Meyer Memorial Trust
Private foundation · Portland, OR · EIN 93-0806316 · reported 2023–2025
1,573grants reported
$75Kmedian award
$23Klower quartile
$75smallest grant
$134.8Mtotal paid
16states reached
3years giving
This foundation funds faith-based organizations. 18 of its 1,573 reported grants went to churches, ministries or other religious organizations, $1.2M in total. That is what it paid, not what it says in a policy.
Gives every year. This foundation reported grants in 2023, 2024, 2025. A funder that shows up year after year is worth a letter even if this year is a no.
Where to write
2045 N Vancouver Ave
Portland, OR 97227-1964
Address as registered with the IRS. Most foundations this size have no website and no application form, which is not a dead end: a short letter to this address is the whole process, and almost nobody sends one.
Who they funded
| Recipient and stated purpose | Where | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Oregon Community Foundation - Meyer Memorial Trust Donor Advised Fund FOR THE MEYER MEMORIAL TRUST DONOR ADVISED FUND | Portland, OR | $1,050,000 |
| Oregon Community Foundation - Meyer Memorial Trust Donor Advised Fund FOR THE MEYER MEMORIAL TRUST DONOR ADVISED FUND | Portland, OR | $900,000 |
| Oregon Worker Relief FOR PROGRAM SUPPORT | Newberg, OR | $500,000 |
| Seeding Justice FOR PROJECT SUPPORT | Portland, OR | $500,000 |
| Ayco For Capital Support for the Dream Center, which will create a centralized hub for immigrants and ref | Portland, OR | $500,000 |
| Oregon Native American Chamber To support phase I of pre-development for the Center for Tribal Nations in Portland (grant transfer | Portland, OR | $500,000 |
| Seeding Justice For the Oregon Reproductive Health Equity Fund and associated administrative costs | Portland, OR | $500,000 |
| Capaces Leadership Institute FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | Woodburn, OR | $500,000 |
| Latino Network FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | Portland, OR | $500,000 |
| Native American Youth and Family Center FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | Portland, OR | $500,000 |
| Coalition of Communities of Color FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | Portland, OR | $451,000 |
| Center for Intercultural Organizing FOR PROJECT SUPPORT | Portland, OR | $450,743 |
| Black Parent Initiative FOR PROJECT SUPPORT | Portland, OR | $400,000 |
| Black United Fund of Oregon FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | Portland, OR | $400,000 |
| Coalition of Communities of Color | Portland, OR | $400,000 |
| Prismid Inc FOR PRISMID SANCTUARY, A REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT FOR A GATHERING AND HEALING SPACE FOR BLACK AND INDIG | Portland, OR | $375,000 |
| Latino Network FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | Portland, OR | $355,585 |
| Native American Youth and Family Center FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | Portland, OR | $354,250 |
| Northwest Health Foundation Fund II FOR PROJECT SUPPORT | Portland, OR | $350,000 |
| Oregon Native American Chamber FOR PROGRAM SUPPORT | Portland, OR | $350,000 |
| Immigration Counseling Service To provide essential legals services for immigrants seeking citizenship and permanent residence in O | Portland, OR | $341,096 |
| Tides Foundation FOR PROJECT SUPPORT | Portland, OR | $330,000 |
| Willamette Valley Law Project FOR PROJECT SUPPORT | Woodburn, OR | $325,500 |
| Warm Springs Community Action Team To build new facilities for local food system development, tribal member entrepreneurship and econom | Warm Springs, OR | $321,905 |
| Apano Communities United Fund FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | Portland, OR | $310,250 |
| Capaces Leadership Institute FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | Woodburn, OR | $300,250 |
| African American Alliance for Homeownership FOR PROGRAM SUPPORT | Portland, OR | $300,000 |
| Cascadia Wildlands FOR PROJECT SUPPORT | Eugene, OR | $300,000 |
| Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians FOR PROJECT SUPPORT | Siletz, OR | $300,000 |
| Willamette Valley Law Project FOR PROGRAM SUPPORT | Woodburn, OR | $300,000 |
| Albina Vision Trust For general operating support of this organization which works to create a socially and economically | Portland, OR | $300,000 |
| Irco For immigration legal services for the refugee community in Clackamas, Malheur, Multnomah and Washin | Portland, OR | $300,000 |
| Apano Communities United Fund | Portland, OR | $300,000 |
| Center for Intercultural Organizing FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | Portland, OR | $300,000 |
| Holla School LAUNCHING A NEW CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE CHARTER SCHOOL IN EAST PORTLAND THAT CENTERS BLACK, BROWN AND | Portland, OR | $300,000 |
| Immigration Counseling Service | Portland, OR | $300,000 |
| Urban League of Portland SUPPORT FOR THE URBAN LEAGUE'S UNIVERSAL BASIC INCOME PILOT | Portland, OR | $300,000 |
| Verde | Portland, OR | $300,000 |
| Willamette Valley Law Project PROJECT SUPPORT FOR PCUN'S CHARITABLE ADVOCACY, EDUCATION, AND ORGANIZING WORK, FISCALLY SPONSORED B | Woodburn, OR | $300,000 |
| Nez Perce Tribe FOR PROJECT SUPPORT | Lapwai, ID | $290,000 |
| Portland State University Foundation FOR PROJECT SUPPORT | Portland, OR | $289,000 |
| Next Door Inc FOR PROJECT SUPPORT | Hood River, OR | $287,500 |
| Equitable Giving Circle FOR PROJECT SUPPORT | Portland, OR | $275,000 |
| Leaders Become Legends FOR PROGRAM SUPPORT | Portland, OR | $271,780 |
| Oregon Latino Health Coalition FOR PROJECT SUPPORT | Portland, OR | $260,918 |
| Seeding Justice FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | Portland, OR | $258,550 |
| Adelante Mujeres FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | Forest Grove, OR | $255,780 |
| Self Enhancement Inc FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | Portland, OR | $255,000 |
| Urban League of Portland FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | Portland, OR | $252,500 |
| Centro Cultural de Condado de Washington FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | Cornelius, OR | $252,334 |
| Building Blocks to Success Corporation FOR PROJECT SUPPORT | Portland, OR | $250,000 |
| Center for Intercultural Organizing FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | Portland, OR | $250,000 |
| Coquille Indian Tribe FOR PROJECT SUPPORT | North Bend, OR | $250,000 |
| Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians FOR PROJECT SUPPORT | Roseburg, OR | $250,000 |
| Feed EM Freedom Foundation FOR PROJECT SUPPORT | Portland, OR | $250,000 |
| Foundations for A Better Oregon FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | Portland, OR | $250,000 |
| Humboldt Area Foundation FOR PROJECT SUPPORT | Bayside, CA | $250,000 |
| Imagine Black Futures FOR PROJECT SUPPORT | Portland, OR | $250,000 |
| Irco FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT | Portland, OR | $250,000 |
| Latino Network FOR PROGRAM SUPPORT | Portland, OR | $250,000 |
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