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Meyer Foundation Awards $3.4 Million in Grants
May 19, 2015
At its May 7 meeting, the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation board of directors approved 82 grants totaling $3.4 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 300,000 low-income people in the Washington metropolitan region.
Grants awarded include:
- 26 grants totaling $1,225,000 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.
- 22 grants totaling $820,000 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.
- 24 grants totaling $1,010,000 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.
- 10 grants totaling $285,000 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 $3.4 million in grants awarded this May represents an increase of 5 percent over grants awarded at the same time last year.
May 7, 2015 Grant Awards
| Economic Security | ||
|---|---|---|
| Academy of Hope | to support general operations | $50,000 |
| Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center | to support general operations | $35,000 |
| Bread for the City | to support general operations over two years | $80,000 |
| Bright Beginnings | to support Workforce Development for Homeless Parents | $20,000 |
| Central American Resource Center | to support general operations | $30,000 |
| Community Foundation for the National Capital Region | to support The Work Place DC | $30,000 |
| Computer CORE | to support general operations | $30,000 |
| Goodwill of Greater Washington | to support sector-specific training programs | $50,000 |
| Housing Initiative Partnership | to support the Bilingual Comprehensive Housing Counseling Program | $30,000 |
| Interfaith Works | to support job skills training, one-on-one counseling, and long-term job placement services | $30,000 |
| Just Neighbors Ministry | to support the New Hope Project | $40,000 |
| La Cocina VA | to support the bilingual culinary job training and food assistance program | $30,000 |
| Legal Aid Justice Center | to support the Immigrant Advocacy Program in Northern Virginia | $30,000 |
| Legal Counsel for the Elderly | to support general operations | $40,000 |
| Legal Services of Northern Virginia | to support the Access to Justice Project | $30,000 |
| Literacy Council of Montgomery County, Maryland | to support the ESL classroom program | $35,000 |
| Living Classrooms of the National Capital Region | to support the Fresh Start program | $25,000 |
| National Children’s Center | to support the Career Academy | $30,000 |
| Northern Virginia Family Service | to support the Training Futures program | $40,000 |
| Southeast Ministry | to support general operations | $50,000 |
| StreetWise Partners | to support general operations in DC | $30,000 |
| Training Source | to support general operations | $40,000 |
| Urban Ed | to support the Pathways IT training program | $25,000 |
| Washington Area Women’s Foundation | to support general operations and the annual event ($60,000) and the Early Childhood Education Collaborative ($120,000) over two years | $180,000 |
| Total for Economic Security | $1,010,000 | |
| Education | ||
|---|---|---|
| Access Youth | to support general operations | $15,000 |
| Advocates for Justice and Education | to support general operations | $50,000 |
| Asian American LEAD | to support general operations | $40,000 |
| Capital Partners for Education | to support general operations | $15,000 |
| CollegeTracks | to support general operations | $40,000 |
| Community Bridges | to support general operations | $35,000 |
| Dance Institute of Washington | to support Positive Directions Through Dance | $15,000 |
| DC SCORES | to support general operations | $50,000 |
| Edu-Futuro (Education Para Nuestro Futuro) | to support the Emerging Leaders Program | $20,000 |
| EduSeed | to support general operations | $10,000 |
| Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop | to support general operations | $30,000 |
| Higher Achievement Program | to support general operations of the DC program over three years | $225,000 |
| Horton’s Kids | to support the older youth program | $20,000 |
| Identity | to support general operations | $60,000 |
| Latino Student Fund | to support the LISTO college access program | $20,000 |
| Montgomery County Collaboration Council for Children, Youth and Families | to support general operations | $20,000 |
| Posse Foundation | to support general operations of Posse DC | $30,000 |
| Recreation Wish List Committee of Washington, DC | to support general operations | $30,000 |
| Sitar Arts Center | to support general operations | $50,000 |
| Words Beats and Life | to support general operations | $20,000 |
| Young Playwrights’ Theater | to support general operations | $25,000 |
| Youth Professional Development | to support general operations | $20,000 |
| Total for Education | $820,000 | |
| Healthy Communities | ||
|---|---|---|
| Advocates for Children and Youth | to support general operations | $30,000 |
| Calvary Women’s Services | to support general operations over two years | $60,000 |
| Capital Area Food Bank | to support general operations | $50,000 |
| Cornerstones | to support the Connections for Hope Partnership | $40,000 |
| DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice | to support general operations | $50,000 |
| DC Coalition Against Domestic Violence | to support general operations | $20,000 |
| 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 |
| Good Shepherd Housing and Family Services | to support general operations | $30,000 |
| Green Door | to support general operations | $25,000 |
| Maryland Center On Economic Policy | to support general operations | $30,000 |
| Miriam’s Kitchen | to support general operations ($30,000) and advocacy ($20,000) | $50,000 |
| Mobile Medical Care | to support general operations | $35,000 |
| Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless | to support general operations | $25,000 |
| Montgomery Housing Partnership | to support the Affordable Housing Policy Program | $20,000 |
| N Street Village | to support general operations ($50,000) and the capital campaign ($150,000 over two years) to renovate and expand housing and programs | $200,000 |
| Neighborhood Health | to support general operations | $35,000 |
| New Hope Housing | to support general operations | $30,000 |
| Northern Virginia Affordable Housing Alliance | to support general operations | $25,000 |
| Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington | to support construction of a new DC flagship health center and headquarters over three years | $200,000 |
| Shelter House | to support general operations | $30,000 |
| Washington Interfaith Network | to support general operations ($35,000) and the salary of a housing organizer ($25,000) | $60,000 |
| Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless | to support general operations | $30,000 |
| Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless | to support the DC Fair Budget Coalition | $25,000 |
| William Wendt Center for Loss and Healing | to support the C.H.I.L.D. program | $35,000 |
| Total for Healthy Communities | $1,225,000 | |
| Strong Nonprofit Sector | ||
|---|---|---|
| Catalogue for Philanthropy: Greater Washington | to support general operations | $35,000 |
| Compass | to support general operations | $40,000 |
| Compass | to support the Charge Up Collaborative | $20,000 |
| DC Bar Pro Bono Program | to support the Community Economic Development Project | $30,000 |
| Fair Chance | to support general operations | $20,000 |
| Foundation Center | to support general operations for the Washington, DC library and learning center | $20,000 |
| Grantmakers for Effective Organizations | to support general operations and membership dues | $15,000 |
| Human Services Coalition of Prince George’s County | to support nonprofit capacity building initiatives in Prince George’s County | $25,000 |
| Taproot Foundation | to support general operations in the National Capital region | $40,000 |
| Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers | to support general operations ($35,000), Washington Regional Food Funders ($3,000), and annual meeting sponsorship ($2,000) | $40,000 |
| Total for Strong Nonprofit Sector | $285,000 |