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
Rural Development Initiatives
2017
$85,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties ServedStatewide
To pilot three diversity, equity and inclusion related leadership development initiatives focused on rural communities
Grant
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
Ascent Funding
2017
$120,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
To continue providing access to capital, mentorship and resources to minority- and women-owned small businesses and businesses in underserved communities in the Portland metro area
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
- Women or girls
Eastern Oregon Healthy Living Alliance
2017
$50,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
15 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Grant
- Malheur
- Morrow
- Umatilla
To improve early childhood health and address maternal depression in rural and frontier Oregon by integrating behavioral health screening with nurse home visiting services
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- Women or girls
Griffin's Place
2017
$10,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
For technical assistance to support the fundraising capacity of this organization working to provide social opportunities for people with disabilities in Washington County
Grant
Gateway to College National Network
2017
$150,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Counties ServedStatewide
To build internal and external capacity to implement a best practice model for re-engaging rural youth at risk of not completing high school
Grant
Elders in Action
2017
$35,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
For a one-year grant to conduct organizational diversity, equity and inclusion planning to better serve low-income seniors
Grant
Population
- All/General
Lutheran Community Services Northwest
2017
$138,350
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Marion
- Multnomah
- Washington
For the Refugee Peer Support pilot project to improve health equity and access to mental health care across the Salem metropolitan area and in Multnomah, Clackamas and Washington counties
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Communities United for People
2017
$85,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
To fortify local leadership through the Women Rise Fellowship Program, the Portland Prison Divestment Campaign, and the Supervision Series
Grant
Main Street Alliance of Oregon
2017
$114,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Lane
- Marion
For an initiative that integrates business development and system change advocacy to ensure financial viability of underserved businesses in Lane and Marion counties
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People of color
Salem-Keizer Coalition for Equality
2017
$85,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties Served
- Marion
- Polk
To organize, train and empower Latino Spanish-speaking parent leaders on social justice in education and civic representation
Grant
August Wilson Red Door Project
2017
$35,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For technical assistance for strategic planning.
Grant
Population
- Crime/abuse survivors
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
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
Gorge Grown Food Network
2017
$35,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Hood River
- Sherman
- Wasco
For technical assistance for planning, development and implementation of a DEI strategy
Grant
Population
- All/General
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
Micro Enterprise Services of Oregon
2017
$150,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Clatsop
- Columbia
- Hood River
- Lane
- Linn
- Marion
- Multnomah
- Washington
- Yamhill
To build the capacity of organizations delivering micro-credit services
Grant
Oregon Public Health Institute
2017
$25,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
8 months
To create a three-year business plan and communications and marketing strategy for this health equity capacity builder that works with organizations and government agencies focused on influencing the social determinants of health and health outcomes
Grant
Elders in Action
2017
$35,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
For capacity building support to plan and develop a framework for an “Elder Advocacy Coalition” among organizations focused on diverse, vulnerable and low income people aged 60 and older
Grant
Population
- All/General
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
EUVALCREE
2017
$84,280
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties Served
- Malheur
To support an initiative to increase civic engagement and leadership development among under-represented and underserved Latino residents in Malheur County
Grant