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
Health Care Without Harm
2017
$35,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To increase institutional market opportunities for minority and women-owned food businesses in Oregon's community foods system network
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
- Women or girls
HomePlate Youth Services
2017
$10,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
For technical assistance to advance internal equity and program evaluation to better serve youth experiencing homelessness in Washington County
Grant
Innovative Changes
2017
$40,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
6 months
For planning, implementation and communication of an organizational merger
Grant
InvestigateWest
2017
$57,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For project support to maintain and grow a collaborative investigative journalism series about barriers to equity inherent in Oregon public policy
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
- Women or girls
James F. & Marion L. Miller Foundation
2017
$3,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
To support the work of an Oregon arts funders collaboration
Grant
Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership
2017
$55,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Clatsop
- Columbia
- Multnomah
- Washington
To develop an organizational equity strategy and provide equity training for staff and board members
Grant
Population
- All/General
Multnomah County
2017
$100,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
To plan and launch a targeted communications campaign designed to encourage Willamette River basin residents to take action to reduce water pollution
Grant
Initiative
Willamette River Initiative
Muslim Educational Trust
2017
$20,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
To respond to the current and imminent bias threats by engaging Oregonians to help build informed, united, resilient communities that can challenge racism and bigotry; this grant is made as part of the Oregon Immigrant and Refugee Funders Collaborative, addressing critical and time-sensitive issues facing immigrants and refugees
Grant
North End Senior Solutions
2017
$16,150
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Lincoln
- Tillamook
For a feasibility study and development audit of this Lincoln City agency offering supportive services to seniors
Grant
Population
- Aging/elderly
- People living on low incomes
- People with disabilities
Oregon Business Council Charitable Institute
2017
$30,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
8 months
To engage business leaders in the Willamette Valley and North Santiam watershed to make a business case for investing in projects that promote watershed resiliency
Grant
Initiative
Willamette River Initiative
Oregon Environmental Council
2017
$60,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
15 months
To spark new investment approaches for sustainable watershed management in the Willamette River Basin
Grant
Initiative
Willamette River Initiative
Portsmouth Union Church
2017
$11,750
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For tenant and community engagement by this faith-based organization planning to build affordable housing in North Portland, and for technical and equity training for its leaders
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
Profile Theatre Project
2017
$60,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
For operating support during the second and third years of a three-year-long diversity and inclusion initiative that features women playwrights and playwrights of color
Grant
Population
- People of color
- Women or girls
South Santiam Watershed Council
2017
$43,644
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
21 months
To lead local stakeholders in a climate resiliency assessment of South Santiam sub-basins, and for the creation of a strategic action plan for future restoration projects
Grant
Initiative
Willamette River Initiative
Umatilla County Board of Commissioners
2017
$25,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Umatilla
For one year of capacity-building support to fully integrate health equity in Umatilla County Public Health's strategic and community health improvement plans
Grant
Population
- All/General
University of Oregon
2017
$45,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
To develop a streamlined monitoring framework for the Willamette River system to track floodplain restoration progress over time
Grant
Initiative
Willamette River Initiative
Voz Workers' Rights Education Project
2017
$20,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
12 months
To support this Portland-based social service organization's direct actions in protest of immigration enforcement incidents; this grant is made as part of the Oregon Immigrant and Refugee Funders Collaborative, addressing critical and time-sensitive issues facing immigrants and refugees
Grant
Wetlands Conservancy
2017
$79,730
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
To measure the ecological and community benefits of Willamette Valley wetlands and develop resources to strengthen the case for investment in wetlands restoration and conservation
Grant
Initiative
Willamette River Initiative
Willamette Riverkeeper
2017
$100,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
27 months
For coordination of the Willamette Aquatic Invasives Network and engagement in the Willamette Watershed Toxics Reduction Partnership, programs that foster collaboration to reduce toxins and invasive species in the Willamette River
Grant
Initiative
Willamette River Initiative
Xerces Society
2017
$25,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
To equip Willamette River watershed restoration practitioners with the knowledge and tools necessary to protect threatened freshwater mussel species encountered in the course of their work
Grant
Initiative
Willamette River Initiative