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
Human Solutions
2018
$300,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
25 months
Support TypeCapital Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To help support the Gateway Regional Center project, which will provide ground level retail and 75 affordable housing units in Portland's Gateway neighborhood
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
2018
$150,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
12 months
For capital support of Neachesna II, an affordable housing development of five duplex townhomes for members of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
Grant
Northwest Coastal Housing
2018
$11,167
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
12 months
For participation in the Rural Equity Advancement Cohort, sponsored by Meyer and the Center for Equity and Inclusion
Grant
Initiative
Affordable Housing Initiative
Housing Oregon
2018
$7,500
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
6 months
For conference sponsorship and travel scholarships to support the 2018 Fall Industry Support Conference, which brings together affordable housing and community development practitioners, policy makers and business partners for inspiration, skills-building and advocacy in Portland
Grant
Initiative
Affordable Housing Initiative
Homes for Good Housing Agency
2018
$10,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
12 months
For diversity, equity and inclusion trainings for the staff and board members
Grant
Initiative
Affordable Housing Initiative
ACCESS
2018
$110,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Jackson
To replicate a debt relief and flexible funding strategy that will remove rental barriers for people with criminal histories in Jackson County.
FYI- This project is in partnership with Urban League who will test concept in Multnomah County, and Northwest Housing Alternatives who will test in Clackamas County.
Grant
Initiative
Affordable Housing Initiative
Population
- People of color
- People who were formerly incarcerated
Housing Authority of Jackson County
2018
$75,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
12 months
For third-year funding to implement property-specific portfolio preservation plans, as part of the AHI Sustaining Portfolios Strategy, in Jackson County
Grant
Initiative
Affordable Housing Initiative
Willamette Neighborhood Housing Services
2018
$150,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Counties Served
- Benton
- Clackamas
- Lane
- Lincoln
- Linn
- Marion
To build capacity around manufactured housing counseling for people with low incomes in the Willamette Valley
Grant
Population
- Aging/elderly
- People living on low incomes
- Veterans
Coalition of Communities of Color
2018
$185,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
36 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For convening and supporting a statewide network of housing advocates of color and culturally specific organizations active in housing issues, centering the voices of those most impacted in rural and urban communities
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People of color
Human Solutions
2018
$8,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
12 months
For technical assistance training and coaching to support staff transitions within the housing department at Human Solutions
Grant
Initiative
Affordable Housing Initiative
Bienestar
2018
$183,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
36 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Washington
To help the nonprofit preserve and expand the number of quality, affordable housing units for Latinx farmworkers, seniors and low-income families in Washington County
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Northwest Housing Alternatives
2018
$10,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
9 months
For an equity-focused human resources policy review for this statewide organization that builds new homesand new opportunities for seniors, families, veterans and people with special needs
Grant
Initiative
Affordable Housing Initiative
Portland Community Reinvestment Initiatives
2018
$225,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
36 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For operating support for this organization that provides homeownership education and counseling programs to serve communities of color in North and Northeast Portland
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Multifamily NW
2018
$19,500
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
19 months
To develop an evaluation of the impact of a multi-sector collaborative that trains landlords to screen tenants in equitable and effective ways
Grant
Portsmouth Union Church
2018
$70,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
12 months
For capital support to build 20 new units of affordable housing in North Portland
Grant
Northwest Coastal Housing
2018
$11,167
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
12 months
For participation in the Rural Equity Advancement Cohort, sponsored by Meyer and the Center for Equity and Inclusion
Grant
Initiative
Affordable Housing Initiative
Hacienda Community Development Corporation
2018
$125,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
14 months
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To fund the design, planning and implementation of affordable ADU rentals for low-income tenants and people of color in Cully, Lents and Inner North/Northeast Portland
Grant
Initiative
Affordable Housing Initiative
Population
- People of color
Housing Development Center
2018
$25,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
12 months
For support to update an equity plan and develop tools and measures to assess organizational progress toward diversity, equity and inclusion
Grant
NeighborWorks Umpqua
2018
$8,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
18 months
To support participation in the Annual Rural West Internship Program
Grant
CASA of Oregon
2018
$150,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For a collaborative project that aims to replace the damaged, aging homes of low income families and fto document the project so it can be replicable elsewhere
Grant
Population
- Aging/elderly
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes