May 2012 Grants Announced
Topics: Responsive Grants
Meyer Memorial Trust awarded 19 grants for more than $2.8 million to tax
exempt organizations in Oregon and Clark County, Washington, at our May
program meeting. The meeting was held in Pendleton so trustees and
staff could meet with community members and visit prior grantees
May 2012 News: An Illustrated Guide
This edition introduces three new faces in our office, connects you with several videos and other visual delights, suggests some jumpstart summer reading and offers up a handy infographic to help you know when to rethink your website.
It's a happy bloomin' new year!
We can all agree, I'm sure, that March was wet, with all time
historic precipitation records falling like...well, like rain in March
2012! But I must say, my evergreen clematis has never had more blooms, never looked happier! So happy bloomin' new year!
Is it really spring or is this just March Madness?
The calendar says it's spring but all we're seeing in the Pacific Northwest is cold, rain, snow, hail, sleet (while the rest of the country goes around in shorts). What's next in this stormy madness? Sorry, don't really want to talk about the weather this time. Nothing good to say. Shall we talk basketball? Are you part of a March Madness pool? MMT has one going, no money at stake, only reputations. It's too soon to call as it's only Round Two.
March 2012 Grants Announced
Topics: Grant Announcements
At the March program meeting, Meyer Memorial Trust awarded 23 grants for nearly $2.2 milion to nonprofit organizations working across Oregon. Because MMT's fiscal year ends March 31, we can now report that in our 2011-12 fiscal year, we made 349 awards for more than $31 million.
View from our Office Window: Double Rainbow Across the Sky
While watching out for double rainbows, we awarded more than $3.2 million, saw a survey underway, found tips on raising money without fundraising (no, not a typo) and a view into Nonprofit 101 and Big Data (including an unprecedented mapping project). And more.
February 2012 Awards Announced
Topics: Grant Announcements
At the February program meeting, Meyer Memorial Trust's board of trustees made more than $3.2 million in grants and a program-related investment loan to 43 tax-exempt organizations in Oregon and Clark County, Washington.
So what month are we in?!?
Did your geraniums and roses ever stop blooming this winter? Neither did mine. I think those of us who are procrastinating pruners are being rewarded this year. And our early blooming camellia has never been more loaded with flowers and buds. Just astonishing. I think we're in for a year for the books, people. We can't tell by looking outside what month we're in. Let's watch what happens.
Surviving Gloomy Forecasts
Well, we've certainly been having some weather! Whether it's snow, rain,
sleet or wind, you've probably been dealing with at least one of those
elements in the Pacific Northwest this week. The umbrellas are lining up
outside our office door like army ants. And flooding has begun in
vulnerable parts of our state. So be careful out there!
MMT Opening at 10 a.m.
Due to inclement weather, Meyer Memorial Trust will open at 10 a.m. today, Wednesday, January 18. Check this space for further updates. Be careful out there!
Happy New Year! We're Hiring!
Wake up 2012! The color of the year is Tangerine Tango. Gotta start moving! We have two important job openings to announce, along with some other news of note...
A Lengthy List of News for Lengthening Days
If you happened into downtown Portland last Saturday, chances are you ran into Santa (photo at right). Not once, not twice, but hundreds of times. When it comes to SantaCon, Portland represents. Well, not as much as Moscow, where a reported 70,000 Santas took to the streets a few years ago.
December 2011 Awards Announced
Topics: Grant Announcements
At the December program meeting, Meyer Memorial Trust made 27 grants for more than $4.1 million to a variety of Oregon tax exempt organizations, from statewide advocacy groups to the one-school district in the small community of Arock in far southeastern Oregon. These grants bring the total awarded since MMT began operating in 1982 to 6,687 awards totaling more than $554 million.
It's December: Time for Bark, News and Amazement
It's December and we have sun! And quite a bit of news. But have you noticed the bark on trees lately? When did you last read a story of fantastic economic development success in rural communities? And then there's the sidewalks...
Awash in November News
While even the fish in the lake at Portland's Chinese Garden hunker down as light and temperatures diminish, we are awash in November news.
November 2011 Awards Announced
Topics: Grant Announcements | Responsive Grants
This month Meyer Memorial Trust awarded more than $7 million to 21 nonprofit organizations across Oregon. Most of the awards were grants totaling $3.925 million, while two were program-related investment loans amounting to $3.094 million.
Fall Color: Not Just for Trees Anymore
Each day of glorious warm sunshine like the one we are enoying in Portland today causes us to wonder if it will be the last for a good while. But even if it is, we're beginning to see a lot of fall color in our world. I've especially been noticing the maples turning scarlet and red and crimson and vermillion and everything in between lately.
October 2011 Grants Announced
At the October 2011 program meeting, Meyer Memorial Trust's trustees
awarded nearly $3.25 million in grants to 64 nonprofit organizations
across Oregon. These awards bring the total since MMT began operating in
1982 to 6,637 for more than $543 million.
Back in the Saddle, Ready to Ride
We're back! Did you miss us? We experienced a lot of sunshine since we last met so I guess we really did have a summer after all. Here's hoping we get a little more of that kind of weather before the rains set in for the duration. Today is looking pretty promising in that department, from where I sit.
September 2011 Grants Announced
Topics: Grant Announcements | Responsive Grants
At our September program meeeting, MMT trustees awarded 19 grants for more than $3.1 million dollars to nonprofit organizations across Oregon.Eight of the awards worth nearly $1.8 million went to arts and culture organizations in Portland (7) and Eugene (1). We have been grouping consideration of support to Portland area large budget arts organizations since 2009 to help them achieve financial stability (read more about this practice here).
