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
Basic Rights Education Fund
2018
$225,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
36 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For general operating support so the organization can continue programming that ensures all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) Oregonians experience equality
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People of color
NTEN
2018
$80,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
25 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For project support to train digital inclusion leaders who will help low income and vulnerable communities disconnected from online services and information connect with digital technology and the internet
Grant
Population
- Aging/elderly
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
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
Warm Springs Community Action Team
2018
$200,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
26 months
Support TypeCapital Support
Counties Served
- Jefferson
- Wasco
For support of a capital project that will create a business incubator space for entrepreneurs and propel economic growth in Warm Springs
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Willamette Valley Law Project
2018
$184,500
Building Community
Duration of Award
37 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Benton
- Clackamas
- Linn
- Marion
- Polk
- Washington
To support and strengthen the communications, advocacy and organizing platforms of Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste (PCUN) so it may better serve farmworkers and Latinx working families
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
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
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
Northeast Oregon Economic Development District
2018
$85,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
36 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Baker
- Union
- Wallowa
For strengthening diversity, equity and inclusion engagement, accountability and capacity by nonprofit and public organizations, as well as encouraging civil public discourse in rural Northeast Oregon
Grant
Cascade Pacific Resource Conservation and Development
2018
$7,800
Building Community
Duration of Award
11 months
To fund a technical assistance grant to the Oregon Farm to School and School Garden Network so it can engage staff in diversity, equity and inclusion training and support related organizational self-assessments
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
CAPACES Leadership Institute
2018
$156,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
38 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Marion
- Polk
- Yamhill
For support of the People's Representative, a public service leadership development program for Latinx in the Mid-Willamette Valley that seeks to redress this community's underrepresentation in the public service sector
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
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
Elders in Action
2018
$175,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To fund staffing that will coordinate a coalition dedicated to improving policies and services for low-income older adults in Oregon
Grant
Population
- Aging/elderly
- Crime/abuse survivors
- People living on low incomes
Oregon Latino Health Coalition
2018
$35,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
13 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For technical assistance to development collaborative efforts between Latinx serving organizations that will ensure emotional health support systems are in place in their communities
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- 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
Institute for Nonprofit News
2018
$40,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
7 months
For support of this nonprofit dedicated to producing investigative journalism projects centered on social, environmental and economic justice
Grant
Cascade Pacific Resource Conservation and Development
2018
$7,800
Building Community
Duration of Award
11 months
To fund a technical assistance grant to the Oregon Farm to School and School Garden Network so it can engage staff in diversity, equity and inclusion training and support related organizational self-assessments
Grant
Volunteers in Medicine Clinic of the Cascades
2017
$49,667
Building Community
Duration of Award
19 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Crook
- Deschutes
- Jefferson
To support integration of culturally responsive clinical practices, improving health outcomes of uninsured Latino and immigrant patients with chronic conditions in Bend
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Disability Art and Culture Project
2017
$50,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
26 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For implementation of the Leadership Institute program, to advance improvements in City of Portland and State of Oregon employment practices for people with disabilities
Grant
Population
- People of color
- People with disabilities