This month, MMT awarded 100 grants for organizations as varied as Friends of Trees and All Hands Raised, and projects as diverse as building an outdoor covered play area at a South Tillamook County child care center and a project to connect people with an iconic, now silent waterfall (more on that below). Meyer awarded 70 Grassroots Grants in June, totaling more than $1.6 million, and 15 Responsive Grants totaling more than $2 million. Another 10 grants for Habitat for Humanity projects across the region will share $875,000. Three Willamette River Initiative projects received grants totaling nearly $59,000, and a single grant connected to the Affordable Housing Initiative received $150,000. Some grants stand out. A Grassroots Grant of $29,987 will help InvestigateWest, a Seattle-based nonprofit news organization, bring its investigative journalism model to Oregon. And a $500,000 Responsive Grant will help construct an art installation by artist and architect Maya Lin at Celilo Park. Cornerstone of the Confluence Project, the Celilo Arc -- a planned curved, raised walkway modeled after the fishing platforms tribes still use at rivers throughout the -- offers a window onto a compelling piece of American history. These latest grants push the number of Meyer grants awarded to date to 8,057, totaling $633,870,964. To see the full list of awards, visit our website: mmt.orgr
Posted on: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 00:27:57 +0000
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