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
Rural Organizing Project
2019
$100,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For operating support of this statewide organization working to build the capacity of local grassroots groups in rural communities to shift culture and create systems change at the local, county and state level
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Seeding Justice
2019
$14,855
Building Community
Duration of Award
2 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
For 2020 Transform Finance Institute for Social Justice Leaders, training hosted in Portland to provide a framework for the intersection of social justice and finance
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People of color
Innovation Law Lab
2019
$75,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To create permanent pathways to immigrant inclusion where immigrants from communities of color are actively engaged in social and political life
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Portland Community Media
2019
$5,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
8 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Marion
  • Multnomah
To support participation in Meyer's 2019 Services to Systems Learning Circle
Grant
Virginia Garcia Memorial Foundation
2019
$100,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
  • Washington
  • Yamhill
For operating support of this health service provider advocating for broader systemic changes to address social determinants of health in Washington and Yamhill counties
Grant
Population
  • People of color
United Way of the Columbia-Willamette
2019
$50,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
34 months
For a statewide effort to ensure a fair, accurate and equitable 2020 U.S. Census count, focused on hard-to-count communities
Grant
Latino Network
2019
$100,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
For operating support of this 23-year-old organization working to positively transform the lives of Latinx youth, families and communities throughout Portland
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Oregon Walks
2019
$7,575
Building Community
Duration of Award
10 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Multnomah
For board development that supports its racial equity analysis and enhances its understanding and skills of fiscal oversight
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Asian Health and Service Center
2019
$5,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
8 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
To support participation in Meyer's 2019 Services to Systems Learning Circle
Grant
Southeast Uplift Neighborhood Program
2019
$5,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
8 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
To support participation in Meyer's 2019 Services to Systems Learning Circle
Grant
The Next Door, Inc.
2019
$75,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Gilliam
  • Hood River
  • Sherman
  • Wasco
  • Wheeler
For Nuestra Comunidad Sana, which provides culturally appropriate health, economic development and education services to Latinx families in the Mid-Columbia Gorge area
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Borealis Philanthropy
2019
$100,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
13 months
To support grantmaking through the Racial Equity Accelerating Change Fund, a nationwide initiative that supports racial equity practitioners through direct funding, convenings and the dissemination of research and reports
Grant
Causa of Oregon
2019
$100,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For operating support of this culturally specific organization working to improve the lives of Latinx immigrants and families in Oregon through advocacy, coalition building, leadership development and civic engagement
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Burns Paiute Tribe
2019
$9,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
8 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Harney
To support participation in Meyer's 2019 Services to Systems Learning Circle
Grant
Verde
2019
$30,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
6 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
For external communications and to develop a sustainable fundraising plan for the Healthy Communities Coalition in Portland
Grant
Population
  • People of color
CAPACES Leadership Institute
2019
$50,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Linn
  • Marion
  • Polk
  • Yamhill
For project support of this Woodburn-based organization offering services and working to reduce barriers for farmworkers and working class Latinx to participate in leadership development, organizing and advocacy efforts for sustainable, systemic change
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Northwest Workers' Justice Project
2019
$29,185
Building Community
Duration of Award
9 months
For technical assistance to strengthen staff capacity to embed equity within this 15-year-old legal services organization
Grant
Family Forward Oregon
2019
$75,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For operating support of this organization working to establish paid sick days, paid family leave, workplace flexibility, equal pay for equal work, rights for domestic workers, retirement security and accessible, affordable child care for all in the state of Oregon
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Centro Latino Americano
2019
$10,500
Building Community
Duration of Award
8 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Lane
For participation of this organization and its collaborative partners Huerto de la Familia and Downtown Languages in Meyer's 2019 Services to Systems Learning Circle
Grant
APANO Communities United Fund
2019
$75,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For operating support of this culturally specific organization working to serve and empower Oregon's Asian and Pacific Islander communities
Grant
Population
  • People of color
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