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
Deschutes River Conservancy
2020
$160,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
  • Crook
  • Deschutes
  • Jefferson
For general operating support of this organization that convenes and facilitates collaborative efforts to meet in-stream and community water needs
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
Oregon Wild
2020
$2,500
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
1 month
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For webinar support and participation by two presenters in an educational webinar on environmental and social justice advocacy in Oregon
Grant
Northwest Environmental Defense Center
2020
$200,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
28 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support a collaborative effort to reduce diesel particulate emissions and health impacts, particularly in low-income communities of color, by influencing regulations and rules governing diesel emissions
Grant
Population
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
Nez Perce Tribe
2020
$138,824
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Counties Served
  • Wallowa
To integrate Nez Perce tribal knowledge into Wallowa Lake management and explore reintroduction of native sockeye to the lake
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
Coalition of Communities of Color
2020
$75,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Multnomah
To support the Coalition of Communities of Color in efforts to co-create intersectional and innovative solutions that advance climate justice
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Climate Solutions
2020
$75,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
6 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support the Oregon Clean and Equitable Transportation Campaign, a coalition focused on an equitable transition away from fossil fuel powered transportation in Oregon
Grant
Population
  • Immigrants and/or refugees
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
Cascadia Wildlands
2020
$12,500
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
8 months
Support TypeProject Support
For advocacy to confront damaging post-fire logging of older forests and communications support for local voices in the Umpqua River basin affected by the 2020 Oregon wildfires
Grant
Luckiamute Watershed Council
2020
$149,305
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
68 months
Support TypeProject Support
To expand upon existing forest-floodplain restoration work at the Luckiamute State Natural Area by 60 acres
Grant
Initiative
Willamette River Initiative
Friends of the Columbia Gorge
2020
$30,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Hood River
  • Multnomah
  • Wasco
For technical assistance to support deeper integration of diversity, equity and inclusion goals into this organization's work to ensure the long-term protection and resilience of the Columbia Gorge
Grant
Rural Organizing Project
2020
$1,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
1 month
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For participation as a presenter in an educational webinar on environmental and social justice advocacy in Oregon
Grant
OPAL
2020
$250,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For general operating support of this community-led collaborative that advances climate justice and statewide properties for communities on the frontlines
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
North Coast Land Conservancy
2020
$140,940
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Counties Served
  • Clatsop
  • Tillamook
To strengthen equitable and inclusive forest conservation practices on Oregon's North Coast
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People of color
Resource Media
2020
$12,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
3 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To produce an executive summary of a report that examines the racial composition of Oregon state environmental agency boards and commissions and describes the challenges and opportunities for more diverse participation
Grant
Population
  • People of color
Friends of Trees
2020
$35,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Clackamas
  • Multnomah
  • Washington
For project support to assess the role of tree planting in improving health and advancing climate justice for Indigenous communities, Tribes, people of color and low-income communities
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People of color
Center for Diversity and the Environment
2020
$3,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
2 months
For participation and webinar support in an educational webinar on advancing racial equity in freshwater funding
Grant
Willamette Riverkeeper
2020
$31,844
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
32 months
Support TypeProject Support
For completion of the Willamette Mission Floodplain Reforestation project and restoration of the largest tract of intact, reproductive floodplain forest in the Willamette Valley
Grant
Initiative
Willamette River Initiative
High Desert Food & Farm Alliance
2020
$177,942
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
  • Jefferson
To develop and implement a plan that will establish a sustainable, culturally relevant food system in the Warm Springs community
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People living on low incomes
Tides Center
2020
$21,600
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
3 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
  • Benton
  • Clackamas
  • Lane
  • Linn
  • Marion
  • Multnomah
  • Polk
  • Washington
  • Yamhill
For technical assistance to support hiring a co-executive director for the Willamette River Network
Grant
Oregon Environmental Council
2020
$200,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
28 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For operating support of this organization working to ensure clean water, to protect children from toxics and to protect communities from the impacts of climate change
Grant
Population
  • Indigenous communities and tribes
  • People living on low incomes
  • People of color
Oregon Environmental Council
2020
$15,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
10 months
Counties ServedStatewide
To support restorative justice and facilitation for advocacy organizations working on state climate justice policy
Grant
Population
  • People of color
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