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

Awardee
Year
Type
Amount
Category
IRCO, Asian Family Center
2017
$85,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
13 months
Counties ServedStatewide
To develop a senior fellows program through the Asian Pacific Islander Community Leadership Institute
Grant
Oregon Children's Theatre Company
2017
$30,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To guide the theatre's internal equity work, leading to more inclusive programs and statewide access
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Impact NW
2017
$35,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
20 months
For support of Washington County Kids to facilitate community conversations about the need for effective out-of-school programs
Grant
Verde
2017
$41,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
To expand the Lideres Verdes (Green Leaders) program to reach new and more diverse communities living in the broader Portland Metropolitan area
Grant
The People's Nonprofit Accelerator
2017
$19,250
Building Community
Duration of Award
9 months
For technical assistance to conduct an internal assessment and planning related to diversity, equity and inclusion at this Portland-based capacity building organization
Grant
Bag and Baggage Productions
2017
$171,760
Building Community
Duration of Award
38 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Columbia
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
  • Yamhill
To increase understanding of how to advance equity through the arts and build more diverse audiences by commissioning new adaptations of Shakespeare’s “Problem Plays” by emerging, Oregon-based playwrights of color
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Asian Health and Service Center
2017
$25,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
For strategic planning
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People of color
Native Arts and Cultures Foundation
2017
$114,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
38 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For collaborative, artist-led projects on tribal reservations that address pressing social issues while sustaining culture
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
Main Street Alliance of Oregon
2017
$23,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
8 months
To engage and support small business owners of color around public policy
Grant
Portland State University Foundation
2017
$133,604
Building Community
Duration of Award
30 months
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Marion
  • Multnomah
  • Polk
  • Washington
To build the capacity of Oregon nonprofits to understand and use equity-related data and co-produce data literacy curricula and training tools that are responsive to diverse needs
Grant
Dress for Success of Oregon
2017
$60,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
To complete an organizational assessment and update organizational policies and practices that advance equity and reduce barriers to economic security for underserved women
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
  • Women or girls
Planned Parenthood of the Columbia-Willamette
2017
$169,799
Building Community
Duration of Award
36 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Crook
  • Deschutes
  • Jefferson
  • Marion
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
To build toward Reproductive Justice by deepening equity work within the organization, including assessing and building cultural competence, adapting policies and practices, and building relationships and accountability with community partners
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
  • Women or girls
IRCO, Slavic Network of Oregon
2017
$81,500
Building Community
Duration of Award
13 months
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Marion
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
To engage Slavic leadership graduates in experiential learning to gain advocacy skills
Grant
Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education
2017
$56,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Marion
  • Multnomah
  • Tillamook
  • Washington
  • Yamhill
To develop curricula for two new core exhibitions, "Discrimination and Resistance, An Oregon Primer" and "The Holocaust, An Oregon Perspective," revealing the roots of hate and illuminating the values of inclusion and respect
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
Store to Door
2017
$10,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
For technical assistance to support diversity, equity and inclusion related training
Grant
Western States Center
2017
$85,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties ServedStatewide
To implement the Two Spirit Justice Program, which develops tribal leaders as effective advocates and ensures that equitable access and opportunities for Two Spirit/LGBTQ tribal community members
Grant
CASH Oregon
2017
$48,810
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Deschutes
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
For capacity building support to help this free tax preparation service better serve all Oregonians through diversity, equity and inclusion training, implementation and organizational assessment
Grant
Population
  • Aging/elderly
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
Black Parent Initiative
2017
$150,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
For the implementation of a strategic plan to increase health outcomes within the black community in Portland's metropolitan area
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
  • Women or girls
Asian Health and Service Center
2017
$100,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
For coordination of The Alliance for Culturally Specific Behavioral Health Providers and Programs, a coalition of providers who seek policy and system changes to improve outcomes among marginalized communities
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People of color
New Avenues for Youth
2017
$170,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
For a culturally responsive service-delivery system that brings prevention and intervention services to marginalized youth experiencing homelessness or existing on the edge of homelessness in East Multnomah County
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
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