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We’re proud to support Arts and Education efforts statewide. We deeply admire the work our grantees are doing to bring positive change to Oregon communities.

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We've made our grants searchable so you can explore the types of activities we have funded since 2015. In the table below, Responsive grants are those awarded through our Fast Track and Standard application processes. Initiatives include grants initiated by the Miller Foundation directly or in collaboration with funding partners.

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Name
Funding Area
Total
Amount
Year
Approved
Name
Funding Area
Total
Amount
Year
Approved
Ethos Music Center
website ›
K-12 Arts Education
$80,000
2021
two year grant for arts education organization providing individual music lessons and scholarships to under-resourced youth
Responsive
Responsive
533941c5-cc32-4eaf-a07c-a4725888e581
Enlightened Theatrics
website ›
K-12 Arts Education
$20,000
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery for an educational theatre production
Responsive
Responsive
02537c1e-c2fc-4d2b-a86c-5951d734194c
Emerald Empire Art Association dba Emerald Art Center
website ›
Arts
$5,700
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
f618f79a-d9e5-487e-8d83-c21c57d496c8
Elevate Oregon
website ›
K-12 Education
$50,000
2021
two year project grant to support mentoring program for 3rd - 5th graders
Responsive
Responsive
c7d1fbe3-0151-4489-84c3-9987b7abdca3
Eastside Theater Company
website ›
Arts
$3,100
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
22a5d4b4-14d5-465e-bcfe-93cc4c7ed757
Eastern Oregon Regional Theatre Inc
website ›
Arts
$3,500
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
e3888dde-7c01-4b3f-ae73-aa32d13c58f5
East Creek Art - sponsored by Fractured Atlas
website ›
Arts
$12,000
2021
project support for rural art initiative
Responsive
Responsive
495684d6-a4e2-490d-ada7-ec2e5177b8f6
Ditch Projects
website ›
Arts
$2,200
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
ec3cf32a-37d1-4b0e-9d11-51179f67f413
CymaSpace
website ›
Arts
$8,100
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
bb926fd2-2d85-4ff4-a118-492553471ccc
DisOrient Asian American Film Festival of Oregon
website ›
Arts
$2,900
2021
one year grant to support operations for Asian American independent film festival
Responsive
Responsive
5f8dab78-6938-48cd-a6b1-2e4bfbea7548
Crow's Shadow Institute of the Arts
website ›
Arts
$24,000
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
3362f87a-7400-43f4-b982-df3e8cd5cc33
Cove School District
website ›
K-12 Arts Education
$12,400
2021
two year grant to support drama program in rural Oregon
Responsive
Responsive
9ce358a1-684e-4e37-8bb8-2b36a76e4c9e
Crossroads Carnegie Art Center
website ›
Arts
$9,200
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
3264e865-573b-4010-9b78-288a0f0b9469
Cottage Theatre
website ›
Arts
$7,500
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
25fde31d-cd82-4d4c-a802-18591721d62a
Corrib Theatre
website ›
Arts
$6,900
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
0c576073-9f6f-4ca0-a6a3-71b3c5e687fd
Clackamas County Arts Alliance
website ›
Arts
$12,500
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
909fa4ef-9323-4638-8301-5b989410c3ef
Coos Art Museum
website ›
Arts
$8,900
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
7b623cca-f629-49c8-a763-d877b2cc1b1f
Converge 45 - sponsored by Charitable Partnership Fund
website ›
Arts
$9,700
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
dc0ef99c-4168-4078-b22d-e07ec0b0df2d
College Possible
website ›
K-12 Education
$150,000
2021
two year operating grant to support program for urban and rural low-income students to overcome barriers to college prep, transition & success
Responsive
Responsive
91a0d837-95df-4f61-89a1-ca0353b1b0fc
Columbia Gorge Orchestra Association
website ›
Arts
$8,700
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
4eff9ba8-fecf-44d8-9eb4-f5c183fbd1cb
Clackamas Repertory Theatre
website ›
Arts
$5,000
2021
one year project grant to support "Queens Girl in Africa" a one-woman, autobiographical play by African American playwright Caleen Sinette Jennings
Responsive
Responsive
6eeb8f57-5470-4149-a989-d8c1b69bc74e
CoHo Productions
website ›
Arts
$20,000
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Initiative
Initiative
3f17cb84-1f2c-48ea-b0df-5915c7c05459
City of Portland
website ›
Arts
$25,000
2021
project support for arts-focused grieving and healing initiative creating community events
Responsive
Responsive
0ee68181-d58f-438c-b8b3-a8d4f75add54
Circus Project
website ›
K-12 Arts Education
$40,000
2021
one year of operating support for aerial arts performances and professional training organization; adapted due to organization closure
Responsive
Responsive
cb8a63b5-acb6-462a-8b38-f005486c135e
Centro Latino Americano
website ›
K-12 Education
$105,000
2021
three year project support grant for K-8 elementary literacy program for Latino children
Responsive
Responsive
88acff80-734d-4933-9f4d-6f4b74bc1fd2
Choral Arts Ensemble of Portland
website ›
Arts
$2,500
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
2fa5a773-c9e4-4882-84ee-37d145c6e15b
Children's Repertory of Oregon Workshops
website ›
K-12 Arts Education
$3,600
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
75fd01ad-a108-43ba-a0ff-0654815e76ee
Cappella Romana
website ›
Arts
$30,000
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Initiative
Initiative
e48c00e0-a867-4917-bf0d-b30fdf47d841
Cathedral Park Performing Arts Collective
website ›
Arts
$2,000
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
32e1fcc4-252b-40da-9583-4c8e8313f1fe
CAPACES Leadership Institute
website ›
K-12 Education
$100,000
2021
two year project support for education and leadership program for high school aged Latinx immigrant, Indigenous, and farmworker youth
Responsive
Responsive
99f599a3-0656-46a6-9864-49d143bbf819
Cannon Beach Arts Association
website ›
Arts
$7,700
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
646b7265-f300-4f9f-8bb9-cbc424e8d6da
Boom Arts, Inc.
website ›
Arts
$7,000
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
9af08a70-4088-4d5b-91b2-600ad3b14bec
Camp Fire Columbia
website ›
K-12 Education
$30,000
2021
one year grant to support operations and education programming during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
eeb022de-a9e7-49ec-86b3-2a298682461f
Bridging Voices
website ›
K-12 Arts Education
$2,600
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
9e0e0e41-81d4-49b5-b98e-1d9ee965dc56
Bosco-Milligan Foundation dba Architectural Heritage Center
website ›
Arts
$12,000
2021
one year grant supporting the exhibit Black Exterior, Black Interiors featuring photographs by artist Intisar Abioto
Responsive
Responsive
db20fab9-c304-48f6-b02f-6666825ba819
Arts
$50,000
2021
one year operating grant for Portland area dance company
Responsive
Responsive
1f1111a9-da17-4bf6-b733-f3498652d40d
Black United Fund of Oregon
website ›
K-12 Education
$50,000
2021
two year project grant supporting culturally specific mentorship program focused on secondary, postsecondary and career supports for high schoolers
Responsive
Responsive
a2fa11b4-fb63-4e57-b59d-79d7b80f4cca
Beyond Boom & Bust - Illinois Valley Community Development Organization
website ›
Arts
$10,000
2021
one year grant to support series of online performances of dance pieces by rural queer artists in Oregon
Responsive
Responsive
2d267563-9c5e-4230-895a-ae0269ad16b6
Bay City Arts Center
website ›
Arts
$5,700
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
fd7d3b4d-e4fa-4e15-8225-c4cdd46fc1da
Astoria Visual Arts
website ›
Arts
$2,700
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
f6733c72-2053-4834-80ff-9327d656418d
Ashland New Plays Festival
website ›
Arts
$3,800
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
2e519147-648c-4e81-8bb6-c755e835a2e1
Ashland Children's Theatre
website ›
K-12 Arts Education
$2,100
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
61c95467-747a-438e-ad4f-1aecfb1251b5
Arts Council of Pendleton
website ›
Arts
$15,500
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
4728fc06-345f-4700-bc36-f42977762c42
Art Presence, Inc.
website ›
Arts
$1,300
2021
one year operating support grant for art gallery in Southern Oregon
Responsive
Responsive
9e3a9743-2b11-4f97-a72d-27ecd7491bdc
Art Center East
website ›
Arts
$15,100
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
c24d7817-3838-452e-af32-4ec4500e855c
Anima Mundi Productions
website ›
Arts
$8,500
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
0611d068-70f5-4f57-9523-39bf9c9dcd4c
All Classical Public Media, Inc.
website ›
Arts
$60,000
2021
one year operating support for radio stations All Classical & the International Children’s Arts Network
Responsive
Responsive
eedab155-9963-4d4a-b901-8a072448bc6c
All Ages Music Portland DBA Friends of Noise
website ›
Arts
$7,400
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
d487dc6f-f78f-448a-a505-88bfb9682cb0
Albina Vision Trust
website ›
K-12 Education
$250,000
2021
one year project grant to support the workplan for a community-centered collaborative unifying and elevating the Black educational experience to improve outcomes for Black children, youth and families
Initiative
Initiative
691710a7-2a02-4d50-b670-43f1f3ff7d87
African Youth and Community Organization (AYCO)
website ›
K-12 Education
$50,000
2021
one year grant to support capacity building for culturally specific mentoring program for East African families
Responsive
Responsive
bb040b2d-3684-4e1c-8d30-2d415c01c9c6
Young Audiences of Oregon & SW Washington
website ›
K-12 Arts Education
$150,000
2022
two year operating support for teaching artist training and in-school arts education programming
Responsive
Responsive
5b731bd6-4175-4485-b69c-8acedaad098e
Yamhill Enrichment Society (YES)
website ›
K-12 Arts Education
$66,000
2022
two year project support for Teaching Artists at literacy and music enrichment program in Yamhill County
Responsive
Responsive
cd782c7c-dc33-4884-b708-712308d4351a
Write Around Portland
website ›
Arts
$19,200
2022
one year operating support grant for community-based writing workshops and literary events
Responsive
Responsive
d041da6c-d94f-4ccf-b320-34267c716141
World Stage Theatre
website ›
Arts
$16,600
2022
one year operating support grant for arts organization with a focus on storytelling through movement, music, and monologue
Responsive
Responsive
9f18076c-6242-4dc7-a183-247964da6963
Wordcrafters in Eugene
website ›
Arts
$11,500
2022
one year operating support grant for literary arts organization
Responsive
Responsive
a81b6f6d-e476-4b05-9b5f-b20598ec75f8
Wisdom of the Elders Inc.
website ›
Arts
$15,100
2022
one year operating support grant for Native storytelling and multimedia organization
Responsive
Responsive
b737a640-2ce3-4d33-be73-2b1d59bb22a4
Vibe of Portland
website ›
K-12 Arts Education
$11,100
2022
one year operating support grant for visual art and music educational organization
Responsive
Responsive
35335dbf-40f7-4d38-9138-d15c930cea62
Whiteside Theatre Foundation
website ›
Arts
$6,600
2022
one year operating support grant for community and arts venue
Responsive
Responsive
f6df1e08-b057-4267-ab27-06b521ff7b8e
triangle productions!
website ›
Arts
$20,000
2022
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Initiative
Initiative
c133b886-436e-4328-a102-402cf5bd6424
Third Rail Repertory Theatre
website ›
Arts
$34,000
2022
operating support for COVID-19 related impacts
Initiative
Initiative
ba94d904-9695-4e7a-b6fb-ae63dbc6b470
Theatre 33 - In Residence at Willamette University
website ›
Arts
$2,100
2022
one year operating support grant for theatre organization supporting playwrights generating new work
Responsive
Responsive
d7dcd740-63d7-4048-8b15-9ce0073d20b8
Tower Theatre Foundation
website ›
Arts
$80,000
2022
two year operating support for performing arts organization and theatre in Central Oregon
Responsive
Responsive
30a1787e-6832-4523-8878-b948faeadb59
The Artist Mentorship Program
website ›
Arts
$4,500
2022
one year operating support grant for arts and music mentorship programming for houseless youth in Portland
Responsive
Responsive
86b55724-c129-4459-96fb-455031292aa4
The Artback
website ›
Arts
$2,000
2022
one year operating support grant for a community collective, public art project by professional and young artists
Responsive
Responsive
6dae79e0-1194-4a12-a96e-dac5d6a96027
Tananawit
website ›
Arts
$8,500
2022
one year operating support grant for community organization on the Warm Springs Indian Reservation supporting artists
Responsive
Responsive
bb89b356-5390-4164-8b39-60b6fed88a65
Takohachi
website ›
Arts
$2,200
2022
one year operating support grant for traditional Japanese music and dance programming
Responsive
Responsive
b0cabb9b-e0dc-478d-a68a-61408145bf9f
Ten Fifteen Productions
website ›
Arts
$2,500
2022
one year operating support grant for theatre productions and community performance space in Astoria, Oregon
Responsive
Responsive
e520628c-b729-4f64-951e-100666df82e1
Teaching Preschool Partners
website ›
K-12 Education
$300,000
2022
three year operating grant for professional development, mentoring services and tools to pre-K to 2nd grade educators
Responsive
Responsive
26f2e16b-7ad3-46c2-a89d-ca816f434b9d
St. Andrew Nativity School
website ›
K-12 Education
$150,000
2022
two year operating support grant for middle school supporting low income students with culturally responsive supports
Responsive
Responsive
dd96df63-432f-4ff7-aaf7-7394011c4cd2
Steps for Youth
website ›
Arts
$5,400
2022
one year operating support grant for community dance company for BIPOC youth
Responsive
Responsive
c5a45a68-284c-43f3-bd76-bfae6649e40e
Southern Oregon Repertory Singers
website ›
Arts
$13,000
2022
one year operating support grant for adult choral ensemble in Southern Oregon
Responsive
Responsive
e8578ca0-6cdb-474b-b271-90805c429e03
Siren Nation, Inc.
website ›
Arts
$350
2022
Ross McKeen Memorial Award for Arts Leadership Development
Initiative
Initiative
226065ae-e453-40cd-9d8b-357ed2dbebb7
Sitka Center for Art and Ecology
website ›
Arts
$100,000
2022
two year operating support for organization providing artist workshops and residencies, exhibitions, and ecologist residencies
Responsive
Responsive
a8053930-2c67-4bc5-a089-5f87cd9d0031
Siren Nation, Inc.
website ›
Arts
$1,800
2022
Ross McKeen Memorial Award for Arts Leadership Development
Initiative
Initiative
b2b92c22-bef1-4dbb-b77d-30b4b63282b5
Siletz Bay Music Festival
website ›
Arts
$5,200
2022
one year operating support grant for summer multi genre music festival in Rural Oregon
Responsive
Responsive
860b66b7-90e4-41cf-a661-c60efbc83156
Shaun Keylock Company
website ›
Arts
$4,800
2022
one year operating support grant for contemporary dance company and arts service organization
Responsive
Responsive
ce58416e-0c72-4bb6-b458-d199076065f6
Serendipity Center Inc.
website ›
K-12 Education
$30,000
2022
one year project support grant for COVID transition support for unique school focused on special education & trauma supports
Responsive
Responsive
394ef0b1-1c18-40b6-b9ae-a8bc5d66950d
Shaking the Tree Theatre
website ›
Arts
$14,200
2022
one year operating support grant for theatre company
Responsive
Responsive
e2f6dabc-7bbc-400b-99d9-c5fe14ebeaf4
Salem/Keizer Coalition for Equality
website ›
K-12 Education
$80,000
2022
two year project support for for parent-led reading intervention and culturally specific support program for Latinx families
Responsive
Responsive
583e4c0e-aaba-4761-80fc-4b781fba469a
Rogue World Music
website ›
Arts
$10,400
2022
one year operating support grant for public and youth music programming
Responsive
Responsive
b9387875-745c-4317-9fbd-7b53a72f115a
Rogue Valley Mentoring
website ›
K-12 Education
$25,000
2022
one year project support to add in-school mentoring program for Middle Schoolers during ongoing wildfire recovery
Responsive
Responsive
d5787b7f-3935-4447-abdd-36e3d345fa96
Rogue Theater Company
website ›
Arts
$10,000
2022
one year project support grant for theatre company
Responsive
Responsive
089dea46-d94f-424b-ba76-65a67da77b5f
Rogue Gallery and Art Center
website ›
Arts
$12,200
2022
one year operating support grant for community art center in Southern Oregon
Responsive
Responsive
91b16626-0a8c-4689-a1e9-d5fdbbf996f8
Riverstars - Illinois Valley Community Development Organization
website ›
K-12 Arts Education
$8,625
2022
one year project support grant for youth dance and theatre classes, and performances in Rural Oregon
Responsive
Responsive
1fe66827-829b-4821-bd2b-6c43d26ad654
Riverbend Live!
website ›
Arts
$4,900
2022
one year operating support grant for rural community music and performing arts organization
Responsive
Responsive
f4d7bd66-8cad-4ac5-ad4a-0a39c57161a1
Risk/Reward
website ›
Arts
$4,600
2022
one year operating support grant for performing arts organization creating new works
Responsive
Responsive
fea2860b-8f62-4511-8a72-fd1c75d869b3
Rejoice Diaspora Dance Theater
website ›
Arts
$3,100
2022
one year operating support grant for community ensemble and dance performances
Responsive
Responsive
b6a2ccf5-c56c-4ace-b555-8299b99249d3
Reading Results
website ›
K-12 Education
$100,000
2022
two year operating support grant for reading intervention program serving low income and students of color
Responsive
Responsive
07e7a23a-7027-41a6-aa8b-c1973920604a
QDoc Film Festival - sponsored by Hollywood Theatre
website ›
Arts
$3,000
2022
one year project support grant for film festival of LGBTQ+ documentaries
Responsive
Responsive
cd0eface-455a-44f0-bae2-4f61be877cff
PUSH FOLD
website ›
Arts
$3,800
2022
one year operating support grant for contemporary dance productions and festival
Responsive
Responsive
9b313197-0170-49b1-b984-b8a84560d734
Profile Theatre
website ›
Arts
$2,000
2022
Ross McKeen Memorial Award for Arts Leadership Development
Initiative
Initiative
1464a259-929a-48bb-be3c-6d52455c786e
Profile Theatre
website ›
Arts
$5,000
2022
Operating Support Initiative - Opportunity Grant
Initiative
Initiative
164d89fa-04f7-4981-b383-f0579ba7ea22
Portland Symphonic Choir
website ›
Arts
$6,100
2022
one year operating support grant for choral arts organization
Responsive
Responsive
a678109c-52c5-4ce7-a6b1-a92815f0f598
Portland Revels
website ›
Arts
$11,600
2022
one year operating support grant for performing arts, storytelling, adult chorus and children's chorus
Responsive
Responsive
62dd75c4-ecfc-4126-a917-2be9f990cca3
Portland Radio Project
website ›
Arts
$7,200
2022
one year operating support grant for a non-profit radio station with an arts focus
Responsive
Responsive
a2fdb6b3-388f-4acd-a6c3-eeb8e585a9da
Portland Opera
website ›
Arts
$250,000
2022
Large Arts Initiative - operating support for arts organization
Initiative
Initiative
3daaa93a-62af-4e50-aa06-1eb96a4c5728
Portland Columbia Symphony
website ›
Arts
$18,200
2022
one year operating support grant for community orchestra
Responsive
Responsive
bb558b4b-0104-4e1d-9ddd-51f0c796db09
Portland Chamber Orchestra
website ›
Arts
$4,000
2022
one year operating support grant for professional chamber orchestra performances
Responsive
Responsive
d89bee91-ab7c-454c-8744-7d089bd9fd27
Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble
website ›
Arts
$3,600
2022
one year operating support grant for concert series & composers
Responsive
Responsive
62a0de80-7b58-4bff-986e-78ec3e1c01f4
Portland Chinatown Museum
website ›
Arts
$14,300
2022
one year operating support grant for contemporary Asian American art exhibitions
Responsive
Responsive
635c5d73-1106-477e-a5ce-11e9dbe5b0ac

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