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
Portland Community Reinvestment Initiatives
2020
$199,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
6 months
Support TypeCapital Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For funding of a collective community cause: the King + Parks Affordable Housing Project in NE Portland to mitigate the displacement and oppression of Portlanders during COVID-19, social unrest and beyond
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency
2020
$149,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Marion
To support housing rental access for Latinx individuals who are justice-involved in Multnomah County
Grant
Population
- People of color
Urban League of Portland
2020
$150,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
For general operating support of one of Oregon’s oldest civil rights and social service organizations, empowering African Americans and others to achieve equality in education, employment, health, economic security and quality of life
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
JOIN
2020
$124,461
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To educate and inform public officials statewide about urgent housing needs and priorities by elevating and centering the voices of those with lived experience of homelessness and extreme housing instability
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Native American Youth and Family Center
2020
$250,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Gilliam
- Hood River
- Morrow
- Multnomah
- Sherman
- Umatilla
- Wasco
To support a new Columbia River tribal housing entity, providing management services and community development for Indigenous people living along the Columbia River
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Sponsors
2020
$185,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Lane
To expand existing programs to support housing stability for recently incarcerated individuals at risk of homelessness or housing displacement in Lane County
Grant
Urban League of Portland
2020
$73,750
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For debt relief and flexible funding to help low-income renters with criminal histories re-enter the private rental market in Multnomah County
Grant
NeighborWorks Umpqua
2020
$17,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
6 months
Counties Served
- Coos
- Curry
- Douglas
- Jackson
- Josephine
For technical assistance to prepare the organization to hire its first equity officer
Grant
Benton Habitat for Humanity
2020
$100,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Counties Served
- Benton
To increase the capacity for critical home repairs for low-income seniors and people with disabilities in Benton County
Grant
Population
- Aging/elderly
- People living on low incomes
- People with disabilities
Leaven Community
2020
$184,640
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Deschutes
- Lane
- Multnomah
- Washington
To support the Leaven Community Land and Housing Coalition organizing congregations across five counties to build affordable housing on faith community-owned land
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People of color
Fair Housing Council of Oregon
2020
$15,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For technical assistance to support an internal focus on racial equity through organizational assessment and regional equity plans
Grant
Urban League of Portland
2020
$50,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
22 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
For general operating support to Urban League of Portland focused in Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Housing Oregon
2020
$7,500
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
3 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For conference sponsorship and scholarship support of the virtual Fall 2020 Industry Support Conference
Grant
Population
- People of color
Bridge Meadows
2020
$275,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeCapital Support
Counties Served
- Crook
- Deschutes
- Jefferson
To increase affordable housing units in Central Oregon through replication of the Bridge Meadows’ supportive intergenerational housing model in Deschutes County
Grant
Population
- Aging/elderly
- People living on low incomes
Lebanon Area Habitat for Humanity
2020
$83,500
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Linn
Project support to improve housing stability through housing repairs for seniors, disabled people and families living on low-income in East Linn county
Grant
Population
- Aging/elderly
- People living on low incomes
- People with disabilities
Habitat for Humanity of Oregon
2020
$4,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
3 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support advocacy and equity tracks of the 2020 Western Region Conference
Grant
Yamhill Community Action Partnership
2020
$140,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Yamhill
To support increased capacity to address emerging housing and homelessness needs in Yamhill County
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People with disabilities
Neighborhood Partnerships
2020
$8,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
5 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For technical assistance and other costs to support the executive transition at Neighborhood Partnerships, a statewide housing policy and services organization
Grant
Community Development Partners
2020
$50,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
36 months
Support TypeCapital Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For capital support for Mamook Tokatee Apartments using an innovative funding model to house Tribal and Non-Tribal communities in Multnomah County
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People of color
Luke-Dorf
2020
$180,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Counties Served
- Multnomah
- Washington
To support deeper engagement with diversity, equity and inclusion work within the organization’s housing portfolio
Grant
Population
- People with disabilities