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
Explore Grants
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 Media
2022
$150,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support taking Open Signal Labs and Lion Speaks Black filmmaker initiative statewide
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Allen Performing Arts Inc.
2022
$25,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To engage the Black arts community to help heal individuals experiencing life’s most traumatic circumstances through creative productions in Multnomah County
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- Women or girls
- People living on low incomes
YWCA of Greater Portland
2022
$50,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To provide leadership development, life skills instruction and a sense of community responsibility for middle to high school age girls in the Portland area
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- Women or girls
- People living on low incomes
World Stage Theatre
2022
$25,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
For general operating support of this multi-cultural, multi-generational arts organization
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Camp ELSO
2022
$100,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Washington
- Multnomah
- Lane
- Clackamas
To expand organizational capabilities, diversify revenue streams and achieve economic justice for Oregon-based, Black-owned business
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People living on low incomes
Portland Community Reinvestment Initiatives
2022
$200,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For reimagining public safety with a community of Black homeowners
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People living on low incomes
Oregon Black Pioneers
2022
$50,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For general operating support of this organization that facilitates community healing through educational opportunities about historical Black Oregonians statewide
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Portland Housing Center
2022
$200,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Washington
- Multnomah
- Clackamas
For general operating support of this organization that provides pre-purchase counseling and downpayment assistance to Black and African American residents in Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington Counties
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
iUrban Teen
2022
$75,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Washington
- Multnomah
- Clackamas
For general operating support of this organization focused on providing academic, social and emotional support for Black and Brown students who have struggled in traditional educational settings
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People living on low incomes
Humble Beginnings
2022
$75,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For general operating support of this organization which conducts culturally specific outreach to Black rural Oregonians
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Leaven Community
2022
$80,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties ServedStatewide
To continue race-focused dialogue and community building that will engage Black community members and Black-serving organizations throughout Oregon
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Lewis and Clark College
2022
$140,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support incarcerated individuals, including Black Oregonians who are disproportionately arrested, convicted and sentenced in Oregon's criminal justice system
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Portland Art Museum
2022
$100,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Washington
- Multnomah
- Clackamas
Project support launch the Black Artists of Oregon: an exhibition to elevate and increase awareness of local Black artists contributions to art history in Oregon
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Portland State University Foundation
2022
$75,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To provide project support to develop the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. School Museum of Contemporary Art in Multnomah County
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Outgrowing Hunger
2022
$50,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To provide project support for this organization which works to advance economic opportunity for Black youth and their families
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People living on low incomes
Allen Temple CME Church
2022
$80,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To support community outreach programs, including culturally-specific drug, alcohol, HIV/AIDs outreach and support, for the African American and Black communities in inner North/Northeast Portland
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People living on low incomes
Holla Foundation, Holla Mentors, Holla
2022
$150,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To advance educational and social emotional outcomes for Black students through culturally specific/culturally responsive mentoring
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People living on low incomes
PBDG Foundation
2022
$200,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support Black entrepreneurs in the construction trade by building skills and accessing resources
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- Women or girls
- People living on low incomes
Portland Institute for Contemporary Art
2022
$150,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To support A Black Artist Ecology Project that continues to sustain and showcase Black artists through space development, material and production support as well as collaborative, site-responsive, culturally specific, place-staking projects in Multnomah County
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- Women or girls
Rejoice! Diaspora Dance Theatre
2022
$50,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Washington
- Multnomah
For general operating support of this organization, which seeks to diversify the contemporary dance landscape with untold stories and under-told perspectives from communities of color
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People living on low incomes
- Immigrants and/or refugees