Deadline: 30-Sep-21
Meyer Memorial Trust is inviting proposals that seek to support organizations that actively improve the livelihood of Black Oregonians and are oriented toward long-term strategic change.
Priority Areas
While they recognize and support intersectional efforts to uplift all BIPOC people, Justice Oregon for Black Lives hopes to fund organizations with culturally specific programming for Black Oregonians. Funding priorities this round will initially focus on three strategic priority areas identified by community:
- Investing in Education
- Economic Justice
- Reimagining Public Safety
Funding Information
A maximum of $400,000 over two years, with most grants in the range of $50,000 to $200,000 per year. Exceptions may occur based on case-by-case proposals.
Outcomes
Meyer plans to achieve the following outcomes through this investment:
- Economic Justice
- Goal 1: Increase Black ownership (i.e. businesses, homes, investments).
- Intended outcomes:
- Support an additional 100 Black-owned businesses to achieve revenue of $1 million+ across Oregon by 2025 [Currently, there are approximately 4,000-5,000 Black-owned businesses in Oregon.]
- Increase Black homeownership to 35% by 2025 [Currently Black homeownership stands at 32%.]
- Goal 2: Increase financial literacy / opportunities in Black communities.
- Intended outcomes:
- Identify Black and community financial institution partnerships to access capital and to provide financial literacy by 2023.
- Investing in Education
- Goal 1: Increase representation of Black educators, administrators across Oregon.
- Intended outcomes:
- Increase recruitment and retainment of Black teachers and administrators to 400 total by 2025 across Oregon in K-12. [Currently, there are 204 Black teachers in Oregon]
- Goal 2: Improve Black student academic, social and emotional outcomes throughout Oregon.
- Intended outcomes:
- Increase Black student academic performance, namely mathematics, writing and reading skills.
- Increase Black student access to programs that improve their social and emotional well-being.
- Reimagining Public Safety
- Goal 1: Create a shared vision of what public safety is within the Black community.
- Intended outcomes
- Develop a shared geographical public safety plan(s) for Black Oregonians by 2023.
- Goal 2: Increase the percentage of Black policy makers and leaders across Oregon.
- Intended outcomes
- Increase Black policy makers to 2% across Oregon and to 6% for Portland metro by 2025. [To represent actual Black demographic representation in Oregon and Portland.]
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicants must fall into one of these categories: a nonprofit agency recognized as tax-exempt by the Internal Revenue Service, a public educational institution, a government or recognized tribal agency, or an organization that is requesting funding for a project that has a charitable, tax-exempt purpose;
- Seek funding for work that takes place within the state of Oregon;
- Provide equal opportunity in leadership, staffing and service regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, national origin, political affiliation or religious belief;
- Not require attendance at or participation in religious/faith activities as a condition of service delivery nor require adherence to religious/faith beliefs as a condition of service or employment.
For more information, visit https://mmt.org/2021-call-proposals
