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
Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center
2022
$100,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Wallowa
To build site-specific curricula honoring Black Oregonians contributions to logging culture and environmental history in Wallowa County
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
World Stage Theatre
2022
$25,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
For general operating support of this multi-cultural, multi-generational arts organization
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Portland Community Reinvestment Initiatives
2022
$200,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For reimagining public safety with a community of Black homeowners
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People living on low incomes
Coalition of Communities of Color
2022
$600
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For general operating support of this organization that addresses socioeconomic disparities in communities of color throughout Oregon
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
iUrban Teen
2022
$75,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Washington
- Multnomah
- Clackamas
For general operating support of this organization focused on providing academic, social and emotional support for Black and Brown students who have struggled in traditional educational settings
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People living on low incomes
Youth Organized and United to Help
2022
$75,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For general operating support of this organization that provides tutoring and mentoring opportunities to improve Black student academic, social and emotional outcomes in Multnomah County
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- Women or girls
- People living on low incomes
Leaven Community
2022
$80,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties ServedStatewide
To continue race-focused dialogue and community building that will engage Black community members and Black-serving organizations throughout Oregon
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
North by Northeast Community Health Center
2022
$125,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For general operating support of this organization that provides culturally-specific and responsive mental health services for Black community members in Multnomah County
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People living on low incomes
Humble Beginnings
2022
$75,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For general operating support of this organization which conducts culturally specific outreach to Black rural Oregonians
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Lewis and Clark College
2022
$140,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support incarcerated individuals, including Black Oregonians who are disproportionately arrested, convicted and sentenced in Oregon's criminal justice system
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
African Womens Coalition
2022
$50,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Washington
- Multnomah
To support services in African and African-American communities in the Multnomah and Washington Counties to recognize and destigmatize the mental support necessary to heal from trauma
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
Outgrowing Hunger
2022
$50,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To provide project support for this organization which works to advance economic opportunity for Black youth and their families
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People living on low incomes
YWCA of Greater Portland
2022
$75,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To provide project support for this organization that offers mentorship to 40 at-risk, BIPOC high school girls with a focus on academics, athletics and attitude in Multnomah County
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- Women or girls
- People living on low incomes
Holla Foundation, Holla Mentors, Holla
2022
$150,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To advance educational and social emotional outcomes for Black students through culturally specific/culturally responsive mentoring
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People living on low incomes
Portland Community Media
2022
$150,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support taking Open Signal Labs and Lion Speaks Black filmmaker initiative statewide
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Allen Temple CME Church
2022
$80,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To support community outreach programs, including culturally-specific drug, alcohol, HIV/AIDs outreach and support, for the African American and Black communities in inner North/Northeast Portland
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- People living on low incomes
PBDG Foundation
2022
$200,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support Black entrepreneurs in the construction trade by building skills and accessing resources
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- Women or girls
- People living on low incomes
Allen Performing Arts Inc.
2022
$25,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To engage the Black arts community to help heal individuals experiencing life’s most traumatic circumstances through creative productions in Multnomah County
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Population
- Women or girls
- People living on low incomes
AYCO
2021
$1,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
1 month
Support TypeOperating Support
Honorarium for participation in Meyer's Community Advisory Group for Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Building Blocks To Success Corporation
2021
$1,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
1 month
Support TypeOperating Support
Honorarium for participation in Meyer's Community Advisory Group for Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives