Awards Database

Since 1982, Meyer has awarded grants and program-related investments totaling more than $786 million to more than 3,380 organizations around the Pacific Northwest. Today, Meyer focuses on work in Oregon in four areas Oregonians have identified as crucial to making the state better for all its residents: housing, education, the environment and building stronger communities.

Awards Since Inception

37
Years
9,440
Awards
$786m
Awarded

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This awards database includes more than 9,000 grant awards Meyer Memorial Trust has made since 1982. Use the filters below or search to refine your view.

Awards Database

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Awardee
Year
Type
Amount
Portfolio
NeighborImpact
2019
$50,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
12 months
Counties Served
  • Crook
  • Deschutes
  • Jefferson
To support critical repairs, accessibility and energy efficiency related upgrades to manufactured homes in rural Oregon
Grant
Initiative
Affordable Housing Initiative
United Way of the Columbia-Willamette
2019
$50,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
34 months
For a statewide effort to ensure a fair, accurate and equitable 2020 U.S. Census count, focused on hard-to-count communities
Grant
Borealis Philanthropy
2019
$100,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
13 months
To support grantmaking through the Racial Equity Accelerating Change Fund, a nationwide initiative that supports racial equity practitioners through direct funding, convenings and the dissemination of research and reports
Grant
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
2019
$150,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
12 months
For follow-on capital support of Neachesna II, a development of duplex townhomes that will provide affordable housing for members of the Siletz Tribe
Grant
Albina Vision
2019
$350,250
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
24 months
For inaugural funding to support the work of Albina Vision, a community-led effort to redevelop the Rose Quarter into a diverse, sustainable, urban district while honoring the North Portland neighborhood's past as the cultural capital of Portland
Grant
MRG Foundation
2019
$6,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
4 months
To support tribal representatives from the Cowlitz, Grand Ronde, Warm Springs, Siletz, Yakama, Umatilla and Nez Perce nations to provide opening ceremony and land acknowledgement protocol for the National Conference for Race and Ethnicity in American Higher Education
Grant
Oregon Community Foundation - Meyer Memorial Trust Donor Advised Fund
2019
$1,000,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
For the Meyer Memorial Trust Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation
Grant
Oregon Center for Public Policy
2019
$1,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
1 month
For general operating support of this research organization that conducts analysis of budget, tax and economics issues to improve the economic and social opportunities of all Oregonians
Grant
Oregon Environmental Council
2019
$25,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
6 months
For technical assistance to support an executive director transition
Grant
Race Forward
2019
$15,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
5 months
To support the 2019 Housing Equity Summit
Grant
Initiative
Affordable Housing Initiative
James F. & Marion L. Miller Foundation
2019
$3,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
For continued support of financial consulting services for the Large Budget Arts Organizations funder collaborative
Grant
Alano Club of Portland, Oregon
2018
$35,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
8 months
To support Oregon Recovers' statewide community mapping process, to identify service gaps in recovery support for rural and diverse Oregon populations and to generate policy improvement recommendations
Grant
Alliance for Justice
2018
$45,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
To support the Bolder Advocacy Initiative, which promotes active engagement in democratic processes and institutions by giving nonprofits and foundations the knowledge and tools to advocate effectively
Grant
Calapooia Watershed Council
2018
$40,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
48 months
For habitat restoration in the Courtney Creek watershed of the Calapooia River basin
Grant
Initiative
Willamette River Initiative
Columbia Land Trust
2018
$50,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
To build capacity to implement diversity, equity and inclusion activities
Grant
CASA of Oregon
2018
$220,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
To continue supporting the conversion of manufactured home communities into resident-owned cooperatives
Grant
Initiative
Affordable Housing Initiative
Community Partners for Affordable Housing
2018
$60,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
18 months
For third-year funding to support implementation of property-specific portfolio preservation plans, as part of the AHI Sustaining Portfolios Strategy, in Washington and Columbia counties
Grant
Initiative
Affordable Housing Initiative
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
2018
$4,500
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
1 month
For general support of Tribe-identified priorities
Grant
Willamette Neighborhood Housing Services
2018
$75,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
18 months
For third-year funding to implement property-specific portfolio preservation plans, as part of the AHI Sustaining Portfolios Strategy, in Linn and Benton counties
Grant
Initiative
Affordable Housing Initiative
Environmental Grantmakers Association
2018
$10,392
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
For annual membership support of this national organization that promotes effective environmental philanthropy
Grant
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