Funding search · EIN 930806316 · Portland, OR

Meyer Memorial Trust

Name: Meyer Memorial Trust grants, 2021–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A private foundation (files IRS Form 990-PF). Most private foundations do not take unsolicited applications; the route in is usually a program officer.

2,249
grants reported: $177.0M
total given: 2021–2024
filing years: $64,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2021–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

oregon housing community county black which justice communities

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

Culturally specific organizations led by and serving communities of color
Oregon tribes and Native-led organizations, general operating and project support
Housing, homeownership and community development in Portland and East County
Immigrant and farmworker rights, worker organizing, legal defense
Environmental justice, climate and land stewardship in Oregon
Education equity, youth programs and school district partnerships

Typical grant

Median grant is $64,000, with the middle half between about $15,000 and $100,000. The $200,000 to $500,000 checks go to established culturally specific anchors like Latino Network, Urban League of Portland, NAYA, Coalition of Communities of Color, Seeding Justice, and to tribal governments; small grants scatter widely across a 1,144-recipient base. Repeat giving is heavy, and larger grantees often receive two or three awards in the same year split across general operating, program and project support.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT”
“FOR PROJECT SUPPORT”
“FOR PROGRAM SUPPORT”

Positioning adjacent work

Anchor the work in Oregon communities and name the specific county or region served.
Ask in the $50,000 to $200,000 range unless you are an established statewide anchor organization.
Connect to their environmental justice and tribal stewardship cluster: Verde, Rogue Climate, Sustainable Northwest, Nez Perce.
Request general operating support rather than a narrow project; they fund it routinely at high dollar levels.

Worth knowing: This is an Oregon funder almost exclusively: 2,025 of 2,249 grants went to Oregon recipients, and Portland metro organizations dominate the large awards. Giving is visibly relationship-driven, with a core of culturally specific and movement organizations receiving multiple grants a year, so a cold approach from outside Oregon has very little precedent in the record.

1 grant matching “democracy and civic engagement” · $15,000

$15,000
Neo Philanthropy · New York, NY · 2022
For membership in Funder's Committee for Civic Participation, which can strengthen and align Meyer's mission to advance civic engagement and build a representative and well-functioning democracy

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Oregon Community Foundation - Meyer Memorial Trust Donor Advised Fund2 grants · $1.9M
Irco13 grants · $1.6M
Center for Intercultural Organizing6 grants · $1.3M
Latino Network5 grants · $1.3M
Seeding Justice5 grants · $1.2M
Black United Fund of Oregon8 grants · $1.2M
Capaces Leadership Institute11 grants · $1.1M
Coalition of Communities of Color18 grants · $1.1M
Northwest Health Foundation Fund Ii6 grants · $1.1M
Ayco8 grants · $1.0M

Giving over time

$42.3M

2021

$45.0M

2022

$44.6M

2023

$45.2M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 2,249 grants.

$1.1M
Oregon Community Foundation - Meyer Memorial Trust Donor Advised Fund · Portland, OR · 2023
For the meyer memorial trust donor advised fund
$900,000
Oregon Community Foundation - Meyer Memorial Trust Donor Advised Fund · Portland, OR · 2024
For the meyer memorial trust donor advised fund
$750,000
Black United Fund of Oregon · Portland, OR · 2021
For capital project support that integrates reimagined strategic programming and a redesign of the organization's historic building on Portland's Northeast Alberta Ave.
$750,000
McKenzie River Gathering Foundation · Gresham, OR · 2021
For capital support for the Center for Social Enterprise, a racial-justice centered incubator, convening space and resource hub for 12-15 nonprofit and BIPOC-owned small businesses on Portland's historic Mississippi Ave… read allFor capital support for the Center for Social Enterprise, a racial-justice centered incubator, convening space and resource hub for 12-15 nonprofit and BIPOC-owned small businesses on Portland's historic Mississippi Avenue less
$500,000
Oregon Worker Relief · Newberg, OR · 2024
For program support
$500,000
Seeding Justice · Portland, OR · 2024
For project support
$500,000
Capaces Leadership Institute · Woodburn, OR · 2023
For general operating support
$500,000
Latino Network · Portland, OR · 2023
For general operating support
$500,000
Native American Youth and Family Center · Portland, OR · 2023
For general operating support
$500,000
Ayco · Portland, OR · 2022
For Capital Support for the Dream Center, which will create a centralized hub for immigrants and refugees to engage in cultural connection, health services and educational opportunities for youth in Multnomah and Clacka… read allFor Capital Support for the Dream Center, which will create a centralized hub for immigrants and refugees to engage in cultural connection, health services and educational opportunities for youth in Multnomah and Clackamas Counties less
$500,000
Oregon Native American Chamber · Portland, OR · 2022
To support phase I of pre-development for the Center for Tribal Nations in Portland (grant transfer )
$500,000
Seeding Justice · Portland, OR · 2022
For the Oregon Reproductive Health Equity Fund and associated administrative costs
$500,000
Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians · Portland, OR · 2021
To support phase I of pre-development for the Center for Tribal Nations in Portland
$451,000
Coalition of Communities of Color · Portland, OR · 2024
For general operating support
$450,743
Center for Intercultural Organizing · Portland, OR · 2024
For project support
$400,000
Black Parent Initiative · Portland, OR · 2024
For project support
$400,000
Black United Fund of Oregon · Portland, OR · 2023
For general operating support
$400,000
Coalition of Communities of Color · Portland, OR · 2023
General operating support
$400,000
Museum at Warm Springs · Warm Springs, OR · 2021
To support community and environmental workshops for members of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs that represent the cycle of tribal life and work, and create an archive for American Indian history
$375,000
Prismid · Portland, OR · 2023
For prismid sanctuary, a redevelopment project for a gathering and healing space for black and indigenous artists.
$355,585
Latino Network · Portland, OR · 2024
For general operating support
$354,250
Native American Youth and Family Center · Portland, OR · 2024
For general operating support
$350,000
Northwest Health Foundation Fund Ii · Portland, OR · 2024
For project support
$350,000
Oregon Native American Chamber · Portland, OR · 2024
For program support
$341,096
Immigration Counseling Service · Portland, OR · 2022
To provide essential legals services for immigrants seeking citizenship and permanent residence in Oregon
$330,000
Tides Foundation · Portland, OR · 2024
For project support
$325,500
Willamette Valley Law Project · Woodburn, OR · 2024
For project support
$321,905
Warm Springs Community Action Team · Warm Springs, OR · 2022
To build new facilities for local food system development, tribal member entrepreneurship and economic development on the Warm Springs Reservation
$310,250
Apano Communities United Fund · Portland, OR · 2024
For general operating support
$300,250
Capaces Leadership Institute · Woodburn, OR · 2024
For general operating support
$300,000
African American Alliance for Homeownership · Portland, OR · 2024
For program support
$300,000
Cascadia Wildlands · Eugene, OR · 2024
For project support
$300,000
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians · Siletz, OR · 2024
For project support
$300,000
Willamette Valley Law Project · Woodburn, OR · 2024
For program support
$300,000
Apano Communities United Fund · Portland, OR · 2023
General operating support
$300,000
Center for Intercultural Organizing · Portland, OR · 2023
For general operating support
$300,000
Holla School · Portland, OR · 2023
Launching a new culturally responsive charter school in east portland that centers black, brown and indigenous students, families, and educators.
$300,000
Immigration Counseling Service · Portland, OR · 2023
General operating support
$300,000
Urban League of Portland · Portland, OR · 2023
Support for the urban league's universal basic income pilot
$300,000
Verde · Portland, OR · 2023
General operating support
$300,000
Willamette Valley Law Project · Woodburn, OR · 2023
Project support for pcun's charitable advocacy, education, and organizing work, fiscally sponsored by willamette valley law project
$300,000
Albina Vision Trust · Portland, OR · 2022
For general operating support of this organization which works to create a socially and economically inclusive community of residents, businesses, artists, makers and visitors
$300,000
Irco · Portland, OR · 2022
For immigration legal services for the refugee community in Clackamas, Malheur, Multnomah and Washington Counties
$300,000
Albina Vision · Portland, OR · 2021
For acquisition of the Paramount Apartments, which prioritize the community values of stewardship, affordability and opportunity in the Albina district
$300,000
Capaces Leadership Institute · Woodburn, OR · 2021
For the purchase of property to house Anahuac, a Latinx farmworker-led program that aims to build local agricultural and food economies that center environmental stewardship, labor rights and ancestral practices in Oreg… read allFor the purchase of property to house Anahuac, a Latinx farmworker-led program that aims to build local agricultural and food economies that center environmental stewardship, labor rights and ancestral practices in Oregon's Mid-Willamette Valley less
$300,000
Community Development Partners · Portland, OR · 2021
For capital support of a development for African American and Veteran communities in Portland that puts a Black-led organization in an ownership role
$300,000
Latino Network · Portland, OR · 2021
To provide capital support for La Plaza Esperanza, a multi-purpose center for Latino life and wellness in Rockwood.
$300,000
Native American Youth and Family Center · Portland, OR · 2021
For capital support for redevelopment of Tistilal Village, for low-income/formerly homeless Native families and low-income families in Multnomah County
$300,000
Native Arts and Cultures Foundation · Portland, OR · 2021
To support capital construction of the Center for Native Arts and Culture
$300,000
Portland Community Reinvestment Initiatives · Portland, OR · 2021
To provide capital support for the redevelopment of Kaufory Court, an affordable housing project serving African American seniors in North and Northeast Portland
$290,000
Nez Perce Tribe · Lapwai, ID · 2024
For project support
$289,000
Portland State University Foundation · Portland, OR · 2024
For project support
$287,500
Next Door · Hood River, OR · 2024
For project support
$275,000
Equitable Giving Circle · Portland, OR · 2024
For project support
$271,780
Leaders Become Legends · Portland, OR · 2024
For program support
$260,918
Oregon Latino Health Coalition · Portland, OR · 2024
For project support
$258,550
Seeding Justice · Portland, OR · 2024
For general operating support
$255,780
Adelante Mujeres · Forest Grove, OR · 2024
For general operating support
$255,000
Self Enhancement · Portland, OR · 2024
For general operating support
$252,500
Urban League of Portland · Portland, OR · 2024
For general operating support
$252,334
Centro Cultural De Condado De Washington · Cornelius, OR · 2024
For general operating support
$250,000
Building Blocks To Success Corporation · Portland, OR · 2024
For project support
$250,000
Center for Intercultural Organizing · Portland, OR · 2024
For general operating support
$250,000
Coquille Indian Tribe · North Bend, OR · 2024
For project support
$250,000
Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians · Roseburg, OR · 2024
For project support
$250,000
Feed Em Freedom Foundation · Portland, OR · 2024
For project support
$250,000
Foundations for a Better Oregon · Portland, OR · 2024
For general operating support
$250,000
Humboldt Area Foundation · Bayside, CA · 2024
For project support
$250,000
Imagine Black Futures · Portland, OR · 2024
For project support
$250,000
Irco · Portland, OR · 2024
For general operating support
$250,000
Latino Network · Portland, OR · 2024
For program support
$250,000
Oregon Progress Forum · Portland, OR · 2024
For project support
$250,000
Ori Art Gallery · Portland, OR · 2024
For project support
$250,000
Portland Institute for Contemporary Art · Portland, OR · 2024
For project support
$250,000
Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center · Portland, OR · 2024
For project support
$250,000
Seeding Justice · Portland, OR · 2024
For program support
$250,000
Sustainable Northwest · Portland, OR · 2024
For program support
$250,000
Verde · Portland, OR · 2024
For general operating support
$250,000
Willamette Falls Trust · Oregon City, OR · 2024
For general operating support
$250,000
Black Oregon Land Trust · Corbett, OR · 2023
General operating support
$250,000
Foundations for a Better Oregon · Portland, OR · 2023
General operating support
$250,000
Namco · Portland, OR · 2023
General operating support
$250,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2023
Continued membership to the national collaborative fund for housing and opportunity
$250,000
Oregon Center for Public Policy · Portland, OR · 2023
General operating support
$250,000
Urban League of Portland · Portland, OR · 2023
General operating support
$250,000
Foundations for a Better Oregon · Portland, OR · 2022
For general operating support
$250,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2022
For continued membership to the National Collaborative Fund for Housing and Opportunity
$250,000
Community Works · Medford, OR · 2021
To build affordable housing for adults and families who are survivors of domestic or sexual violence, stalking or sex trafficking in Jackson County
$250,000
Irco · Portland, OR · 2021
To increase culturally and linguistically specific legal and organizing capacity of this organization working to establish lawful permanent residency of newcomers seeking to make Oregon their home
$250,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2021
To join this national grantmaking and learning collaborative with a focus on systems-level and narrative change in housing
$250,000
New Venture Fund · Washington, DC · 2021
For the Tipping Point Fund, a national collaborative to support the continued growth of the impact investing field
$243,773
Willamette Partnership · Portland, OR · 2021
To elevate priorities of Black, Indigenous and other communities of color across the state to shape the future of Oregon's water resources
$240,000
Oregon Environmental Council · Portland, OR · 2024
For project support
$230,000
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation · Pendleton, OR · 2024
For project support
$229,477
Holla School · Portland, OR · 2024
For program support
$220,168
Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center · Portland, OR · 2024
For general operating support
$213,344
East County Rising Community Projects · Fairview, OR · 2024
For general operating support
$210,000
Albina Vision · Portland, OR · 2024
For general operating support
$206,695
Reap · Portland, OR · 2024
For general operating support
$206,184
Pride Foundation · Seattle, WA · 2024
For general operating support

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