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
Civil Liberties Defense Center
2021
$40,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To provide movement-focused legal education and representation for climate and social justice activists across the state
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People of color
Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council
2021
$1,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
1 month
Support TypeProject Support
For participation in an educational webinar on Creating Wildfire Resilient Landscapes and Communities
Grant
Neighbors for Clean Air
2021
$35,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
To develop at least four frontline community cohorts in East Portland to address air quality concerns
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Western Rivers Conservancy
2021
$100,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Linn
- Marion
To preserve rare native fish habitat along the North Santiam River while returning Indigenous lands to the Santiam Kalapuya people
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
Wisdom of the Elders
2021
$133,200
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
To train Native American adults in Native plant nursery work and to develop agricultural careers and/or micro-enterprises
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
Climate Solutions
2021
$180,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To secure and advance equitable public policies that support clean electricity, transportation and buildings in Oregon
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Network of Oregon Watershed Councils
2021
$43,700
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clatsop
- Columbia
- Coos
- Crook
- Curry
- Deschutes
- Douglas
- Hood River
- Jackson
- Jefferson
- Klamath
- Lake
- Lane
- Lincoln
- Tillamook
- Wasco
To support DEI training for three cohorts of directors and employees of Watershed Councils located in three different regions of the state
Grant
Youth Outside
2021
$185,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties ServedStatewide
To strengthen financial support and capacity building for Oregon-based, BIPOC-led organizations and projects working at the intersection of racial justice and the outdoors and environmental movements
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People of color
Not An Alternative
2021
$50,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
8 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Lane
- Multnomah
- Umatilla
- Wasco
To support creation of an interactive exhibit designed by tribal communities to strengthen alliances, advocacy and organizing that protects salmon ecosystems in the Columbia Basin
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
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
Columbia Riverkeeper
2021
$150,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Hood River
- Wasco
To help advance environmental and social justice by increasing Latinx civic engagement and leadership in Hood River and Wasco Counties
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People of color
Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pesticides
2021
$87,711
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Jefferson
- Malheur
- Morrow
- Umatilla
- Wasco
To strengthen culturally-responsive programs that reduce pesticide exposure and increase opportunities for farmworkers to enact systems-level change in Eastern Oregon
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
350PDX
2021
$25,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To fund a new staff position that will promote changes needed to enhance the carbon storage and climate resilience of Oregon’s forests and urban tree canopy
Grant
Population
- People of color
- People living on low incomes
Crag Law Center
2021
$200,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For general operating support of this organization that provides free and low-cost legal services to those working on the front lines to protect the environment
Grant
Population
- 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
Columbia Riverkeeper
2021
$185,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clatsop
- Columbia
- Hood River
- Morrow
- Multnomah
- Umatilla
- Union
- Wasco
To expand Columbia Riverkeeper's relationships and advocacy with Tribal nations to protect clean water and restore salmon habitat
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
2021
$120,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To hire a conservation director to work with BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities to create and launch Wild Diversity’s Conservation Initiative over the next two years
Grant
Population
- People of color
Tualatin River Watershed Council
2021
$20,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties Served
- Washington
For diversity, equity and inclusion technical assistance for this organization that works to protect and restore the Tualatin River Watershed
Grant
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