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
Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center
2023
$200,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
To pilot a project with community partners for the development of a Community Safe Worker model in Portland that will recruit, train and support staff who can serve as credible messengers when working with formerly justice involved individuals helping them transition healthfully back to community
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Friends of Family Farmers
2023
$80,000
Our Resilient Places
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
To support land access for BIPOC and historically underserved farmers, and equitable policy development for small farmers throughout Oregon
Grant
iUrban Teen
2023
$85,000
Our Empowered Youth
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
For general operating support of this organization that brings STEAM education to historically excluded youth and young adults in Multnomah County
Grant
Youth Organized and United to Help
2023
$100,000
Our Empowered Youth
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
For general operating support of this organization that provides training in equity and trauma-informed care for educators, administrators and probation officers for youth involved in the criminal justice system in East Multnomah County
Grant
Oregon Black Pioneers
2023
$80,000
Our Resilient Places
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
For general operating support of this organization that cultivates community healing through educational opportunities about historical Black Oregonians statewide
Grant
Youth Empowerment Project Pacific Northwest
2023
$50,000
Our Empowered Youth
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
For general operating support of this organization that improves the lives of students of color in Multnomah County by providing professional and peer supports for personal growth in and out of school through mentoring, academic, social and emotional learning
Grant
Albina Vision Trust
2023
$200,000
Our Collective Prosperity
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
For general operating support of this organization that creates pathways for the Black community in North Portland's Albina neighborhood to build economic stability
Grant
Ori Gallery
2023
$200,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
To collaborate with Black & Beyond the Binary Collective, Liberation Medicine School and West Coast Black Circus to create a safety network for Black Trans folks in the Pacific Northwest
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Building Blocks To Success Corporation
2023
$195,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
To collaborate with Building Blocks 2 Success with McDaniel High School, OHSU, Oregon State University and National Society of Black Engineers Portland chapter to establish a comprehensive and impactful STEM education ecosystem in Portland with a focus on Black students
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Unite Oregon
2023
$198,502
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
To collaborate with Keep Growing Seeds, The BIPOC Rise Moor Healing Center and The Black Economic Collective to plan for a Black wellness center in East Portland
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Oregon Tradeswomen
2023
$200,000
Our Collective Prosperity
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
For general operating support of this organization that equip women with the technical skills to enter the trades and employers with technical assistance to increase workforce diversity statewide
Grant
Farmworker Housing Development Corporation
2023
$50,000
Our Collective Prosperity
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
To participate in the Housing Equity Capacity Building Strategy Program, which builds real estate capacity and staff skills of culturally specific nonprofit affordable housing development organizations across the state
Grant
Native American Youth and Family Center
2023
$50,000
Our Collective Prosperity
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
To participate in the Housing Equity Capacity Building Strategy Program, which builds real estate capacity and staff skills of culturally specific nonprofit affordable housing development organizations across the state
Grant
Accent Network
2023
$23,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
To provide creative and culturally responsive programs to support immigrants through the journey of making the United States their home
Grant
Initiative
Immigrant and Refugee Funders Collaborative
Southeast Uplift Neighborhood Program
2023
$22,730
Legacy Programs
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
To support Black & Beyond the Binary Collective in creating a new housing navigator system for LGBTQ+ folks in Multnomah County
Grant
Friends of Noise
2023
$57,200
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
For a collaboration between Taking Ownership PDX, AAAH and Constructing Hope to expand access and increase efficiency for clients, and support a growing Black workforce in the green technology industry in Portland
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
AfroVillage
2023
$25,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
For this organization to collaborate with Equitable Giving Circle and The Numberz.fm to build a network of Black community cornerstones
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
REAP
2023
$25,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Support for a collaboration between Oregon Alliance of Black School Educators, HOLLA School, and Warner Pacific University to plan a recruitment and retainment strategy for Black teachers in Multnomah County
Grant
Initiative
Justice Oregon for Black Lives
Boys & Girls Clubs of Portland Metropolitan Area
2023
$40,000
Urgent Grant Assistance
Duration of Award
3 months
Support TypeProject Support
To support students and families during the Portland Public School teacher strike
Grant
IRCO
2023
$50,000
Urgent Grant Assistance
Duration of Award
3 months
Support TypeProject Support
For student programming during Portland Public Schools teachers strike
Grant