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
Social Justice Fund Northwest
2017
$85,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
For the Portland Giving Project, a leadership development program focused on social justice philanthropy
Grant
Oregon Food Bank
2017
$125,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To build internal organizational capacity relating to equity, implement policy changes and create a client advisory board, and to implement data-driven strategies to increase access to food assistance for underserved populations across the state
Grant
Population
  • Aging/elderly
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
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
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
Oregon Health and Science University Foundation
2017
$147,178
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Counties ServedStatewide
To build the capacity of small organizations serving marginalized communities to conduct evaluations of their own services
Grant
Virginia Garcia Memorial Foundation
2017
$175,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
38 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Washington
  • Yamhill
To create a culture of advocacy and equity, resulting in health-care equity and access for vulnerable populations
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
Northeast Oregon Economic Development District
2017
$88,195
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Counties Served
  • Baker
  • Union
  • Wallowa
To incorporate diversity, equity and inclusion elements into their training curriculum by hosting community discussions within Union, Wallowa and Baker counties
Grant
Rusk Ranch Nature Center
2017
$24,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
25 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
  • Josephine
To dismantle the inequities of poverty young people experience, offering access to education, job training and employment
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • People with disabilities
  • Women or girls
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
Familias en Accion
2017
$123,600
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To develop and implement a culturally specific curriculum based on developmental origins of health and disease and train a statewide network of health professionals in its use within Latinx communities
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
  • Women or girls
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
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
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
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
Oregon Public Broadcasting
2017
$110,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
28 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For the "Changing Northwest" desk, which covers equity, race, identity and opportunities while seeking out diverse sources and centering the perspectives of those whose voices have historically been ignored
Grant
Population
  • All/General
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
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
Voz Workers' Rights Education Project
2017
$130,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
26 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
To increase fundraising capacity, strengthen internal systems and build organizational knowledge at this worker-led agency that empowers immigrants and day laborers to improve their working conditions and protect their civil rights
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
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
NeighborWorks Umpqua
2017
$70,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
17 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
  • Coos
  • Curry
  • Douglas
  • Jackson
  • Josephine
To build support for policies that provide people of color and low-income families with the power and resources they need to thrive
Grant
Population
  • All/General
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