A Field Trip to a Better Home
Topics: Responsive Grants | Staff
In the Grants Administration department, we don’t often get out in the field much, so when Program Team Manager Candy Solovjovs invited me to accompany her on a site visit to Mt. Hood Community College, I jumped at the chance. The college had applied to MMT to help build a new Early Childhood Learning Center.
Looking for a Big Lift
Topics: Responsive Grants | Program Officers
Before even cracking a page, I was pretty sure I knew the answer to the question posed in the title of the new report, The Public Funding Crisis: Can Philanthropy Shoulder the Burden? Nevertheless, I thought it might contain some nuggets of wisdom. Turns out, it did–
Award Statistics for Fiscal Year 2011
We are often asked how many applications we receive, how many are approved, and what the awards were for. So, to supplement Marie's monthly award announcements, I thought I'd provide some statistics on grants made through our Responsive Grants and Grassroots Grants programs in MMT's most recent fiscal year (April 1, 2010 through March 31, 2011).
EYEWTK* about Independent Financial Audits
Topics: Responsive Grants | Program Officers
Foundation program officers are asked many questions about certified independent financial audits
by organizations preparing a grant proposal. In fact, it's a topic that generates a lot of anxiety
What We Mean by Innovation
Topics: Responsive Grants | Program Officers
Having been responsible for submitting many grant proposals in my pre-MMT life, I know how it feels to try to figure out what foundations mean when they issue messages about what they are looking for in grant proposals. May I never lose that perspective. :)
Deadlines
Today is a deadline for both our Grassroots Grants and Responsive Grants Inquiry applications. Since we often get many frantic, last-minute calls with questions, I thought I'd answer a few of the common ones here:
MMT Quarterly Awards Report - FY2011 Q1 (April-June 2010)
In the first quarter of our current fiscal year (April 1 through June 30, 2010), Meyer Memorial Trust made 75 grants and 2 program related investment loans totaling approximately $5.9 million. These awards are listed in our Awards Database and are announced monthly on our website.
Springing Ahead: Forecast for 2010
You may notice we have a new look for spring. Welcome to our new website. We hope you feel at home here. Spring is a universal metaphor for the start of better times. And this year, opportunities for growth seem especially appealing.
