TWSTing with Adrienne Livingston
Topics: Grassroots Grants | TWST
Adrienne Livingston, executive director of Black United Fund, wrote this guest blog post after she joined Program Officer Sally Yee in a TWST commuity meeting in northeast Portland. Here's her report:
TWSTing at Portland Housing Center
Topics: Grassroots Grants | TWST
On March 2nd I had the pleasure of joining Sally Yee on a Two-Way-Street Tour (TWST). The meeting was a collaboration between MMT and the Black United Fund of Oregon and was hosted at Portland Housing Center’s offices in Northeast Portland. (See the photo below of Michelle Puggarana, PHC’s Director of Homeownership Programs, standing in front of their fabulous mural.)
TWST Report - Tualatin
Topics: Grassroots Grants | TWST
On the road again… to Tualatin Public Library! This time it was just Sally
and me. Just as rainy as the day before, the highway trip to Tualatin
gave us the slightest bit of sunshine that actually made us put down our
visors…
TWST Report - Beaverton
Topics: Grassroots Grants | TWST
Hi!
This time, it's Sophia Aguinaga, Administrative Assistant with MMT, reporting about
our Two Way Street Tour. Shortly after Brian and Sally's return from Forest Grove, Aaron
Nelson, Technical Operations Manager, and I braved the rain and headed to meet
Sally in Beaverton. Aaron and I weren't sure what to expect when we arrived.
This was our first time accompanying Sally on a tour stop, and it was really
exciting!
TWST Report - Forest Grove
Topics: Grassroots Grants | TWST
Brian Molony here, Administrative Assistant at MMT, coming to you from Pacific University in Forest Grove.
As a relatively new employee at Meyer Memorial Trust, I was excited
to take part in my first Two Way Street Tour (TWST)
Washington County TWST Meetings
Topics: Grassroots Grants | TWST
We will be holding three Two-Way Street Tour (TWST) community meetings
in Washington County on Tuesday, February 28, and Wednesday, February
29, to provide advice about seeking grants from Meyer Memorial Trust and
to collect information about the needs of nonprofits and communities in
Washington County.
Looking for a Big Lift
Topics: Responsive Grants | Program Officers
Before even cracking a page, I was pretty sure I knew the answer to the question posed in the title of the new report, The Public Funding Crisis: Can Philanthropy Shoulder the Burden? Nevertheless, I thought it might contain some nuggets of wisdom. Turns out, it did–
Tales from the double-wide: reflections of a new program officer
Topics: Program Officers
With almost a year under my belt as a program officer, I thought it was about time to share a few thoughts on my experience thus far. Sitting on the other side of the fundraising table for so many years, foundations had always seemed a little mysterious and slightly scary to approach. Now that I work for one, I figure it's my responsibility to help folks peek behind the curtain and understand them a bit better.
Getting at the Roots
Wait til you hear what my colleague Sally Yee and I got to do this summer and fall! Right in the
middle of peak harvest season, we got to explore and visit some truly
enterprising and engaging efforts to build strong community food systems
in Oregon. As part of our jobs!
Award Statistics for Fiscal Year 2011
We are often asked how many applications we receive, how many are approved, and what the awards were for. So, to supplement Marie's monthly award announcements, I thought I'd provide some statistics on grants made through our Responsive Grants and Grassroots Grants programs in MMT's most recent fiscal year (April 1, 2010 through March 31, 2011).
