counties ServedStatewide
To support community engagement in a statewide campaign for a publicly-supported paid family and medical leave program and to bolster state investments in affordable child care
Grant
The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
2016
$50,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties Served
- Umatilla
To support a project to digitally preserve stories told by tribal elders and recording by tribal members and linguists in four Northwest Native languages — Cayuse, Umatilla, Walla Walla and English — to help preserve the cultures of these communities
Grant
Latino Network
2016
$50,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
8 months
To support the Unid@s Leadership Program
Grant