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
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
Allied Media Projects, Inc.
2018
$3,500
Building Community
Duration of Award
1 month
To ensure the accessibility and inclusion of people with disabilities at the 2018 Affect Conference in Portland
Grant
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
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
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
IRCO, Africa House
2018
$50,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
10 months
To build upon the successful African Leadership Program and continue improving opportunities for graduates and institutional partners through a mentorship program
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
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Western States Center
2018
$50,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
To amplify the work, narrative and voice of tribal leaders on tribal law and policy and LGBT law and policy, and to build tools to strengthen nonprofits' understanding of tribal sovereignty and best practices to support the health and welfare of urban and rural native communities
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
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Project Access NOW
2018
$35,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
To conduct diversity, equity and inclusion training within this agency working to improve the health and well-being in the Portland Metro area by ensuring access to care, services and resources for those most in need
Grant
Evolve Workforce & Multifamily Housing Services
2018
$60,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
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
Willamette Valley Law Project
2018
$35,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
6 months
For research, planning and technical assistance to update the structure of Pineros y Campesinos Unidos del Noroeste, known as PCUN, Oregon’s farmworkers union and largest Latino organization in the state
Grant
OPAL
2018
$90,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For support of existing leadership development programs and year-round training opportunities as well as the addition of new curriculum and opportunities that will engage and advance key advocacy campaigns
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
IRCO, Asian Family Center
2018
$50,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
8 months
To build and sustain Asian and Pacific Islander leadership in advocacy and movement building to improve outcomes for APIs and other immigrant and refugee groups in Oregon
Grant
CAPACES Leadership Institute
2018
$165,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
25 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Marion
- Multnomah
- Polk
- Yamhill
To design and implement a management training program to strengthen the capacity of Alianza Poder, a movement-building collaborative fostering relationships and cross-training among a network of culturally specific organizations in Polk and Marion counties
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Oregon Student Foundation
2018
$185,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
25 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To strengthen youth-led social justice movements by providing paid internship opportunities to youth organizations
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People of color
- Women or girls
El Programa Hispano Catolico
2018
$185,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
For capacity building support to strengthen fund development of this organization providing Latinx social services in the Portland metropolitan area
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
The Geezer Gallery
2018
$2,500
Building Community
Duration of Award
6 months
For a grant that will provide the gallery's board with training on roles, responsibilities and fundraising
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Treasure Valley Children's Relief Nursery
2018
$19,600
Building Community
Duration of Award
5 months
For consultation to support a transformative diversity, equity and inclusion training process at this Eastern Oregon organization working to help children heal from difficult life experiences
Grant
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
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