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
Maslow Project
2019
$75,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
36 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Jackson
- Josephine
For operating support of this grassroots organization working to offer every homeless child and youth in Jackson and Josephine counties the opportunity for a better life by providing resources for basic needs, removing barriers to education and employment and fostering self-sufficiency in a collaborative and empowering environment
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
Portland State University Foundation
2019
$35,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Clatsop
- Columbia
- Multnomah
- Tillamook
- Washington
To establish the Diverse Teacher Pathways Consortium, a statewide pipeline of diverse K-12 teachers in Oregon
Grant
Population
- People of color
Building Blocks To Success Corporation
2019
$180,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
36 months
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To build organizational capacity to provide STEM education to priority students in the Portland Metropolitan area
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Airway Science for Kids
2019
$48,300
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
12 months
To develop and implement a fundraising strategy for this 27-year-old organization that works to create equity through aviation STEM education
Grant
Confederation of Oregon School Administrators
2019
$140,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
36 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For the "Equity Project," designed to increase diversity among administrators statewide, mentor diverse superintendents for success and train both to lead from an equity stance
Grant
Population
- People of color
REAP
2019
$25,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
8 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To support implementation of the Student Success Act in Oregon
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Reading Results
2019
$150,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To increase 3rd grade literacy among Multnomah County students of color, students living on low-incomes and English Language Learners, a key metric for a child’s educational development
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
OSLC Developments
2019
$50,883
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
36 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Lane
For a study investigating the predictors of high school completion and postsecondary education for youth with foster care experience
Grant
Portland Tennis and Education
2019
$40,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For the "Serving Up Success" summer program, to stem summer learning loss and support the success of priority students in North Portland
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Adelante Mujeres
2019
$180,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
36 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Washington
For culturally-specific services in two dozen Washington County schools to address educational and racial disparities experienced by Latinx children
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Grantmakers for Education
2019
$7,500
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
12 months
For annual membership support of this national organization that works to improve educational outcomes and increasing opportunities for all learnersGrant
Grant
Downtown Languages
2019
$75,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
36 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Lane
For program support helping Latinx families succeed through a family-based literacy program and a leadership and career-transitioning program for youth in Lane County
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Salem-Keizer Coalition for Equality
2019
$25,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
8 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Marion
To support implementation of the Student Success Act in Oregon
Grant
Population
- People of color
Self Enhancement, Inc.
2019
$184,690
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
36 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For project support to provide targeted in-school resources (including academic, social and personal support systems) for students in-between third and fifth grade at Boise-Eliot Humboldt Elementary School in Portland
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
College Dreams
2019
$4,500
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
3 months
Counties Served
- Douglas
- Jackson
- Josephine
To support College Dreams’ strategic planning process.
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Portland Public Schools
2018
$184,528
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For engaging Portland Public Schools families and the local community in a meaningful partnership so together they can improve priority student achievement
Grant
Population
- English language learners
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
North Portland Community Works
2018
$30,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For capacity building support to develop a strategic plan to stabilize and expand programing in Multnomah County
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
The Library Foundation
2018
$148,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
25 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To fund an initiative that will change how Multnomah County Library works with African American families and children, specifically during the early literacy period of children
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Native American Youth and Family Center
2018
$61,667
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
To eliminate barriers to student achievement so secondary school students in Portland's Native American community can be better prepared for college and beyond
Grant
Population
- First-generation college students
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People living on low incomes
Serendipity Center
2018
$180,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
To expand a successful pilot program that prevents and responds to therapeutic school behavior issues
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People with disabilities