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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
Independent Publishing Resource Center
website ›
Arts
$30,000
2016
Capacity building through staff expansion
Responsive
Responsive
f7957b09-2606-1c39-fd79-f81571ebafb0
In Mulieribus
website ›
Arts
$3,000
2016
to support "Ordo Virtutum" project
Responsive
Responsive
75d0f7b1-1ba8-db4c-2ad1-d724fcbcae2b
High Desert Museum
website ›
Arts
$50,000
2016
project support for the Changing Exhibits Initiative
Responsive
Responsive
811b3252-b61c-5416-3017-af3bbab567e1
Friends of the Visual Arts (dba Willamette Art Center)
website ›
Arts
$15,000
2016
Willamette Art Center 2016 Equipment Upgrade
Responsive
Responsive
afb97d8e-0df2-a4d2-4719-d2528936ee72
GRANTMAKERS of Oregon and Southwest Washington
website ›
K-12 Education
$25,000
2016
capacity building to help transition to a new executive director
Responsive
Responsive
7d97c548-5e61-7e41-1b99-d2b28a3d578b
Gateway to College National Network / Achieving the Dream
website ›
K-12 Education
$80,000
2016
Program support for State Care to College program
Responsive
Responsive
cc5ff68d-409a-21b3-f6c7-e1a253294fc4
Gilbert House Children's Museum
website ›
K-12 Education
$8,250
2016
Classroom Technology Upgrade
Responsive
Responsive
5992b1c1-55af-cf40-48b1-1f5dc5eaa3e4
Four Rivers Cultural Center
website ›
Arts
$5,647
2016
Community Theater Production of Beauty and the Beast
Responsive
Responsive
cb9e0f0e-7bb8-a267-99b8-79da49fb8b58
Financial Beginnings Oregon
website ›
K-12 Education
$25,000
2016
capacity building through hiring an Executive Director for Oregon
Responsive
Responsive
cb5e9c0e-3c17-9b2e-e4f0-f9c0933c768e
Eugene-Springfield Youth Orchestras
website ›
K-12 Arts Education
$15,000
2016
program support to bring ESYO's String Academy classes to 8 area elementary schools
Responsive
Responsive
36b911fe-81c3-b8a6-6fc9-785e68a0e474
Elsinore Theatre
website ›
Arts
$40,000
2016
challenge grant to match local donors
Responsive
Responsive
970478f4-6860-3788-b1c4-20ea0a2b740a
Disability Art and Culture Project
website ›
Arts
$5,000
2016
program support to support "Chickens and Cheese Pizza" performance
Responsive
Responsive
c83dc78b-ce4d-cd3e-ffbb-c79e0754acd9
Eastern Oregon Regional Theatre Inc
website ›
Arts
$2,743
2016
to support the "Spitfire Grill Musical" production
Responsive
Responsive
8e81e095-44ce-fb3c-0f9f-6894cec3ac2a
Construct Foundation
website ›
K-12 Education
$15,000
2016
program support to pilot School ReTool program
Responsive
Responsive
b9078d11-2ef6-b9c8-0751-dac1df22f7f5
Drexel H. Foundation
website ›
Arts
$5,000
2016
program and staff development for the Drexel Youth Art & Culture Programs
Responsive
Responsive
43e7a949-3a59-74e1-1197-a447f4dcc938
De La Salle North Catholic High School
website ›
K-12 Education
$220,000
2016
capacity building in advance of an upcoming capital campaign
Responsive
Responsive
9496dcdb-f6d8-12d5-e0ba-5e897d756f4a
DanceAbility International
website ›
Arts
$27,765
2016
capacity building to hire a new Development Director
Responsive
Responsive
1fba8fb0-d2bd-bdf2-5578-afccf39f2eed
Dance Wire
website ›
Arts
$2,500
2016
capacity building to implement marketing strategy
Responsive
Responsive
a333a0b1-5765-b86b-2570-ee7d62e13d6c
Crossroads Carnegie Art Center
website ›
Arts
$20,000
2016
to assist in recruitment and increasing support from existing funders
Responsive
Responsive
cf656ca6-1d8f-30f5-aa05-c902219409f8
Crow's Shadow Institute of the Arts
website ›
Arts
$6,500
2016
25th Anniversary Exhibit support - Visiting Scholar
Responsive
Responsive
c3b18195-1dd9-0346-40f9-e2f9aa73dcc7
Corrib Theatre
website ›
Arts
$5,000
2016
Corrib Theatre Production: "Our New Girl"
Responsive
Responsive
43fbc47c-b158-04fa-24ea-a6cd4e42ca74
Confluence
website ›
K-12 Education
$50,000
2016
to hire a half-time Manager of Development, Membership and Communications
Responsive
Responsive
b36b771f-5887-a84a-ce41-513845b7d2f5
Clackamas County Arts Alliance
website ›
Arts
$18,650
2016
to build capacity through a development and staffing project
Responsive
Responsive
c4e40bd1-4534-d432-cb43-b4eee864dc1a
Circus Project
website ›
K-12 Arts Education
$45,000
2016
change capital to develop new business model involving new space
Responsive
Responsive
4e6276ae-6e8d-392d-0ed4-0eb92d02f46a
Classroom Law Project
website ›
K-12 Education
$50,000
2016
capacity support to hire a Senior Program Manager
Responsive
Responsive
7adb591c-a954-f201-2e65-b8ecb9444b30
Clackamas Repertory Theatre
website ›
Arts
$5,000
2016
"The Music Man"
Responsive
Responsive
26915e35-723d-3634-3d15-7de5f0e21b3d
Children's Institute
website ›
Other
$30,000
2016
one year grant to support early childhood advocacy program through Miller Early Childhood Initiative
Initiative
Initiative
538ffff1-a551-0de1-d46b-694489d34a3b
Children's Institute
website ›
Other
$640,500
2016
one year grant to support early childhood advocacy program through Miller Early Childhood Initiative
Initiative
Initiative
0f5cb7d4-d54b-4398-556f-4890d54d97fc
CALYX, Inc
website ›
Arts
$5,000
2016
capacity building to streamline and archive published works
Responsive
Responsive
cf1a6ab2-8207-f83a-bb92-6611a346ee86
Burns Paiute Tribe
website ›
K-12 Education
$90,000
2016
to provide program support for the Tuwakii-Nobi after school program
Responsive
Responsive
b7a2f80e-8913-340e-fe4f-245f723e36a1
Arts
$25,000
2016
Creation Death & Delight
Responsive
Responsive
3f2d2762-e611-c473-ae6f-97659a585d01
Cannon Beach Arts Association
website ›
Arts
$5,000
2016
Project Support: Arts Education Program
Responsive
Responsive
73638e8c-b900-61ee-2200-2b0c89df0e52
Better Together Central Oregon
website ›
K-12 Education
$30,000
2016
program support for 8+9 Project
Responsive
Responsive
62c6db51-11a5-c85e-5020-cb3f71123718
Boom Arts, Inc.
website ›
Arts
$7,500
2016
Boom Arts 2017 International Series
Responsive
Responsive
c22428c4-54d4-f7a2-4201-9042c61d837e
Ballet Folklorico Ritmo Alegre
website ›
K-12 Arts Education
$5,000
2016
Ballet Folklorico 19th Annual Gala Show
Responsive
Responsive
71beda66-a64a-eed0-921f-5c5c0ce37a93
K-12 Education
$30,000
2016
AVID in Oregon schools; Oregon educator professional development
Initiative
Initiative
768eb8e9-6d39-47c5-bcf1-cad8f27ba10a
ArtsMidwest
website ›
Arts
$50,000
2016
Creating Connection Initiative - regional arts
Responsive
Responsive
05635084-3d91-c872-2de8-28ccfcceb6ed
Arts Center - Linn-Benton Council for the Arts
website ›
Arts
$20,000
2016
Arts Resources Directory Project: A two year Revenue Growing Project
Responsive
Responsive
fc9aa920-28e4-572e-6766-5b24f469e173
Wisdom of the Elders Inc.
website ›
K-12 Education
$50,000
2017
program support to continue Discovering Yidong Xinag program
Responsive
Responsive
86fd143c-c541-4ff0-aac2-e692e930f5c6
Write Around Portland
website ›
Arts
$15,000
2017
program support to present two publications and four community readings
Responsive
Responsive
5711b53e-acad-4a3c-8511-ce2e80d85dfd
Willamette Light Brigade
website ›
Arts
$10,000
2017
to provide program support for 2018 Portland Winter Light Festival
Responsive
Responsive
13762b5c-95bf-4a1f-8be3-88b952443758
Stand for Children Leadership Center
website ›
K-12 Education
$150,000
2017
program support for the Oregon Center for High School Success
Responsive
Responsive
6781668b-9dd7-4164-9f18-d6850de261e3
Third Angle New Music Ensemble
website ›
Arts
$40,000
2017
program support for "Third Angle Records" project
Responsive
Responsive
076db8e7-efc2-4ae2-8679-79131f4d53c8
The Red Door Project
website ›
Arts
$100,000
2017
capacity building to hire a Chief Operating Officer
Responsive
Responsive
f307c290-aca0-44c1-8668-8b057bda81f3
Tamastslikt Cultural Institute
website ›
Arts
$125,400
2017
capacity support to update a permanent exhibit
Responsive
Responsive
802963a6-6d9b-4d6d-b065-66a41716fb8e
Southern Oregon Repertory Singers
website ›
Arts
$5,000
2017
project support for two concerts
Responsive
Responsive
c4ef56c4-9215-4726-aaa7-90c35d2855c6
SMART Reading
website ›
K-12 Education
$100,000
2017
program support for a statewide program
Responsive
Responsive
946a2950-f1e7-4525-8f22-950bfd85a78b
Shaking the Tree Theatre
website ›
Arts
$5,000
2017
program support to produce "Macbeth"
Responsive
Responsive
27466218-b49d-41d3-a59f-b5be74aabf51
Risk/Reward
website ›
Arts
$2,500
2017
program support for summer festival
Responsive
Responsive
32bf3a81-ebb9-42c7-aa73-d9f39599803a
Shadow Project
website ›
K-12 Education
$60,000
2017
program support to help bring an equity initiative to ten Oregon schools
Responsive
Responsive
eb6b6fc0-b9cc-4e96-ad9c-4ebbeae40e86
Serendipity Center Inc.
website ›
K-12 Education
$12,600
2017
capacity building to provide the Teacher Effectiveness Coaching Program to Serendipity teachers
Responsive
Responsive
ac75dc8d-134a-4839-823a-cd47915a032e
Rogue World Music
website ›
Arts
$5,000
2017
capacity building through a fundraising challenge grant
Responsive
Responsive
d6622c4a-6ced-46a2-bb80-e78b6fd114c0
Rogue Valley Chorale Association
website ›
Arts
$7,500
2017
program support to commission and produce a new work by Julian Gonzalez
Responsive
Responsive
b0bc88e6-6343-43f5-945b-920ddbbf3ff4
Rogue Gallery and Art Center
website ›
Arts
$7,500
2017
program support for art exhibitions
Responsive
Responsive
23461b5d-dd5b-4ec6-8549-5a36fe526f4c
Regional Arts & Culture Council
website ›
Arts
$150,000
2017
program support for the Right Brain Initiative
Responsive
Responsive
a4122b52-b213-484e-bfb7-29948ade41b6
Arts
$8,100
2017
program support to commission, produce and present "Dance of the Hummingbirds" show
Responsive
Responsive
34027672-6d44-4de8-9cec-7081d89a71f5
Rainbow Dance Theatre - sponsored by WOU Foundation
website ›
Arts
$14,200
2017
to provide program support for a dance performance
Responsive
Responsive
135f224e-0c0d-4c9c-80ae-4dce4913a744
Portland Symphonic Choir
website ›
Arts
$5,783
2017
capacity support for a data management system and software upgrade
Responsive
Responsive
ea8fc1ef-919b-4e30-9be2-101c17f4c717
Portland Opera
website ›
Arts
$750,000
2017
Large Arts Initiative - multi year operating support for arts organization
Initiative
Initiative
d153c4e8-1c09-4a5a-acbe-879126c7df3a
Portland Experimental Theatre Ensemble
website ›
Arts
$8,300
2017
project support to produce "Uncle Vanya: urban/rural"
Responsive
Responsive
9ccf70d8-c9c0-4bd6-a079-eb589d4a7a8e
Portland Festival Symphony
website ›
Arts
$5,000
2017
program support for free summer concerts
Responsive
Responsive
51597c51-a6dd-4b38-8552-3d8702776495
Portland Children's Museum
website ›
Arts
$123,395
2017
capacity building to update technical POS and CRM systems
Responsive
Responsive
3aca7b17-5024-4b8b-90b2-2b8d9df94a21
Portland Actors Conservatory
website ›
Arts
$50,000
2017
capacity building for administrative support and strategic planning
Responsive
Responsive
e45eeb7c-14e1-469e-adaf-9e5db90e5f72
Portland Art Museum
website ›
Arts
$750,000
2017
Large Arts Initiative - multi year operating support for arts organization
Initiative
Initiative
14036460-9865-469f-aee7-3391a3937bea
Polaris Dance Theatre
website ›
Arts
$45,000
2017
Polaris Dance Theatre- Capacity Building
Responsive
Responsive
722e2e44-b3bd-4f9d-933c-d13797505c06
PlayWrite
website ›
Arts
$12,000
2017
capacity building to support a marketing initiative
Responsive
Responsive
a0631090-e39e-45f2-8729-edf11394c6cc
PDX Jazz
website ›
Arts
$20,000
2017
to provide program support for 2018 PDX Jazz Festival
Responsive
Responsive
ac3eaba6-01d5-46bd-9c73-34ed8d9fb678
Oregon Symphony
website ›
Arts
$1,500,000
2017
Large Arts Initiative - multi year operating support for arts organization
Initiative
Initiative
549314d6-1559-42d7-adb5-dd8f36f97ce5
Oregon Repertory Singers
website ›
Arts
$13,000
2017
project support to produce "Israel in Egypt"
Responsive
Responsive
d816524b-bdd0-4987-88a8-80c8c816cf8c
Oregon State Parks Foundation
website ›
Arts
$5,000
2017
Special grant for the publication: Oregon Coast
Initiative
Initiative
38f6e0bf-6b21-41a3-bfc4-c4556b4d5780
Oregon Community Foundation
website ›
K-12 Education
$5,000
2017
Partnership; Oregon Kindergarten Readiness Assessment
Initiative
Initiative
7a3c4a35-17e7-418b-b0fb-d83a810f612c
Oregon Historical Society
website ›
K-12 Education
$75,000
2017
capacity building for the FORWARD Campaign
Responsive
Responsive
22f5fea0-35b2-43dd-9471-35dec53a98cd
Oregon Community Foundation
website ›
K-12 Education
$15,000
2017
Partnership; for support in the first year of the Oregon Child Integrated Database system supported by OHSU’s Center for Evidence-based Practice and ECONorthwest
Initiative
Initiative
c76b3a20-1bab-41b4-845b-90ede4678acd
Oregon Community Foundation
website ›
Other
$75,000
2017
Partnership; project support for funder's early childhood collaborative Growing Master Trainers
Initiative
Initiative
1bce7032-6ab1-4a66-9704-466db363c341
Oregon Community Foundation
website ›
Arts
$50,000
2017
Partnership; DeVos Funder Collaborative for arts consulting to select arts organizations statewide
Initiative
Initiative
ad982a0f-8bd7-4289-b9b4-49a0c08aca16
Oregon Ballet Theatre
website ›
Arts
$450,000
2017
Large Arts Initiative - multi year operating support for arts organization
Initiative
Initiative
f154dff0-6c0b-4cc5-af19-b024136c9fa0
Oregon Coast Children's Theatre
website ›
K-12 Arts Education
$5,000
2017
project support to support tour and teacher workshops
Responsive
Responsive
7309535c-8e86-48a5-8386-c4b03ba3a651
Open Signal
website ›
Arts
$90,000
2017
capacity building to hire an individual giving & membership manager
Responsive
Responsive
ac3f5a05-506a-4a91-bb62-d1ed935e9d34
Obo Addy Legacy Project
website ›
Arts
$5,000
2017
capacity building to increase marketing
Responsive
Responsive
abc26ced-9853-424f-8f11-adebcde27be4
Northwest Regional Education Service District
website ›
K-12 Education
$400,000
2017
project support for "Every Student on Track" program
Responsive
Responsive
0b4dfcc4-d616-44f1-9876-b9593ede107c
New Expressive Works
website ›
Arts
$7,500
2017
program support to expand a residency program
Responsive
Responsive
7cddd360-4004-4b89-a512-3e761ca768b7
Native Arts and Cultures Foundation, Inc.
website ›
Arts
$30,000
2017
program support to fund Mentor Fellowship program
Responsive
Responsive
1c202ea3-84c6-4b9b-83e6-d39728370231
Maude I Kerns Art Center
website ›
Arts
$17,000
2017
capacity building to support Cultural Services Coordinator position
Responsive
Responsive
ea3ec105-a597-4d01-a7e7-dcce09b6d594
My Voice Music
website ›
Arts
$10,000
2017
program support to expand the Artist Mentorship Program
Responsive
Responsive
b1b2b122-1ac5-4b9a-b9db-680cde9cf360
Financial Beginnings Oregon
website ›
K-12 Education
$25,000
2017
capacity building through hiring an Executive Director for Oregon
Initiative
Initiative
22b16b2d-8de1-4cac-a205-a1443515ff60
Marist Catholic High School
website ›
K-12 Education
$5,000
2017
program support for Summer Academy for homeless students
Responsive
Responsive
0b551f9e-0aac-421b-a323-38739a25e8cf
Liberty Restoration Inc.
website ›
Arts
$22,000
2017
capacity building to buy a sound system
Responsive
Responsive
f433dbf7-e13a-4afb-a558-69a7186d1b79
Lincoln City Cultural Center
website ›
Arts
$43,000
2017
capacity building in marketing
Responsive
Responsive
2eddef8b-2aa6-4910-9fb6-b1a0ffbf03bf
Experience Theatre Project
website ›
Arts
$5,000
2017
programming support to produce "Taming of the Shrew"
Responsive
Responsive
3c5c62fa-fcbd-447f-a585-6d922d42ad03
Latino Network
website ›
K-12 Arts Education
$120,000
2017
to support arts and cultural programming
Responsive
Responsive
e5cd3383-aed5-47c3-aa92-36ed5a9857cc
Lane Arts Council
website ›
Arts
$40,000
2017
capacity building to hire administrative staff
Responsive
Responsive
1b3802e5-4eca-4424-886c-057c3c5f0ec5
Lan Su Chinese Garden
website ›
Arts
$25,000
2017
program support to show Beyond the Point: The Fine Art of Colored Pencil & Graphite
Responsive
Responsive
b134ff3f-631e-47e2-9252-a88e6f4c76fa
Lakewood Center for the Arts
website ›
Arts
$10,000
2017
program support to show Beyond the Point: The Fine Art of Colored Pencil & Graphite
Responsive
Responsive
49638a1f-0f2c-4921-9a70-324c12477fba
Kukatonon Children's African Dance Troupe
website ›
K-12 Arts Education
$30,000
2017
capacity building to increase the hours of the executive director
Responsive
Responsive
e615645d-9560-40a8-a3d9-9f981c7028af
K-12 Education
$100,000
2017
capacity building for a matching grant
Responsive
Responsive
c118740f-0d2a-4029-b714-37e2159e6677
KBOO Foundation
website ›
Arts
$10,000
2017
project support to digitize archival interviews
Responsive
Responsive
4c4122a9-d56b-4855-a671-3ca07e75f963
Jazz Society of Oregon
website ›
Arts
$5,000
2017
program support for the Cathedral Park Jazz Festival
Responsive
Responsive
f45d43c1-1e77-4e83-a776-6723e1de7cb5
Hollywood Theatre
website ›
Arts
$90,000
2017
Operating Support Initiative - Opportunity Grant
Initiative
Initiative
07d5c495-57a3-41e2-9548-04ef9df3955f
Foundations for a Better Oregon
website ›
K-12 Education
$705,600
2017
support for setting up for Center for Educator Advancement/transition
Initiative
Initiative
8fd0d3bc-08ec-48b1-b0fe-cc9ad316a20b
Grantmakers in the Arts
website ›
Arts
$7,500
2017
2017 GIA Funding Partner support
Initiative
Initiative
d7e69562-1f0c-439a-8aff-3114b86063fb

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