Our general eligibility requirements are very simple.
Applicants must:
- be a tax exempt organization (sanctioned as such by the Internal Revenue Service)
- request support for a program that operates in Oregon and/or Clark County, Washington
- provide equal opportunity to all qualified individuals in leadership, staffing and service, regardless of race, color, citizenship status, national origin, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, gender identity, marital status, veteran status or any other status protected by law
- be current on all reports owed to MMT on any previous grants.
Generally, MMT does not fund:
- Direct grants, scholarships, or loans to individuals
- Endowments
- General fund drives, annual appeals, special events, or sponsorships
- Elimination of operating deficits
- Projects of sectarian or religious organizations that principally benefit their own members or adherents
- Direct replacement funding for activities previously supported by federal, state, or local public sources
- Acquisition of land for conservation purposes (except through Program Related Investments)
- Hospital capital construction projects (except through Program Related Investments)
- Animal welfare organizations (both domestic and wild animals)
- Projects that primarily benefit students of a single K-12 school, unless the school is an independent alternative school primarily serving low-income and/or special needs populations
- You seek to influence legislation.
- You plan to spend part of the grant in a way that violates your tax-exempt status.
Please see individual grant programs for information about additional specific program requirements.
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