Awards Database

Since 1982, Meyer has awarded grants and program-related investments totaling more than $814 million to more than 3,380 organizations around the Pacific Northwest. Today, Meyer focuses on work in Oregon in four areas Oregonians have identified as crucial to making the state better for all its residents: housing, education, the environment and building stronger communities.

Awards Since Inception

38
Years
9,825
Awards
$814m
Awarded

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This awards database includes more than 9,000 grant awards Meyer Memorial Trust has made since 1982. Use the filters below or search to refine your view.

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Awardee
Year
Type
Amount
Portfolio
Lomakatsi Restoration Project
2021
$25,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For general operating support of this organization that merges on-the-ground restoration based on traditional ecological knowledge and ecosystem management with community engagement, education and workforce development
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People of color
Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians
2021
$40,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
6 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For general operating support of this organization that provides financial and technical assistance for community and economic development to its 57 networked member Tribes and their Tribal members
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
Willamette Valley Law Project
2021
$40,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
6 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For support to boost PCUN’s environmental justice advocacy capacity at this critical time, while they also sustain significant new mutual aid support for their communities, which have been hard hit by COVID and wildfires
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • People of color
Coalition of Communities of Color
2021
$25,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
9 months
Support TypeOperating Support
For general operating support of this alliance of culturally-specific community-based organizations that works to support a collective racial justice effort to improve outcomes for communities of color through policy analysis and advocacy, environmental justice, culturally-appropriate data and research and leadership development in communities of color
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Wisdom of the Elders
2021
$25,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
6 months
Support TypeOperating Support
For general operating support to organization that works to sustain and preserve Native American culture, including oral history, art, language and traditional ecological knowledge
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
Natives of One Wind Indigenous Alliance
2021
$25,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
For general operating support of this organization that empowers farmworkers and immigrants in southern Oregon through education, cultural presentations, organizing and advocacy
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People of color
OPAL
2021
$40,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
For general operating support that operates at the intersection of economic, racial and social justice to address environmental injustices, racism and other forms of oppression
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
Stand Up for Oregon
2021
$40,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
For general operating support of this organization that empowers southern Oregon communities most impacted by climate change, including low-income, rural, youth, seniors, and communities of color to win climate justice by organizing for clean energy, sustainable jobs and a healthy environment
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
Social Good Fund
2021
$8,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
9 months
Counties Served
  • Columbia
  • Multnomah
To provide technical assistance for Portland Harbor Community Coalition to establish itself as a 501(c)3 and establish organizational infrastructure
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
Water Foundation
2021
$100,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For the Northwest Tribal Salmon Alliance to facilitate collaboration among Tribes working to secure Snake River restoration
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
Friends of Trees
2020
$35,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
For project support to assess the role of tree planting in improving health and advancing climate justice for Indigenous communities, Tribes, people of color and low-income communities
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People of color
Mid-Columbia Economic Development District
2020
$120,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Counties Served
  • Hood River
To support implementation of the Hood River County Energy Plan to increase energy resilience and equitable access to clean energy solutions
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
Verde
2020
$250,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
For Living Cully, a collaborative that works to address disparities in housing, income, health, education and natural resources in Portland's Cully neighborhood
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
Center for Diversity and the Environment
2020
$3,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
2 months
For participation and webinar support in an educational webinar on advancing racial equity in freshwater funding
Grant
Lomakatsi Restoration Project
2020
$120,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
36 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Jackson
  • Josephine
To support integration of the Promotora Program into this organization that works with Tribes and low-income, forest-based communities in Southern Oregon and Northern California
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
Rogue Farm Corps
2020
$90,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Benton
  • Clackamas
  • Crook
  • Deschutes
  • Jackson
  • Josephine
  • Lane
  • Linn
  • Multnomah
  • Umatilla
  • Washington
  • Yamhill
To equip the next generation of farmers to build a more equitable, resilient food system and adapt to change
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
Willamette Riverkeeper
2020
$31,844
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
32 months
Support TypeProject Support
For completion of the Willamette Mission Floodplain Reforestation project and restoration of the largest tract of intact, reproductive floodplain forest in the Willamette Valley
Grant
Initiative
Willamette River Initiative
Crag Law Center
2020
$27,500
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
8 months
Support TypeProject Support
For coordination and implementation of public education and advocacy efforts related to the 2020 Oregon wildfires, prioritizing vulnerable communities and ecologically sound fire recovery efforts
Grant
Resolutions Northwest
2020
$55,363
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
2 months
Support TypeProject Support
For a restorative justice process to reduce disproportionate discipline for youths of color
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Resource Media
2020
$12,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
3 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To produce an executive summary of a report that examines the racial composition of Oregon state environmental agency boards and commissions and describes the challenges and opportunities for more diverse participation
Grant
Population
  • People of color
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