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
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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
Riddle School District
1994
$1,498
Historical Program
Duration of Award
12 months
To enable fourth graders in this small, rural school district to participate in 16 weeks of intensive study of four geographical regions of the world, using a combination of methods, including telecommunication access to classrooms in Japan and Indonesia.
Grant
Ridgefield School District
1994
$5,850
Historical Program
Duration of Award
12 months
For a project in which eleventh graders develop greater mastery of art, literature, and social studies by creating a mobile museum that teaches the lessons of the Holocaust and the American civil rights movement.
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Rogue River School District
1994
$2,232
Historical Program
Duration of Award
12 months
To support fourth graderÕs study of OregonÕs land forms, history, industries and resources, weather and climate, and flora and fauna through multimedia material, field trips, guest speakers, and hands-on projects.
Grant
Sacred Heart Catholic School
1994
$2,000
Historical Program
Duration of Award
12 months
For equipment to enhance the writing and computer skills of sixth graders to enable them to compile chronicles of school history and events, and write articles for the school newspaper.
Grant
Salem-Keizer School District
1994
$2,000
Historical Program
Duration of Award
12 months
To support a project in which tenth through twelfth graders will study genetics and biotechnology, particularly through DNA lab exercises, and learn about opportunities in these fields.
Grant
Salem-Keizer School District
1994
$2,000
Historical Program
Duration of Award
12 months
For a project in which senior physics students will design and construct solar electric Lego cars, and then share the concepts they have learned about physics and alternative energy sources with elementary school children.
Grant
Salem-Keizer School District
1994
$4,170
Historical Program
Duration of Award
12 months
For a project in which seventh graders will apply subject-matter skills to a real-world problem Ð the survival of endangered species Ð by designing a theoretical captive breeding program and facility, which will be evaluated by zoo experts.
Grant
Salem-Keizer School District
1994
$4,306
Historical Program
Duration of Award
12 months
To integrate all academic subjects with the study of five cultures: Native American, Asian, Mexican, African, and European in a seventh and eighth grade school within a school.
Grant
Salem-Keizer School District
1994
$5,000
Historical Program
Duration of Award
12 months
For Partners in Physics Education, in which high school physics students will teach physics lessons to elementary school children, keep in touch with the children by facsimile and electronic mail as they develop projects, and then return to the elementary
Grant
Salem-Keizer School District
1994
$5,000
Historical Program
Duration of Award
12 months
To provide fifth and sixth graders, many of whom come from low-income homes, with greater skill in using computers as tools for research, writing, and problem solving.
Grant
Salem-Keizer School District
1994
$6,987
Historical Program
Duration of Award
12 months
To enhance student skills in communication, leadership, writing, and art by forming a teen video production crew from two schools to develop five short documentaries and a biweekly program on teen issues to run on local cable access.
Grant
Salem-Keizer School District
1994
$7,000
Historical Program
Duration of Award
12 months
For a project in which teachers will learn hands-on methods of teaching science to young children and then work with volunteer professional scientists to offer workshops for every classroom in the school.
Grant
Portland Public Schools
1994
$1,000
Historical Program
Duration of Award
12 months
To teach 18- to 21-year-old special education students organizational skills that make them more employable by helping them purchase a coffee cart and operate a gourmet coffee outlet in partnership with a local coffee company.
Grant
Portland Public Schools
1994
$1,200
Historical Program
Duration of Award
12 months
To train 15 to 20 sixth graders to care for sick and injured waterfowl and to set up a rehabilitation station on the school grounds.
Grant
Portland Public Schools
1994
$1,414
Historical Program
Duration of Award
12 months
To provide expanded CD-ROM information resources to 60 senior English class students involved in semester-long research projects in order to improve attendance and achievement.
Grant
Portland Public Schools
1994
$1,480
Historical Program
Duration of Award
12 months
To enable third and fourth graders to set up a miniature city in which they perform budgeting, banking, recordkeeping, publishing, and management functions that teach real-life skills.
Grant
Portland Public Schools
1994
$1,484
Historical Program
Duration of Award
12 months
To provide materials for a class in which seventh and eighth graders apply math, science, and engineering concepts to build structural models and duplicate real-life processes such as global warming, product packaging, and time measurement.
Grant
Portland Public Schools
1994
$2,000
Historical Program
Duration of Award
12 months
To support field studies that extend learning by inner-city fifth graders about the natural environment and the natural and cultural history of Oregon beyond the confines of their classroom.
Grant
Portland Public Schools
1994
$2,464
Historical Program
Duration of Award
12 months
For a project in which teams of second and fifth graders (with the older children acting as mentors) explore natural environments such as wetlands, making observations, and gathering samples for further study.
Grant
Portland Public Schools
1994
$4,655
Historical Program
Duration of Award
12 months
To train 60 parents in this low-income attendance area to use computers and to make computer equipment available in a newly created parent center so parents can support their children in the use of computer technology.
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