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Looking ahead at MMT

It's difficult to overstate the changes Meyer Memorial Trust has been through over the past half decade. Five years ago, we were almost exclusively a general purpose responsive foundation, with nearly all our giving in response to proposals submitted from organizations across Oregon and Clark County, Washington. The field of philanthropy, however, has learned much  READ MORE

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TWSTing at Portland Housing Center

Phoebe OLeary
Posted Tuesday, March 13, 2012 - 1:05pm
by Phoebe OLeary

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.) 

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Award Statistics for Fiscal Year 2011

Phoebe OLeary
Posted Wednesday, September 28, 2011 - 12:51pm
by Phoebe OLeary

Topics: Responsive Grants | Grassroots Grants | Grantmaking

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).

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GrantIS: MMT's Application Software

Phoebe OLeary
Posted Friday, July 22, 2011 - 8:55am
by Phoebe OLeary

Topics: GrantIS | software | Tech

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.

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Deadlines

Phoebe OLeary
Posted Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 8:22am
by Phoebe OLeary

Topics: Responsive Grants | Grassroots Grants | Grantmaking

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:

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Grants Administration Department Updates

Phoebe OLeary
Posted Thursday, March 3, 2011 - 1:25pm
by Phoebe OLeary

Topics: Staff

Staffing Changes

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Grantmaking to Communities of Color in Oregon Project

Phoebe OLeary
Posted Monday, October 25, 2010 - 4:03pm
by Phoebe OLeary

Topics: Grantmaking

If you got an “out of office” email reply from me earlier this month, it’s because I was attending the Grantmakers 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

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MMT Quarterly Awards Report

Phoebe OLeary
Posted Monday, October 25, 2010 - 2:00pm
by Phoebe OLeary

Topics: Grantmaking

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.

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MMT Quarterly Awards Report - FY2011 Q1 (April-June 2010)

Phoebe OLeary
Posted Thursday, August 19, 2010 - 10:21am
by Phoebe OLeary

Topics: awards | Responsive Grants | Grassroots Grants | Willamette River Initiative | Grantmaking

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.

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TWSTing in The Dalles

Phoebe OLeary
Posted Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 12:00am
by Phoebe OLeary

Topics: TWST

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

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