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Meyer Foundation Awards $3.2 Million in Grants
May 7, 2014
At its May 1 meeting, the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation board of directors approved 84 grants totaling more than $3.2 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 250,000 low-income people in the Washington metropolitan region.
Grants awarded include:
- 28 grants totaling $1,090,000 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.
- 27 grants totaling $1,070,000 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.
- 23 grants totaling $790,000 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.
- 6 grants totaling $260,000 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.
The $3.2 million in grants awarded this May represents an increase of nearly 15 percent over grants awarded at the same time last year.
Grants Awarded | May 1, 2014
Healthy Communities |
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| Advocates for Children and Youth | to support general operations | $30,000 |
| Arlington Free Clinic | to support general operations | $25,000 |
| Barker Foundation | to strengthen marketing to support ethical adoption services | $25,000 |
| Calvary Women’s Services | to support general operations | $30,000 |
| Center on Budget and Policy Priorities | to support general operations of the DC Fiscal Policy Institute over two years | $100,000 |
| Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis | to support general operations over two years | $90,000 |
| Community Foundation for the National Capital Region | to support the Partnership for Prince George’s County | $40,000 |
| DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice | to support general operations ($50,000) and the special project fund ($20,000) | $70,000 |
| DC Children’s Advocacy Center | to support general operations | $25,000 |
| DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence | to support general operations | $20,000 |
| DC Rape Crisis Center | to support general operations | $30,000 |
| DC Vote | to support general operations | $50,000 |
| District Alliance for Safe Housing | to support general operations | $25,000 |
| District of Columbia Behavioral Health Association | to support general operations | $20,000 |
| Food Research and Action Center | to support DC Hunger Solutions | $25,000 |
| Friendship Place | to support general operations ($30,000) and the capital campaign for the Welcome Center renovation ($20,000) | $50,000 |
| Good Shepherd Housing and Family Services | to support general operations | $30,000 |
| Jews United for Justice | to support general operations | $20,000 |
| Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations | to support the Maryland Center on Economic Policy | $25,000 |
| Miriam’s Kitchen | to support general operations ($30,000) and the advocacy program ($20,000) | $50,000 |
| Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless | to support increased fundraising capacity from individuals | $25,000 |
| Montgomery Housing Partnership | to support the Affordable Housing Policy Program | $20,000 |
| N Street Village | to support general operations | $35,000 |
| Northern Virginia Affordable Housing Alliance | to support general operations ($20,000) and a challenge grant ($5,000) | $25,000 |
| Virginia Interfaith Center for Public Policy | to support general operations | $25,000 |
| Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless | to support general operations | $40,000 |
| Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless | to support the Fair Budget Coalition | $25,000 |
| Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers | to support the Washington AIDS Partnership over two years | $125,000 |
| William Wendt Center for Loss and Healing | to support the C.H.I.L.D. program | $30,000 |
| Total for Healthy Communities | $1,090,000 | |
Education |
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| Asian American LEAD | to support general operations | $30,000 |
| Beacon House Community Ministry | to support general operations | $30,000 |
| Brainfood | to support general operations | $40,000 |
| Chess Challenge in DC | to support general operations | $15,000 |
| CollegeTracks | to support general operations | $25,000 |
| Community Bridges | to support general operations | $30,000 |
| Dance Institute of Washington | to support the Positive Directions Through Dance program | $20,000 |
| DC Scores | to support general operations ($30,000) and a volunteer management and community outreach coordinator ($20,000) | $50,000 |
| DC Wheel Productions | to support the Energizers youth program over two years | $50,000 |
| Edu-Futuro (Education Para Nuestro Futuro) | to support the Emerging Leaders Program | $20,000 |
| EduSeed | to support general operations | $15,000 |
| For Love of Children | to support FLOC Scholars | $20,000 |
| Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop | to support general operations | $20,000 |
| Gandhi Brigade | to support general operations | $20,000 |
| Higher Achievement Program | to support general operations of the DC program | $50,000 |
| Homeless Children’s Playtime Project | to support the teen program | $15,000 |
| Horton’s Kids | to support the older youth program | $15,000 |
| Identity | to support general operations | $50,000 |
| Latin American Youth Center | to support general operations ($50,000) and the Strive Fund ($200,000) over two years | $250,000 |
| Life Pieces to Masterpieces | to support general operations | $30,000 |
| Mentors, Inc. | to support general operations | $25,000 |
| Montgomery County Parks Foundation | to support the capital campaign for Josiah Henson Park over three years | $75,000 |
| Patricia M. Sitar Center for the Arts | to support general operations ($50,000) and the Building Sitar for the Future Campaign ($50,000 over two years) | $100,000 |
| Posse Foundation | to support general operations of Posse DC | $20,000 |
| Words Beats and Life | to support general operations | $30,000 |
| Young Playwrights’ Theater | to support general operations | $25,000 |
| Total for Education | $1,070,000 | |
Economic Security |
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| Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center | to support general operations | $30,000 |
| Bread for the City | to support the legal clinic | $50,000 |
| Bright Beginnings | to support the workforce development program | $15,000 |
| Byte Back | to support general operations in 2015 | $50,000 |
| Community Foundation for the National Capital Region | to support the Greater Washington Workforce Development Collaborative over two years | $100,000 |
| Computer CORE | to support general operations | $30,000 |
| DC Jobs Council | to support general operations | $20,000 |
| Goodwill of Greater Washington | to support the RISE workforce development program | $60,000 |
| Interfaith Works | to support vocational and workforce development services | $30,000 |
| Just Neighbors Ministry | to support the New Hope Project | $35,000 |
| La Cocina VA | to support the bilingual culinary job-training program | $20,000 |
| Legal Aid Justice Center | to support the Immigrant Advocacy Program in Northern Virginia | $25,000 |
| Legal Counsel for the Elderly | to support general operations | $30,000 |
| Legal Services of Northern Virginia | to support the Access to Justice Project | $30,000 |
| Literacy Council of Montgomery County, Maryland | to support the ESL Class Program | $30,000 |
| Northern Virginia Family Service | to support the Training Futures program | $40,000 |
| Prince George’s Community College Foundation | to support the Lotus Project | $40,000 |
| Restaurant Opportunities Center of Washington DC | to support ROC-DC’s workforce development program | $20,000 |
| StreetWise Partners | to support general operations in DC | $30,000 |
| United Community Ministries | to support the Progreso Literacy and Work Center | $25,000 |
| Urban Ed | to support the Pathways IT training program | $20,000 |
| Washington English Center | to support general operations | $35,000 |
| Youth Professional Development | to support general operations | $25,000 |
| Total for Economic Security | $790,000 | |
Strong Nonprofit Sector |
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| Catalogue for Philanthropy: Greater Washington | to support general operations | $35,000 |
| Compass | to support general operations ($20,000) and a board program pilot ($20,000) | $40,000 |
| Compass | to support the first year of operations for the Capacity Builders Collaborative | $15,000 |
| Nonprofit Roundtable of Greater Washington | to support general operations | $60,000 |
| Taproot Foundation | to support general operations in the National Capital region | $40,000 |
| Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers | to support general operations ($40,000) and the Community Connections Manager ($30,000 over two years) | $70,000 |
| Total for Strong Nonprofit Sector | $300,000 | |