November 2011 Awards Announced

This month Meyer Memorial Trust awarded more than $7 million to 21 nonprofit organizations across Oregon. Most of the awards were grants totaling $3.925 million, while two were program-related investment loans amounting to $3.094 million.

Grants included awards for leadership development to four member organizations of the Coalition of Communities of Color (CCC) under a project MMT funded through the ideas4oregon campaign. Founded in 2001, CCC is a Multnomah County-based group of culturally specific organizations that work together to address the socioeconomic disparities, institutional racism and inequity of services experienced by their families, children and communities.

CCC Grants

IRCO, African Project Council, Portland
Awarded: $115,000
To implement a culturally-specific African leadership development project in the Portland metro area.
 
IRCO, Asian Pacific Islander Project, Portland
Awarded: $115,000
To implement a culturally-specific Asian/Pacific Islander leadership development project in the Portland metro area and beyond.
 
IRCO, Slavic Project Coalition, Portland
Awarded: $115,000
To implement a culturally-specific Slavic leadership development project in the Portland metro area.
 
Native American Youth and Family Center, Portland
Awarded: $115,000
To implement a culturally-specific Native American leadership development project in the Portland metro area and beyond.

Responsive Grants (unless otherwise specified)

Boys and Girls Club of Albany, Albany
Awarded: $275,000
To help construct and furnish a teen center on the organization's campus.
 
Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Oregon, Bend
Awarded: $30,000
To provide support for operations during a temporary club relocation. (Emergency grant)
 
CASA of Douglas County, Roseburg
Awarded: $60,000
To build fundraising capacity of this organization that serves neglected and abused children.
 
CASH Oregon, Portland
Awarded: $125,000
For equipment and support to expand free tax preparation services to maximize refunds for Oregon individuals and families living at the edge of poverty.
 
Dougy Center, Portland
Awarded: $350,000
To help rebuild a new main facility damaged by fire to serve grieving children and families.
 
Girls Inc. of Northwest Oregon, Portland
Awarded: $100,000
To develop a more in-depth service model for at-risk girls.
 
La Clinica del Valle Family Health Care Center, Medford
Awarded: $300,000
To help build a new dental clinic to expand capacity to provide dental care to low-income and uninsured community members
 
Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency, Salem
Awarded: $150,000
To renovate the organization's headquarters in order to reduce energy costs, provide community meeting space, improve child care information and nutrition services and drug prevention programs.
 
Portland Business Alliance Charitable Institute, Portland
Awarded: $2,000
To support the Partners in Diversity program.
 
Profile Theatre Project, Portland
Awarded: $70,000
To implement an organizational transition plan.
 
Recovery Association Project, Portland
Awarded: $150,000
For additional staff capacity to support expansion of shared housing opportunities for survivors of domestic violence, chronically homeless people, people with mental illness and those recovering from addiction.
 
Treasure Valley Community College Foundation, Ontario
Awarded: $400,000
To help build a science center to meet increased demand for science and technology courses in eastern Oregon.
 
Trillium Family Services, Portland
Awarded: $300,000
For capital upgrades to improve mental health treatment and increase safety at the Parry Center campus for children and youth.
 
Umpqua Community Development Corporation, Roseburg
Awarded: $500,000 grant
PRI loan: $1,750,000
To provide a grant and construction loan to build Eagle Landing, a 54-unit affordable housing complex for homeless veterans.
 
United Way of Jackson County, Medford
Awarded: $3,000
To support the 2012 Oregon Nonprofit Leaders Conference.
 
University of Portland, Portland
Awarded: $250,000
To help modernize the library on the campus in north Portland.
 
Virginia Garcia Memorial Foundation, Hillsboro
Awarded: $400,000 grant
PRI loan: $1,344,000
For a grant to help build the Cornelius Wellness Center and a program-related investment loan to refinance the McMinnville Clinic to increase access to health care for low-income, underinsured and uninsured patients.

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