To Merge or Not To Merge?
Topics: Responsive Grants | Program Officers
At a February Grantmakers of Oregon and Southwest Washington luncheon, I presented a session on how philanthropy can support nonprofit mergers and collaborations. Because MMT has received recent inquiries about mergers, I thought it might be helpful to explain MMT’s philosophy toward this topic. How does MMT approach nonprofit mergers and collaborations?
May 2013 Awards Announced
Topics: Grant Announcements | Responsive Grants
Meyer Memorial Trust awarded nearly $4 million this month to support organizations and projects that deliver human services, youth programs, arts and culture, housing, education, land conservation, community food systems and Willamette River restoration.Funds will support projects across the state, from Clatskanie and Astoria in the north to Klamath Falls and Ashland in the south, from Seaside on the coast to Baker City in far eastern Oregon.
Oregon Community Foundation
Topics: Responsive Grants
Content Area:
Human Services
Award Date:
Apr 1 2013
Grant Amount:
210000.00
Reason For Grant:
To support high-quality, culturally relevant parenting education services for families with young children through the Oregon Parenting Education Collaborative
City:
Portland
County:
Multnomah
State:
OR
James F. & Marion L. Miller Foundation
Topics: Responsive Grants
Content Area:
Arts, Culture, Humanities
Award Date:
Apr 1 2013
Grant Amount:
3000.00
Reason For Grant:
For continued support of financial consulting services for the large budget arts funder collaborative
City:
Portland
County:
Multnomah
State:
OR
ROSE Community Development
Topics: Responsive Grants
ROSE Community Development Corporation used a $125,000 grant from Meyer Memorial Trust in July
2012 to support its economic development work in outer southeast Portland. ROSE CDC’s 1planet Marketing Program pairs youth from different cultures with professional marketing mentors to provide outreach for small businesses in this part of the Portland metropolitan area that is struggling economically. The professional development and work experience help these students transition from high school to full time work.
Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Oregon
Topics: Responsive Grants
Content Area:
Human Services
Award Date:
Mar 1 2013
Grant Amount:
176000.00
Reason For Grant:
To help construct a new center community members use for recreation, fitness, sports, arts programming and other activities
City:
Bend
County:
Deschutes
State:
OR
Building Healthy Families
Topics: Responsive Grants
Content Area:
Human Services
Award Date:
Mar 1 2013
Grant Amount:
93400.00
Reason For Grant:
To support infrastructure, building renovation and staffing costs at the headquarters of this multi-county family support provider
City:
Enterprise
County:
Wallowa
State:
OR
Deschutes Basin Land Trust
Topics: Responsive Grants
Content Area:
Conservation, Environment
Award Date:
Mar 1 2013
Grant Amount:
159500.00
Reason For Grant:
To hire a project manager and address other priority capacity and infrastructure needs
City:
Bend
County:
Deschutes
State:
OR
Family Stepping Stones
Topics: Responsive Grants
Content Area:
Human Services
Award Date:
Mar 1 2013
Grant Amount:
108000.00
Reason For Grant:
To expand relief nursery services to at-risk young children and families in Clackamas County
City:
Gladstone
County:
Clackamas
State:
OR
Gorge Grown Food Network
Topics: Responsive Grants
Content Area:
Human Services
Award Date:
Mar 1 2013
Grant Amount:
190498.00
Reason For Grant:
To strengthen the local/regional food system in the Columbia Gorge region
City:
Hood River
County:
Hood River
State:
OR
Next Door, Inc.
Topics: Responsive Grants
Content Area:
Public Affairs, Social Benefit
Award Date:
Mar 1 2013
Grant Amount:
122508.00
Reason For Grant:
To build capacity to provide small business business development services to the Latino community
City:
Hood River
County:
Hood River
State:
OR
Oregon Entrepreneurs Forum
Topics: Responsive Grants
Content Area:
Public Affairs, Social Benefit
Award Date:
Mar 1 2013
Grant Amount:
110000.00
Reason For Grant:
To promote and support start-up companies involvement in their communities through philanthropy and volunteerism
City:
Portland
County:
Multnomah
State:
OR
Serendipity Center
Topics: Responsive Grants
Content Area:
Health
Award Date:
Mar 1 2013
Grant Amount:
140950.00
Reason For Grant:
To support an integrated treatment model for students with both behavioral and developmental challenges, while enhancing outcome measurements
City:
Portland
County:
Multnomah
State:
OR
St. Andre Bessette Catholic Church
Topics: Responsive Grants
Content Area:
Human Services
Award Date:
Mar 1 2013
Grant Amount:
200000.00
Reason For Grant:
For renovations to a hospitality center for people who are homeless
City:
Portland
County:
Multnomah
State:
OR
Artists Repertory Theatre
Topics: Responsive Grants
Content Area:
Arts, Culture, Humanities
Award Date:
Mar 1 2013
Grant Amount:
125000.00
Reason For Grant:
To support this theater company's 2012-2014 seasons
City:
Portland
County:
Multnomah
State:
OR
To Wax Nostalgic: Gresham TWST
Topics: Responsive Grants | TWST
Usually TWST meetings happen in rural Oregon towns, but this week there were several in “urban” settings, including Gresham. This area was part of the ancestral homeland, food-gathering village
sites of the Chinookan-speaking peoples of which I am descendent: The
Watlala, and the neighboring Multnomah, Molalla and Clackamas peoples.
TWSTing in Eastside Portland
Topics: Responsive Grants | TWST
The Two-Way Street Tours are a useful way for MMT to share information about our grant programs, while also learning about community needs and priorities. They were designed as a way to connect to communities we are less familiar with. But the two meetings I attended last week were on my own streets—Eastside Portland, where I grew up and still live.
Parrott Creek Child and Family Services
Topics: Responsive Grants
Content Area:
Human Services
Award Date:
Feb 1 2013
Grant Amount:
10800.00
Reason For Grant:
For technical assistance to build fundraising and strategic planning capacity with the board and management
City:
Oregon City
County:
Clackamas
State:
OR
Volunteers of America of Oregon
Topics: Responsive Grants
Content Area:
Human Services
Award Date:
Feb 1 2013
Grant Amount:
150000.00
Reason For Grant:
To support a program that provides services to families experiencing domestic violence
City:
Portland
County:
OR
State:
OR
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations
Topics: Responsive Grants
Content Area:
Public Affairs, Social Benefit
Award Date:
Jan 1 2013
Grant Amount:
7920.00
Reason For Grant:
For annual membership
City:
Washington
County:
County of Washington
State:
Other
Adelante Mujeres
Topics: Responsive Grants
Content Area:
Human Services
Award Date:
Feb 1 2013
Grant Amount:
175505.00
Reason For Grant:
To help strengthen the organization's internal management systems to ensure strong program outcomes for Latino families
City:
Forest Grove
County:
Washington
State:
OR
All Hands Raised
Topics: Responsive Grants
Content Area:
Human Services
Award Date:
Feb 1 2013
Grant Amount:
105000.00
Reason For Grant:
To support the All Hands Raised Partnership in implementing the cradle to career system over the next year
City:
Portland
County:
Multnomah
State:
OR
Arts Council of Pendleton
Topics: Responsive Grants
Content Area:
Arts, Culture, Humanities
Award Date:
Feb 1 2013
Grant Amount:
70000.00
Reason For Grant:
To support arts programming at Pendleton Center for the Arts
City:
Pendleton
County:
Umatilla
State:
OR
Boys and Girls Club of Corvallis
Topics: Responsive Grants
Content Area:
Human Services
Award Date:
Feb 1 2013
Grant Amount:
113000.00
Reason For Grant:
To recruit and retain at-risk teens for a program designed to increase high school graduation rates and college readiness
City:
Corvallis
County:
Benton
State:
OR
Boys and Girls Club of Salem, Marion and Polk Counties
Topics: Responsive Grants
Content Area:
Human Services
Award Date:
Feb 1 2013
Grant Amount:
200000.00
Reason For Grant:
To strengthen supports for programs that provide employment and career options for youth
City:
Salem
County:
Marion
State:
OR
