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
Our Children Oregon
2021
$150,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
Operating support for Our Children Oregon's work to improve the lives of Oregon's children through solidarity, collaboration and collective action
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People of color
East Metro Arts and Culture Council
2021
$150,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To provide project support for East County Rising's leadership development programs
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People of color
The Rosewood Initiative
2021
$186,100
Building Community
Duration of Award
25 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To provide operating support for this outer east Portland service agency that builds leadership, connections and capacity in the Rosewood neighborhood for community self-determination
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People of color
Street Roots
2021
$25,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
8 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For general operating support of this award-winning, nonprofit, independent news source focusing on social, economic and environmental justice
Grant
Population
- People of color
Cascade Pacific Resource Conservation and Development
2021
$30,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
6 months
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For technical assistance to define the organization’s distinct future and with a vision toward sustainability and growth
Grant
Population
- People of color
Neighborhood Partnerships
2021
$120,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To provide support for consumer justice, outreach, education and research to be conducted by the Stop the Debt Trap Alliance (SDTA)
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People of color
CAPACES Leadership Institute
2021
$180,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For general operating support of Capaces Leadership Institute and its work to strengthen the wellness, capacity and political consciousness of leaders, organizations, movements and communities to eliminate social disparities
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People of color
Family Forward Oregon
2021
$200,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To advance family policy changes that will support equitable services for low-income women of color and diverse family structures
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People of color
The Uprise Collective
2021
$50,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For operating support of this organization which works to grow the capacity of BIPOC communities to build cultural capital through liberatory and anti-racist practices
Grant
Population
- People of color
Next Up
2021
$25,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
8 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For general operating support of this statewide nonpartisan organization focused on innovative solutions for young Oregonians to learn about, debate and educate their neighbors about current events and issues of public concern
Grant
Coalition of Communities of Color
2021
$75,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To support a campaign that builds BIPOC engagement in local charter review processes
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People of color
Neighborhood Partnerships
2021
$92,500
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To provide project support for the work of the Oregon Economic Justice Roundtable and the role of Neighborhood Partnerships as the lead convener
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People of color
Innovation Law Lab
2021
$165,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For general operating support to leverage lawyers (legal representation and litigation); technology and organizers (advocacy and volunteer management) to advance immigrant and refugee justice
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People of color
Forward Together
2021
$200,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To build power among BIPOC Oregonians through political education, advocacy, cross-sector alliances and raising the visibility of their leadership
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People of color
Tides Foundation
2021
$200,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
25 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To provide project support for Oregon Futures Lab Education Fund to train Oregon BIPOC community leaders to enter public office and govern effectively
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People of color
REAP
2021
$25,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
8 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
- Washington
To support the Bridge Program, a community-driven effort to bridge cultural divisions between African and African American communities through storytelling, community building and educational convenings
Grant
Unite Oregon
2021
$200,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support a service-to-organizing model and racial and climate justice initiatives
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People of color
Next Up
2021
$147,791
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Benton
- Clackamas
- Linn
- Marion
- Multnomah
- Washington
For general operating support of this organization which fosters youth participation in the democratic process through civic engagement and voter education
Grant
Population
- People of color
ACLU Foundation of Oregon
2021
$200,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To defend and advance civil liberties and civil rights; and address unjust policies that disproportionately impact BIPOC communities
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People of color
Latino Network
2021
$200,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Clatsop
- Jackson
- Malheur
- Marion
- Multnomah
- Polk
- Washington
- Yamhill
For general operating support of this organization which serves the Latino community through family-centered, trauma-informed transformative services and opportunities for Latinx of all ages
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People of color