Our database includes all of the more than 6,000 awards Meyer Memorial Trust has made since 1982 (except grants made under the Support for Teacher Initiatives program, which will be added later). The current view shows only grants, awarded in the past year, but you can view a report of all of our past Grants instead.
| MMT Program | Award Date | Focus Area | Organization | Award Amount | City, State, County | Award Description | |
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| Responsive Grants | April 2013 | Arts, Culture, Humanities | James F. & Marion L. Miller Foundation | $3,000 | Portland, Multnomah, OR |
For continued support of financial consulting services for the large budget arts funder collaborative |
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| Responsive Grants | April 2013 | Human Services | Oregon Community Foundation | $210,000 | Portland, Multnomah, OR |
To support high-quality, culturally relevant parenting education services for families with young children through the Oregon Parenting Education Collaborative |
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| Willamette River Initiative | April 2013 | Conservation, Environment | Bonneville Environmental Foundation | $195,000 | Portland, Multnomah, OR |
To manage and provide technical assistance to the Willamette Model Watershed Program |
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| Willamette River Initiative | April 2013 | Conservation, Environment | Bonneville Environmental Foundation | $85,000 | Portland, Multnomah, OR |
To support the implementation of a comprehensive monitoring program for the Model Watershed Program |
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| Willamette River Initiative | April 2013 | Conservation, Environment | Cascade Pacific Resource Conservation and Development | $74,000 | Tangent, Linn, OR |
For continued support of the Luckiamute Watershed Council's Willamette Model Watershed Program |
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| Willamette River Initiative | April 2013 | Conservation, Environment | Long Tom Watershed Council | $84,000 | Eugene, Lane, OR |
To work with both urban and rural communities to reduce pesticide levels in Amazon Creek. |
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| Willamette River Initiative | April 2013 | Conservation, Environment | Long Tom Watershed Council | $94,000 | Eugene, Lane, OR |
For continued support of the Willamette Model Watershed Program |
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| Willamette River Initiative | April 2013 | Conservation, Environment | Marys River Watershed Council | $94,000 | Corvallis, Benton, OR |
For continued support of the Willamette Model Watershed Program |
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| Willamette River Initiative | April 2013 | Conservation, Environment | Middle Fork Willamette Watershed Council | $94,000 | Lowell, Lane, OR |
For continued support of the Willamette Model Watershed Program |
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| Willamette River Initiative | April 2013 | Conservation, Environment | South Santiam Watershed Council | $94,000 | Sweet Home, Linn, OR |
For continued support of the Willamette Model Watershed Program |
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| Responsive Grants | March 2013 | Arts, Culture, Humanities | Artists Repertory Theatre | $125,000 | Portland, Multnomah, OR |
To support this theater company's 2012-2014 seasons |
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| Responsive Grants | March 2013 | Conservation, Environment | Deschutes Basin Land Trust | $159,500 | Bend, Deschutes, OR |
To hire a project manager and address other priority capacity and infrastructure needs |
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| Responsive Grants | March 2013 | Health | Serendipity Center | $140,950 | Portland, Multnomah, OR |
To support an integrated treatment model for students with both behavioral and developmental challenges, while enhancing outcome measurements |
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| Responsive Grants | March 2013 | Human Services | Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Oregon | $176,000 | Bend, Deschutes, OR |
To help construct a new center community members use for recreation, fitness, sports, arts programming and other activities |
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| Responsive Grants | March 2013 | Human Services | Building Healthy Families | $93,400 | Enterprise, Wallowa, OR |
To support infrastructure, building renovation and staffing costs at the headquarters of this multi-county family support provider |
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| Responsive Grants | March 2013 | Human Services | Family Stepping Stones | $108,000 | Gladstone, Clackamas, OR |
To expand relief nursery services to at-risk young children and families in Clackamas County |
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| Responsive Grants | March 2013 | Human Services | Gorge Grown Food Network | $190,498 | Hood River, Hood River, OR |
To strengthen the local/regional food system in the Columbia Gorge region |
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| Responsive Grants | March 2013 | Human Services | St. Andre Bessette Catholic Church | $200,000 | Portland, Multnomah, OR |
For renovations to a hospitality center for people who are homeless |
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| Responsive Grants | March 2013 | Public Affairs, Social Benefit | Next Door, Inc. | $122,508 | Hood River, Hood River, OR |
To build capacity to provide small business business development services to the Latino community |
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| Responsive Grants | March 2013 | Public Affairs, Social Benefit | Oregon Entrepreneurs Forum | $110,000 | Portland, Multnomah, OR |
To promote and support start-up companies involvement in their communities through philanthropy and volunteerism |
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| Emergency Grants | March 2013 | Human Services | Corvallis Community Children's Centers | $53,000 | Corvallis, Benton, OR |
To help this community childcare provider address a sudden, unanticipated financial emergency |
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| Communities of Color | March 2013 | Human Services | IRCO, African Project Council | $225,000 | Portland, Multnomah, OR |
To implement and expand a culturally-specific leadership development project in the Portland metropolitan area in order to build social capital and provide leadership within and outside of Portland's African community for two years |
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| Communities of Color | March 2013 | Human Services | IRCO, Asian Pacific Islander Project | $225,000 | Portland, Multnomah, OR |
To implement and expand a culturally-specific leadership development project in the Portland metropolitan area in order to build social capital and provide leadership within and outside of Portland's Asian Pacific Islander community for two years |
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| Communities of Color | March 2013 | Human Services | IRCO, Slavic Project Coalition | $225,000 | Portland, Multnomah, OR |
To implement and expand a culturally-specific leadership development project in the Portland metropolitan area in order to build social capital and provide leadership within and outside of Portland's Slavic community over two years |
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| Emergency Grants | March 2013 | Human Services | J Bar J Youth Services | $100,000 | Bend, Deschutes, OR |
To support the Loft, a transitional homeless youth program serving Central Oregon |
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| Communities of Color | March 2013 | Human Services | Latino Network | $225,000 | Portland, Multnomah, OR |
To implement and expand a culturally-specific leadership development project in the Portland metro area in order to build social capital and provide leadership within and outside of Portland's Latino community for two years |
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| Communities of Color | March 2013 | Human Services | Self Enhancement, Inc. | $225,000 | Portland, Multnomah, OR |
To implement and expand a culturally-specific leadership development project in the Portland metropolitan area in order to build social capital and provide leadership within and outside of Portland's African American community for two years |
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| Communities of Color | March 2013 | Public Affairs, Social Benefit | Native American Youth and Family Center | $225,000 | Portland, Multnomah, OR |
For administration of culturally-specific leadership development projects in the Portland metropolitan area in order to build social capital and provide leadership within and outside of Portland's communities of color over two years |
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| Communities of Color | March 2013 | Public Affairs, Social Benefit | Native American Youth and Family Center | $225,000 | Portland, Multnomah, OR |
To implement and expand a culturally-specific leadership development project in the Portland metropolitan area in order to build social capital and provide leadership within and outside of Portland's Native American community for two years. |
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| Responsive Grants | February 2013 | Arts, Culture, Humanities | Arts Council of Pendleton | $70,000 | Pendleton, Umatilla, OR |
To support arts programming at Pendleton Center for the Arts |
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| Responsive Grants | February 2013 | Arts, Culture, Humanities | Oregon Historical Society | $200,000 | Portland, Multnomah, OR |
To improve quality, access and security of the Oregon History Museum's collections |
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| Responsive Grants | February 2013 | Human Services | Adelante Mujeres | $175,505 | Forest Grove, Washington, OR |
To help strengthen the organization's internal management systems to ensure strong program outcomes for Latino families |
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| Responsive Grants | February 2013 | Human Services | All Hands Raised | $105,000 | Portland, Multnomah, OR |
To support the All Hands Raised Partnership in implementing the cradle to career system over the next year |
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| Responsive Grants | February 2013 | Human Services | Boys and Girls Club of Corvallis | $113,000 | Corvallis, Benton, OR |
To recruit and retain at-risk teens for a program designed to increase high school graduation rates and college readiness |
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| Responsive Grants | February 2013 | Human Services | Boys and Girls Club of Salem, Marion and Polk Counties | $200,000 | Salem, Marion, OR |
To strengthen supports for programs that provide employment and career options for youth |
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| Responsive Grants | February 2013 | Human Services | Bradley Angle House | $150,000 | Portland, Multnomah, OR |
For operating support for this organization that provides supportive services to survivors of domestic violence and their children |
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| Responsive Grants | February 2013 | Human Services | Catholic Community Services of Lane County | $170,000 | Springfield, Lane, OR |
To build fundraising and volunteer management capacity for this organization that provides food, utility assistance, shelter and related services for people with low incomes and who are homeless |
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| Responsive Grants | February 2013 | Human Services | Parrott Creek Child and Family Services | $10,800 | Oregon City, Clackamas, OR |
For technical assistance to build fundraising and strategic planning capacity with the board and management |
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| Responsive Grants | February 2013 | Human Services | Volunteers of America of Oregon | $150,000 | Portland, OR, OR |
To support a program that provides services to families experiencing domestic violence |
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| Responsive Grants | February 2013 | Public Affairs, Social Benefit | Financial Stewardship Resources | $135,000 | Philomath, Benton, OR |
To incorporate distance education as a method for delivering technical skills training to nonprofit boards |
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| Grassroots Grants | February 2013 | Arts, Culture, Humanities | Arts Action Alliance Foundation | $39,690 | Oregon City, Clackamas, OR |
To support a demonstration project that uses art as an intervention tool for juvenile offenders |
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| Grassroots Grants | February 2013 | Arts, Culture, Humanities | Baker County Museum Commission | $22,000 | Baker City, Baker, OR |
To complete facade improvements to increase public visibility of this museum |
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| Grassroots Grants | February 2013 | Arts, Culture, Humanities | Gilbert House Children's Museum | $37,500 | Salem, United States, OR |
To help create the framework for innovative exhibit design that meets the learning needs of the community |
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| Grassroots Grants | February 2013 | Arts, Culture, Humanities | High Desert Chamber Music | $5,000 | Bend, Deschutes, OR |
To support this organization that brings high quality classical chamber music to central Oregon |
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| Grassroots Grants | February 2013 | Arts, Culture, Humanities | Joint Forces Dance Company | $4,848 | Eugene, Lane, OR |
To support performances of this dance troupe that includes artists with disabilities |
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| Grassroots Grants | February 2013 | Arts, Culture, Humanities | North Santiam Historical Society | $40,000 | Gates, Marion, OR |
To expand this museum that preserves the history of diverse communities that have settled in North Santiam Canyon over time |
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| Grassroots Grants | February 2013 | Arts, Culture, Humanities | Northwest Business Committee for the Arts | $25,000 | Portland, Multnomah, OR |
To implement systems improvements to strengthen connections between business and the arts |
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| Grassroots Grants | February 2013 | Arts, Culture, Humanities | Northwest Professional Dance Project | $40,000 | Portland, Multnomah, OR |
For new sound, lighting and other basic dance performance equipment |
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| Grassroots Grants | February 2013 | Arts, Culture, Humanities | Oregon Nikkei Endowment | $40,000 | Portland, Multnomah, OR |
To support the Minidoka Oral History Project, which preserves the stories of Oregon's Japanese residents who were interred during World War II |
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| Grassroots Grants | February 2013 | Arts, Culture, Humanities | PHAME Academy | $17,088 | Portland, Multnomah, OR |
To strengthen the capacity of this organization that works with artists with developmental disabilities |
