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At the July program meeting, Meyer Memorial Trust's board of trustees made 21 awards for $2,567,551, bringing the total amount awarded since MMT began operating in 1982 to more than $505.3 million.

The July grants included a total of $285,000 in follow-up operating support to seven organizations who were awarded funds in our 2009 Operating Support program. 

July awards included:

Operating Support Grants

Arts Central, Bend, OR
Awarded:  $50,000
To support core operations during the economic recession for this central Oregon arts organization
 
CASA of Lane County, Springfield, OR
Awarded:  $50,000
To support core operations that are threatened by the economic recession for this organization that advocates for abused and neglected children
 
Clackamas Community Land Trust, Milwaukie, OR
Awarded:  $40,000
To support core operations during the economic recession for this housing organization serving Clackamas County
 
Columbia Arts, Hood River, OR
Awarded:  $20,000
To support core operations during the economic recession for this Columbia Gorge arts organization
 
Deschutes County Children’s Foundation, Bend, OR
Awarded:  $50,000
To support core operations during the economic recession for this organization that provides space in collaborative campuses to nonprofits that serve children and families
 
MountainStar Family Relief Nursery, Bend, OR
Awarded:  $50,000
To support core operations during the economic recession for this organization that works to keep young children safe, parents successful and families intact
 
Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
Awarded:  $25,000
To support core operations during the economic recession for this organization that advances new developments in contemporary art

Responsive Grants

ChristieCare, Marylhurst, OR
Awarded:  $250,000
To support transition to a sustainable clinical operating model providing cost-effective, quality care for severely challenged children
 
De Paul Treatment Centers, Portland, OR
Awarded:  $157,551
For follow-up support for a counseling program for families affected by alcoholism and addiction
 
Friends of the Oregon Caves and Chateau, Grants Pass, OR
Awarded:  $50,000
To help conduct a capital campaign to renovate the historic Oregon Caves Chateau
 
Jewish Family and Child Services, Portland, OR
Awarded:  $75,000
To support a new program that provides support services to adults with developmental disabilities
 
Mano a Mano, Salem, OR
Awarded:  $100,000
For general operating support for this organization that provides emergency services and related support to Latino and low income families.
 
Northwest Housing Alternatives, Milwaukie, OR
Awarded:  $100,000
To support homeless prevention services (name of program deleted)
 
Northwest Pilot Project, Portland, OR
Awarded:  $155,000
To increase the ability of the organization to provide emergency housing and transportation services to more low-income seniors in Multomah County
 
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Portland, OR
Awarded:  $200,000
For a bilingual exhibit and programming that educates the public about renewable energy technologies
 
Relief Nursery, Eugene, OR
Awarded:  $250,000
To expand services to support families participating in a national study of child abuse prevention models
 
Shorebank Enterprise Group Pacific, Ilwaco, WA
Awarded:  $250,000 grant and $250,000 Program Related Investment loan
To increase capital available for business and social lending to high impact projects
 
Sisters of the Road Cafe, Portland, OR
Awarded:  $150,000
For general operating support for this organization that serves low-cost meals to homeless and low income residents in northwest Portland.
 
Umpqua Community Development Corporation, Roseburg, OR
Awarded:  $195,000
For housing to serve people with developmental and physical disabilities
 
Verde, Portland, OR
Awarded:  $100,000
To establish Verde Energy, a weatherization social enterprise employing low-income Latinos and Native Americans in Portland's Cully neighborhood