Funder Collaboratives

We know that the challenges Oregon faces require bold action and we believe that by working together in collaboration — with our peers, grantees and partners — we can have greater impact and drive social change. To that effect, we often work with funding partners to advance conversations and marshal regional and national leadership toward our vision: an Oregon in which all residents experience lived equity.

Some recent examples follow.

In 2017, Meyer partnered with The Collins Foundation, MRG Foundation, Oregon Community Foundation and Pride Foundation to establish the Oregon Immigrant and Refugee Funders Collaborative, a coordinated and nimble funding approach to address emerging and urgent issues impacting immigrants and refugees across the state and support local organizations responding to these issues.

When Oregon was in the midst of transforming its health, education and early learning systems, The Oregon Community Foundation, Kaiser Permanente Northwest, CareOregon, Northwest Health Foundation and Meyer convened a small workgroup of education experts to investigate new strategies to better align cross-sector work to improve health and education outcomes for Oregonians – especially for children who face the greatest obstacles.

We also partnered with The Collins Foundation, Ford Family Foundation, James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation, Oregon Community Foundation and Wendt Family Foundation in 2002 to launch the Chalkboard Project to improve student achievement across the state. 

And currently, Meyer and other funders have banded together on many fronts to help support a full and fair count in the 2020 census in Oregon. 

The above is only an introduction to the many ways Meyer uses its voice, privilege and resources to work collaboratively to advance the mission of dismantling inequities across Oregon’s systems.