185 grants & PRIs for more than $13.4 million
Since inception in 1982:6,023 grants & PRIs for $493 million
Meyer Memorial Trust announced today that it has awarded nearly $1.35 million to nonprofit organizations in Oregon to help provide direct assistance to Oregonians and those in Clark County, Washington, whose lives have been made more vulnerable by the economic recession.
“These awards signal that Meyer Memorial Trust recognizes the ongoing importance of helping families meet their basic needs in this economy,” said Doug Stamm, CEO of MMT. “We want to help alleviate suffering in our communities, and encourage others to contribute what they can. These needs are not going away anytime soon.”
In addition to supporting food and shelter needs, MMT is providing help with utilities costs and access to other federal and state anti-poverty programs.
Grants included:
Meyer Memorial Trust will be closed on Monday, January 18, to honor the birthday for the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The office will reopen at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 19.
At the December program meeting, MMT's trustees made 28 awards for $2.25 million. The awards included 12 in the second round of the 2009 Operating Fund.
These awards bring the totals since MMT began operating in 1982 to 6,017 grants for more than $492 million.
The December awards were:
Albany Community After School Program, Albany
Awarded: $50,000
To support core operations that are threatened by the economic recession for this organization that provides quality, affordable child care for school-age children
Birth to Three, Eugene
Awarded: $50,000
To support core operations that are threatened by the economic recession for this organization that provides education and support that helps parents of young children to nurture healthy development
Building Healthy Families, Enterprise
Awarded: $115,837
For general operating support for this family support organization
Children First for Oregon, Portland
Awarded: $50,000
To support core operations that are threatened by the economic recession for this advocacy organization that promotes programs and policies that help Oregon's vulnerable children thrive
Children’s Justice Alliance, Portland
Awarded: $50,000
To support core operations that are threatened by the economic recession for this organization that works to improve outcomes for children whose parents are involved in the criminal justice system
Community Partners for Affordable Housing, Tigard
Awarded: $50,000
For general operating support to help maintain strong resident services programs
Essential Health Clinic, Hillsboro
Awarded: $50,000
To support core operations that are threatened by the economic recession for this organization that provides health care for lowincome and uninsured Oregonians
Family Development Center, Roseburg
Awarded: $47,656
To support a family support worker for the organization's Healthy Start program to reduce child abuse
Friends of the Children of the Klamath Basin, Klamath Falls
Awarded: $50,000
To support this organization that provides seriously at-risk children with a nurturing, sustained relationship with an adult role model
Friends of Zenger Farm, Portland
Awarded: $63,800
To offer "Healthy Eating on a Budget" classes for parents in the Lents and Powellhurst-Gilbert neighborhoods of outer southeast Portland
KIDS Intervention and Diagnostic Service Center, Bend
Awarded: $50,000
To support core operations that are threatened by the economic recession for this organization that provides assessment and intervention services for children for whom there are concerns of abuse
Miracle Theatre Group, Portland
Awarded: $75,000
For operating support for this theater group's 2009-2010 season
Northwest Human Services, Salem
Awarded: $200,000
To complete the remodeling of the West Salem Clinic that provides basic health care to uninsured residents of Marion and Polk counties.
Oceana, Portland
Awarded: $185,000
For general support of ocean conservation work in Oregon
Oregon Community Foundation, Portland
Awarded: $15,000
To help establish the Early Childhood Advisory Council for Oregon
Oregon Community Foundation, Portland
Awarded: $10,000
For base funding for the Early Childhood Funders Learning Circle
Oregon Environmental Council, Portland
Awarded: $50,000
To support the organization's efforts to improve Oregon's environment
Oregon Foundation for Reproductive Health, Portland
Awarded: $50,000
To support core operations that are threatened by the economic recession for this organization that works to promote reproductive health and prevent unintended pregnancies
Oregon State University Foundation, Corvallis
Awarded: $150,000
For general support of COMPASS's ocean scientific research in Oregon
Pew Charitable Trusts, Washington
Awarded: $300,000
For general support of ocean conservation work in Oregon
Project Access NOW, Portland
Awarded: $115,000
To expand care coordination services through the development and installation of case management software and support for an IT specialist
Raphael House of Portland, Portland
Awarded: $50,000
To support core operations that are threatened by the economic recession for this organization that provides shelter and support to survivors of domestic violence
Resolutions Northwest, Portland
Awarded: $95,000
To institute a resource development program for this organization that provides mediation services to juvenile offenders and their victims
Southwest Community Health Center, Portland
Awarded: $50,000
To support core operations that are threatened by the economic recession for this organization that provides health care for lowincome and uninsured Oregonians
Surfrider Foundation, San Clemente CA
Awarded: $125,000
For general support of ocean conservation work in Oregon
Technical Assistance for Community Services, Portland
Awarded: $50,000
To support core operations that are threatened by the economic recession for this organization that helps strengthen nonprofit organizations
Tillamook County Women’s Resource Center, Tillamook
Awarded: $50,000
To support core operations that are threatened by the economic recession for this organization that provides shelter and support to survivors of domestic violence
Womenspace, Eugene
Awarded: $50,000
To support core operations that are threatened by the economic recession for this organization that provides shelter and support to survivors of domestic violence
Meyer Memorial Trust will be closed Thursday and Friday, November 26-27, for the Thanksgiving holiday. Our office reopens Monday, November 30th, at 8:30 a.m. Our best to one and all.
At the November meeting, MMT trustees awarded 10 grants for more than $1.1 million. These grants bring the total amount awarded since MMT began operating in 1982 to nearly $489.4 milion.
November awards include:
Children's Center of Clackamas County, Oregon City, OR
Awarded: $250,000
For a child abuse medical assessment facility serving Clackamas County
The Family Nurturing Center, Jackson County Children’s Relief Nursery, Medford, OR
Awarded: $60,000
For respite child care services and to strengthen the organization's effectiveness and capacity
Martha and Mary Ministries, Portland, OR
Awarded: $80,000
To establish a home for end of life care
New Avenues for Youth, Portland, OR
Awarded: $200,000
To purchase and renovate the building that houses this organization that serves homeless youth
Oregon Health Action Campaign, Salem, OR
Awarded: $25,000
For a program that helps low income residents enroll in health care and insurance programs
Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center, Portland, OR
Awarded: $100,000
To create and maintain a website to increase community support and partnerships
Sequoia Mental Health Services, Beaverton, OR
Awarded: $225,000
To rebuild and expand a clinic office destroyed by fire and to add 12 affordable housing units
Social Venture Partners Portland, Portland, OR
Awarded: $90,000
For a collaboration to help nonprofits strengthen organizational capacity
Star of Hope Activity Center, Coos Bay, OR
Awarded: $85,000
To develop a broader base of support for this organization that serves people with developmental disabilities
United Way of Jackson County, Medford, OR
Awarded: $3,000
For the 2010 Oregon Nonprofit Leaders Conference
This month MMT made 46 awards for more than $2.3 million, bringing the total awarded since MMT began operating in 1982 to more than $489 million.
October's awards included:
Comprehensive Options for Drug Abusers, Portland, OR
Awarded: $50,845
To provide supportive housing services for mothers with alcohol and drug problems.
Dental Foundation of Oregon, Wilsonville, OR
Awarded: $150,000
To support the mobile dental clinic providing free care and education to children without dental care throughout the state.
Foundation Center, New York, NY
Awarded: $10,000
For general support for the collection and dissemination of information about private philanthropy.
Hands On Portland, Portland, OR
Awarded: $50,000
To help this organization connect volunteers with nonprofit partnering agencies.
Housing Development Corporation of Northwest Oregon, Hillsboro, OR
Awarded: $100,000
To support services for low-income working residents in Bienestar's housing developments.
Lovejoy Hospice, Grants Pass, OR
Awarded: $50,000
To start a Transitions program that creates a bridge of services for patients with terminal illness.
Oregon Symphony Association, Portland, OR
Awarded: $300,000
To help present two seasons of symphonic music concerts to Oregon audiences.
Pacific Forest Trust, San Francisco, CA
Awarded: $500,000
For a program related investment loan ($450,000) and grant ($50,000) for land acquisitions in the Cascade- Siskiyou National Monument in southern Oregon.
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Awarded: $260,000
To help collect, preserve, exhibit, and educate audiences about the visual arts.
Portland Center Stage, Portland, OR
Awarded: $200,000
To help present two seasons of theater productions to Oregon audiences.
Portland YouthBuilders, Portland, OR
Awarded: $100,000
To support this agency's computer technology program as it responds to increased demand for services.
South Lane Family Nursery, Cottage Grove, OR
Awarded: $50,000
For general operating support to maintain relief nursery programs and services.
It's unusual for MMT to consider requests from three large arts organization in a single meeting, so we thought it might be useful to provide some background and context for these grants.
While 60% of MMT's funding has gone to organizations addressing rising demand for health and human services during this economically challenging time, we recognize the importance of supporting arts and culture groups, which contribute to the quality of life of our communities and region with both cultural and economic contributions.
Historically, MMT has been a relatively strong funder of Portland's five largest arts organizations, with a total of nearly $21 million collectively awarded to Portland Art Museum, Oregon Symphony, Portland Center Stage, Portland Opera, and Oregon Ballet Theatre since 1982. Foundation support has represented a larger portion of these arts organization's budgets because until recently, Oregon was ranked 53rd among states and territories (behind Guam and American Samoa) in government support of the arts per capita. (Oregon now ranks 40th.)
Two years ago, MMT and other area arts funders began to converse with Portland's five largest arts organizations to better understand their business models and what they need to achieve financial stability, in addition to artistic excellence. As a result of these discussions and a study by a nationally recognized arts consultant, MMT has determined it can most appropriately assist the groups with two years of operating support limited to approximately 1% of the organizations' operating budgets, with the possibility of an additional two years. During this period, MMT will not entertain additional proposals for operating and project support from these five groups.
MMT will, however, continue to invite proposals in both Responsive and Grassroots Grants programs from other arts and culture organizations across Oregon and Clark County, Washington.
Cascade Pacific Resource Conservation and Development, Tangent, OR
Awarded: $6,000
To develop a comprehensive watershed restoration plan for the Luckiamute River watershed.
Marys River Watershed Council, Corvallis, OR
Awarded: $6,000
To develop a comprehensive watershed restoration plan for the Marys River watershed.
Cascadia Wildlands Project, Eugene, OR
Awarded: $19,500
To increase this organization's development capacity.
Children’s Book Bank, Portland, OR
Awarded: $22,935
To support this agency's Books at Home program for children in Head Start.
Cinema Project, Portland, OR
Awarded: $8,424
For equipment and technical systems upgrades to help this organization present film and video screenings.
Community Alliance of Lane County, Eugene, OR
Awarded: $10,000
To support this organization serving homeless lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth, and other homeless individuals in Lane County.
Community Cycling Center, Portland, OR
Awarded: $24,060
To support technical enhancements and training for this agency that promotes affordable transportation.
Deschutes County Coalition for Human Dignity, Bend, OR
Awarded: $3,800
For technical assistance to support strategic planning for this agency that works to support gay rights.
Eugene Concert Choir, Eugene, OR
Awarded: $4,000
For technical support to redesign this musical performance organization's website.
Family YMCA of Baker County, Baker City, OR
Awarded: $10,294
To purchase aquatic safety and training equipment.
Financial Beginnings, Portland, OR
Awarded: $9,000
To develop and enhance educational materials for this agency that teaches financial literacy to Oregon students.
First Immanuel Lutheran Church, Portland, OR
Awarded: $24,000
For improvements to the church's emergency food program.
Give Them Wings, Hood River, OR
Awarded: $8,000
To help this organization transition former foster children towards independence.
Gorge Grown Food Network, Hood River, OR
Awarded: $15,037
To help local residents develop more self-reliant and food secure communities in the Columbia River Gorge.
Hermiston Public Library, Hermiston, OR
Awarded: $13,880
To support capital improvements for this library in eastern Oregon.
HomePlate Youth Services, Hillsboro, OR
Awarded: $25,000
To help this program serve homeless youth in the Hillsboro community.
Interact Inc., Bend, OR
Awarded: $20,000
To conduct home safety assessments for elderly and disabled individuals and install accessibility retrofits.
NAMI Clark County, Vancouver, WA
Awarded: $19,845
To provide support and conduct advocacy for individuals with mental illness.
Oasis Shelter Home, Gold Beach, OR
Awarded: $2,034
To provide a playground at a facility in southern Oregon that serves young children escaping abuse.
Open Meadow Alternative Schools, Portland, OR
Awarded: $21,000
To support strategic planning at this alternative education program that serves at risk youth.
Oregon Rural Action, La Grande, OR
Awarded: $24,147
To help develop local food systems to provide healthy foods for schools and homes.
The Portland Ballet, Portland, OR
Awarded: $4,500
To support the production of La Boutique Fantasque in partnership with Portland State University's Symphony Orchestra.
Portland Schools Foundation, Portland, OR
Awarded: $20,000
To support the evaluation of support programs serving middle and high school students.
Returning Veterans Project NW, Portland, OR
Awarded: $15,000
To help this agency provide medical and mental health services for veterans.
Sisters Park and Recreation District, Sisters, OR
Awarded: $10,000
To support a transportation program to serve children in this central Oregon community.
Southern Oregon Film Society, Ashland, OR
Awarded: $25,000
To support this agency that presents the Ashland Independent Film Festival.
St. Matthew Lutheran Church, Beaverton, OR
Awarded: $24,904
For improvements to the facility that houses the emergency food program.
Store to Door, Portland, OR
Awarded: $18,000
To help this organization provide a grocery shopping services for isolated seniors and individuals with disabilities.
Strengthening Rural Families, Philomath, OR
Awarded: $23,328
To support this organization's Rural Parenting Initiative.
Willamette Farm and Food Coalition, Eugene, OR
Awarded: $19,700
To support food self-sufficiency system organizations and farms in Lane County.
Within Earthly Bounds, Ashland, OR
Awarded: $8,156
To support a training program at small farms in southern Oregon.
Woodburn Art Center, Woodburn, OR
Awarded: $25,000
To support an art program serving children and residents in the Woodburn community.
Yachats Youth and Family Activities Program, Yachats, OR
Awarded: $20,000
To help this organization provide children and family programming in this small coastal community.
Meyer Memorial Trust awarded 10 grants for nearly $1.3 million at its September meeting, bringing the total amount awarded since MMT began operating in 1982 to $485,838,377 (in 5,930 grants and program-related investments).
September grants included:
Deschutes County Healthy Beginnings, Bend
Awarded: $73,045
To help expand board and staff fundraising capacity.
Dougy Center, Portland
Awarded: $50,000
To support relocation of staff and program services following a devastating fire.
Foundations for a Better Oregon, Portland
Awarded: $444,000
For operating support for the Chalkboard Project.
Linn County Child Victim Assessment Center, Albany
Awarded: $50,000
For a development director to increase capacity to expand services.
Opportunity Foundation of Central Oregon, Redmond
Awarded: $50,000
For a facility for a new woodbox manufacturing venture to provide additional work for workers with developmental disabilities.
Oregon Children’s Foundation, Portland
Awarded: $200,000
For general operating support for the SMART reading program.
Outside In, Portland
Awarded: $96,000
To strengthen communications and board-led fundraising.
Peninsula Children’s Center, Portland
Awarded: $75,000
To support a program providing comprehensive early childhood education services for low-income families.
Potlatch Fund, Seattle
Awarded: $90,000
For Native American nonprofit leadership and nonprofit management training and technical assistance.
Tides, Inc., Portland
Awarded: $150,000
For the Willamette River Initiative.
Please note that the fall deadline for Grassroots Grants applications has changed from November 15th to October 15th. Decisions on applications for that round will still be made in February. The other two deadlines (March 15th and July 15th) remain the same. Application information here.
MMT is offering a second round of awards in its 2009 Operating Funds Program for small to mid-size organizations at risk because of the economic recession. The deadline for this round is Oct. 1, 2009. Please note that application guidelines have been updated and FAQs added.
Meyer Memorial Trust made 10 awards for more than $1 million in July, which brings the total awarded this fiscal year (which began April 1) to nearly $4.3 million.
Since MMT began operating in 1982, it has awarded 5,912 grants and program-related investments for nearly $481 million.
July awards included:
Artists Repertory Theatre, Portland
Awarded: $75,000
For a program related investment loan for Phase III of the facility capital campaign.
Children’s Relief Nursery, Portland
Awarded: $150,000
To support therapeutic services for vulnerable families with young children.
Columbia Health District Public Health Authority, St. Helens
Awarded: $80,000
To support a county-wide, coordinated process to establish school-based health centers in Rainier, St. Helens, and Vernonia.
Jasper Mountain, Jasper
Awarded: $65,000
To construct therapeutic recreational facilities at Jasper Mountain Center.
Oregon Shakespeare Festival Association, Ashland
Awarded: $150,000
To support education, outreach, and ticket discount programs to develop rural, low-income, and Latino youth and family audiences.
Oregon State University, Corvallis
Awarded: $56,555
For the development of a river restoration evaluation tool specific to the mainstem Willamette.
Portland Schools Foundation, Portland
Awarded: $50,000
To strengthen the foundation's capacity to support Portland's public schools.
Rogue Valley Council of Governments, Central Point
Awarded: $100,000
To expand the reach of a meals program serving homebound seniors.
Rogue Valley Opera Association, Medford
Awarded: $85,000
For board development and staffing to build this organization's fundraising capacity.
Umpqua Community Development Corporation, Roseburg
Awarded: $310,000
To increase the capacity of 10 nonprofits across the state providing foreclosure prevention and assistance.
At the June program meeting, MMT trustees made 40 awards for nearly $2 million. Nine of the grants totaling $407,000 were made through MMT's new Operating Fund program, designed to help small to mid-size nonprofit organizations survive the economic recession. This program was fully described on our blog.
Twenty-two grants totaling $363,095 were made under MMT's Grassroots Grants program, which helps organizations with annual operating budgets under $2 million with small but significant projects.
The majority of funds (more than $1 million) were distributed under MMT's Responsive Grants program.
These awards brought the total awarded since MMT began operating in 1982 to 5,904 for nearly $483 million.
Awards included:
CASA of Oregon, Newberg
$170,000
To support resident ownership of manufactured housing communities.
Clackamas Women's Services, Clackamas
$75,000
To implement a research-based model of providing housing and services as a domestic violence shelter
Community Action Team, St. Helens
$400,000
For a loan guarantee to support flood recovery efforts in Vernonia and Columbia County.
Community Outreach, Corvallis
$46,000
To expand outpatient treatment and case management.
Family Access Network Foundation, Bend
$60,300
To support an early childhood advocate position.
Friendly House, Portland
$50,000
To help low-income elders in northwest Portland live independently.
Gordon House Conservancy Inc., Silverton
$10,000
To prevent water damage to the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Gordon House at the Oregon Garden.
Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon, Portland
$8,400
To help prevent summer meal site closures statewide and increase participation in the summer food program for low-income children.
Salem/Keizer Coalition for Equality, Salem
$120,000
To support this organization as it expands its work to close the achievement gap involving low-income and/or non-English speaking parents in the educational system.
Upper Rogue Community Center, Shady Cove
$150,000
To upgrade and expand the community center in this rural part of Jackson County.
Arts Central, Bend
$50,000
To support core operations that are threatened by the economic recession for this central Oregon arts organization.
CASA of Lane County, Springfield
$50,000
To support core operations that are threatened by the economic recession for this organization that advocates for abused and neglected children.
Clackamas Community Land Trust, Milwaukie
$40,000
To support affordable housing development in Clackamas County.
Columbia Arts, Hood River
$18,000
To support core operations that are threatened by the economic recession for this Columbia Gorge arts organization.
Deschutes County Children’s Foundation, Bend
$49,000
To support core operations that are threatened by the economic recession for this organization that provides free space in collaborative campuses to nonprofits that serve children and families.
Hacienda Community Development Corporation, Portland
$50,000
To support core operations that are threatened by the economic recession for this organization that develops affordable housing and builds community in support of Latino and other Oregon families.
Housecall Providers, Portland
$50,000
To support core operations that are threatened by the economic recession for this organization that delivers quality medical care that homebound seniors and people with disabilities need to live healthful lives in their own homes.
MountainStar Family Relief Nursery, Bend
$50,000
To support core operations that are threatened by the economic recession for this organization that works to keep young children safe, parents successful and families intact.
Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Portland
$50,000
To support core operations that are threatened by the economic recession for this organization that advances new developments in contemporary art.
Alternative Youth Activities, Coos Bay
$15,006
For maintenance on the building heavily used for day and evening classroom instruction.
Alyce Hatch Center, Bend
$25,000
To purchase adaptive play structure equipment for children with disabilities.
Applegate House Heritage Arts and Education, Yoncalla
$1,600
To support this agency's cultural education program.
Cannon Beach Children’s Center, Cannon Beach
$12,510
To repair storm damage and complete safety repairs to the childcare facility.
Center for Community Counseling, Eugene
$20,322
For technical assistance to support staff restructuring.
Columbia Slough Watershed Council, Portland
$19,317
To help convert a former residence into an environmental education center.
Corvallis Environmental Center, Corvallis
$20,740
For a garden project that provides fresh produce for families in need.
Cottage Theatre, Cottage Grove
$6,000
To improve sound quality for patrons with hearing difficulties at this community theater.
Disjecta Interdisciplinary Arts Center, Portland
$14,150
For a biennial exhibition featuring the work of Oregon artists.
Fern Ridge Library Foundation, Veneta
$25,000
For facility renovations to expand usable space for library patrons.
Girls Inc. of Northwest Oregon, Portland
$8,438
To acquire a donor database system to manage the organization's fund development work.
Gold Beach Senior Center, Gold Beach
$21,000
To support this agency's congregate and home meal delivery programs.
Imago Theatre Mask Ensemble, Portland
$25,000
To support facility improvements at this community theater.
Lower Nehalem Community Trust, Nehalem
$21,240
To support a membership recruitment and education outreach program.
North County Recreation District, Nehalem
$21,767
For facility renovation to expand usable space for patrons.
Oregon 4-H Foundation, Corvallis
$24,005
To support summer programs that encourage post secondary education for Latino youth.
Oregon Native American Business and Entrepreneurial Network, Tigard
$25,000
To develop program services for emerging Tribal community development financial institutions.
Oregon State Grange Foundation, Salem
$19,000
To conduct weatherization and repair work on the Fort Rock facility which serves as the community's meeting space.
Parent Partnership Ltd., Cottage Grove
$25,000
To support staff and board training for this agency that serves at-risk families and students in this rural community.
SAFE, Inc., Springfield
$5,000
For conversion to an electronic medical records system that uses Open Source software.
SSJ, Inc, Sisters
$8,000
To develop a database to recruit, track and manage volunteers for the annual the Sisters Quilt Show.
Meyer Memorial Trust will host seven community meetings from Prineville to Baker City during the first week in June. The Two-Way Street Tour (TWST) meetings are designed to provide advice about seeking foundation grants and to collect information about the needs of nonprofits in central and eastern Oregon.
The John and Linda Shelk Foundation is partnering with Meyer Memorial Trust in the meetings. Program Officer Sally Yee will represent MMT, while Kristi Steber and Linda Shelk will attend on behalf of the Shelk Foundation.
The complete schedule:
Tuesday, June 2 -- Prineville
Crook County Library Broughton Room, 175 NW Meadow Lakes Drive
11:30am-1:30pm (bring own brown bag lunch)
For more information, contact: Margo Ashcraft, 541-447-7978, mashcraft@crooklib.org
Tuesday, June 2 -- Mitchell
Mitchell School Cafeteria, 340 High Street
4:00pm-6:00pm
For more information, contact: Susan Horton, 541-462-3311, shorton@mitchell.k12.or.us
Wednesday, June 3 -- Fossil
Wheeler County Family Services Building Conference Room, 401 Fourth Street
11:30am-1:30pm (bring own brown bag)
For more information, contact: Paula Fontenot, 541-763-2191, pfontenot@co.wheeler.or.us
Wednesday, June 3 -- Condon
North Central Education Service District 135 S Main Street
4:00pm-6:00pm
For more information, contact: Nichole Schott, 541-384-2276, nichole@condonchamber.org
Thursday, June 4 -- Spray
The Rock Building 601 Willow Street (Highway 19/207 through Spray)
11:30am-1:30pm (bring own brown bag)
For more information, contact: Candy Humphreys Mon-Thurs 541-468-2226, Eve 541-468-3391
Thursday, June 4 -- Canyon City
Canyon City Community Hall, 131 South Washington
4:00pm-6:00pm
For more information, contact: Teresa Aasness, 541-575-1006, familiesfirst02@centurytel.net
Friday, June 5 – Baker City
City Hall, City Council Chambers, 1655 First Street
Noon-2pm (bring own brown bag)
For more information, contact: Michele Woods, 541-523-9472, mwoods@maydayinc.org
Today MMT announced 23 grants for more than $1.35 million this month. These grants bring the total awarded since MMT began operating in 1982 to more than $481 million.
Eight of the most recent awards were made to organizations that applied to the RFP for Shared Service/Space designed to help nonprofit organizations operate more efficiently through sharing resources.
MMT's funding capacity limited the number of awards to eight, selected from 24 proposals.
According to Program Officer Paul Reich, who shepherded the RFP, "These projects most closely met our criteria for planning grants that held significant potential for achieving greater efficiency, accessing additional resources, and improved service coordination, and other outcomes. Strong proposals had committed key partners where the project represented the top priority for their respective organizations. Budgets were aligned with the narrative description of the project and, if consultants were included, the scope of work and vetting process was clearly defined."
The grants -- totaling $177,113 -- went to:
Columbia River Business Alliance, Astoria
Awarded: $25,000
To determine the feasibility of 22 nonprofit organizations collocating in long term affordable space.
Committed Partners for Youth, Eugene
Awarded: $20,000
To explore costs and benefits of collocating youth organizations, including shared services.
Community Action Team, St. Helens
Awarded: $25,000
To support collocation of a senior center, food bank, and health clinic as part of the flood recovery effort in Vernonia.
Coos Watershed Association, Charleston
Awarded: $24,988
To determine the feasibility of an environmental resource center to be shared with other local groups.
Jackson County, Medford
Awarded: $10,000
To develop a strategic plan for a shared services program to consolidate volunteer recruitment and placement among 57 agencies in Jackson County.
OnTrack, Medford
Awarded: $22,500
To determine the feasibility of collocating its services with the Illinois Valley Safe House Alliance.
Oregon Rehabilitation Association, Salem
Awarded: $25,000
To work with Oregon Technical Assistance Corporation and other Salem agencies to develop a multi-tenant facility that services individuals with disabilities.
Wallowa Valley Arts Council, Joseph
Awarded: $24,625
To study the feasibility of collocating arts organizations, individual artists, and Wallowa Land Trust in Joseph, Oregon
The May meeting also marked the annual consideration of proposals from Habitat for Humanity affiliates in Oregon and Clark County, Washington. Six awards for $410,000 were made to Habitat for Humanity projects, including:
Albany Area Habitat for Humanity, Albany
Awarded: $75,000
To help purchase a building to house a ReStore to sell recycled building materials.
Bend Area Habitat for Humanity, Bend
Awarded: $60,000
To help build 10 affordable homes in partnership with Housing Works.
Habitat for Humanity of Lincoln County, Newport
Awarded: $25,000
To help fund construction of an affordable home in Toledo.
Habitat for Humanity of Oregon, Portland
Awarded: $150,000
For a revolving loan fund to assist in the purchase of property for and pre-development costs of affordable homes.
Newberry Habitat for Humanity, Bend
Awarded: $50,000
To support infrastructure costs in an affordable housing development.
The Dalles Area Habitat for Humanity, The Dalles
Awarded: $50,000
To help support construction of three affordable homes.
Five awards totaling $524,577 were made in MMT’s Responsive Grants program:
Center for Human Development, La Grande
Awarded: $200,000
To purchase and remodel a facility for public and behavioral health services in Union County.
Grantmakers of Oregon and SW Washington, Portland
Awarded: $30,000
For in-kind support for this organization's efforts to promote effective philanthropy.
Oregon Child Care Resource and Referral Network, Salem
Awarded: $75,000
For a statewide effort to improve the quality of child care and child outcomes.
St. Andrew Catholic Church, Portland
Awarded: $175,000
For renovations and ADA accessible improvements to St. Andrew's emergency services and community centers.
Women’s Crisis Support Team of Grants Pass, Grants Pass
Awarded: $44,577
To establish a public presence and develop additional sources of contributed income to support women and children affected by domestic violence.
Four awards for $241,100 under the Willamette River Restoration Initiative:
McKenzie River Trust, Eugene
Awarded: $50,000
For land acquisition planning and outreach.
Nature Conservancy, Portland
Awarded: $86,100
For the Middle and Coast Fork Willamette Floodplain Restoration Project
Tides, Inc., San Francisco
Awarded: $75,000
For the Willamette River Initiative.
Tides, Inc., San Francisco
Awarded: $30,000
For in-kind support for the Willamette River Initiative.
This week MMT trustees awarded seven grants for $397,000.
This concludes MMT's grantmaking for its fiscal year that ends March 31, 2009, with a total 250 grants and program related investments for nearly $30 million.
Since MMT began operating in 1982, we have made 5,856 awards for more than $482 million. We've now given away more money than we have in remaining assets!
March 2009 awards included:
Artists Repertory Theatre, Portland
Awarded: $60,000
To hire a professional controller.
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Portland
Awarded: $100,000
To implement a plan to diversify and increase funding.
Umpqua Community Action Network, Roseburg
Awarded: $50,000
To construct an affordable housing complex for families affected by mental illness.
Daytime Enrichment Activities & Recreation, Beaverton
Awarded: $27,000
To increase capacity to serve more young adults with severe developmental disabilities.
Juniper Junction Community Council, Madras
Awarded: $40,000
To reduce child abuse in Jefferson County by establishing a relief nursery.
Mt. Hood Kiwanis Camp, Portland
Awarded: $20,000
For a bridge replacement to improve fish habitat and maintain camp access.
United Way of the Columbia-Willamette, Portland
Awarded: $100,000
To support the community relief fund.
As part of MMT’s response to very challenging economic conditions, MMT is launching an Operating Funds grant program to help small- and mid-sized organizations that have been hit particularly hard by the current economic crisis.
The first deadline for proposals is April 15, 2009.
The purpose of this initiative is to help sustain small- and mid-sized organizations that play a critical role in their communities, whose stability is seriously jeopardized due to current economic conditions and for which a modest cash infusion will be critical to weathering the economic storm. Organizations for which a cash infusion is not critical to stability, but wish to request funds to maintain or expand current programming, should continue to apply for support through MMT’s Responsive and Grassroots Grant programs, as usual.
Organizations in all fields/focus areas may apply; priority will be given to those providing critical human services and those who fill other key roles in their communities.
More information (including instructions for applying) is located here.
At the February 2009 program meeting, MMT's trustees made 40 awards for nearly $2 million. These awards bring the total since MMT began operating in 1982 to 5,829 grants and program related investments for more than $479 million.
Included in February's awards were 17 grants in the Responsive Grants program and one program-related investment (PRI) totaling nearly $2 million:
Boys and Girls Club of Corvallis, Corvallis, OR
Awarded: $50,000
To better serve children and teens with after-school programs.
Building Changes, Seattle, WA
Awarded: $100,000
For a supportive housing programs designed to stabilize homeless families in Clark County.
CASA of Oregon, Newberg, OR
Awarded: $25,000
To help providers of rural housing increase access to tenant services funding.
Classroom Law Project, Portland, OR
Awarded: $35,000
To expand civic education in Oregon.
Community Reinvestment Fund, USA, Minneapolis, MN
Awarded: $100,000
To support purchase and resale of local community development loans.
Family Building Blocks, Salem, OR
Awarded: $90,000
To increase the number of young adult donors and volunteers.
Housing Authority of Portland, Portland, OR
Awarded: $50,000
For a demonstration project that creates incentives for families to increase their income.
Innovative Housing, Portland, OR
Awarded: $125,000 grant and $75,000 program related investment loan
To support an emergency loan program that helps families meet emergency cash flow needs and tenant services programs.
Neighborhood Partnership Fund, Portland, OR
Awarded: $400,000
For a supportive housing program, Bridges to Housing, which stabilizes families in the four-county metropolitan area.
Old Library Studio, Portland, OR
Awarded: $25,000
To support the arts technology education programs for teens.
Oregon Opportunity Network, Portland, OR
Awarded: $50,000
For an effort to help affordable housing providers increase access to tenant services funding.
Pentacle Theatre, Salem, OR
Awarded: $40,000
To expand and renovate a scenery and set construction facility.
Philanthropy Northwest, Seattle, WA
Awarded: $15,000
For operating support for the PRI Makers Network.
Prevention and Recovery Northwest, Eugene, OR
Awarded: $70,000
To increase contributed income for substance abuse prevention and recovery services.
REACH Community Development, Portland, OR
Awarded: $150,000
To increase support for resident services.
Salem’s Riverfront Carousel, Salem, OR
Awarded: $10,000
To study the feasibility of expanding its facility to generate earned income.
Siuslaw Public Library District, Florence, OR
Awarded: $36,970
For equipment and furnishings to meet growing demand for services in this small town library.
Stepping Stone Foundation, La Grande, OR
Awarded: $97,500
To help renovate a shelter for homeless adults.
There were 22 Grassroots Grants awarded for a total of $379,636:
Assistance League of Salem, Salem, OR
Awarded: $25,000
For energy efficient upgrades and repairs to a historic building that houses the organization's administrative office and gift store.
CASA - Voices for Children, Corvallis, OR
Awarded: $21,650
For board development and strategic planning to increase the organization's stability.
Central Cascade Lines, La Pine, OR
Awarded: $10,000
To support this transportation program serving residents in rural central Oregon.
Chehalem Youth and Family Services, Newberg, OR
Awarded: $21,000
To support a community mental health outreach project.
Children’s Healing Art Project, Portland, OR
Awarded: $25,000
To support a year-round art services program in Portland's children's hospitals.
City of Harrisburg/HART Family Resource Center, Harrisburg, OR
Awarded: $22,850
To hire a community organizer/volunteer coordinator.
Climate Solutions, Portland, OR
Awarded: $25,000
To support an initiative to develop business partnerships engaged in implementing clean energy programs.
Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Portland, OR
Awarded: $14,270
To support an education and outreach program serving children and families.
Douglas County Children’s Center, Roseburg, OR
Awarded: $7,352
To support a family couseling program serving children who are victims of sexual and physical assault.
East Clark County Great Artists Series, Camas, WA
Awarded: $1,000
To support performances at Camas and Washougal, WA schools.
Greater Jefferson Community Center, Jefferson, OR
Awarded: $12,000
For facility improvements at this rural community's activity center.
Hope Street, Springfield, OR
Awarded: $22,550
To help support the women's shelter.
Illinois Valley Safe House Alliance, Cave Junction, OR
Awarded: $25,000
To support the development of an earned income stream for this organization that provides serivces for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assualt in southern Oregon.
Inner Court Family Center, Paisley, OR
Awarded: $15,399
For facility improvements to this center that operates as a service and information hub for the rural communities of Paisley and Summer Lake in south central Oregon.
Mt. Scott Park Center for Learning, Portland, OR
Awarded: $10,000
To support a literacy program at this alternative education school in southeast Portland.
Oregon Outreach, Portland, OR
Awarded: $24,500
For an at-risk youth employment mentoring program.
Oregon Social Learning Center Foundation, Eugene, OR
Awarded: $25,000
For technical support to create a fund development plan for this agency that develops intervention programs that serve at risk families, children, and young adults.
Paisley Parents Association, Paisley, OR
Awarded: $7,045
For facility improvements for a daycare center serving rural low-income families in southern Oregon.
Sustainable Urban Neighborhoods (Portland Fruit Tree Project), Portland, OR
Awarded: $22,620
To support the work of this agency that turns previously unused fruit and nut tree harvests into a city food source.
Rotary First Harvest of Oregon, Medford, OR
Awarded: $15,000
To provide program support to this agency that works to alleviate hunger across a large part of rural Oregon.
School Garden Project of Lane County, Eugene, OR
Awarded: $7,000
To support a hands-on learning program at 10 schools in Lane County.
The Giving Tree, Portland, OR
Awarded: $20,400
To support an adult life skills mentoring program for individuals and families living in affordable and transition housing.
MMT Program Officer Sally Yee and several other staff members are offering Two-Way Street Tour community meetings in Clatsop, Douglas and Columbia counties in coming weeks.
Here's how MMT CEO Doug Stamm describes these gatherings: "TWSTs are a way for foundations to build a direct and accessible two-way street with communities across Oregon. We are sending representatives to Clatsop County to talk about our grants programs and to gather information about the needs and issues of area nonprofit organizations and local communities."
MMT Program Officer Sally Yee and intern Steve van Eck are taking TWST to Clatsop County on Friday, February 20.
Friday, February 20th
Astoria
10 a.m. to noon
Guy Boyington Building, Conference Room
857 Commercial Street (corner of 9th & Commercial--parking in rear), Astoria
--Contact Joell Archibald at 503.325.8500 or jarchbald@co.clatsop.or.us for more information
Seaside
2-4 p.m.
Bob Chisolm Community and Senior Center
1225 Ave A (2 blocks east of Hwy 101), Seaside
--Contact Mary Blake at 503.738.33.11 x103 or maryblake@sunsetempire.com for more information
Program Officers Sally Yee and Paul Reich will take TWST to Douglas County on Feb. 26-27.
Thursday, February 26th
Roseburg
11:30 a.m.– 1:30 p.m. (brown bag lunch – refreshments served)
Greater Douglas United Way
702 S.E. Jackson
--contact: Tim Smith at 541-672-1734 or uway@dcwisp.net
Winston
4-6 p.m.
Winston Dillard Fire District
250 Main Street
-- contact Barbara Burks about the location at 541-679-8721 or Linda Cline about the meeting at 541-580-7336 or healthywinston@yahoo.com
Friday, February 27th
Glide
9-11 a.m.
Glide High School
18990 North Umpqua Hwy
--Contact Alison Doty at 541-430-6100
Program Officer Sally Yee and Communication & Learning Associate Phoebe Owens will appear at TWST meetings in Columbia County on Wednesday, March 11.
St. Helens
10 a.m. to Noon
OSU Extension Conference Room
505 N Columbia River Hwy, St. Helens
--For more information contact Jan Kenna at 503.397.7225 or jan.kenna@co.columbia.or.us
Clatskanie
2-4 p.m.
Clatskanie River Inn
600 E Columbia River Hwy, Clatskanie
--For more information contact Ed Serra at 503-728-0587 x 2010 or ed.serra@clat6j.k12.or.us
Our TWST blog has reports on past TWST tours.
Emergency food began arriving at Oregon Food Bank this week as a result of a large grant from Meyer Memorial Trust. MMT made recent grants to Oregon Food Bank and Oregon Hunger Relief Task Force to help address the growing food emergency in Oregon resulting from worsening economic conditions.
Recent demand is up an average 20% at regional banks over the same period last year. Food supply is down, causing OFB to purchase 21% of the food it distributed last year (compared with 5% in prior years).
OFB is using MMT's grant of $500,000 to purchase 17 truckloads of nutritious food that will be distributed to a statewide network of 20 regional food banks and 366 emergency food pantries.
"Community awareness of hunger grows around the holdiays," said Doug Stamm, CEO of Meyer Memorial Trust, "but we are making this grant now because we want to help make Oregonians aware of hunger and the need for generosity the rest of the year. We're challenging the community to match – and hopefully exceed – our gift. Can any of us stand by and let any one of us go hungry?"
In addition to providing funds for emergency food, MMT also awarded $50,000 in operating support to the Oregon Hunger Relief Task Force for its advocacy efforts on issues affecting hunger and the root causes of poverty. MMT's support enables HRTF's executive staff to work with other poverty advocates, state agency staff, and policy makers to protect basic needs programs, remove barriers to participation, and make cost-effective enhancements where possible.
OHRTF works on food stamp outreach and enrollment, noting that in Oregon, 21% of those eligible for food stamps [around 117,800 people] do not receive them, leaving $94 million in unused federal benefits that would be spent locally on groceries.
This month MMT's Trustees awarded 12 grants for more than $1.3 million. These awards bring the total amount for this fiscal year to more than $27.5 million, with three months remaining.
Since MMT began operating in 1982, MMT has given away nearly $477.3 million in 5,786 grants and loans.
December's awards include:
Bonneville Environmental Foundation
Portland, OR
$187,670
For program management for the Willamette Model Watershed Program.
Boys and Girls Club of Ontario
Ontario, OR
$150,000
To support the first three years of staffing and programming for this Boys and Girls Club in western Treasure Valley.
Central City Concern
Portland, OR
$175,000
To help clients move into employment through creation of a community service corps.
Clark Community College Foundation
Vancouver, WA
$106,500
For videoconferencing and production equipment for the college’s new Allied Health Professions core curriculum.
Hells Canyon Preservation Council
La Grande, OR
$50,000
To hire staff to coordinate the organization's conservation campaigns.
Children’s Advocacy Center
Medford, OR
$90,698
To restructure funding of medical services for children at risk for abuse.
Juvenile Rights Project
Portland, OR
$150,000
To increase the organization's development capacity.
Kinship House
Portland, OR
$80,000
To increase fund raising capacity in order to expand services to children transitioning from foster care to permanent homes.
Lebanon Emergency Shelter
Lebanon, OR
$30,000
To build community support for a transitional housing program serving homeless adults.
LifeWorks NW
Portland, OR
$80,550
To support communications and information technology systems to expand the organization's services to people with mental illness.
NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon Foundation
Portland, OR
$125,000
To increase access to emergency birth control in rural Oregon.
Northwest Natural Resource Group
Port Townsend, WA
$80,000
To support the expansion of the organization's small forest landowner certification program in Oregon.
At the November program meeting, MMT trustees made 17 awards for just over $4 million, bringing the total amount granted in the current fiscal year (since April 1, 2008) to nearly $29.3 million.
The November meeting included the semi-annual consideration of large capital requests. November awards included:
Arlington Public Library, Arlington
Awarded: $75,000
To triple the size of the library.
Boston College, Boston, MA
Awarded: $108,673
To support the More for Mission Campaign Resource Center.
Chehalem Center Association, Newberg
Awarded: $200,000
To help renovate a former elementary school into a regional cultural and events center serving the Chehalem Valley.
Friends of Buford Park and Mt. Pisgah, Eugene
Awarded: $69,500
To monitor river restoration activities at Lane County's Buford Park.
Happy Canyon Foundation, Pendleton
Awarded: $200,000
To replace the roof on this organization's outdoor facility that is used for Indian pageants and other community events.
Heart of Oregon Corps, Bend
Awarded: $75,000
To develop a modular classroom and operations center for this youth service organization.
JOIN, Portland
Awarded: $288,000
For a new facility for this organization that helps people who are chronically homeless succeed in permanent housing.
Lane Community College Foundation, Eugene
Awarded: $400,000
For a new health and wellness facility to expand education for healthcare workers.
Oregon Public Broadcasting, Portland
Awarded: $323,537
To expand radio service in rural Oregon.
Oregon Trail Library District, Boardman
Awarded: $250,000
To help build Irrigon's first public library.
Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland
Awarded: $500,000
For campus development and facilities acquisition.
Pacific University, Forest Grove
Awarded: $100,000
To create a center for language and international collaboration.
Pendleton Round-Up Foundation, Pendleton
Awarded: $300,000
For facility upgrades and renovations for this major contributor to the local economy.
Portland State University Foundation, Portland
Awarded: $250,000
To help renovate and expand the Science Research and Teaching Complex.
Umpqua Community Health Center, Roseburg
Awarded: $500,000
To build a new health center in order to serve more patients.
Willamette Riverkeeper, Portland
Awarded: $196,258
To improve fish habitat and restore natural ecologic conditions to the Willamette River near Willamette Mission State Park.
Willamette University, Salem
Awarded: $250,000
To construct an innovative, interdisciplinary, high-tech academic center.
MMT has announced the goals of its Willamette River Basin Restoration Initiative and the first two strategies it will implement in support of these goals.
MMT has set two ambitious goals in this initiative:
• to achieve meaningful, measurable improvements in the health of the Willamette River and selected tributaries by 2015, and
• to create a national model for effective approaches to restoration of large, complex ecological systems.
The first strategy will leverage MMT funds with state restoration funds through Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board's Willamette Special Investment Partnership. Through this strategy, MMT and OWEB will support projects aimed at restoring channel complexity and reconnecting the mainstem Willamette to its floodplain, two ecological objectives widely recognized as key to improving the health and resiliency of the river. MMT will provide up to $1.8 million over the next two years to support scientific assessments, preliminary site designs, outreach and other activities. More information is available from OWEB.
The second strategy will support multi-year integrated approaches to improving watershed conditions in selected Willamette River tributaries, working with Bonneville Environmental Foundation's Model Watershed Program. MMT will invest up to $1 million in this strategy over the next two years. More information is available from BEF.
Additional strategies will be announced as they are developed.
More information about MMT's Willamette River Initiative is available elsewhere on MMT's website.
In addition, our website includes a slide presentation about the initiative.
At the October 2008 program meeting, MMT trustees made 42 awards for more than $2.6 million to organizations in its Responsive Grants and Grassroots Grants programs. The awards included a $1 million program-related investment loan.
These awards bring the total made in the current fiscal year (began April 1, 2008) to 169, worth more than $22 million. Since MMT began operating in 1982, it has made 5,751 awards for approximately $468.3 million.
October's 13 Responsive Grants and PRI included:
Boys and Girls Aid Society of Oregon, Portland
Awarded: $1,000,000
For a program related investment loan to support development of facilities to house at-risk young people.
De Paul Treatment Centers, Portland
Awarded: $137,609
To create a family therapy program.
Free Clinic of Southwest Washington, Vancouver
Awarded: $200,000
To support a physician-led initiative that coordinates donated specialty care for the uninsured in Clark County.
A. C. Gilbert’s Discovery Village, Salem
Awarded: $50,000
To renovate existing exhibits and design and install new ones.
Helping Hands Resources, Salem
Awarded: $100,000
To build a new facility for this organization that provides clothing and household goods to low-income families.
MayDay, Baker City
Awarded: $45,000
To build capacity to meet the increased need for services for survivors of domestic violence and abuse.
National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Portland
Awarded: $37,648
To continue support programs for parents with MS.
Oregon Stage Works, Ashland
Awarded: $40,000
To hire an arts manager.
Pearl Buck Center, Eugene
Awarded: $200,000
To purchase and renovate a building consolidating the Center's services for people with developmental disabilities.
Polaris Dance Company, Portland
Awarded: $7,434
To replace stolen costumes and equipment.
Star of Hope Activity Center, Coos Bay
Awarded: $65,000
To implement a fund development program for this organization that provides services for adults with developmental disabilities.
Summit Springs Village, Condon
Awarded: $195,000
To build an Alzheimer's unit at this assisted living facility.
Youth Progress Association, Portland
Awarded: $75,000
To build data collection and quality assurance capacity in three agencies that serve high-needs and at-risk youth.
October's 29 Grassroots Grants included:
Camp Kiwanilong Board, Warrenton
Awarded: $25,000
To add two ADA accessible bathrooms to the dining lodge.
Cascade Community School of Music, Bend
Awarded: $6,000
To develop a strategic plan and for board fundraising training.
Central Douglas County Family YMCA, Roseburg
Awarded: $25,000
For kitchen equipment upgrades and facility improvements.
Central Oregon Landwatch, Bend
Awarded: $20,000
To increase community involvement on land use, planning, and environmental issues in central Oregon.
Columbia Arts, Hood River
Awarded: $25,000
To conduct an outreach and education program for students, teachers, artists, and seniors in the Hood River community.
Common Ground Community Mediation Center, Grants Pass
Awarded: $24,999
To conduct a community outreach program.
Community of Writers, Portland
Awarded: $18,000
To develop a strategic plan for the organization.
Curry County, Gold Beach
Awarded: $17,800
For board and fundraising training for board and staff of the Commission on Children and Families and affiliated local nonprofits.
Dora Public Library, Myrtle Point
Awarded: $18,400
To complete the expansion of this rural community's library.
Faith Cafe, Portland
Awarded: $15,000
For a part-time operations manager to support a hot meals program and food pantry service for working poor and homeless community families.
Forestry Action Committee of the Illinois Valley Basin Interest, Cave Junction
Awarded: $15,000
For staff support and to conduct board and staff fundraising training.
Help Now Advocacy Center, Medford
Awarded: $9,000
For strategic planning and board development for this organization that helps individuals access mental health and social services.
Hispanic Learning and Resource Center, Medford
Awarded: $21,200
To support staffing and the outreach efforts of this organization that provides computer and photography classes to low-income individuals.
LEAD, Eugene
Awarded: $14,200
For strategic planning and board development for this organization that provides youth leadership development.
Medical Springs Rural Fire Protection District, Baker City
Awarded: $18,100
To expand the community's emergency services building.
Mobility Unlimited, Medford
Awarded: $15,000
To purchase mobility equipment that helps individuals with disabilities live independently and maintain employment.
Natives Program Parent Committee, Eugene
Awarded: $25,000
To conduct a culturally embedded literacy program for students and their families.
Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center, Portland
Awarded: $11,000
To support the development of the organization's fundraising plan.
PEG Broadcast Services, Coos Bay
Awarded: $22,000
To help this public access station provide more local performance and art programming.
Roots and Wings Child Development, Medford
Awarded: $4,370
To replace equipment and educational materials for this early childhood education program.
Rural Organizing Project, Scappoose
Awarded: $22,000
To provide member groups with communications tools to more effectively engage their constituents.
SOS Outreach, Avon
Awarded: $5,000
To provide at-risk youth with opportunities to participate in outdoor activities that will help build their physical, academic, and personal strength.
Salem Parks Foundation, Salem
Awarded: $25,000
To replace playground equipment at a community park.
Sunset Garden Club of Port Orford, Port Orford
Awarded: $3,070
To help local residents learn how to grow, prepare, market, or purchase high quality organic produce.
Tillamook Bay Child Care Center, Tillamook
Awarded: $20,441
To help implement a fundraising plan.
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Portland
Awarded: $3,160
To support a Latino outreach program
Umpqua Valley Disabilities Network, Roseburg
Awarded: $7,700
To provide respite care services for children and adults with disabilities or other health issues
Vibe of Portland, Portland
Awarded: $2,870
To provide students with hands-on experiences in art and music
WinterSpring Center Transforming Grief and Loss, Medford
Awarded: $8,692
To develop outreach materials for this agency that provides grief support to children, youth, and adults in Jackson County
Philanthrophy NW is hiring a Managing Director for PRI Makers Network. More information is available on this website.
Meyer Memorial Trust is one of the founding members of PRI Makers Network. We hope our readers will take notice of this unique and important opportunity.
MMT Program Officer Sally Yee and consultant Eric Jones are taking the Two-Way Street Tour to Klamath and Lake Counties, offering 8 community meetings over 5 days from October 6th through 10th.
Here's how MMT CEO Doug Stamm describes these gatherings: "TWSTs are a way for foundations to build a direct and accessible two-way street with communities across Oregon. We are sending representatives to Klamath and Lake Counties to talk about our grants programs and to gather information about the needs and issues of area nonprofit organizations and local communities."
Monday, Oct. 6th
2:00 p.m.
Sprague River Community Center
Sprague River Road at Bliss Road
Sprague River
--Contact Beverly Leigh at 541-883-5117 ext. 3484 for more information
6:30 p.m.
Chiloquin Community Center
140 South 1st Ave.
Chiloquin
--Contact Beverly Leigh at 541-883-5117 ext. 3484 for more information
Tuesday, Oct. 7th
1:30 p.m.
Klamath County Courthouse
316 Main St., Basement Conference Room
Klamath Falls
--Contact Beverly Leigh at 541-883-5117 ext. 3484 for more information
6:30 p.m.
Malin Community Hall
2307 Front St.
Malin
--Contact Beverly Leigh at 541-883-5117 ext. 3484 for more information
Wednesday, October 8th
4 p.m.
Lake County Senior Center
11 North G Street
Lakeview
--Contact Ronne Lindsay at 541-771-7877 for more information
Thursday, October 9th
1 p.m.
Paisley School Cafeteria, Corner of Hwy 31 & Blue/Green St.
Paisley
--Contact Ronne Lindsay at 541-771-7877 for more information
6:30 p.m.
Christmas Valley Community Hall
Christmas Valley
--Contact Ronne Lindsay at 541-771-7877 for more information
Friday, October 10th
9 a.m.:
The Homestead Museum
Fort Rock
--Contact Ronne Lindsay at 541-771-7877 for more information
At the September program meeting, MMT trustees awarded 18 grants for just over $2 million.
These awards bring the total since MMT began operating in 1982 to 5,713 grants/loans totaling nearly $468.8 million.
September's grants include:
Association of Northwest Steelheaders, Mikwaukie
Awarded: $60,000
To hire an executive director for this fish conservation organization.
Central Oregon Mediation, Bend
Awarded: $81,464
To build organizational capacity by recruiting and training volunteers and professionalizing marketing strategies.
Clatsop Community Action, Astoria
Awarded: $50,000
For warehouse equipment for a new regional food bank facility.
Columbia County Women's Resource Center, St. Helens
Awarded: $75,000
For critical repairs to the organization's shelter complex, thrift store and warehouse buildings.
Committed Partners for Youth, Eugene
Awarded: $120,000
To help two youth mentoring organizations consider a merger or other collaborative relationship.
Crook County Historical Society, Prineville
Awarded: $65,000
To purchase and renovate an adjacent building for museum expansion.
Grande Ronde Child Center, La Grande
Awarded: $135,375
To adapt and expand services, adding school-based day treatment to Union County.
Human Solutions, Portland
Awarded: $300,000
To support development of co-located office space to house social service programs.
Japanese Garden Society of Oregon, Portland
Awarded: $235,000
For a new staff position and for staff and board training.
Jefferson Nature Center, Medford
Awarded: $112,850
To build the capacity of this nature center that provides field-based environmental education.
Oregon Children’s Theatre Company, Portland
Awarded: $90,000
To help this organization transition to a new business model and venue.
Oregon Community Foundation, Portland
Awarded: $75,000
To expand the Community 101 teen philanthropy program to ten additional public high schools statewide.
Portland Hope Meadows, Portland
Awarded: $350,000
To build an intergenerational community to provide adoptive permanent homes for children in foster care.
Rogue Valley Opera Association, Medford
Awarded: $80,761
For a development and marketing director and for board development.
Rural Development Initiative, Eugene
Awarded: $100,000
To expand technical assistance, access to capital and markets, and other supports to rural entrepreneurs and small businesses.
Sandy Historical Society, Sandy
Awarded: $45,000
To develop a new exhibit for the logging and sawmill exhibit.
Umpqua Community Action Network, Roseburg
Awarded: $70,000
To support expanded fundraising, volunteer recruitment, training and coordination.
Willamette Riverkeeper, Portland
Awarded: $25,000
To convene Willamette River Habitat roundtables.
MMT Program Officers Sally Yee and Candy Solovjovs are taking the Two-Way Street Tour to Tillamook County this week. Spirit Mountain Community Fund Executive Director Shelley Hanson and Program Officer Louis King will join them.
Here's how MMT CEO Doug Stamm describes these gatherings: "TWSTs are a way for foundations to build a direct and accessible two-way street with communities across Oregon. We are sending representatives to Tillamook County to talk about our grants programs and to gather information about the needs and issues of area nonprofit organizations and local communities."
Wednesday, September 3
4-6 p.m.
Nehalem United Methodist Church
36050 10th St., Nehalem
--Contact Lane DeMoll at 503.368.6294 for more information
Thursday, September 4
Noon-2 p.m.
Tillamook County Emergency Communication 911 Center
3rd and Nestucca, Tillamook (Stan Sheldon Board Room)
Parking available at 3rd and Madrona.
--Contact Marlene Putman at 503.842.1812 for more information
4-6 p.m.
Oregon Department of Forestry
5005 3rd St, Tillamook
--Contact Dia Norris at 503.812.0968 for more information
Friday, September 5
5:30-7:30 p.m.: Nestucca High School
34660 Parkway Dr., Cloverdale
--Contact Marlene Putman at 503.842.1812 for more information.
We just compiled (thanks to Sayer Jones, our senior accountant) a graph depicting the $amount of our assets + the $amount of our grant payments. We thought you might like to see what it equals:
Did you notice we are approaching the $1.2 billion mark? That feels like real money!
And consider this: the amount we have given away ($404.6 million) is more than half (about 60%) of what we have left ($678 million).
Meyer Memorial Trust is announcing the third prong of its Affordable Housing Initiative and inviting proposals for projects that make delivery of resident services more financially sustainable for nonprofit housing providers.
Proposed projects could include:
MMT welcomes Initial Inquiries for this RFP by August 25, 2008. Please submit Initial Inquiries through MMT's standard online application process. The short project description in the online Initial Inquiry application must be titled RFP Affordable Housing III. MMT anticipates making awards in the form of grants and program-related investments in the range of $100,000-$300,000 to selected projects. Funding awards will be announced by the end of the first quarter of 2009. Please email Ann Lininger if you have any questions regarding this RFP.
More information about this RFP and where it fits in MMT's affordable housing strategy is included in this summary of MMT's Affordable Housing Initiative. In addition, it would be useful to review other information about the initiative on our website and our CEO's most recent report before preparing an Initial Inquiry.
This month Meyer Memorial Trust awarded 17 grants and program-related investments (PRIs) for nearly $3 million.
These awards bring the total for the current fiscal year (which began April 1) to 108 grants/PRIs for more than $17 million. Since it began operating in 1982, MMT has made 5,690 awards for $463.3 million.
July 2008 awards included:
Albertina Kerr Centers, Portland
Awarded: $300,000
To develop and implement a wraparound system of care for Multnomah County's highest needs children and teens.
CASA of Oregon, Newberg
Awarded: $100,000
To support acquisition of manufactured home parks by resident cooperatives.
Coalition of Community Health Clinics, Portland
Awarded: $155,705
For a care coordinator to coordinate referrals for uninsured clients to safety net clinics.
Crow’s Shadow Institute, Pendleton
Awarded: $180,000
To hire staff to build the organization and expand its programs.
Folk-Time, Portland
Awarded: $120,000
For development staff to establish long term sustainable funding.
Neighbors for Kids, Depoe Bay
Awarded: $85,000
To equip a new building for this organization that provides programs for children and teens.
North Bend Public Library, North Bend
Awarded: $30,000
To help replace the library's roof.
ONE-Northwest, Seattle
Awarded: $300,000
To enhance open technology that facilitates civic engagement in Oregon and beyond.
Oregon Health and Science University Foundation, Portland
Awarded: $500,000
To improve diabetes care in rural Oregon.
Portland Opera Association, Portland
Awarded: $150,000
To increase capacity through critical capital and technology improvements.
Rogue Initiative for a Vital Economy, Ashland
Awarded: $66,000
To implement a strategic plan to increase fundraising capacity.
Salem/Keizer Coalition for Equality, Salem
Awarded: $80,000
To increase minority and non-English speaking parents' involvement in educational systems.
Southern Oregon Adolescent Study and Treatment Center, Grants Pass
Awarded: $210,000
To provide innovative prevention-oriented mental health services in 13 public schools.
Sustainable Northwest, Portland
Awarded: $310,000 grant and $100,000 program related investment loan
To support creation of a distribution center to increase the market for sustainably-produced wood products.
Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center, Cornelius
Awarded: $120,000
To add development staff to expand the organization's fundraising capacity.
White Bird, Portland
Awarded: $100,000
To support White Bird Uncaged dance performance series while its regular venue is being rehabilitated.
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.
