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
Community Development Partners
2017
$250,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
36 months
Support TypeCapital Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To provide capital support for a 59-unit affordable housing development in East Portland that will support Native American and low-income residents
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People living on low incomes
Ecotrust
2017
$250,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
For a pilot program that recruits and trains African American and Native American individuals for careers in Portland's green workforce
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Gateway to College National Network
2017
$250,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To expand "PDX Bridge" in collaboration with Mount Hood Community College, providing accessible post-secondary pathways for priority youth in East Multnomah County
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Helping Hands Re-Entry Outreach Centers
2017
$5,320
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
8 months
Support TypeCapital Support
Counties Served
- Tillamook
For technical assistance to help staff get advanced certification in lead compliance and abatement
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
Helping Hands Re-Entry Outreach Centers
2017
$250,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeCapital Support
Counties Served
- Tillamook
For a building renovation to add 17 single-family, low-income units in Tillamook
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
Horizon Project
2017
$200,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
15 months
Support TypeCapital Support
Counties Served
- Umatilla
To preserve inclusive and affordable housing in Milton-Freewater for families, individuals and people with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
- People with disabilities
Housing Authority of Washington County
2017
$250,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeCapital Support
Counties Served
- Washington
To provide capital support for a 120-unit affordable housing project in Hillsboro in which a significant percentage of residents are expected to be people of color
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Long Tom Watershed Council
2017
$213,958
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
26 months
For a regional, collaborative approach to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion in the Upper Willamette River Basin
Grant
Initiative
Willamette River Initiative
Oregon Coast Community College
2017
$250,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Lincoln
To fill the educator workforce gap in Lincoln County with culturally responsive and prepared K-12 teachers
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Community Warehouse
2017
$1,500
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
2 months
For technical assistance for diversity, equity and inclusion training
Grant
Our Coastal Village Foundation
2017
$250,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
18 months
Support TypeCapital Support
Counties Served
- Lincoln
To provide capital support for Fisterra Gardens Townhomes, 21-units of affordable housing for people with low incomes living in Yachats
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
Polk Community Development Corporation
2017
$250,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeCapital Support
Counties Served
- Polk
To develop four units of alcohol/drug-free permanent supportive housing for veterans in recovery for substance abuse in Polk County
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
REACH Community Development
2017
$250,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeCapital Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To develop 198 units of new permanent, affordable rental housing in Portland's Kenton neighborhood, countering the historic displacement of Portland's African American community.
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
Resolutions Northwest
2017
$249,102
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
36 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To implement and test a restorative justice plan to reduce disproportionate discipline for youths of color in East Multnomah County’s Reynolds School District
Grant
Population
- People of color
Sustainable Northwest
2017
$250,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clatsop
- Coos
- Curry
- Douglas
- Lane
- Lincoln
- Tillamook
To pilot and scale efforts to establish community forests in coastal drinking watersheds, enhancing stewardship and benefiting local communities
Grant
Population
- Aging/elderly
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People living on low incomes
Umpqua Community College
2017
$249,795
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Douglas
For a continuum of career preparation experiences to align priority youth in Douglas County with employer needs
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
United Way of the Columbia-Willamette
2017
$250,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For a district and community-based partner collaboration in the Reynolds School District in East Multnomah County to develop culturally-specific and culturally-responsive practices aimed at making significant impact on student achievement
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Ascent Funding
2017
$120,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
To continue providing access to capital, mentorship and resources to minority- and women-owned small businesses and businesses in underserved communities in the Portland metro area
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
- Women or girls
All Hands Raised
2017
$150,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To build capacity for systems change by deepening school community integration with culturally specific organizations in six Multnomah County school districts
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Bag and Baggage Productions
2017
$171,760
Building Community
Duration of Award
38 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Columbia
- Multnomah
- Washington
- Yamhill
To increase understanding of how to advance equity through the arts and build more diverse audiences by commissioning new adaptations of Shakespeare’s “Problem Plays” by emerging, Oregon-based playwrights of color
Grant
Population
- People of color