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
350PDX
2017
$125,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
36 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
For a new climate justice organizer position
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
Sandy River Basin Watershed Council
2017
$132,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
36 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Multnomah
To diversify financial support and broaden community engagement and stewardship impacts in the Sandy River Basin
Grant
Population
  • All/General
Long Tom Watershed Council
2017
$140,700
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
35 months
To support the Long Tom Watershed Council's continued participation in WRI's Model Watershed Program
Grant
Initiative
Willamette River Initiative
Friends of Tryon Creek Park
2017
$500
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
1 month
For participation in a diversity, equity and inclusion workshop for Meyer grantees
Grant
Center for Diversity and the Environment
2017
$100,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For operating support of this organization that provides technical assistance and leadership development for diversity, equity and inclusion in Oregon's environmental movement
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Carpe Diem West
2017
$100,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
To create a source water protection plan for Willamette Basin drinking water utilities that will align their investments with other basin-wide planning efforts
Grant
Initiative
Willamette River Initiative
Bonneville Environmental Foundation
2017
$2,500
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
1 month
For participation in a process to plan what comes after the Willamette River Initiative, a decade-long effort to achieve meaningful, measurable improvements in the health of the river and selected tributaries by 2019
Grant
Initiative
Willamette River Initiative
Pacific Rivers Council
2017
$35,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To promote sustainability improvements to forest practices on private land in Oregon
Grant
Population
  • All/General
Soul River Inc
2017
$10,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
For operating support of this organization that connects inner-city youth and U.S. military veterans through outdoor experiences
Grant
Ecotrust
2017
$250,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
For a pilot program that recruits and trains African American and Native American individuals for careers in Portland's green workforce
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
City of Newport
2017
$185,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Lincoln
To develop a water resource management plan for the Mid-Coast region that integrates the priorities of diverse communities and balances ecosystem health, economic and social justice needs
Grant
Population
  • Aging/elderly
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
Urban Greenspaces Institute
2017
$170,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
36 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Marion
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
To establish a mentorship program that will train Latinx mentors to encourage youth from diverse backgrounds to engage in conservation organizations
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
South Santiam Watershed Council
2017
$111,200
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
11 months
To support the continued participation of the North Santiam Watershed Council and South Santiam Watershed Council in WRI's Model Watershed Program
Grant
Initiative
Willamette River Initiative
Luckiamute Watershed Council
2017
$2,500
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
1 month
For participation in a process to plan what comes after the Willamette River Initiative, a decade-long effort to achieve meaningful, measurable improvements in the health of the river and selected tributaries by 2019
Grant
Initiative
Willamette River Initiative
Columbia Riverkeeper
2017
$100,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Clatsop
  • Columbia
  • Deschutes
  • Gilliam
  • Hood River
  • Morrow
  • Multnomah
  • Sherman
  • Umatilla
  • Wasco
To deepen advocacy work in partnership with Columbia River tribes and dedicate resources to support those partnerships
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
City of Portland
2017
$68,275
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
To develop a streamlined monitoring framework to track floodplain restoration progress in the Willamette River system
Grant
Initiative
Willamette River Initiative
Pinchot Institute for Conservation
2017
$50,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For research and outreach to develop a climate mitigation fund framework that is accessible to small forest, farm and ranch operations, without harming emission-impacted communities
Grant
Population
  • Aging/elderly
Beyond Toxics
2017
$11,800
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
For a collaborative effort involving nonprofit and government partners working to build relationships and identify environmental justice priorities in rural communities
Grant
Crag Law Center
2017
$32,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
To engage the public and environmental organizations in recovery efforts related to the Eagle Creek fire in the Columbia River Gorge
Grant
Soul River Inc
2017
$24,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
For a Willamette River outdoor learning program and to build relationships with Willamette conservation organizations
Grant
Initiative
Willamette River Initiative
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