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
Self Enhancement, Inc.
2016
$25,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
6 months
For technical assistance to support an organizational assessment and development of a fundraising plan for carrying out PAALF's mission
Grant
Innovative Housing
2016
$149,138
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
16 months
To create a new rental housing community in East Multnomah County comprised of high-quality and energy-efficient new manufactured homes.
Grant
Initiative
Affordable Housing Initiative
Northwest Housing Alternatives
2016
$70,385
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
16 months
To compare and evaluate strategies for lowering the cost of new rental housing construction on small-scale projects, with an emphasis on design concepts and financing strategies for rural and suburban infill.
Grant
Initiative
Affordable Housing Initiative
REACH Community Development
2016
$150,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
12 months
To pilot building larger, more cost-effective affordable housing projects by combining two kinds of federal housing tax credits, and by adopting design and construction strategies focused on reducing costs.
Grant
Initiative
Affordable Housing Initiative
SquareOne Villages
2016
$148,200
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
16 months
To pilot an improved version of the tiny house village model in a small community with fewer local resources, and to promote very basic, extremely low-cost housing through the development of a toolbox and training kit focused on replicating this approach in other Oregon communities.
Grant
Initiative
Affordable Housing Initiative
Transition Projects
2016
$150,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
16 months
To pilot a flexible, cost-efficient modular approach to housing development in partnership with Housing Development Center, Holst Architecture, and MODS PDX, a Portland-based manufacturer of modular housing. A second pilot is planned for the Oregon coast led by Northwest Oregon Housing Authority.
Grant
Initiative
Affordable Housing Initiative
Oregon Association of Clean Water Agencies
2016
$25,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
8 months
To evaluate legal and regulatory framework options for creating a Willamette River Alliance.
Grant
Initiative
Willamette River Initiative
Oregon Environmental Council
2016
$60,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
15 months
For policy engagement, communications and outreach to support water quality and riparian habitat protection in the Willamette River Basin.
Grant
Initiative
Willamette River Initiative
Oregon Parks and Recreation Department
2016
$22,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
17 months
To develop a strategic action plan for restoring and stewarding the agency's Willamette Basin properties.
Grant
Initiative
Willamette River Initiative
Oregon State University
2016
$86,800
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
27 months
To expand the SLICES framework to track restoration progress into key tributaries of the Willamette River.
Grant
Initiative
Willamette River Initiative
Oregon Tilth
2016
$48,854
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
21 months
For outreach and training to support conservation practices on organic farms along the Willamette and its tributaries.
Grant
Initiative
Willamette River Initiative
University of Oregon
2016
$13,200
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
24 months
To expand the SLICES framework to track restoration progress into key tributaries of the Willamette River.
Grant
Initiative
Willamette River Initiative
University of Oregon
2016
$25,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
8 months
To support the New Natural Resource Economy project, which is working to identify ways government and nonprofit economic development organizations can support small, rural firms in eastern Oregon to take advantage of emerging opportunities.
Grant
Willamette Partnership
2016
$60,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
12 months
For outreach and pilot projects to support the Smart Floodplain Management Initiative in the Willamette River Basin.
Grant
Initiative
Willamette River Initiative
United Way of the Columbia-Willamette
2016
$150,000
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
24 months
To support the Center for Equity and Inclusion, which provides deep equity training that is tailored to develop culturally responsive staff, leadership, and boards in organizations that are predominantly white but serve primarily communities of color and other marginalized populations.
Grant
Benton Habitat for Humanity
2016
$2,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
6 months
To support research on the Habitat manufactured housing repair model in Benton County
Grant
Initiative
Affordable Housing Initiative
Unite Oregon
2016
$7,000
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
12 months
For strategic planning technical assistance
Grant
Initiative
Affordable Housing Initiative
Oregon Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence
2016
$1,700
Housing Opportunities
Duration of Award
3 months
For technical assistance to support emergency shelter and transitional housing policies
Grant
Initiative
Affordable Housing Initiative
Tides Center
2016
$60,000
Healthy Environment
Duration of Award
2 months
For continued support of the Willamette River Initiative
Grant
Initiative
Willamette River Initiative
Grantmakers of Oregon and SW Washington
2016
$3,250
Meyer Designated Program
Duration of Award
1 month
To sponsor the Alliance for Justice training
Grant