Meyer issues awards for organizations in a few defined support categories. The expression of our mission through investment decision-making takes many forms; for example, we challenge conventional definitions of risk and return. An EPS version of Meyer's logo is available for downloadhere.
Toya Fick becomes board chair in March 2019. (503) 228-5512. (503) 228-5512. Helen Shum, Senior Communications Specialist Community, Equitable Education, Healthy Environment and Housing Opportunities. We work in partnership with changemakers who build connections across Oregon in service of an inclusive and thriving state. The Skanner| October 22, 2020, Chandra Robinson, LEVER Architecture We change our name to Meyer Memorial Trust to make clear the foundation is not connected to Fred Meyer Inc., the commercial enterprise. Meyer staffers are working remotelyand our offices are closed until further notice. Accelerating racial, social and economic justice. We ask all of our grantees to explore equity in the context of their organizations, and we challenge them to make progress on integrating equity in their work, partnerships, outreach, policies, staff and boards just as we at Meyer have and continue to challenge ourselves. We work with and invest in organizations, communities, ideas and efforts that contribute to a flourishing and equitable Oregon. These investments work to build assets, wealth and opportunity by promoting good jobs and financial growth in the Pacific Northwest. Peek at our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion resource list, Watch our resource videos for using Meyer's funding portal, Dive into fiscal sponsorships + collaborative proposals resources, Download sample budgets + financial statements.
In all of these core areas, and through other strategic grantmaking, we focus on changing practices and policies that keep some of us down and many of us apart. We work with and invest in organizations, communities, ideas and efforts that contribute to a flourishing and equitable Oregon. 2045 N Vancouver Ave, We also engage in strategic communications, advocacy, mission investing and leverage all as a way of advancing our mission. Meyer Memorial Trust Portland, OR 97227 Select a year to see its investment performance, [{"year":"2017","stats":[{"value":"19.0","label":"Meyer's one-year rate of return as of December 31, 2017"},{"value":"14.8","label":"Median one-year rate of return among 106 foundations tracked by Cambridge Associates"}],"charts":[{"title":"Asset Allocation","id":"2017-1","data":[{"value":"2.2","label":"Cash"},{"value":"13.5","label":"Fixed Income"},{"value":"28.7","label":"Private Assets"},{"value":"55.7","label":"Public Equity"}]},{"title":"Risk","id":"2017-2","data":[{"value":"13.6","label":"Low"},{"value":"21.4","label":"High"},{"value":"65.0","label":"Medium"}]},{"title":"Geography of Investments","id":"2017-3","data":[{"value":"6.3","label":"Regional"},{"value":"34.2","label":"Global"},{"value":"59.6","label":"US"}]}]},{"year":"2018","stats":[{"value":"-5.6","label":"Meyer's one-year rate of return as of December 31, 2018"},{"value":"-4.3","label":"Median one-year rate of return among 114 foundations tracked by Cambridge Associates"}],"charts":[{"title":"Asset Allocation","id":"2018-1","data":[{"value":"1.5","label":"Cash"},{"value":"16.1","label":"Fixed Income"},{"value":"26.6","label":"Private Assets"},{"value":"55.8","label":"Public Equity"}]},{"title":"Risk","id":"2018-2","data":[{"value":"14.9","label":"Low"},{"value":"21.5","label":"High"},{"value":"63.6","label":"Medium"}]},{"title":"Geography of Investments","id":"2018-3","data":[{"value":"7.5","label":"Regional"},{"value":"34.0","label":"Global"},{"value":"58.5","label":"US"}]}]},{"year":"2019","stats":[{"value":"25.2","label":"Meyer's one-year rate of return as of December 31, 2019"},{"value":"16.8","label":"Median one-year rate of return among 117 foundations tracked by Cambridge Associates"}],"charts":[{"title":"Asset Allocation","id":"2019-1","data":[{"value":"1.3","label":"Cash"},{"value":"19.7","label":"Fixed Income"},{"value":"18.8","label":"Private Assets"},{"value":"60.2","label":"Public Equity"}]},{"title":"Risk","id":"2019-2","data":[{"value":"19.0","label":"Low"},{"value":"19.3","label":"High"},{"value":"61.7","label":"Medium"}]},{"title":"Geography of Investments","id":"2019-3","data":[{"value":"5.9","label":"Regional"},{"value":"41.4","label":"Global"},{"value":"52.7","label":"US"}]}]},{"year":"2020","stats":[{"value":"26.7","label":"Meyer's one-year rate of return as of December 31, 2020"},{"value":"14","label":"Median one-year rate of return among 115 foundations tracked by Cambridge Associates"}],"charts":[{"title":"Asset Allocation","id":"2020-1","data":[{"value":"8.0","label":"Cash"},{"value":"13.7","label":"Fixed Income"},{"value":"22.1","label":"Private Assets"},{"value":"56.2","label":"Public Equity"}]},{"title":"Risk","id":"2020-2","data":[{"value":"20.3","label":"Low"},{"value":"22.2","label":"High"},{"value":"57.5","label":"Medium"}]},{"title":"Geography of Investments","id":"2020-3","data":[{"value":"6.0","label":"Regional"},{"value":"48.0","label":"Global"},{"value":"46.0","label":"US"}]}]}]. We know this will be a continuing journey. Accelerating racial, social and economic justice. We invest in new and emerging ideas, and we promote research and evaluation to advance the field. Construction of Meyer's new headquarters in the North Albina neighborhood is completed in October 2020. With Oregon battered by the Great Recession, Meyer focuses on the health of struggling nonprofits, shelving the most ambitious aspects of the redesign. Our offices are currently closed due to COVID-19. Meyer staffers are working remotelyand our offices are closed until further notice. Proposals to support work that falls outside these priorities will not be successful. After an unsuccessful stint at gold mining in Alaska and a job driving for a grocery store in Seattle, he comes to Portland and builds a coffee cart business into a retail outlet in a downtown street market. To see awards from before 2015,click here. Meyer staffers are working remotelyand our offices are closed until further notice. We work with and invest in organizations, communities, ideas and efforts that contribute to a flourishing and equitable Oregon. Meyer's grantmaking will transition in 2022. Janet Hamada becomes Board Chair in April 2021. With s.h.i.f.t as our framework, were connecting the dots between what weve learned and our vision for the future. Fred Meyer, Inc. will eventually grow into a chain of stores and restaurants employing more than 13,000, with annual sales of more than $1 billion. We dont have a definitive answer to this tension. Portland, OR 97227 When trustee Travis Cross resigns, John Emrick becomes a Meyer trustee, serving until his own retirement in 2016. The Tipping Point Fund. Fred Meyer Charitable Trust is established with five trustees and about $120 million during a deep recession. We work with and invest in organizations, communities, ideas and efforts that contribute to a flourishing and equitable Oregon. See our promise to partners during COVID-19. Meyer Memorial Trust (503) 228-5512. Meyer takes a "working hiatus," continuing to engage and invest in efforts aligned with our current priorities while also planning for future programs. Meyers mission is to work with and invest in organizations, communities, ideas and efforts that contribute to a flourishing and equitable Oregon. clothing. Also, remember to always leave clear space around the logo equal in size to the height of the lowercase m in Meyer. In 2018, funders across the state banded together as the Census Equity Funders Committee of Oregon (CEFCO) to help support a full and fair statewide count in the 2020 U.S. census. These funds are invested with the primary purpose of optimizing long-term, risk-adjusted returns with a high degree of professional integrity. Accelerating racial, social and economic justice. In 2004, Meyer moved to a space in the Pearl Districtat the time, an area filled mostly with industrial lots and warehouses where it remained for more than 15years. Meyer Memorial Trust See our promise to partners during COVID-19. We partner with other funding organizations to advance conversations and marshal regional and national leadership toward our vision: an Oregon in which a zip code isnt a determinant of success. By 2010, Meyer has awarded a total of $500 million to tax-exempt organizations working for the public good in Oregon and Clark County, Wash. Meyer begins to focus on equity with full-staff equity training programs. Meyers CIO Rukaiyah Adams speaks about the foundations 2019 investing performance and why investments that benefit the community can generate better returns, Learn how Meyer is developing a 10-year plan for Mission-Related investing, Case study looks at Meyer's role in impact investing, Our new graphic tool helps capital providers be more informed when making investments in Oregon. At the same time, we will continue to do our best to connect resources to solutions that make all communities stronger and healthier. as I do the uncertainties of the future, I want my trustees to be able to exercise broad discretion in shaping and carrying out charitable programs which can be tailored to fit changing conditions and problems.". One example of this is our convening of smaller and mostly rural housing organizations at the 2019 Housing Equity Summit. Meyer Memorial Trust, Oregon Community Foundation and The Ford Family Foundation established the Oregon Community Rebuilding Fund as a place to bring private and philanthropic donations together to work collectively for Oregon communities devastated by 2020 wildfires. We engage our investment managers to share ideas and visions for the future. Relationships with our partners and their investment professionals matter; regardless of the legal or operating formalities first and foremost, we invest in people. Most recently, Meyer joined Oregon Community Foundation and The Ford Family Foundation in creating the Community Rebuilding Fund to invest in recovery and rebuilding for Oregon communities devastated by wildfires in 2020. We believe fostering circumstances that allow people who have been harmed or left behind to thrive ultimately benefits everyone. The full realization of our mission requires the consideration of our values in all investment decisions. (503) 228-5512. Meyer works with and invests in organizations, communities, ideas and efforts that contribute to a flourishing and equitable Oregon. And we pledge to do our best to track outcomes experienced in communities hit hard by bias and oppression. In 2015, we asked Oregon communities to help us take a new approach to our work. Oregon Immigrant and Refugee Funders Collaborative, Census Equity Funders Committee of Oregon. Meyer emerges from hiatus with a new visual identity and a new website, resuming full program operations within four new issue-focused, equity-based portfolios: Building Founded in 2016, this collaborative creates a coordinated and collaborative funding approach to address issues of immigration and refugees in the state, providing direct support to local organizations responding to these issues. Portland, OR 97227 This collaborative of more than a dozen foundations created an innovated public/private pooled fund to support a statewide campaign to reach the hardest to count Oregonians. All rights reserved. All other inquiries through this form will be answered in a timely fashion.
2015-2022 Meyer Memorial Trust. Justice Oregon for Black Lives, a five-year, $25 million initiative to uplift Black Oregonians, leadership and organizations is a commitment to harness the momentum toward racial justice by deepening investment in Black-led and Black-serving organizations, community well-being and lasting strategic change. 2015-2022 Meyer Memorial Trust. Forlogo requestspleaseclick here. We will make mistakes. 2015-2022 Meyer Memorial Trust. "Realizing To date, Meyer has paid out nearly $692 million through more than 8,200 grants Doug Stamm announces he will step away in 2018. We believe that collaboration with nonprofit organizations, those they serveand other key partners and stakeholders is essential to our effectiveness. Grant making influences asset allocation. Our investment approach demands non-traditional skills and diverse points of view.
This logo is not to be used smaller than .85 inches in height. Meyer embarks on a second strategic redesign process and refines its definition of equity to mean "the existence of conditions where all people can reach their full potential." Investing in multiple asset classes diversifies overall risk. work from a place of reflection and analysis towards active integration and organizational practice. After amending bylaws to allow for more than five board members, Meyer names new trustees: Darleen Ortega and Toya Fick. Meyer names two new trustees to replace John Emrick and George Puentes: Janet Hamada and Mitch Hornecker. Please directmedia inquiriestocommunications [at] mmt.org (Meyers Communications Team) Immediately before coming to Meyer, Michelle served as dean of the Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy and Tishman Professor of Environmental Policy and Management at The New School in New York.
Toya Fick becomes board chair in March 2019. (503) 228-5512. (503) 228-5512. Helen Shum, Senior Communications Specialist Community, Equitable Education, Healthy Environment and Housing Opportunities. We work in partnership with changemakers who build connections across Oregon in service of an inclusive and thriving state. The Skanner| October 22, 2020, Chandra Robinson, LEVER Architecture We change our name to Meyer Memorial Trust to make clear the foundation is not connected to Fred Meyer Inc., the commercial enterprise. Meyer staffers are working remotelyand our offices are closed until further notice. Accelerating racial, social and economic justice. We ask all of our grantees to explore equity in the context of their organizations, and we challenge them to make progress on integrating equity in their work, partnerships, outreach, policies, staff and boards just as we at Meyer have and continue to challenge ourselves. We work with and invest in organizations, communities, ideas and efforts that contribute to a flourishing and equitable Oregon. These investments work to build assets, wealth and opportunity by promoting good jobs and financial growth in the Pacific Northwest. Peek at our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion resource list, Watch our resource videos for using Meyer's funding portal, Dive into fiscal sponsorships + collaborative proposals resources, Download sample budgets + financial statements.
In all of these core areas, and through other strategic grantmaking, we focus on changing practices and policies that keep some of us down and many of us apart. We work with and invest in organizations, communities, ideas and efforts that contribute to a flourishing and equitable Oregon. 2045 N Vancouver Ave, We also engage in strategic communications, advocacy, mission investing and leverage all as a way of advancing our mission. Meyer Memorial Trust Portland, OR 97227 Select a year to see its investment performance, [{"year":"2017","stats":[{"value":"19.0","label":"Meyer's one-year rate of return as of December 31, 2017"},{"value":"14.8","label":"Median one-year rate of return among 106 foundations tracked by Cambridge Associates"}],"charts":[{"title":"Asset Allocation","id":"2017-1","data":[{"value":"2.2","label":"Cash"},{"value":"13.5","label":"Fixed Income"},{"value":"28.7","label":"Private Assets"},{"value":"55.7","label":"Public Equity"}]},{"title":"Risk","id":"2017-2","data":[{"value":"13.6","label":"Low"},{"value":"21.4","label":"High"},{"value":"65.0","label":"Medium"}]},{"title":"Geography of Investments","id":"2017-3","data":[{"value":"6.3","label":"Regional"},{"value":"34.2","label":"Global"},{"value":"59.6","label":"US"}]}]},{"year":"2018","stats":[{"value":"-5.6","label":"Meyer's one-year rate of return as of December 31, 2018"},{"value":"-4.3","label":"Median one-year rate of return among 114 foundations tracked by Cambridge Associates"}],"charts":[{"title":"Asset Allocation","id":"2018-1","data":[{"value":"1.5","label":"Cash"},{"value":"16.1","label":"Fixed Income"},{"value":"26.6","label":"Private Assets"},{"value":"55.8","label":"Public Equity"}]},{"title":"Risk","id":"2018-2","data":[{"value":"14.9","label":"Low"},{"value":"21.5","label":"High"},{"value":"63.6","label":"Medium"}]},{"title":"Geography of Investments","id":"2018-3","data":[{"value":"7.5","label":"Regional"},{"value":"34.0","label":"Global"},{"value":"58.5","label":"US"}]}]},{"year":"2019","stats":[{"value":"25.2","label":"Meyer's one-year rate of return as of December 31, 2019"},{"value":"16.8","label":"Median one-year rate of return among 117 foundations tracked by Cambridge Associates"}],"charts":[{"title":"Asset Allocation","id":"2019-1","data":[{"value":"1.3","label":"Cash"},{"value":"19.7","label":"Fixed Income"},{"value":"18.8","label":"Private Assets"},{"value":"60.2","label":"Public Equity"}]},{"title":"Risk","id":"2019-2","data":[{"value":"19.0","label":"Low"},{"value":"19.3","label":"High"},{"value":"61.7","label":"Medium"}]},{"title":"Geography of Investments","id":"2019-3","data":[{"value":"5.9","label":"Regional"},{"value":"41.4","label":"Global"},{"value":"52.7","label":"US"}]}]},{"year":"2020","stats":[{"value":"26.7","label":"Meyer's one-year rate of return as of December 31, 2020"},{"value":"14","label":"Median one-year rate of return among 115 foundations tracked by Cambridge Associates"}],"charts":[{"title":"Asset Allocation","id":"2020-1","data":[{"value":"8.0","label":"Cash"},{"value":"13.7","label":"Fixed Income"},{"value":"22.1","label":"Private Assets"},{"value":"56.2","label":"Public Equity"}]},{"title":"Risk","id":"2020-2","data":[{"value":"20.3","label":"Low"},{"value":"22.2","label":"High"},{"value":"57.5","label":"Medium"}]},{"title":"Geography of Investments","id":"2020-3","data":[{"value":"6.0","label":"Regional"},{"value":"48.0","label":"Global"},{"value":"46.0","label":"US"}]}]}]. We know this will be a continuing journey. Accelerating racial, social and economic justice. We invest in new and emerging ideas, and we promote research and evaluation to advance the field. Construction of Meyer's new headquarters in the North Albina neighborhood is completed in October 2020. With Oregon battered by the Great Recession, Meyer focuses on the health of struggling nonprofits, shelving the most ambitious aspects of the redesign. Our offices are currently closed due to COVID-19. Meyer staffers are working remotelyand our offices are closed until further notice. Proposals to support work that falls outside these priorities will not be successful. After an unsuccessful stint at gold mining in Alaska and a job driving for a grocery store in Seattle, he comes to Portland and builds a coffee cart business into a retail outlet in a downtown street market. To see awards from before 2015,click here. Meyer staffers are working remotelyand our offices are closed until further notice. We work with and invest in organizations, communities, ideas and efforts that contribute to a flourishing and equitable Oregon. Meyer's grantmaking will transition in 2022. Janet Hamada becomes Board Chair in April 2021. With s.h.i.f.t as our framework, were connecting the dots between what weve learned and our vision for the future. Fred Meyer, Inc. will eventually grow into a chain of stores and restaurants employing more than 13,000, with annual sales of more than $1 billion. We dont have a definitive answer to this tension. Portland, OR 97227 When trustee Travis Cross resigns, John Emrick becomes a Meyer trustee, serving until his own retirement in 2016. The Tipping Point Fund. Fred Meyer Charitable Trust is established with five trustees and about $120 million during a deep recession. We work with and invest in organizations, communities, ideas and efforts that contribute to a flourishing and equitable Oregon. See our promise to partners during COVID-19. Meyer Memorial Trust (503) 228-5512. Meyer takes a "working hiatus," continuing to engage and invest in efforts aligned with our current priorities while also planning for future programs. Meyers mission is to work with and invest in organizations, communities, ideas and efforts that contribute to a flourishing and equitable Oregon. clothing. Also, remember to always leave clear space around the logo equal in size to the height of the lowercase m in Meyer. In 2018, funders across the state banded together as the Census Equity Funders Committee of Oregon (CEFCO) to help support a full and fair statewide count in the 2020 U.S. census. These funds are invested with the primary purpose of optimizing long-term, risk-adjusted returns with a high degree of professional integrity. Accelerating racial, social and economic justice. In 2004, Meyer moved to a space in the Pearl Districtat the time, an area filled mostly with industrial lots and warehouses where it remained for more than 15years. Meyer Memorial Trust See our promise to partners during COVID-19. We partner with other funding organizations to advance conversations and marshal regional and national leadership toward our vision: an Oregon in which a zip code isnt a determinant of success. By 2010, Meyer has awarded a total of $500 million to tax-exempt organizations working for the public good in Oregon and Clark County, Wash. Meyer begins to focus on equity with full-staff equity training programs. Meyers CIO Rukaiyah Adams speaks about the foundations 2019 investing performance and why investments that benefit the community can generate better returns, Learn how Meyer is developing a 10-year plan for Mission-Related investing, Case study looks at Meyer's role in impact investing, Our new graphic tool helps capital providers be more informed when making investments in Oregon. At the same time, we will continue to do our best to connect resources to solutions that make all communities stronger and healthier. as I do the uncertainties of the future, I want my trustees to be able to exercise broad discretion in shaping and carrying out charitable programs which can be tailored to fit changing conditions and problems.". One example of this is our convening of smaller and mostly rural housing organizations at the 2019 Housing Equity Summit. Meyer Memorial Trust, Oregon Community Foundation and The Ford Family Foundation established the Oregon Community Rebuilding Fund as a place to bring private and philanthropic donations together to work collectively for Oregon communities devastated by 2020 wildfires. We engage our investment managers to share ideas and visions for the future. Relationships with our partners and their investment professionals matter; regardless of the legal or operating formalities first and foremost, we invest in people. Most recently, Meyer joined Oregon Community Foundation and The Ford Family Foundation in creating the Community Rebuilding Fund to invest in recovery and rebuilding for Oregon communities devastated by wildfires in 2020. We believe fostering circumstances that allow people who have been harmed or left behind to thrive ultimately benefits everyone. The full realization of our mission requires the consideration of our values in all investment decisions. (503) 228-5512. Meyer works with and invests in organizations, communities, ideas and efforts that contribute to a flourishing and equitable Oregon. And we pledge to do our best to track outcomes experienced in communities hit hard by bias and oppression. In 2015, we asked Oregon communities to help us take a new approach to our work. Oregon Immigrant and Refugee Funders Collaborative, Census Equity Funders Committee of Oregon. Meyer emerges from hiatus with a new visual identity and a new website, resuming full program operations within four new issue-focused, equity-based portfolios: Building Founded in 2016, this collaborative creates a coordinated and collaborative funding approach to address issues of immigration and refugees in the state, providing direct support to local organizations responding to these issues. Portland, OR 97227 This collaborative of more than a dozen foundations created an innovated public/private pooled fund to support a statewide campaign to reach the hardest to count Oregonians. All rights reserved. All other inquiries through this form will be answered in a timely fashion.
2015-2022 Meyer Memorial Trust. Justice Oregon for Black Lives, a five-year, $25 million initiative to uplift Black Oregonians, leadership and organizations is a commitment to harness the momentum toward racial justice by deepening investment in Black-led and Black-serving organizations, community well-being and lasting strategic change. 2015-2022 Meyer Memorial Trust. Forlogo requestspleaseclick here. We will make mistakes. 2015-2022 Meyer Memorial Trust. "Realizing To date, Meyer has paid out nearly $692 million through more than 8,200 grants Doug Stamm announces he will step away in 2018. We believe that collaboration with nonprofit organizations, those they serveand other key partners and stakeholders is essential to our effectiveness. Grant making influences asset allocation. Our investment approach demands non-traditional skills and diverse points of view. This logo is not to be used smaller than .85 inches in height. Meyer embarks on a second strategic redesign process and refines its definition of equity to mean "the existence of conditions where all people can reach their full potential." Investing in multiple asset classes diversifies overall risk. work from a place of reflection and analysis towards active integration and organizational practice. After amending bylaws to allow for more than five board members, Meyer names new trustees: Darleen Ortega and Toya Fick. Meyer names two new trustees to replace John Emrick and George Puentes: Janet Hamada and Mitch Hornecker. Please directmedia inquiriestocommunications [at] mmt.org (Meyers Communications Team) Immediately before coming to Meyer, Michelle served as dean of the Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy and Tishman Professor of Environmental Policy and Management at The New School in New York.