Phoebe OLeary's blog

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).

Many people have asked me about Meyer Memorial Trust's GrantIS software – a database and online application system that we designed to process grant requests and awards.  They want to know the what/when/why/how details and what we learned along the way.

Today is a deadline for both our Grassroots Grants and Responsive Grants Inquiry applications.  Since we often get many frantic, last-minute calls with questions, I thought I'd answer a few of the common ones here:

Staffing Changes

If you got an “out of office” email reply from me earlier this month, it’s because I was attending theGrantmakers of Oregon and SW Washington (GOSW) conference in beautiful Astoria, Oregon. What happens at a grantmakers conference you may ask?  Well, it’s an opportunity

As of September 30, 2010 (the end of the second quarter of our fiscal year), MMT has made 119 awards totaling $10,656,540. These awards are listed in our Awards Database and are announced monthly on our website.

In the first quarter of our current fiscal year (April 1 through June 30, 2010), Meyer Memorial Trust made 75 grants and 2 program related investment loans totaling approximately $5.9 million.  These awards are listed in our Awards Database and are announced monthly on our website.

I enjoyed a picturesque drive through the Gorge today to meet up with Sally Yee for a TWST meeting in The Dalles.  The Dalles is home to one of my family's favorite museums, The Columbia Gorge Discovery Center, where