91 grants & PRIs for $14.3 million
Since inception in 1982:5,674 grants & PRIs for $463.4 million
The list of Grassroots Grants made during MMT's June program meeting has been released:
Assistance League of Klamath Basin, Klamath Falls
Awarded: $14,547
For safety improvements to its resale and consignment shop.
Brookings-Harbor School District, Brookings
Awarded: $25,000
To furnish the career center with computers to assist students with their post-secondary education plans.
Carver School Community Center, Damascas
Awarded: $20,000
To repair the roof of a historic school building now used as a community center.
Central Oregon Environmental Center, Bend
Awarded: $24,750
To support a merger with reSource to strengthen environmental work in the region.
All Outdoors, Bend
dba Central Oregon Resources for Independent Living
Awarded: $7,094
For a new work program that provides people with disabilities additional employment opportunities.
Child Centered Solutions, Portland
Awarded: $22,000
To increase legal representation for children caught up in family disputes.
Community Arts Project, Hebo
Awarded: $10,000
To hire this organization's first executive director.
Community Connection of Northeast Oregon, La Grande
Awarded: $25,000
For a new freezer for the local food bank.
Crag Law Center, Portland
Awarded: $25,000
To increase work with communities along the Oregon Coast grappling with environmental and conservation issues.
Deschutes County Healthy Beginnings, Bend
Awarded: $13,495
To expand and improve services to children from birth to age five.
Douglas Residents Training Facility, Roseburg
Awarded: $15,000
To expand a program that provides independent life skills training for adults with developmental disabilities.
Friends of the Visual Arts, Salem
Awarded: $22,608
For glass blowing equipment used in art classes and for community outreach and education.
HumaniNet, West Linn
Awarded: $20,000
To develop a geo-referenced real time information tool used to deploy aid in disaster relief and community aid operations.
Illinois Valley 2010 Community Response Team, Cave Junction
Awarded: $18,000
To attract and increase tourism to benefit the local economy of this Southern Oregon community.
Illinois Valley Family Coalition, Cave Junction
Awarded: $7,000
To support a program that provides assistance to low-income families in Southern Oregon.
Klamath Siskiyou Wildlands Center, Williams
Awarded: $4,770
For technology improvements to enhance the organization's public education program.
LightHawk, Portland
Awarded: $25,000
To support restoration efforts in the Klamath Basin.
Love in the Name of Christ, Oregon City
Awarded: $19,600
For a volunteer coordinator to meet the increasing need in this community for emergency services.
Lower Columbia Hispanic Council, Astoria
Awarded: $20,000
To hire a bilingual project coordinator to increase services to the community.
Medical Foundation of Marion and Polk Counties, Salem
Awarded: $25,000
To improve access to medical care among "working poor" families.
NW Documentary Arts and Media, Portland
Awarded: $10,250
To enhance and expand the documentary workshop program.
Oakland Economic Development, Oakland
Awarded: $19,000
To replace a deteriorating structure at the city park.
Oregon Association for the Education of Young Children, Tualatin
Awarded: $24,934
To enhance professional engagement and quality practice in early childhood care and education.
Oregon Coast Children’s Theatre, Toledo
Awarded: $10,000
To produce a new theatrical performance based on "American Folk Tales" for students and community at schools in rural and underserved communities.
Scappoose Bay Watershed Council, Warren
Awarded: $13,500
To develop a workplan for the conservation and restoration of the watershed that flows into Scappoose Bay on the Columbia River.
Sweet Home Community Singing Christmas Tree, Sweet Home
Awarded: $13,930
To replace an unsafe scaffolding structure used for community performances.
Talent Historical Society, Talent
Awarded: $4,800
For an permanent exhibit featuring the Takelma Indians.
Tualatin Riverkeepers, Tigard
Awarded: $24,693
For a public awareness campaign about storm water runoff.
Upstream Public Health, Portland
Awarded: $24,000
For communication and technology to support strategic public health policy making.
Vanguard Ministries, Salem
Awarded: $20,000
To expand a tutoring and recreation program for at-risk youth.
Washington County Bicycle Transportation Coalition, Beaverton
Awarded: $22,500
To hire an executive director to strengthen the organization's capacity.
Women's Crisis Center, Tillamook
Awarded: $24,530
For continued support of this organization's efforts to open a new shelter.
It was a big month for grants and program-related investments at Meyer Memorial Trust.
Here are the numbers:
66 awards at the June program meeting for nearly $6.5 million!
>> 34 Responsive Grants and Program-Related Investments worth more than $3.5 million.
>> 12 grants totaling $2.32 million under MMT's Affordable Housing Initiative as a first step in building affordable housing capacity in rural Oregon.
>> 32 Grassroots Grants worth $576,001.
These awards bring the totals since MMT began operating in 1982 to 5,674 grants/PRIs for $463,434,993.
Affordable Housing Initiative, Responsive Grant and PRI awards are listed below. (Grassroots grants will be added to the website soon.)
Affordable Housing Initiative grants include:
CASA of Oregon, Newberg
Awarded: $60,000
To support training and operation of peer learning networks to benefit nonprofit housing providers that serve rural Oregon.
Columbia Cascade Housing Corporation, The Dalles
Awarded: $200,000
To support expansion of this entity's operations.
Community Connection of Northeast Oregon, La Grande
Awarded: $200,000
To support expansion of this entity's operations.
Community Development Network of Multnomah County, Portland
Awarded: $240,000
To support training and operation of peer learning networks that benefit nonprofit housing providers that serve rural Oregon.
Farmworker Housing Development Corporation, Woodburn
Awarded: $150,000
To support expansion of this entity's operations.
Housing Development Center, Portland
Awarded: $290,000
To help financially strengthen nonprofit housing providers that serve rural Oregon.
Housing Development Center, Portland
Awarded: $30,000
To support training and operation of peer learning networks that benefit nonprofit housing providers that serve rural Oregon.
Housing Works, Redmond
Awarded: $200,000
To support expansion of this entity's operations.
Northwest Housing Alternatives, Milwaukie
Awarded: $300,000
To support expansion of this entity's operations.
St. Vincent de Paul Society of Lane County, Eugene
Awarded: $150,000
To support expansion of this entity's operations.
Umpqua Community Development Corporation, Roseburg
Awarded: $300,000
To support expansion of this entity's operations.
Willamette Neighborhood Housing Services, Corvallis
Awarded: $200,000
To support expansion of this entity's operations.
The 34 responsive grants and program-related investments included:
Albertina Kerr Centers, Portland
Awarded: $80,000 grant and $100,000 program related investment loan
To help develop a bike rental business to provide earned income to support the organization's services for people with disabilities.
Big Brothers Big Sisters Northwest, Portland
Awarded: $300,000
For infrastructure and technology support to continue strategic expansion of mentoring services to children.
Birch Community Services, Portland
Awarded: $62,745
For a refrigerated truck to increase the organization's ability to provide perishable food to hungry families.
Children’s Institute, Portland
Awarded: $250,000
To enable the organization to support and increase early learning opportunities for at-risk children.
Children First for Oregon, Portland
Awarded: $225,000
To replicate a sustainable funding model for child advocacy organizations.
Elgin Family Health Clinic, Elgin
Awarded: $50,000
To maintain the clinic while transitioning to a new operator and establishing a health district.
Friends of the Children - Portland,
Awarded: $375,000
To support professional mentoring and related services to at-risk children.
Grantmakers of Oregon and SW Washington, Portland
Awarded: $25,000
For in-kind support for this organization's efforts to promote effective philanthropy.
Hearing and Speech Institute, Portland
Awarded: $200,000
To build capacity and rebrand this organization providing developmental health care for children.
La Clinica del Valle Family Health Care Center, Medford
Awarded: $350,000
To build a new health clinic in Central Point.
Lebanon Public Library–Senior Center Trust, Lebanon
Awarded: $150,000
To furnish and equip a new public library in Lebanon.
Linn-Benton Volunteers, Corvallis
Awarded: $30,000
To expand the volunteer center and increase outreach to grassroots nonprofit organizations.
Network of Oregon Watershed Councils, Eugene
Awarded: $195,000
To provide needs assessments, training and technical assistance to Oregon watershed councils.
North Coast Land Conservancy, Seaside
Awarded: $135,000
To build internal capacity of this organization that conserves and protects land on the northern Oregon coast.
Oregon Ballet Theatre, Portland
Awarded: $200,000
For two years of operating support.
Our House of Portland, Portland
Awarded: $170,000
To expand neighborhood housing and in-home care services for people living with HIV/AIDS.
Pioneer Relief Nursery, Pendleton
Awarded: $60,000
To establish a transportation program for families and provide technical assistance to strengthen financial management systems.
QUAD, Portland
Awarded: $86,000
To ensure affordable, accessible living for adults with disabilities by strengthening the organization's fundraising capacity.
South Lane Mental Health Services, Cottage Grove
Awarded: $150,000
To purchase and renovate a building as a mental health clinic.
Stand for Children Leadership Center, Portland
Awarded: $250,000
For grassroots leadership development to move Oregon's schools into the top 10 in the nation.
Third Rail Repertory Theatre, Portland
Awarded: $75,000
To build the organization's capacity by hiring its first paid staff.
You can view a webcast of the connectipedia launch here. (More information about connectipedia is available here.)
This link will be live beginning at 1:45 p.m. on Tuesday, June 10th. The launch event will start appearing at 2 p.m.
HOW TO WATCH THE WEBCAST
You need Apple QuickTime 7 to watch this webcast. If you don't have it on your computer you can download it for free here.
(You do not need Quicktime Pro, which costs money. You just need the free player.)
To watch the webcast, click here. Quicktime Player should open and connect to the webcast. If Quicktime player does not open (or if some other player opens, like Real Player or Windows Media Player), open Quicktime Player manually, click on "File" then "Open URL". Paste or type the webcast link address (rtsp://web2.mmt.org/connectipedia.sdp) into the box that pops up and click Ok.
If you are unable to see the webcast (if you are behind a firewall, you might have problems), all is not lost! We are recording the event and the video will be available on the connectipedia website by June 11, 2008!
Oregon Entrepreneurs Network has announced that nominations are open for the 2008 Tom Holce Awards for Entrepreneurship in the Nonprofit category.
Deadline for nominations is June 16, 2008. More information about the award is available from OEN, including a nomination form.
This award goes to an organization that has shown entrepreneurship and creativity in addressing business and operational issues, achieving strategic goals, and/or creating jobs. This is not an award that will recognize the "good works" an organization delivers to the community. It is meant to honor the unique, entrepreneurial ways of operating that help an organization fulfill its mission. It is given at the discretion of the OEN Board of Directors and is judged by a panel of nonprofit and foundation leaders from across Oregon.
We at the Meyer Memorial Trust are especially interested in the award because it is a program whose mission is to promote the kind of vision and entrepreneurship that Fred Meyer, whose will established MMT, brought to his own company. To demonstrate our support for this program, MMT is participating in judging applicants for this award and providing financial assistance. We encourage nonprofits to step forward and apply.
The winner will be featured at OEN's annual awards dinner on Sept. 18. At the event, each finalist will be showcased in a professionally produced video.
We're starting off our 2008-09 fiscal year in a big way! At the May meeting, MMT trustees made 24 awards for $7,721,300, including:
Amani Center
St. Helens, OR
$51,000
To strengthen this organization that provides child abuse assessment and treatment.
Catholic Charities
Portland, OR
$600,000
To help construct an administrative and services building.
Children’s Justice Alliance
Portland, OR
$191,000
To market a curriculum and expand services for parents involved in the criminal justice system.
Clatsop Community College
Astoria, OR
$400,000
To help renovate the Jerome Street campus.
Concordia University
Portland, OR
$400,000
To help construct a new library and learning center.
Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
Warm Springs, OR
$150,000
To help construct a building to co-locate the newspaper office and KWSO radio station.
Cottage Grove Area Habitat for Humanity
Cottage Grove, OR
$25,000
To help build an affordable home for a low income family.
E3 Employers for Education Excellence
Portland, OR
$3,000,000
To continue support for the Oregon Small Schools Initiative.
Great Basin Society, Malheur Field Station
Princeton, OR
$20,000
For technical assistance to strengthen this organization's capacity.
Harney Education Service District
Burns, OR
$31,500
For a playground for the early childhood center.
Klamath Community College
Klamath Falls, OR
$250,000
To help develop the first phase of a permanent campus.
Lake County Library
Lakeview, OR
$200,000
To help construct a new main library in Lakeview.
Looking Glass Youth and Family Services
Eugene, OR
$250,000
For a residential facility for girls and an educational center that services at-risk teens.
Oregon Coast Aquarium
Newport, OR
$500,000
To repair permanent exhibits and develop temporary exhibitions
Oregon Coast Community Action
Coos Bay, OR
$300,000
To help build a new Head Start facility.
Oregon Entrepreneurs Network
Portland, OR
$5,000
For the 2008 OEN Nonprofit Entrepreneurism Award.
Partnership for Safety and Justice
Portland, OR
$90,000
To build the administrative capacity of this organization.
Rogue Community College
Grants Pass, OR
$250,000
To help construct the Higher Education Center in Medford for Rogue Community College and Southern Oregon University students.
Seaside Public Library
Seaside, OR
$100,000
To help build a new library.
Sherman Development League
Moro, OR
$250,000
To help build a new community library.
Sunrise Enterprises of Roseburg
Roseburg, OR
For a $250,000 grant and $250,000 program related investment loan to help renovate a new facility that expands services for adults with disabilities.
The Union
Grants Pass, OR
$32,800
To relocate a consumer-run mental health center.
Western Oregon University Development Foundation
Monmouth, OR
$125,000
To help establish a nursing program in partnership with Oregon Health Sciences University.
MMT is ending its fiscal year (March 31, 2008) on a high note after paying out an all-time record amount of approximately $37 million!
MMT made 319 grants and program-related investments this fiscal year totalling $32.4 million. Since MMT began operating in 1982, it has made 5,582 awards for a total of more than $446 million.
March 2008 grants/program related investments include:
Birth to Three
Eugene
$235,000
To increase the organization's fundraising capacity and market parent education curricula.
Coastal Communities Cultural Center
Lincoln City
$175,000
To renovate a historic school building into the Lincoln County Cultural Center.
Ecotrust
Portland
$100,000
To create a carbon sequestration market in Oregon and to participate in the Western Climate Initiative.
Farmers Conservation Alliance
Hood River
$12,500
For technical assistance to strengthen the organization's accounting systems.
Foundations for a Better Oregon
Portland
$250,000
For continued support of The Chalkboard Project
Friendly House
Portland
$150,000
To increase the organization's fundraising and its program capacity to serve low income seniors and northwest Portland residents.
Mercy Corps
Portland
$1,500,000
For a $1,000,000 program related investment loan and $500,000 grant to construct a new headquarters.
Mid-Valley Rehabilitation
Amity
$100,000
To build two group homes for people with disabilities who are medically frail.
National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance
Hadley
$190,000
To support entrepreneurship education for undergraduate students.
Neighborhood Economic Development Corporation
Eugene
$130,000
To provide comprehensive services to low income families purchasing homes in Marion County.
Network of Oregon Watershed Councils
Eugene
$25,000
For a study related to tributary restoration.
Oregon Community Foundation
Portland
$2,000,000
For the Meyer Memorial Trust donor advised fund.
Oregon Trout
Portland
$150,000
For Willamette River restoration projects that use Streambank, an online permitting and funding tool.
PlayWrite
Portland
$105,000
To build the organization's fundraising capacity and expand its programs.
Portland Women's Crisis Line
Portland
$120,000
To develop diverse sources of sustainable funding.
Sacred Heart Medical Center Foundation
Springfield
$31,500
To expand a program serving traumatized bereaved youth.
Sutherlin Seniors
Sutherlin
$75,000
To upgrade and expand the Sutherlin Senior Center.
Umpqua Community Development Corporation
Roseburg
$500,000
For a program related investment bridge loan to renovate Hotel North Bend into affordable housing.
The next TWST (Two-Way Street Tour) has been announced!
MMT Program Officers Sally Yee and Kim Thomas will travel to Coos Bay, Bandon, Port Orford, Gold Beach and Brookings the first week in April.
MMT's CEO Doug Stamm describes TWSTs this way: "These tours are part of MMT's increased outreach efforts to help nonprofit organizations better understand our foundation and the changes we recently announced in our programs and to help us learn more about the communities, organizations and people we exist to serve."
Tuesday, April 1
Coos Bay
9:30 – 11:30 AM
Coos Bay Library
525 Anderson Avenue
Contact: Judy McMakin 541-396-3121 x 393
Bandon
2:30 – 4:30 PM
Bandon Library
Bandon City Park, 11th Street
Contact: Judy McMakin 541-396-3121 x 393
Wednesday, April 2
Port Orford
9:30 – 11:30 AM
Senior Center
1536 Jackson Street
Contact: Tere Tronson 541-332-1042
Gold Beach
1:00 - 3:00 PM
Curry County Commission on Children & Families
Southcoast ESD Building
29805 Mary Street
Contact: Myrna Barber 541-247-5600
Thursday, April 3
Brookings
9:30 – 11:30 AM
Chetco Library
405 Alder Street
Contact: Reneé Brooks or Whitney Bowman 541-425-1088
At the February program meeting, MMT's trustees made 45 awards for nearly $3.3 million. Grassroots Grants accounted for 31 grants, while the bulk of the funds were made under the Responsive Grants and Program Related Investment programs.
These awards bring the total for the current fiscal year (which began April 1, 2007) to 300 for $26.5 million and the total since MMT began operating in 1982 to 5,563 awards for $440.3 million.
February awards include:
3D Center for Art and Photography
Portland
$5,000
For outreach tools to increase general audience and classroom participation.
Astor Street Opry Company
Astoria
$25,000
For building renovation and safety improvements for its new facility.
Baker School District
Baker City
$25,000
For building materials and equipment for an after school home repair program for at-risk middle school students.
Bridgeway House
Eugene
$20,000
For staff support to expand a home therapy program serving children with autism.
Catholic Community Services of Western Washington
Tacoma
$8,500
To recruit and train volunteers to provide transportation for low-income elderly and disabled clients.
Center for Appropriate Transport
Eugene
$9,926
To introduce youth to mountain biking.
Central Cascade Lines
La Pine
$15,000
For improved wheelchair access transportation for residents of rural southern Deschutes County.
Cobb Street Children’s Learning Center
Roseburg
$15,800
For losses incurred when its facilities were damaged by flooding from a broken city water main.
Community Cycling Center
Portland
$25,000
To assist with the relocation of CCC's administrative offices.
Community Development Network of Multnomah County
Portland
$25,000
For costs associated with a merger with Association of Oregon Community Development Organizations.
Community Partners for Affordable Housing
Tigard
$155,000
To help purchase permanent office space.
Cornucopia Arts Council
Halfway
$2,500
For a summer youth arts program serving rural eastern Oregon.
Deaf Education Advocates Foundation
Vancouver
$14,988
To develop marketing tools and assist the board with fundraising.
Food Alliance
Portland
$150,000 PRI loan and $5,000 grant
To expand the organization's certification capacity.
Free Geek
Portland
$24,950
For a truck to increase the organization's ability to receive larger electronic equipment donations.
Friends of South Slough Reserve
Charleston
$9,000
To improve visitor access between the South Slough interpretive center and the wetlands estuary.
Friends of the Cornelius Public Library
Cornelius
$6,500
For books, audio and video material to improve the Spanish language and culture program.
Friends of the Newport Senior Activity Center
Newport
$25,000
To install restrooms in the Center's lower level to make the facility more accessible.
Friends of the Umatilla Public Library
Umatilla
$100,000
For help build a public library in a civic building in downtown Umatilla.
Grass Commons
Eugene
$50,000
To continue the development of Open Source knowledge management software.
Hood River Valley Residents Committee
Hood River
$13,250
For equipment, supplies and materials for a sustainable agriculture community outreach program.
City of Newport
Newport
$25,000
For a mentoring program for disadvantaged/homeless youth.
Northwest Business Committee for the Arts
Portland
$10,000
To implement a program that matches business professionals with nonprofit arts organizations to provide business support.
Northwest Catholic Counseling Center
Portland
$23,519
For furnishings and equipment for additional counseling and administrative offices.
Northwest Earth Institute
Portland
$20,475
For technology to assist with fundraising efforts.
Old Slocum House Theatre Company
Vancouver
$7,000
To support Vancouver's only youth summer theater program.
Oregon Partnership
Beaverton
$300,000
To help support and expand this organization's work in drug and alcohol abuse prevention.
2 years
Oregon State University Extension, Master Gardeners
Roseburg
$25,000
To install a restroom facility at the Discovery Garden site outside Roseburg.
Oregon Toxics Alliance
Eugene
$16,568
For an outreach program to build grassroots advocacy for policies that reduce pesticide use near schools.
Parks and Recreation Foundation of Clark County
Vancouver
$17,500
To help develop a strategic planning and an implementation process.
Planned Parenthood of the Columbia/Willamette
Portland
$1,000,000 PRI loan and $500,000 grant
To support development of a new regional service center in northeast Portland.
Portland Institute for Contemporary Art
Portland
$75,000
To support the Time-Based Art Festival.
Raphael House of Portland
Portland
$150,000
For a comprehensive advocacy center at this domestic violence shelter.
Sauvie Island Center
Portland
$5,000
For technical assistance to develop a strategic plan.
Solar Oregon
Portland
$24,735
For a marketing and outreach program.
Southern Oregon Land Conservancy
Ashland
$155,000
To increase the organization's fundraising capacity and coordination.
3 years
Stayton Public Library Foundation
Stayton
$24,100
For shelving, display cases and computer equipment to complete a facility expansion.
Tears of Joy Theatre
Portland
$20,000
For elementary school performances in 41 rural Oregon schools.
Technical Assistance for Community Services
Portland
$1,500
For Nonprofit Association of Oregon dues.
Wetlands Conservancy
Tualatin
$19,995
To facilitate planning among land trusts leading to a statewide coalition.
Lane County Food Coalition, Edible City Resource Center
Eugene
$14,920
For a campaign to increase public awareness of the benefit of buying food from local sources.
YMCA of Klamath County
Klamath Falls
$19,813
To replace a broken heat exchanger.
YW Housing
Vancouver
$97,269
To help this organization that provides support to homeless women and children in Clark County.
3 years
MMT will be hitting the road to meet with nonprofit organizations in a number of communities in southern Oregon in March.
Program Officer Sally Yee and Program Associate Kimberlee Sheng will attend community meetings in Shady Cove, Ruch, Medford, Talent, Cave Junction and Grants Pass during the first week in March 2008.
CEO Doug Stamm describes it this way: "This tour is part of MMT's increased outreach efforts to help nonprofit organizations better understand our foundation and the changes we recently announced in our programs and to help us learn more about the communities, organizations and people we exist to serve."
MMT plans a series of tours across the state. The first tour was in northeast Oregon last September. Watch this space for announcements about future tours.
The schedule for the Southern Oregon Tour:
Monday, March 3
3 p.m.: Upper Rogue Community Center
22465 Highway 62, Shady Cove
--Contact Jan Sanderson Taylor at 541.773.5339 for more information
Tuesday, March 4
10 a.m.: Ruch Library
7919 Highway 238, Ruch
--Contact Jan Sanderson Taylor at 541.773.5339 for more information
Wednesday, March 5
9 a.m.: Talent Community Center
110 E. Main Street, Talent
--Contact Jan Sanderson Taylor at 541.773.5339 for more information
2:30 p.m.: Illinois Valley Family Coalition
535 E. River St., Cave Junction
--Contact Carol Ronan at 541-592-6139, ext 303 for more information
Thursday, March 6
9 a.m.: Boys and Girls Club
203 SE 9th St., Grants Pass
--Contact Dannette McCann at 541.479.5258 x109 for more information
As with prior TWSTs, we plan to blog the tour on our website, so stay tuned.
At the January program meeting, MMT's trustees awarded eight grants for $2,212,250. These awards bring the total awarded since MMT began operating in 1982 to 5,518 grants for more than $437 million.
January grants included:
Foundation for Medical Excellence
Portland, OR
$300,000
To engage the public in discussion about health care reform.
Native American Youth and Family Center
Portland, OR
$750,000
For a comprehensive culturally specific housing program.
3 years
Oceana
Portland, OR
$100,000
To help advance ocean and coastal preservation in Oregon.
Oregon State University Foundation
Corvallis, OR
$100,000
To help advance ocean and coastal preservation in Oregon.
Pew Charitable Trusts
Portland, OR
$400,000
To help advance ocean and coastal preservation in Oregon.
Surfrider Foundation
San Clemente, CA
$100,000
To help advance ocean and coastal preservation in Oregon.
Three Rivers Land Conservancy
Lake Oswego, OR
$135,000
To expand the organization's fundraising capacity in order to increase land conservation.
Volunteers in Medicine Clinic
Eugene, OR
$327,250
To provide integrated primary and mental health care for low-income uninsured clients.
At the December program meeting, trustees awarded 15 grants and program-related investment loans for $6.85 million.
The awards included $5.73 million in loans and grants to seed the Oregon Housing Acquisition Fund, the first project in MMT's Affordable Housing Initiative. More information about the fund is located on MMT's blog.
In addition, MMT's trustees took initial action to assist those affected by recent windstorms and flooding in northwestern Oregon. "Meyer Memorial Trust recognizes the hardships many Oregonians are experiencing following the recent windstorm and flooding, and we are exploring ways we can help," explains MMT CEO Doug Stamm. "As a first step to help address immediate needs, our trustees awarded $15,000 each to Medical Teams International, Community Action Team in St. Helens and Tillamook County Community Action Resource Enterprises. We will be looking to assist with additional needs that aren't met by federal, state and other local resources."
These awards bring the total in FY 2007-08 to $21,044,808. Since the Trust began operating in 1982, it has made 5,511 grants and loans worth nearly $435 million.
December awards included:
Broadway Rose Theatre Company
Tigard
For a $350,000 program related investment loan and a $200,000 grant to renovate a small theater and office building.
CASA of Jackson County
Medford
$150,000
For building renovations and program improvements for this organization that provides court-appointed special advocates for children who need them.
Community Action Team
St. Helens
$15,000
For flood relief efforts in Oregon.
Medical Teams International
Portland
$15,000
For flood relief efforts in Oregon.
Metropolitan Youth Symphony
Portland
$75,000
To diversify funding to meet the demands of increased enrollment.
Network for Oregon Affordable Housing
Portland
For a $4,500,000 program related investment loan and a $1,230,000 grant to support a statewide effort to preserve and create affordable housing.
NW Digital Art Kids
Portland
$25,000
To support the arts technology education program for teens.
ROSE Community Development Corporation
Portland
$120,000
To support housing development and community outreach staff.
Salem-Keizer Community Development Corporation
Salem
$120,000
To support housing development and asset management staff.
Tillamook County Community Action Resource Enterprises
$15,000
For flood relief efforts in Oregon.
Winston Area Community Partnership
Winston
$35,000
To help build a skate and bike park.
At the November program meeting, MMT trustees awarded 10 grants for $1,608,000. These awards bring the total handed out since MMT began operating in 1982 to 5,499 grants for $433,673,889.
November grants included:
Dress for Success of Oregon
Portland
$125,000
To hire a development associate to increase fundraising and serve more clients.
Legal Aid Services of Oregon
Portland
$150,000
To help support a new legal aid office in Klamath Falls.
Nonprofit Network
Vancouver WA
$5,000
To support its work with nonprofit organizations in southwest Washington.
Oregon Advocacy Center
Portland
$118,000
For a capacity building project to increase visibility and develop private and public funding sources.
Oregon Hunger Relief Task Force
Portland
$115,000
To expand federal nutrition programs serving eligible Oregon children and to plan for the organization's future.
Oregon Zoo Foundation
Portland
$350,000
To build Predators of the Serengeti, a new exhibit at the Oregon Zoo.
Serendipity Center
Portland
$250,000
To remodel the facility in order to serve more high-risk youth.
Technical Assistance for Community Services
Portland
$165,000
For continued support of the Nonprofit Association of Oregon.
Trust for Public Land
Portland
$300,000
To help tribes in their efforts to restore traditional lands for cultural and natural resource benefit.
Wy’East Resource Conservation and Development Area Council
Redmond
$30,000
To facilitate a community-led approach to cultivate local micro-enterprise businesses.
The third and final session in the Communicating in the Age of New Media series for nonprofits is planned for Friday, Dec. 7, 2007. This event focuses on Social Networking. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. At IRCO (Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization) at 10301 NE Glisan Street in Portland. Free. Includes lunch.
But here's the exciting part: The keynote speaker will be Beth Kanter. Yes, THAT Beth Kanter, the guru of social media for nonprofits! We are so excited we can hardly stand ourselves...
We will provide more information here in the days and weeks to come.
Registration is now open. But please, since space is limited, only register if you really plan to attend.
At the October program meeting, MMT's trustees awarded 34 grants for $1,201,417. Thirteen of the awards were Responsive (General Purpose) grants or Program Related Investments, while 21 were Grassroots (Small) grants. This is the last round of grants made under the old system, new rules resulting from our strategic plan will be applied beginning next month.
These awards bring the total number to 5,486 for $426,340,889 since the Trust began operating in 1982. In addition, MMT's assets reached an all time high of $726 million this month.
Responsive (General Purpose) awards incuded:
Archbishop Francis Norbet Blanchet School
Salem
$50,000
For renovation and upgrades to the Wiegand Art Center.
Benton County Committee for the Prevention of Child Abuse
Corvallis
$28,000
To hire a volunteer coordinator to improve service and increase the number of families served.
Christian Help of Gold Beach
Gold Beach
$11,000
To replace a structurally-deficient and water-damaged wall in the thrift store.
Cove School District
Cove
$50,000
To provide school-based health care to students and quarterly health fairs for the community.
3 years
Elkton Community Education Center
Elkton
$30,000
To help build a library/multipurpose community building.
MayDay
Baker City
$45,000
To help meet increased demand for domestic violence services.
National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Portland
$40,300
To pilot a support program for mothers with multiple sclerosis.
Oregon Community Foundation, Crater Lake National Park Trust Fund
Crater Lake
$90,000
To hire a development associate to support expanded educational programs.
2 years
Oregon Entrepreneurs Network
Portland
$100,000
For staff to implement the organization's strategic plan.
3 years
Oregon University System
Corvallis
$75,000
To help establish the Oregon BEST (Bio-Economy and Sustainable Technologies) research center.
Portland Community College Foundation
Portland
$200,000
To increase the organization's fundraising capacity.
3 years
Portland Habilitation Center
Portland
$200,000
To increase energy efficiency by installing a solar photovoltaic system.
2 years
Samaritan Counseling Center
Portland
$30,000
To provide marriage/relationship education in the Portland metropolitan area.
Grassroots (Small) grants included:
Albany Civic Theater
Albany
$11,887
To replace the sound system at this rural community theater.
Astoria Rescue Mission
Astoria
$15,000
To renovate a women's shelter.
BendFilm
Bend
$9,054
For equipment upgrades to increase efficiency at this central Oregon organization that educates the public about independent filmmaking.
Clark County Food Bank
Vancouver
$15,000
To increase capacity at this food bank that provides emergency food assistance throughout Clark County.
Crown Point Country Historical Society
Bridal Veil
$4,041
For restoration and archive equipment for this volunteer museum that preserves the history of east Multnomah County.
Diversified Abilities
Clackamas
$14,600
For board development and strategic planning for this organization that facilitates long-term employment for people with disabilities.
Financial Beginnings
Portland
$8,200
For a middle and high school student financial literacy program.
First Step Parent Child Training Center
Roseburg
$15,000
To develop a parent education and support resource center in south Douglas County.
Hermiston Public Library
Hermiston
$7,000
For digital download software for a consortium of public libraries serving rural eastern Oregon.
Mount Hood Repertory Theatre
Gresham
$12,000
To increase capacity at this professional theater serving east Multnomah County.
Multicultural Integrated Kidney Education
Portland
$4,465
For board development and strategic planning for this organization that provides education and prevention information about kidney disease.
My Sister's House
Troutdale
$11,500
For renovations to this emergency transitional home so it can serve more women and children in east Multnomah County.
Oregon Nordic Club, Blue Mountain Chapter
La Grande
$7,000
For equipment to increase the amount of groomed snow trails available for free public access in eastern Oregon.
Policy Consensus Initiative
Portland
$15,000
For strategic planning for this organization that helps communities in Oregon develop solutions to social, environmental, and economic issues.
Prevention and Recovery Northwest
Eugene
$14,950
For a feasibility study to build capacity for this organization that provides substance abuse prevention and treatment.
Raindrops to Refuge
Sherwood
$15,000
To support increased fundraising and program development for this organization that preserves and restores natural sites within the city of Sherwood.
Salmon-Safe
Portland
$12,500
For technical assistance to develop a certification program for protection of water quality and endangered fish.
Social Venture Partners Portland
Portland
$15,000
To support a tax-preparation and financial coaching service to encourage working families' increased use of earned income tax credits.
Springdale School Community Association
Corbett
$15,000
To repair the heating system in this rural community center that houses a children's theater, historical museum, and other local cultural groups.
Step It Up, Inc.
Portland
$15,000
For board development and strategic planning for this career mentoring and tutoring program for low-income high school students.
Women’s Community Education Project
Portland
$14,920
To support workshops, performances and literary discussions to celebrate and bridge cultural differences among women.
Communicating in the Age of New Media II: Distributing Content
Friday, Oct. 19, 2007
9 a.m. to noon
Pacific Northwest College of Art
Register online now.
Keynote Presentation
Lose Control: Why and How Web 2.0 Matters to Nonprofits
This presentation offers a big picture view of how and why new media matters for nonprofits. It includes an overview of the major content distribution tools that are covered more fully in the breakout sessions that follow.
Presenter, Holly Ross, Incoming Executive Director, NTEN (Nonprofit Technology Network)
Breakout sessions:
The Anatomy of an Email Campaign
Every time we turn around, we get another tip about how to make our email campaigns more engaging and successful. But a successful email campaign is more than just the latest tips. In this session, we'll analyze a successful campaign from start to finish and tell you how to package all those best practices into one amazing and effective campaign.
Presenter: Holly Ross
The ROI of Blogging
What good is a blog? It can be a low-cost, global marketing machine, a community polling tool and a motivator for your organization's stake-holders - or it can be an ill-advised experiment that runs out of steam and does more harm than good. Let's have an accessible but challenging discussion about how to make it the former instead of the latter; blogging can be your window into a dynamic and powerful new world.
Presenter: Marshall Kirkpatrick has written for some of the most widely read technology blogs on the web, including Read/WriteWeb, TechCrunch and AOL's Social Software Weblog.
Do I Need an iPod for That?
The host and producer of Oregon Museum of Science and Industry's weekly podcast “Sound Science” talks about OMSI’s experience creating and sharing content using this new media tool.
Presenter: Anders Liljeholm has been teaching science with OMSI for 15 years. As a program developer, he creates new demonstrations, teacher lesson plans, and hosts OMSI’s weekly podcast.
RSS as SOP
Make distributing content like news, events, audio, video and more as easy as pushing a button. Why and how Real Simple Syndication is an essential tool for nonprofit websites, and why and how it helps us understand what new media is all about.
Presenter: Matthew Latterell, Executive Director of netCorps, has provided technology assistance to nonprofits for ten years. His primary focus of the last several years has been on helping organizations integrate appropriate and powerful communication tools in their work.
Make YouTube YourTube
Video is one of the most compelling media for sharing and telling your story to friends, community, and the world. Online opportunities are popping up quicker and quicker to help nonprofits get messages out to a wider audience. We will discuss the opportunities for sharing your video content with the world online, including connections to Google Checkout for Nonprofits.
Presenter: Amy Sample Ward, communications and learning associate at MMT, has worked with nonprofit organizations in technology and new media for 5 years. She graduated from Valapariaso University with a degree in New Media - Journalism and English and enjoys finding ways to keep the nonprofit sector in the Northwest on top of opportunities for helping themselves with new media technologies.
Register online now.
(But since space is limited this time, please register only if you really intend to attend.)
One of the key elements of New Media is that there are not just a handful of creators of media and vast numbers of passive recipients as there tends to be in more traditional media. In New Media, everyone can participate and create and distribute content. At the first New Media for Nonprofits event in March, we talked about creating content, and spent most of the day showing examples of videos nonprofits have created to tell their stories. (We could have selected any number of topics to feature, but since we have received the most inquiries about videos, that's where we decided to start.)
We presented a number of models local nonprofits have used to create AFFORDABLE videos:
1. In Kind Volunteer Model: Nonprofit attracts interested media professionals to contribute their talents to produce a video (Big Brothers Big Sisters)
2. Nonprofit/community media collaboration model: Nonprofit partners with local community media organization to produce a video on important community issue (Southeast Uplift and Portland Community Media)
3. Film school/community organization model: Nonprofit attracts interested students trained by local film school that has community training for students funded by community access cable fees (Northwest Film & Video Center and Outside In; Mt. Hood Cable Regulatory Commission Community Access Capital Grant program)
4. Nonprofit production company collaboration model: Nonprofit video production company collaborates with local nonprofits collaborating on an issue (Green Fire Productions and environmental groups)
5. DIY model: Passionate volunteers learn how to make video taking class from local nonprofit documentary group (Free Geek and Northwest Documentary Arts & Media)
Creating content is not enough. Just as unsatisfying as giving a party that nobody attends, creating content that nobody sees can be rather pointless. We need to know how to put it out there, especially in ways people will respond. This event will offer information about why, how and where to expose your content.
The morning will begin with a presentation by Holly Ross, Director of Programs at NTEN (Nonprofit Technology Network), followed by breakout sessions that focus on particular topics. More information about specific topics will be provided here soon.
At the September program meeting held Sept. 10, Meyer Memorial Trust trustees awarded seven grants for $1,728,782. These grants bring the total awarded since MMT began operating in 1982 to 5,452 awards for $425,139,472.
September grants included:
Alano Club of Portland
Portland, OR
$55,000
For renovation and repairs to the organization's addiction recovery support center.
Camp Fire, Portland Metro Council
Portland, OR
$335,582
To renovate Camp Namanu to generate more revenue for Camp Fire programs.
Columbia Gorge Community College
The Dalles, OR
$397,200
To provide classroom technology for the health sciences building.
Eugene Ballet Company
Eugene, OR
$200,000
To help purchase the Midtown Arts Center
Oregon State University Foundation
Corvallis, OR
$700,000
To help construct a new science building.
Vision Action Network
Beaverton, OR
$10,000
To assess philanthropic trends and needs in Washington County.
Willamette Riverkeeper
Portland, OR
$31,000
To convene Willamette River Habitat roundtables.
MMT will be hitting the road to meet with nonprofit organizations in a number of communities in Northeast Oregon in September.
Program Officer Sally Yee and Communication/Learning Director Marie Deatherage will attend community meetings in Arlington, Hermiston, Pendleton, Milton-Freewater, La Grande, Union and Enterprise the third week in September. (Flyers announcing each stop can be downloaded by clicking on the name of the community.)
CEO Doug Stamm describes it this way: "This tour is part of MMT's increased outreach efforts to help nonprofit organizations better understand our foundation and the changes we recently announced in our programs and to help us learn more about the communities, organizations and people we exist to serve."
MMT plans a series of tours across the state. Northeast Oregon was selected as the first tour location because local nonprofit organizations expressed the greatest interest in hosting such events. Watch this space for announcements about future tours.
The schedule for the NE Oregon tour:
Tuesday, September 18
Noon: Arlington City Hall Conference Room
500 First St., Arlington
--Contact City Hall at 541-454-2743 for more information
7 p.m.: Hermiston Public Library
235 Gladys Ave., Hermiston
--Contact Library Director Marie Baldo at 541-567-2882 for more information
Wednesday, September 19
Noon: Umatilla-Morrow Education Service District
2001 SW Nye Ave, Pendleton (Lodgepole/Ponderosa Conference Room)
--Contact Angela Mahaffey at 541-966-3104 for more information
7 p.m.: Milton-Freewater Public Library
8 SW Eighth Ave., Milton-Freewater
--Contact Library Director Bob Jones at 541-938-5531 for more information
Thursday, September 20
Noon: La Grande Public Library
2006 Fourth Ave., La Grande
--Contact Library Director Jo Cowling at 541-962-1339 for more information
7 pm: Union County Museum
331 S. Main St., Union
--Contact Board Member Louise Weeks at 541-910-0828 for more information
Friday, September 21
Noon: Enterprise EAT Meeting Room
309 S. River Street, Enterprise
--Contact Library Director Genene Kingsford at 541-432-0141 for more information.
We plan to blog the tour on our website, so it will almost be like coming along with us!
At the August program meeting, MMT's trustees made nine awards for $508,500.
These awards bring the total for the 07-08 fiscal year, which began April 1, to 178 awards for $9,674,109. The total awarded since the Trust began operating in 1982 is 5,441 awards for $423,428,190.
The August 2007 awards included:
Boys and Girls Aid Society of Oregon
Portland
$75,000
To establish an at-risk youth shelter and support facility in Washington County.
Children’s Cancer Association
Portland
$75,000
To increase the number of families with seriously ill children served and to provide more support for volunteers.
Foundations for a Better Oregon
Portland
For in-kind support for the Chalkboard Project, designed to engage citizens to build consensus among Oregonians around the issues of quality, accountability, and funding for K-12 public education
FSG - Social Impact Advisors
Boston
$50,000
To create a handbook for foundations about mission related investing.
Human Solutions
Portland
$100,000
To support predevelopment costs associated with a community service center in Rockwood.
Oregon Micro Enterprise Network
Portland
$136,000
For a combined grant/loan to establish a statewide revolving capital loan fund.
Pangaea Project
Portland
$25,000
For staff for a leadership development program for at-risk youth from low income families.
Safe Harbors
Enterprise
$10,000
To support a violence prevention education program.
This just in from Portland Community Media :
Five play dates have been announced for cablecasting Communicating in the Age of New Media–Pt 1: Creating Content in Video, the event we sponsored at the Hollywood Theatre in March and videotaped by Portland Community Media:
Wednesday 8/1/2007, 11:30 AM, Channel 23
Saturday 8/4/2007, 8:00 AM, Channel 23
Saturday 8/11/2007, 2:00 PM, Channel 22
Monday 8/20/2007, 9:00 AM, Channel 22
Saturday 8/25/2007, 4:00 AM, Channel 11
Please note that these channels are only available on cable. Channel 11 is available throughout the entire Portland metro area, Channel 22 in Portland, and Channel 23 in Multnomah County.
Time and place for the second and third parts of this series (Part 2: Distributing Content and Part 3: Social Networks) will be announced soon!
At the July program meeting, MMT's trustees made 15 grants and one program-related investment loan for a total of more than $2 million.
These awards bring the total since the Trust began operating in 1982 to 5,430 grants/PRIs for $422,894,690.
July 2007 awards include:
Albina Opportunity Corporation
Portland, OR
$500,000
For a Program-Related Investment loan to provide financial support to businesses owned by entrepreneurs from historically disadvantaged groups.
Camp Taloali
Salem, OR
$16,600
To replace a freezer and remodel the kitchen at a camp that serves deaf children and their families.
E3 Employers for Education Excellence
Portland, OR
$182,000
To provide training in instructional leadership to principals and administrators and literacy strategies to teachers engaged in the Oregon Small Schools Initiative.
Family Building Blocks
Salem, OR
$200,000
To complete construction of a Relief Nursery satellite center to serve children and families in Polk County.
Friends of Tryon Creek Park
Portland, OR
$28,440
For a membership recruiter/event coordinator to create a more sustainable revenue base.
Housecall Providers
Portland, OR
$100,000
For a development assistant to broaden the fundraising capacity of this organization that provides in-home health care for seniors and people with disabilities.
Jackson County SART
Ashaland, OR
$100,000
To develop leadership to increase fundraising and expand the services of this sexual assault response team.
My Father’s House a Community Shelter
Gresham, OR
$200,000
To complete construction of a temporary housing facility for homeless families.
Oregon Mentoring Initiative
Portland, OR
$82,434
To create and staff two regional networks to build capacity and provide training, networking, and volunteer recruitment for mentoring and after school programs.
Potlatch Fund
Seattle, WA
$25,000
To provide grantwriting assistance and small grants to qualified Native American organizations in Oregon.
Senior Center
St. Helens, OR
$125,000
To expand the St. Helens Senior Center to increase nutrition, preventative health, recreation, and advocacy services.
Southern Oregon Goodwill Industries
Medford, OR
$200,000
To build a new retail store in White City to increase earned income to fund the organization’s services.
Southern Oregon Historical Society
Medford, OR
$100,000
To increase earned income from mission-based product sales and rental fees.
Southern Oregon University Foundation
Ashland, OR
$1,500
To help support the Oregon Nonprofit Leaders Conference.
Umatilla-Morrow Head Start
Hermiston, OR
$150,000
To help construct a new Head Start facility in Hermiston.
Verde
Portland, OR
$60,000
To establish an environmental landscaping enterprise and native plant nursery to provide training and employment to low-income residents of northeast Portland.
At the June program meeting, MMT's trustees made 53 grants for nearly $1.83 million. About $1.4 million was awarded in 13 Responsive Grants, while $437,680 went to 40 grantees in the Grassroots Grants program.
These grants bring the total the Trust has awarded since it began operating in 1982 to 5,414 grants for $420,823,716.
June Responsive Grant grants included:
Assistance League of Bend
Bend
$40,000
For building renovation to increase support for low-income families.
Friends of Buford Park and Mt. Pisgah
Eugene
$250,000
To increase the organization's capacity to raise funds and manage habitat restoration projects.
Friends of the Children of the Klamath Basin
Klamath Falls
$50,000
To support this mentorship program in Klamath Falls.
Grass Commons
Eugene
$40,000
To continue the development of Open Source knowledge management software.
Harney County Opportunity Team
Burns
$100,000
To renovate a building in downtown Burns to be used as a community center.
Klamath Outdoor Science School
Klamath Falls
$44,000
For campsite improvements for an outdoor science school serving middle school children in the Klamath area.
Lincoln Community Health Center
Newport
$100,000
To furnish and equip new primary care clinics serving the uninsured and underinsured in Newport and Lincoln City.
City of Mt. Angel
Mt. Angel
$120,000
To help build a new library and outdoor learning center downtown Mt. Angel.
Oregon Trout
Portland
$250,000
To accelerate restoration of privately owned freshwater ecosystems.
Portland Parks Foundation
Portland
$168,000
To hire development staff to increase fundraising to support Portland parks.
Sherman County Child Care Foundation
Wasco
$20,000
To renovate a child care facility.
Umpqua Community Action Network
Roseburg
$60,000
To increase fundrasing, volunteer recruitment, training and coordination.
YWCA of Greater Portland
Portland
$150,000
To provide integrated mental health and psychiatric treatment for uninsured individuals.
At the May 2007 program meeting, MMT's trustees made 82 awards for $2,683,630. Awards were made in the:
>> Support for Teacher Initiative program (69 grants for $314,073)
>> Responsive Grant program (12 grants for $1,369,557)
>> Program-Related Investment program (1 loan for $1 million)
This marks the end of the Support for Teacher Initiative program at MMT. The STI program began in 1994 to recognize and support the initiative and imagination teachers employ to engage students in learning. Over the past 13 years, MMT received 2,400 proposals in this program and awarded more than 900 grants totaling more than $3.6 million, affecting nearly 125,000 students and more than 3,000 teachers. MMT will focus its resources more strategically to support Quality K-12 Education through its recently announced Strategic Action Initiative. More information about this initiative will be forthcoming within the next few months.
Responsive Grant grants and Program-Related Investments made in May include:
African American Health Coalition
Portland
$100,000
For a development director to increase fundraising for this community health organization.
Baker County Commission on Children and Families
Baker City
$15,500
For a school-based program providing integrated social services to children and families.
Boys and Girls Club of Albany
Albany
$175,000
To help construct a community outdoor facility.
Columbia County Child Abuse Assessment Center
St. Helens
$67,491
To increase the organization's capacity to deliver services.
DePaul Industries
Portland
$300,000
To expand the food and consumer goods packaging division to increase employment of people with disabilities.
Girls Inc. of Northwest Oregon
Portland
$125,000
To increase fee for service programs, marketing, and individual and corporate support.
Hough Foundation
Vancouver
$19,066
To support students and families at Hough Elementary School who are affected by homelessness, substance abuse, domestic violence and/or poverty.
Metropolitan Affordable Housing Corporation
Eugene
$100,000
To help build affordable housing in downtown Eugene.
Pacific Northwest College of Art
Portland
$200,000
To develop an integrated information technology system using Open Source Software.
REACH Community Development
Portland
$1,000,000
For a program-related investment loan to help finance a condominium project that includes permanent affordable community land trust units.
Society of the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary
Marylhurst
$10,000
For a program that provides companions to patients who are dying in nursing homes.
Washington County Bicycle Transportation Coalition
Beaverton
$7,500
For strategic planning and board development.
Western Rivers Conservancy
Portland
$250,000
For capacity building to expand river conservation projects
At the April 2007 program meeting, our trustees made 15 grants for $2,551,325. Our fiscal year ended March 31, with MMT paying out a record amount (approximately $32 million) while our corpus reached its highest point ever (about $641 million).
April's grants bring the total since MMT began operating in 1982 to 5,278 grants for $416,305,406.
April grants included:
Catholic Charities
Portland
$180,000
For a collaborative housing project to sucessfully move homeless women into permanent housing.
Deschutes River Conservancy
Bend
$200,000
To increase the organization's capacity as it moves to a new financial model.
Hacienda Community Development Corporation
Portland
$100,000
To continue support for a capacity building project.
JOIN
Portland
$129,125
For a collaborative project to sucessfully move homeless individuals into permanent housing.
MountainStar Family Relief Nursery
Bend
$100,000
To increase the organization's fundraising capacity to serve more children and families in Central Oregon.
Oregon Business Council
Portland
$100,000
To support sustainable economic development in Oregon.
Oregon Korea Foundation
Portland
$56,000
For an outreach and service program that benefits isolated seniors.
Oregon Rangeland Trust
Pendleton
$70,000
To provide information to landowners about conservation easements and to help ensure the continued productivity of the land while protecting habitats throughout the state.
p:ear
Portland
$180,000
For a collaborative project to successfully move homeless young adults into permanent housing and to support hiring of a development staff person.
Portland Community College Foundation
Portland
$200,000
To develop Life by Design, a program to engage older adults as volunteers in the nonprofit sector.
Portland Institute for Contemporary Art
Portland
$75,000
To help support the Time Based Art Festival and stimulate new and increased contributions to broaden the organization's base of support.
Project Quest
Portland
$95,200
To provide integrated and holistic services to individuals with multiple chronic illnesses.
Rockwest Training Company
Salem
$48,000
For building renovation and expansion for this organization that provides vocational activities for individuals with disabilities.
Ron Wilson Center for Effective Living
Monmouth
$18,000
To renovate and make improvements to a group home for individuals with disabilities.
Salvation Army, Cascade Division
Portland
$1,000,000
To help construct the Salem Kroc Center.
At our program meeting this week, MMT made 17 grants and 1 program related investment (PRI) totaling $4,753,948. These awards complete the grantmaking in our current fiscal year that ends March 31. During FY 2006-07, we made 311 awards for $27,126,656.
For those who like to keep an eye on the BIG picture, since MMT began operating in 1982 we have made 5,263 awards for $413,754,081.
March grants and PRIs included:
Community Transitional School
Portland, OR
$250,000
To help build a permanent facility for this school that serves homeless students in grades K-8.
Community Transitional School
Portland, OR
$400,000
For a program related loan to help build a permanent facility for this school that serves homeless students in grades K-8.
Fort Vancouver Regional Library Foundation
Vancouver, WA
$250,000
To help construct a new community library in Battle Ground.
Foundation Center
New York, NY
$17,500
For general support for the collection and dissemination of information about private philanthropy.
Girl Scouts of America, Columbia River Council
Lake Oswego, OR
$500,000
To help renovate the council's new headquarters and camp facilities.
Grantmakers of Oregon and Southwest Washington
Portland, OR
$6,750
Lane Community College, KLCC Radio
Eugene, OR
$250,000
To purchase, renovate and equip a new home for this public radio station.
Linn-Benton Community College Foundation
Albany, OR
$500,000
To construct a new science building and renovate existing science laboratories.
Neighborhood Funders Group
Washington, DC
$15,000
Neighborhood Learning Center
Clackamas, OR
$13,200
For tutoring to helpfor children of immigrant parents to help them succeed academically.
Options for Southern Oregon
Grants Pass, OR
$250,000
To purchase a new mental health facility to expand services in Josephine County.
Oregon College of Art and Craft
Portland, OR
$500,000
To support renovation and expansion of college facilities.
Oregon Health Sciences University Foundation
Portland, OR
$609,498
To support the Oregon Consortium of Nursing Education's reform initiative.
Partnership for the Umpqua Rivers
Roseburg, OR
$52,000
To develop and implement a long term funding plan and strategic stream restoration plan.
Self Enhancement
Portland, OR
$500,000
To expand this organization’s youth development programs to serve more students in inner north/northeast Portland.
Tillamook County Community Action Resource Enterprises, dba CARE
Tillamook, OR
$150,000
To build a new facility for Cedar Creek Child Care Center in south Tillamook County.
YMCA of Tillamook County
Tillamook, OR
$250,000
For renovation and expansion to meet increased demand for services.
YWCA of Salem
Salem, OR
$240,000
To help build a new center to provide new and expanded services to girls, women and their families.
We're proud to announce that a video featuring the work of the Tribal Leadership Forum has been added to the film festival section of our website.
You can also check out all MMT's videos on YouTube.
We will continue to add videos featuring the work of our grantees in the weeks, months, and years to come...
We're excited to announce two developments in our ongoing efforts to show you more of the work that is being done by those we assist with grants. In other words, the real work of philanthropy.
We are uploading additional short videos featuring our grantees to the film festival section of our website. The newest one depicts the work of City Repair Project's Village Building Convergence and can be viewed directly with Quicktime or Windows Media Player.
In addition, all our videos are now available on YouTube, if that is your preferred video-watching format (uses Flash). You can even subscribe to our current and future videos on YouTube.
At February's program meeting, MMT made 43 grants and program-related investment (PRI) loans for more than $4 million. The awards included
– 28 Grassroots Grants for $324,803
– 13 Responsive Grants for $2,292,096
– 2 PRIs for $1,400,000
These awards bring the total awarded during MMT's current fiscal year to more than $20 million. Since it began operating in 1982, MMT has made 5,244 grants/PRIs for $407,500,133.
Responsive Grants and PRIs this month include:
Assistance League of Portland
Beaverton, OR
$350,000
To renovate a new facility to increase income to serve more children.
Benton Habitat for Humanity
Corvallis, OR
$250,000
To buy the property currently leased for the resale store.
CASA of Oregon
Newberg, OR
$750,000
For a loan to support development of a 24 unit apartment complex to serve farmworkers in Molalla.
Florence Habitat for Humanity
Florence, OR
$287,500
To develop land for 11 affordable homes.
Foundations for a Better Oregon
Portland, OR
$250,000
For continued support of the Chalkboard Project.
Habitat for Humanity of the Mid-Willamette Valley
Salem, OR
$125,000
To purchase five lots for the 2008 Builder's Blitz of affordable housing.
Jackson Street Youth Shelter
Corvallis, OR
$150,000
To help purchase and renovate this youth shelter.
Junior Achievement, Columbia Empire
Portland, OR
$650,000
For a loan to support development of Biz Town, an experiential learning project.
Lebanon Area Habitat for Humanity
Lebanon, OR
$35,000
To build the last home in an affordable housing development.
North Willamette Valley Habitat for Humanity
Mt. Angel, OR
$60,000
To develop a parcel of land for affordable homes.
Oregon Commission on Children and Families
Salem, OR
$343,470
For a coordinated effort to strengthen the capacity of Oregon's 30 CASA (Court-Appointed Special Advocates) chapters and to increase the number of children served.
Rogue Gallery & Art Center
Medford, OR
$45,000
To increase the organization’s fundraising capacity.
Sisters Habitat for Humanity
Sisters, OR
$125,000
To reduce costs of land purchase for affordable housing.
St. Andrew Legal Clinic
Portland, OR
$100,000
To serve more clients by increasing the clinic's fundraising capacity.
Young Audiences of Oregon
Portland, OR
$171,126
To hire staff to build the organization's development capacity.
Grassroots Grants this month include:
Arc of Washington County
Aloha, OR
$11,224
To improve sanitary conditions at this facility that serves children and adults with developmental disabilities.
Assistance League of Eugene
Eugene, OR
$10,000
To provide clothing to students from low income families in rural Lane County schools.
Bend Science Station
Bend, OR
$6,950
To equip additional science laboratory space to increase the number of students served.
Children’s Museum of Eastern Oregon
Pendleton, OR
$14,640
For a coordinator to recruit and train volunteers at this rural Oregon children's museum.
Coalition for a Livable Future
Portland, OR
$14,600
For office equipment and consultation to increase the organization's efficiency.
Columbia County Women's Resource Center
St. Helens, OR
$10,700
For board development and strategic planning for this organization that serves women and children who have been battered and/or sexually assaulted.
Home Ownership Center
Vancouver, WA
$15,000
For a financial education program for individuals and families with low to moderate incomes.
Hood River County Museum
Hood River, OR
$14,000
For a Hood River County centennial exhibit.
MacRenewal Computer Reuse and Recycling Center
Eugene, OR
$15,000
To purchase a truck that runs on biofuel to increase collections for this organization that recycles and refurbishes electronic equipment.
Mediation Works, Community Dispute Resolution Center
Medford, OR
$10,370
To redesign the juvenile victim/offender program, and for a feasibility study for an adult restorative justice program.
Mid-Columbia Senior Center
The Dalles, OR
$5,366
For office equipment to increase organizational efficiency for this senior center serving rural Wasco County.
New Directions Northwest
Baker City, OR
$15,000
To furnish new office space for this organization that provides drug and alcohol treatment services to eastern Oregon residents.
New Song School of Music
Portland, OR
$14,995
To establish an additional Vancouver location for this organization that provides at-risk children with classical music training.
North County Recreation District
Nehalem, OR
$15,000
For renovations at a community center serving rural Tillamook County.
Nuestro Futuro
Portland, OR
$9,010
To expand a training program for Spanish-speaking in-home child care providers.
Oregon Nikkei Endowment
Portland, OR
$5,500
To develop a strategic plan for this organization that celebrates the history and contribution of Japanese Americans.
Oregon State Grange Foundation
Salem, OR
$15,000
To renovate the Terrebonne Grange, which serves as a community center in rural central Oregon.
Oregon Water Trust
Portland, OR
$14,101
To develop a strategic plan for this organization that works to restore healthier streams and fish runs.
Protestant Episcopal Church
Cathlamet, WA
$8,317
For the St. James Family Center's hearing and vision testing program for preschool-age
children.
reSource
Bend, OR
$15,000
To develop a strategic and fundraising plan for this community recycling organization.
Salem Concert Band
Salem, OR
$13,730
For acoustical shells to improve the sound quality of performances by this community band.
Salem’s Riverfront Carousel
Salem, OR
$15,000
To replace incandescent lighting on the carousel with energy efficient LED bulbs.
Southwestern Oregon Community Action Committee
Coos Bay, OR
$4,480
For an organizational development program for food relief agencies in Curry and Coos counties.
Sparkplug Dance Educational Resources
Eugene, OR
$5,000
For an inclusive dance program serving children of all abilities.
St. Mary Star of the Sea School
Astoria, OR
$15,000
For a school bus for this rural coastal school.
TLC-TnT
Portland, OR
$10,000
For a school-based peer mentoring and outreach program for students in north and northeast Portland.
Tillicum Foundation/KMUN
Astoria, OR
$7,050
For a marketing program for this community-based public radio station serving Clatsop and Tillamook counties.
Women's Civic Improvement League
Bend, OR
$14,770
For equipment to enable streaming online programming for KPOV, a community radio station.
MMT is excited to announce the next wave in our communication and outreach efforts. Below we describe the first events we're calling gatherings, the newest phase in our efforts to be a national model for regional foundations. Our blog includes much more information about what we are planning and why we are doing this.
Communicating in the Age of New Media
Friday, March 9th
Noon to 5 p.m.
Hollywood Theatre (home of Film Action Oregon)
4122 NE Sandy Blvd.
Portland OR 97212
Price: No charge, but please bring a nonperishable food item for Oregon Food Bank.
Hosted by Meyer Memorial Trust
Bring your own brown bag lunch, the popcorn and drinks are on us!
This event will include a Media That Matters film festival on food and sustainability...
Please register for the March 9th event by emailing Marie, with the subject line Gathering, and in the body of your message indicating the name of your organization and the number of people you would like to attend this gathering. If you also want to attend the March 10th event, please see instructions below*
Unmasking New Orleans: The Frontline of Sustainability
part of a multimedia convergance to foster sustainable building
Saturday, March 10th
8 p.m. to midnight
Audio Cinema
226 SE Madison St.
Portland OR 97214
Price: $20 adults, $10 students, but free to first 100 nonprofits, see *below
Hosted by From the Bottoms Up
More information here.
MMT has purchased 100 tickets to this event, which we see as complementing our March 9th gathering by serving as an example of communicating the work of an organization and cause in unexpected and imaginative ways. These tickets will be provided at no charge to nonprofits that attend the March 9th gathering.
*MMT has 100 tickets to offer to 501(c)(3) organizations, one per organization. Since our supply is limited, nonprofits who wish to send a representative to the March 10th event should request a ticket as soon as possible. First come, first served. To request a ticket, email Marie, MMT's Director of Communication & Learning with the Subject Line Tickets, and in the body of the message include the name of your 501(c)(3) organization and the name of the person who will be attending the March 10th event Please note that others will be able to attend by purchasing tickets, you don't have to fly solo... Purchase tickets here.
At the January 16th program meeting, MMT awarded 13 grants and program-related investments for nearly $2.2 million. Since the Trust began operating in 1982, it has made 5,201 awards for close to $403.5 million.
Awards made at the January meeting included:
Adapt
Roseburg
$113,000
To help purchase this addiction treatment provider's main office and outpatient building.
Boys and Girls Club of Lebanon
Lebanon
$85,500
To hire a resource development director to increase program services for Lebanon youth.
Christian Help of Gold Beach
Gold Beach
$15,000
To upgrade the thrift store's electrical service to bring it up to code.
E3 Employers for Education Excellence
Portland
$366,531
To hire additional staff to provide administration and leadership, coaching support and oversight, and data collection and management to the Oregon Small Schools Initiative.
FSG - Social Impact Advisors
Boston
$48,000
For additional statewide foundation social impact analysis and evaluation.
KBPS Public Radio Foundation
Portland
$500,000
To help purchase the station's broadcast license.
Lincoln County Children's Advocacy Center
Newport
$140,000
For development staff to increase the organization's capacity to provide advocacy to children traumatized by abuse.
Portland Housing Center
Portland
$125,000
To support administration and oversight of a down payment assistance program to help low-income households buy homes.
Portland Housing Center
Portland
$375,000
For a program related investement loan to capitalize expansion of a down payment assistance loan program to help low-income households buy homes.
Sacred Heart Medical Center Foundation
Eugene
$136,065
To coordinate a public health advocacy coalition to help prevent childhood obesity.
Salem Multicultural Institute
Salem
$48,400
To hire an executive director to increase the capacity of the organization to provide year-round cultural programming.
St. Joseph Shelter
Mt. Angel
$37,500
To conduct a feasibility study of housing needs and existing services in the shelter's service area, and to increase the organization's capacity.
Umpqua Homes for the Handicapped
Roseburg
$161,900
To build a residential treatment facility for people recovering from traumatic brain injuries.
