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
American Rivers
2020
$100,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Malheur
For a collaborative effort working with Tribes and ranchers to increase support for protections of more than one million acres of public land in Malheur County
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts
2020
$200,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For operating support of this network comprised of twenty land trusts working to advance land conservation in Oregon
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
Center for Diversity and the Environment
2020
$127,350
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
13 months
Support TypeProject Support
To support the Environment 2042 Leadership program, which provides training, technical assistance and leadership development for diversity, equity and inclusion to people of color involved in the Willamette River Basin restoration movement
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People of color
Lomakatsi Restoration Project
2020
$200,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
29 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
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
Tides Center
2020
$21,600
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
3 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
  • Benton
  • Clackamas
  • Lane
  • Linn
  • Marion
  • Multnomah
  • Polk
  • Washington
  • Yamhill
For technical assistance to support hiring a co-executive director for the Willamette River Network
Grant
Middle Fork Willamette Watershed Council
2020
$1,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
2 months
For participation in an educational webinar on advancing racial equity in freshwater funding
Grant
Center for Sustainable Economy
2020
$80,485
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Columbia
  • Multnomah
For fiscal sponsorship of Just Climate to support communities living in and around the Portland Harbor on the Willamette River in developing a vision for a clean and just energy future
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
Safe Routes to School National Partnership
2020
$185,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
For the Getting There Together Coalition that advocates for transportation improvements that prioritize communities experiencing disparities and historic underinvestment
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
Deschutes River Conservancy
2020
$160,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
  • Crook
  • Deschutes
  • Jefferson
For general operating support of this organization that convenes and facilitates collaborative efforts to meet in-stream and community water needs
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
Climate Solutions
2020
$110,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For a coalition focused on an equitable transition away from fossil fuel powered transportation in Oregon
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
BARK
2020
$80,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Hood River
  • Multnomah
  • Wasco
To center racial equity in this community-based organization’s work to protect the Mt. Hood National Forest and surrounding federal lands
Grant
Benton Soil and Water Conservation District
2020
$80,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
For project support to develop and implement a new streamlined framework to monitor river health in the Willamette River Basin
Grant
Initiative
Willamette River Initiative
Northwest Environmental Defense Center
2020
$200,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
28 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support a collaborative effort to reduce diesel particulate emissions and health impacts, particularly in low-income communities of color, by influencing regulations and rules governing diesel emissions
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
2020
$350,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
16 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
  • Clatsop
To build the capacity of the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission to effectively acquire, manage and oversee the Center for Coastal Margin Observation & Prediction program, an estuary and ocean observation program for the Columbia River region
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
Benton Soil and Water Conservation District
2020
$70,164
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
To develop a map of restoration and conservation areas based on data, modeling and engagement
Grant
Initiative
Willamette River Initiative
Oregon Citizens' Utility Board
2020
$70,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support advocacy for energy policies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and eliminate environmental justice and affordability inequities
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
Native Fish Society
2020
$85,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
14 months
Counties ServedStatewide
To grow relationships with rural and Indigenous communities by integrating equity outcomes into ongoing environmental programs and efforts
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People living on low incomes
Children's Forest of Central Oregon
2020
$59,915
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Crook
  • Deschutes
  • Jefferson
For a collaborative that supports increasing outdoor access for central Oregon’s Latinx communities
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • People of color
Salmon-Safe
2020
$80,570
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To incorporate Tribal conservation priorities related to First Foods into Salmon-Safe certification standards
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
Friends of the Columbia Gorge
2020
$30,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Hood River
  • Multnomah
  • Wasco
For technical assistance to support deeper integration of diversity, equity and inclusion goals into this organization's work to ensure the long-term protection and resilience of the Columbia Gorge
Grant
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