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
Impact NW
2017
$135,451
Building Community
Duration of Award
26 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
To develop equitable organizational policies and formalize culturally responsive practices with the aim of improving outcomes for populations experiencing disparities
Grant
Population
- People of color
IRCO
2017
$170,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
30 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To improve academic achievement for 4th through 9th grade English Language Learners in East Multnomah County's Parkrose School District
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Jefferson County School District 509-J
2017
$175,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
26 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Jefferson
To integrate intensive literacy support for students and ongoing literacy professional development for staff at Warm Springs K-8 Academy, serving Jefferson County and the Warm Springs Indian Reservation
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Jefferson County School District 509-J
2017
$175,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
27 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Jefferson
To increase community engagement and student success by providing Native language and cultural programming though a partnership between the Jefferson County School District and the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
KairosPDX
2017
$175,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
To reduce disparities for African American students on a systems-wide level by training teachers across Oregon in Culturally Responsive Trauma Informed practices
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Kids Unlimited of Oregon
2017
$175,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Jackson
To create a family-friendly literacy center in Jackson County to increase in the number of ready-for-kindergarten students
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Kinship House
2017
$140,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Columbia
- Hood River
- Multnomah
- Washington
To support Kinship House, which uses a culturally-responsive and trauma-informed approach to high-quality mental health care and counseling for fostered and adopted children and their families in Clackamas, Columbia, Hood River, Multnomah and Washington counties
Grant
Population
- Crime/abuse survivors
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
- People with disabilities
La Clinica
2017
$136,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Jackson
For an equity, diversity and inclusion plan for policies and practices designed to improve outcomes for diverse populations experiencing disparities in Jackson County
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People of color
Lutheran Community Services Northwest
2017
$138,350
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Marion
- Multnomah
- Washington
For the Refugee Peer Support pilot project to improve health equity and access to mental health care across the Salem metropolitan area and in Multnomah, Clackamas and Washington counties
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital
2017
$175,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
36 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Benton
- Clackamas
- Lincoln
- Linn
- Marion
- Polk
- Yamhill
For “Pathways into Healthcare,” a program designed to successfully transition diverse, low-income, rural and first-generation students in Benton, Clackamas, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Polk and Yamhill counties into healthcare focused post-secondary programs
Grant
Population
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Native Arts and Cultures Foundation
2017
$114,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
38 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For collaborative, artist-led projects on tribal reservations that address pressing social issues while sustaining culture
Grant
Population
- Indigenous communities and tribes
New Avenues for Youth
2017
$170,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For a culturally responsive service-delivery system that brings prevention and intervention services to marginalized youth experiencing homelessness or existing on the edge of homelessness in East Multnomah County
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
On-the-Move Community Integration
2017
$137,956
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Clackamas
- Multnomah
- Washington
For capacity-building support to increase engagement opportunities for people with disabilities in the Portland metropolitan area, develop tools to evaluate programs and engage the board in diversity, equity and inclusion development efforts
Grant
Population
- People with disabilities
Oregon Business Council Charitable Institute
2017
$150,000
Equitable Education
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To support the Future Learning initiative, aimed at developing a diverse educational leadership pipeline committed to learner-centered education throughout Oregon
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Oregon Humanities
2017
$150,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To implement a statewide strategic plan that calls for strengthening inclusive programming, responding to community needs and building financial sustainability
Grant
Population
- Aging/elderly
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Oregon Food Bank
2017
$125,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties ServedStatewide
To build internal organizational capacity relating to equity, implement policy changes and create a client advisory board, and to implement data-driven strategies to increase access to food assistance for underserved populations across the state
Grant
Population
- Aging/elderly
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- Indigenous communities and tribes
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
Oregon Public Broadcasting
2017
$110,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
28 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties ServedStatewide
For the "Changing Northwest" desk, which covers equity, race, identity and opportunities while seeking out diverse sources and centering the perspectives of those whose voices have historically been ignored
Grant
Population
- All/General
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association
2017
$150,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
24 months
Support TypeCapacity Building Support
Counties Served
- Jackson
For comprehensive diversity, equity and inclusion training at this regional repertory theatre in Ashland, to institutionalize a culture of inclusion and equitable practices aimed at better engaging diverse communities in core programming and increasing its impact field-wide
Grant
Population
- People of color
Oregon Student Foundation
2017
$155,000
Building Community
Duration of Award
12 months
Support TypeOperating Support
Counties Served
- Benton
- Clackamas
- Coos
- Deschutes
- Douglas
- Jackson
- Jefferson
- Lane
- Linn
- Marion
- Multnomah
- Polk
- Washington
To empower student engagement in civic participation, with an emphasis on students from marginalized populations
Grant
Population
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
- Women or girls
Oregon Walks
2017
$144,647
Building Community
Duration of Award
38 months
Support TypeProject Support
Counties Served
- Multnomah
For a collaboration with the Rosewood Initiative to engage community members in improving transportation safety for East Multnomah County residents
Grant
Population
- Aging/elderly
- Immigrants and/or refugees
- People living on low incomes
- People of color
- People with disabilities