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
Verde
2018
$160,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For support of the Healthy Communities Coalition, working to secure community benefit agreements arising from the Pearl District Post Office site redevelopment that help build wealth for low-income communities
Grant
Business Oregon
2018
$56,726
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Jefferson
- Malheur
- Marion
- Wasco
To support the Rural Opportunities Initiative, which creates and elevates opportunities for minority-led entrepreneurship in rural communities
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People living on low incomes
Communities United for People
2018
$15,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
6 months
To support the redesign of Freedom To Thrive’s website, including its visual design and content, allowing the organization to effectively convey its movement building and social justice platform
Grant
Community Alliance of Lane County
2018
$94,500
Building Community
Duration of Award
36 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Lane
For operating support to continue this organization's work in Lane County: using arts as tools for social change, lifting marginalized voices and building common understandings of systemic oppression
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Communities United for People
2018
$185,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
36 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Marion
- Multnomah
- Washington
For leadership development and capacity building programming to support ongoing movement building and social justice work in Oregon
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People of color
Family Forward Oregon
2018
$250,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
26 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support the Fair Shot for All Coalition, which will organize and advocate for statewide policies that resolve systemic economic inequities for people of color, LGBTQ, immigrants and women
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People of color
Oregon Tradeswomen
2018
$175,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For project support to expand opportunities for workforce equity in Oregon's construction sector
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
- Women or girls
IRCO, Slavic Network of Oregon
2018
$25,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
To develop the capacity of Portland's Slavic leaders to assess community needs and priorities
Grant
City Club of Portland
2018
$83,152
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
- Washington
To fund high-quality programming at the City Club of Portland that aligns with the organization's strong belief in multiculturalism and collaborative storytelling
Grant
Population
- People of color
Evolve Workforce & Multifamily Housing Services
2018
$60,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Benton
- Clackamas
- Linn
- Marion
- Multnomah
- Polk
- Washington
- Yamhill
For capacity building support to establish a workforce training, employment and job placement program at this organization that increases economic opportunity for farmworkers, their families and communities
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Voz Workers' Rights Education Project
2018
$35,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
8 months
For technical assistance to increase organizational effectiveness at this worker-led agency that empowers diverse day laborers and immigrants to improve their working conditions through leadership development, mobilization and community education
Grant
Next Up
2018
$10,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
8 months
For technical assistance to finalize a strategic plan and provide diversity, equity and inclusion training for staff and board members.
Grant
Next Up
2018
$45,181
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To fund civic engagement and voter education efforts that will engage more young people in the democratic process
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
- Women or girls
Girls Build
2018
$20,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
6 months
To fund consultants who will provide strategic planning and equity training for the organization's board and staff
Grant
Gorge Ecumenical Ministries
2018
$37,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Hood River
For project support to implement a county-wide ordinance to create an identification card program for Hood River County residents
Grant
Population
- Aging/elderly
- Crime/abuse survivors
- Immigrants and/or refugees
Growing Gardens
2018
$140,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For operating support to this organization that promotes access to healthy and culturally specific foods for low-income families, and provides garden-based education for kids and employment opportunities to individuals exiting incarceration in Oregon
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Portland Community Media
2018
$135,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
36 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For funding transformative career advancement by Black filmmakers in Portland through mentorship, instruction, professional experience and the presentation of new work
Grant
Population
- People of color
JOIN
2018
$38,657
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
For fiscal sponsorship of the Welcome Home Coalition, working to replicate their Equity Housing Champions program, originally started in Washington County, with Clackamas County residents
Grant
Curry Coast Community Radio
2018
$38,550
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Curry
For capacity building to upgrade website and develop a news department so the organization can better serve the community
Grant
Population
- Aging/elderly
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People living on low incomes
Friends of the Children of the Klamath Basin
2018
$25,275
Building Community
Duration of Award
10 months
To fund diversity, equity and inclusion training for a consortium of child welfare serving organizations in Klamath County so they, in turn, may provide more responsive services to culturally diverse youth and caregivers
Grant