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Meyer Foundation Awards $2.2 Million in Grants
October 28, 2013
At its October 24 meeting, the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation board of directors approved 67 grants totaling more than $2.2 million in the Foundation’s four program areas of Education, Healthy Communities, Economic Security, and a Strong Nonprofit Sector. These grants will support organizations whose work collectively touches the lives of more than 450,000 low-income people in the Washington metropolitan region.
Grants awarded include:
- 24 grants totaling $885,000 in the Healthy Communities program area, which supports organizations that provide healthcare and other essential services and advocacy organizations working to advance policy changes that will lead to lasting improvements in the lives of low-income people throughout the region.
- 20 grants totaling $700,000 in the Education program area, focused on programs to help young people from low-income families make successful transitions from middle school to high school and from high school to post-secondary education.
- 17 grants totaling $570,000 in the Economic Security program area, which supports organizations that focus on workforce development—providing literacy classes, computer training and certification, and other career and employment services—and organizations that engage in advocacy and provide legal services to enable residents to address legal status, housing, benefits, and employment crises.
- 11 grants totaling $130,000 in the Strong Nonprofit Sector program area, which supports organizations that work to increase the effectiveness, sustainability, and influence of the Foundation’s grantees and the region’s nonprofit sector, and to strengthen philanthropy in the region.
To assist grantees that continue to face cash flow challenges as a result of the recent government shutdown, the Foundation is expediting payment of these grants and will mail checks immediately after the grants are approved.
Grants Awarded | October 24, 2013
Healthy Communities |
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| Action in Montgomery | to support general operations | $25,000 |
| Capital Area Food Bank | to support general operations | $50,000 |
| Children’s Law Center | to support general operations | $30,000 |
| City Blossoms | to support general operations | $20,000 |
| Coalition for Nonprofit Housing & Economic Development | to support general operations over two years | $120,000 |
| Consumer Health Foundation | to support the Regional Primary Care Coalition | $20,000 |
| DC Primary Care Association | to support general operations | $50,000 |
| Doorways for Women and Families | to support general operations | $30,000 |
| Empower DC | to support general operations | $30,000 |
| Enterprise Community Partners | to support general operations in the Greater Washington region | $50,000 |
| Food & Friends | to support general operations ($25,000) and the capital campaign ($50,000) | $75,000 |
| La Clinica del Pueblo | to support general operations | $35,000 |
| Martha’s Table | to support general operations | $30,000 |
| Mobile Medical Care | to support expansion of integrated behavioral healthcare at three primary care clinics | $25,000 |
| My Sister’s Place | to support general operations | $25,000 |
| Near Southeast Southwest Community Benefits Coordinating Council | to support general operations | $15,000 |
| New Hope Housing | to support general operations | $30,000 |
| Primary Care Coalition of Montgomery County | to support general operations | $45,000 |
| Samaritan Inns | to support general operations | $35,000 |
| Tahirih Justice Center | to support general operations in Washington, DC | $20,000 |
| Transitional Housing Corporation | to support general operations | $30,000 |
| Virginians Organized for Interfaith Community Engagement of Northern Virginia | to support general operations | $25,000 |
| Voices for Virginia’s Children | to support general operations | $30,000 |
| Washington Interfaith Network | to support general operations | $40,000 |
| Total for Healthy Communities | $885,000 | |
Education |
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| Advocates for Justice and Education | to support general operations | $50,000 |
| Alexandria Seaport Foundation | to support general operations | $40,000 |
| Alternative House | to support the Homeless Youth Initiative | $30,000 |
| AppleTree Institute for Education Innovation | to support refining and distributing the Every Child Ready instructional model | $30,000 |
| Center for Inspired Teaching | to support general operations over two years | $110,000 |
| City Year | to support general operations for City Year Washington, DC | $20,000 |
| Critical Exposure | to support general operations | $20,000 |
| DC Alliance of Youth Advocates | to support general operations | $30,000 |
| DC Public Charter School Cooperative | to support general operations of the DC Special Education Cooperative | $20,000 |
| District of Columbia School of Law Foundation | to support the Community Outreach Lawyer Organization (COLO) project and the Suspending Suspensions Advocacy Project (SSAP) at the Took Crowell Institute for Youth | $20,000 |
| Education Pioneers | to support the fellowship and alumni services programs in the DC Metro area | $25,000 |
| Fight for Children | to support the 2013 Quality Schools Initiative | $30,000 |
| Friends of Choice in Urban Schools | to support general operations | $25,000 |
| Girl Scout Council of the Nation’s Capital | to support the Young Leaders Program over two years | $50,000 |
| Metro TeenAIDS | to support advocacy and health education | $40,000 |
| Reach for College! | to support general operations | $15,000 |
| SMYAL | to support general operations | $30,000 |
| Turnaround for Children | to support the Washington DC program over two years | $60,000 |
| Turning the Page | to support general operations | $25,000 |
| Young Women’s Project | to support general operations | $30,000 |
| Total for Education | $700,000 | |
Economic Security |
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| Academy of Hope | to support general operations | $100,000 |
| Capital Area Asset Building Corporation | to support financial literacy and financial management classes with nonprofit partners | $20,000 |
| CASA de Maryland | to support the Workforce Development Program | $35,000 |
| DC Employment Justice Center | to support general operations | $35,000 |
| Harrison Center for Career Education at the YWCA-NCA | to support YWCA-NCA’s adult educational and professional training programs | $20,000 |
| Jubilee Jobs | to support general operations | $60,000 |
| Literacy Council of Northern Virginia | to support ESOL Learning Centers | $25,000 |
| Manna, Inc. | to support the homebuyer education and credit counseling programs | $15,000 |
| Neighborhood Legal Services Program | to support the Breaking Barriers to Employment Project | $20,000 |
| Northern Virginia Community College Educational Foundation | to support the Adult Career Pathways program | $40,000 |
| Public Allies | to support general operations of Public Allies DC | $15,000 |
| So Others Might Eat | to support the Center for Employment Training | $35,000 |
| Southeast Ministry | to support general operations | $50,000 |
| St. Ann’s Center for Children, Youth and Families | to support the Employment Opportunity Program | $25,000 |
| Thrive DC | to support the Job Readiness and Real Opportunity Employment Training programs | $20,000 |
| Training Source | to support the hospitality job-training partnership | $40,000 |
| Virginia Organizing | to support the Centreville Immigration Forum’s Labor Resource Center | $15,000 |
| Total for Economic Security | $570,000 | |
Strong Nonprofit Sector |
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| BoardSource | to support a pilot to strengthen governance among Meyer grantees | $30,000 |
| DC Bar Pro Bono Program | to support the Community Economic Development Project | $20,000 |
| Fair Chance | to support the Executive Transition project | $15,000 |
| Foundation Center | to support general operations for the Washington, DC library and learning center | $20,000 |
| Human Services Coalition of Prince George’s County | to support general operations | $25,000 |
| Mosaica | to support the Advocacy Evaluation Institute | $20,000 |
| Total for Strong Nonprofit Sector | $130,000 | |
Grand Total |
$2,285,000 |
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