Miller Foundation’s 2023 Fast Track Arts Grants for Small Organizations in Oregon

Ceiling: $25,000
Applications Due: Rolling
Private
Miller Foundation

This funding opportunity provides financial support to small arts organizations in Oregon that focus on arts and arts education, helping them cover essential operating expenses.

Description

Miller Foundation’s 2023 Fast Track Arts Grants for Small Organizations in Oregon provide Operating Support for arts organizations with missions focused on Arts, Arts Education, or K-12 Education. Smaller organizations with annual expenses of less than $500,000 and allocating more than 25% of their annual expenses to significant and ongoing Arts or Arts Education activities are eligible. The grant amount is based on the percentage of budgeted expenses related to Arts or Arts Education and can be used for artist/contractor fees, staff wages, rent/utilities, technology, performance/presentation/exhibit expenses, marketing/fundraising, production/exhibition equipment, and general business expenses. Expenses not covered include debt repayment and capital campaigns.

Eligibility

States
Oregon
Regions
All
Eligible Entities
Nonprofits, Independent school districts

Funding

Program Funding
Award Ceiling
$25,000
Award Floor
Award Count

Timing

Posted Date
December 07, 2023
App Status
Accepting Applications
Pre-app Deadline
Application Deadline

Funder

Funding Source
Source Type
Private
Contact Name
Contact Email
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Previous Recipients
Xcape Dance Company website › K-12 Arts Education $2,400 2023 Eugene Lane one year operating support for arts education and performing for the BIPOC youth community Responsive Wisdom of the Elders Inc. website › Arts $32,000 2023 Portland Multnomah one year operating support for multimedia programs and Indigenous Archives Initiative Responsive Wellsprings Friends School website › K-12 Education $40,000 2023 Eugene Lane one year operating support for alternative high school serving youth from nine school districts in Lane County Responsive White Bird website › Arts $195,000 2023 Portland Multnomah three year operating support for contemporary dance performances Responsive The John G. Shedd Institute for the Arts website › Arts $270,000 2023 Eugene Lane three year operating support for arts education and performance center Responsive Third Angle New Music Ensemble website › Arts $50,800 2023 Portland Multnomah two year operating support for contemporary music organization and performances Responsive Signal Fire website › Arts $2,100 2023 Portland Multnomah one year operating support for artist residencies and retreats in Rural Oregon Responsive Ten Fifteen Productions website › Arts $3,000 2023 Astoria Clatsop one year operating support grant for theatre productions and community performance space in Astoria Responsive Little Theatre on the Bay website › Arts $6,700 2023 North Bend Coos one year operating support for community performing arts organization in rural Oregon Responsive Stand for Children Leadership Center website › K-12 Education $100,000 2023 Portland Multnomah one year operating support for system-level educational reforms in Oregon Responsive Southern Oregon Repertory Singers website › Arts $26,000 2023 Ashland Jackson two year operating support for adult choral ensemble in Southern Oregon Responsive STAGES Performing Arts Youth Academy website › K-12 Arts Education $6,300 2023 Hillsboro Washington one year operating support for year-round youth theatre programming Responsive SMART Reading website › K-12 Education $200,000 2023 Portland Multnomah two year operating support for statewide reading program Responsive Serendipity Center Inc. website › K-12 Education $30,000 2023 Portland Multnomah one year operating support for alternative school serving students with special needs Responsive Rogue Valley Mentoring website › K-12 Education $40,000 2023 Medford Jackson one year operating support for youth mentoring program in rural Southern Oregon Responsive Riverbend Live! website › Arts $5,700 2023 Winston Douglas one year operating support for youth theatre education and summer concert series in rural Oregon Responsive Rogue Valley Symphony website › Arts $141,000 2023 Ashland Jackson three year operating support for orchestra in Southern Oregon Responsive REAP website › K-12 Education $300,000 2023 Portland Multnomah two year operating support for year-round multicultural youth leadership program Responsive RASIKA website › Arts $7,500 2023 Portland Multnomah one year operating support for outreach events and performances of master artists from India Responsive Portland Revels website › Arts $15,700 2023 Portland Multnomah one year operating support grant for performing arts, storytelling, adult chorus and children's chorus Responsive Ross Ragland Theater website › Arts $120,000 2023 Klamath Falls Klamath three year operating support for theater and cultural center in Southern Oregon Responsive Portland Opera website › Arts $1,125,000 2023 Portland Multnomah three year operating support for opera company Responsive Portland Chamber Orchestra website › Arts $5,300 2023 Portland Multnomah one year operating support grant for professional chamber orchestra performances Responsive Portland Youth Philharmonic website › K-12 Arts Education $180,000 2023 Portland Multnomah three year operating support for youth orchestra Responsive PlayWrite website › K-12 Arts Education $32,400 2023 Portland Multnomah two year operating support for arts education program providing students with playwriting/performing workshops Responsive Peace in Schools website › K-12 Education $30,000 2023 Portland Multnomah one year operating support for in-school mindfulness education program Responsive PDX Jazz website › Arts $150,000 2023 Portland Multnomah two year operating support for jazz performance and arts education programming Responsive Portland Center Stage website › Arts $500,000 2023 Portland Multnomah one year operating support for theatre company Responsive Portland Baroque Orchestra website › Arts $50,000 2023 Portland Multnomah one year operating support for baroque and early classical music orchestra Responsive Orchestra Next website › Arts $7,000 2023 Eugene Lane one year operating support grant for training orchestra Responsive PassinArt: A Theatre Company website › Arts $80,000 2023 Portland Multnomah two year operating support for African American producing theatre company Responsive Oregon Repertory Singers website › Arts $78,000 2023 Gladstone Clackamas three year operating support for adult and youth choral arts organization Responsive Oregon Shakespeare Festival website › Arts $500,000 2023 Ashland Jackson one year operating support for large-scale repertory theatre company Responsive Oregon Center for Contemporary Art website › Arts $60,000 2023 Portland Multnomah two year operating support for contemporary art gallery Responsive Oregon Symphony website › Arts $3,500,000 2023 Portland Multnomah three year operating support for professional orchestra Responsive Cultural Advocacy Coalition Foundation website › Arts $9,200 2023 Portland Multnomah one year operating support for the charitable activities of the Cultural Advocacy Coalition of Oregon to benefit arts and culture in the state Responsive Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) website › K-12 Education $250,000 2023 Portland Multnomah two year operating support for statewide education programming Responsive North Pole Studio website › Arts $10,000 2023 Portland Multnomah one year operating support for accessible arts programming for artists with autism, intellectual or developmental disabilities Responsive Native Arts and Cultures Foundation, Inc. website › Arts $180,000 2023 Portland Multnomah three year operating support for programming of the Center for Native Arts and Cultures supporting Native Artists Responsive Oregon Ballet Theatre website › Arts $950,000 2023 Portland Multnomah three year operating support for professional ballet company and school Responsive Comunidad y Herencia Cultural website › Arts $7,100 2023 Springfield Lane one year operating support grant for arts programming supporting & led by traditional Latinx artists in community Responsive Museum At Warm Springs website › Arts $129,930 2023 Warm Springs Jefferson three year operating support for museum preserving the traditions, cultural and artistic heritage of The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, and other Indigenous peoples Responsive Maslow Project website › K-12 Education $60,000 2023 Medford Jackson two year project support for a school-based program providing educational supports for homeless youth Responsive Miracle Theatre Group website › Arts $70,200 2023 Portland Multnomah two year operating support for Latino theatre, culture, and arts education experiences Responsive Lincoln City Cultural Center website › K-12 Arts Education $41,400 2023 Lincoln City Lincoln two year project support for youth arts education at visual and performing arts center in rural Oregon Responsive Independent Publishing Resource Center website › Arts $12,300 2023 Portland Multnomah one year operating support for printmaking and literary program Responsive #instaballet website › Arts $4,200 2023 Eugene Lane one year operating support for interactive dance company Responsive Inland Northwest Musicians website › Arts $5,400 2023 Hermiston Umatilla one year operating support support for community orchestra & chorale in rural Oregon Responsive Hand2Mouth Theatre website › Arts $41,600 2023 Portland Multnomah two year operating support for collaborative theatre ensemble Responsive Grants Pass Museum of Art website › Arts $10,700 2023 Grants Pass Josephine one year operating support for art museum in Southern Oregon Responsive Portland Symphonic Girlchoir website › K-12 Arts Education $8,200 2023 Portland Multnomah one year operating support for treble choir organization and youth programming Responsive Five Oaks Museum website › Arts $26,000 2023 Portland Multnomah one year operating support for arts-integrated cultural museum Responsive FACT Oregon website › K-12 Education $91,000 2023 Portland Multnomah two year operating support for education programs supporting students and families affected by special needs and disabilities Responsive Eugene Symphony website › Arts $166,000 2023 Eugene Lane one year operating support for professional orchestra Responsive Empowered Movement Aerial website › K-12 Arts Education $5,500 2023 Hood River Hood River one year of operating support for youth aerial arts classes and performances Responsive Eugene Ballet Company website › Arts $264,000 2023 Eugene Lane three year operating support for professional ballet company and ballet school Responsive En Taiko website › K-12 Arts Education $4,700 2023 Portland Multnomah one year operating support grant for youth Japanese taiko drumming educational and performances Responsive Elevate Oregon website › K-12 Education $50,000 2023 Portland Multnomah one year operating support for in-school mentoring program for grades 3-12 Responsive Echo Theater Company website › K-12 Arts Education $25,000 2023 Portland Multnomah one year project support for acquisition of programming from Circus Project Responsive Dance Wire website › Arts $14,800 2023 Portland Multnomah two year operating support grant for dance service organization Responsive Collaborative Theatre Project, Inc. website › Arts $15,200 2023 Medford Jackson one year operating support for collaborative theatre ensemble Responsive Crossroads Carnegie Art Center website › Arts $225,000 2023 Baker City Baker three year project support for public/private partnership for arts programming at National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center in rural Baker County Responsive Craterian Performances website › Arts $180,000 2023 Medford Jackson three year operating support for multi purpose performance venue Responsive Cottage Theatre website › Arts $20,200 2023 Cottage Grove Lane one year operating support for theatre company and youth programming Responsive College Possible website › K-12 Education $225,000 2023 Portland Multnomah three year operating support for college access and success program for urban and rural low-income students Responsive CoHo Productions website › Arts $42,800 2023 Portland Multnomah two year operating support for collaborative theatre company and artist led co-productions Responsive Bridging Voices website › K-12 Arts Education $3,100 2023 Portland Multnomah one year operating support grant for young adult chorus for LGBTQ+ and community Responsive BodyVox website › Arts $50,000 2023 Portland Multnomah one year operating support for dance education and performance company Responsive BendFilm website › Arts $30,000 2023 Bend Deschutes two year operating support for film festival year round programming Responsive Art Center East website › Arts $32,000 2023 La Grande Union two year operating support for arts programs and infrastructure for rural artists Responsive BEAT Children's Theatre website › K-12 Arts Education $7,000 2023 Bend Deschutes one year operating support for children's theatre in Bend Responsive Bag and Baggage Productions website › Arts $70,000 2023 Hillsboro Washington two year operating support for theatre company Responsive Ashland Children's Theatre website › Arts $3,000 2023 Ashland Jackson one year operating support for children's theater organization Responsive Oregon Coast Aquarium website › K-12 Education $100,000 2023 Newport Lincoln two year operating support for statewide marine education program Responsive Artist Mentorship Program website › Arts $5,500 2023 Portland Multnomah one year operating support grant for arts and music mentorship programming for houseless youth in Portland Responsive Anima Mundi Productions website › Arts $14,400 2023 Phoenix Jackson one year operating support for Ashland concert series for composers and performers of new music Responsive Four Rivers Cultural Center website › K-12 Education $15,000 2023 Ontario Malheur one year project support for Dinosaurs in Motion Exhibition in Eastern Oregon Responsive The Dalles Art Association website › K-12 Arts Education $9,800 2023 The Dalles Wasco one year operating support for gallery, exhibitions and youth arts education programming Responsive Community Center for the Performing Arts | WOW Hall website › Arts $24,000 2023 Eugene Lane one year operating support for community center for the performing arts Responsive Willamette Valley Symphony website › Arts $1,300 2023 Albany Linn one year operating support for volunteer symphonic orchestra Responsive Performance Works NW website › Arts $3,800 2023 Portland Multnomah one year operating support for contemporary performance, venue, and artists residencies Responsive Rogue Valley Wind Ensemble, dba Rogue Valley Symphonic Band website › Arts $2,800 2023 Ashland Jackson one year operating support for symphonic band in southern Oregon Responsive Outside the Frame website › Arts $40,000 2023 Portland Multnomah one year operating support for filmmaking program for unhoused and marginalized youth Responsive Rogue Theater Company - sponsored by NAAME website › Arts $10,300 2023 Ashland Jackson one year project support grant for theatre company Responsive Risk/Reward website › Arts $6,100 2023 Portland Multnomah one year operating support for performing arts organization creating new works Responsive Portland Lesbian Choir website › Arts $5,700 2023 Portland Multnomah one year operating support grant for lesbian choral group for LGBTQ+ and community Responsive Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble website › Arts $4,300 2023 Portland Multnomah one year operating support grant for concert series & composers Responsive Our Children Oregon website › K-12 Education $50,000 2023 Portland Multnomah one year project support for statewide, multi-sector literacy task force Responsive McMinnville Film Festival Foundation website › Arts $3,500 2023 McMinnville Yamhill one year operating support for independent short film festival Responsive Oregon Arts Watch website › Arts $10,400 2023 Portland Multnomah one year operating support for Oregon arts and culture media group Responsive Lakewood Center for the Arts website › Arts $55,000 2023 Lake Oswego Clackamas one year operating support for regional theatre and arts hub Responsive RiverStars - Illinois Valley Community Development Organization website › Arts $5,100 2023 Cave Junction Josephine one year operating support for youth dance and theatre classes, and performances in Rural Oregon Responsive Oregon Coast Youth Symphony Festival Association website › Arts $4,800 2023 Newport Lincoln one year operating support for orchestra program for high school students in rural Oregon Responsive Water in the Desert website › Arts $4,200 2023 Portland Multnomah one year operating support for experimental arts and performance space Responsive Vibe of Portland website › K-12 Arts Education $14,200 2023 Portland Multnomah one year operating support grant for visual art and music educational organization Responsive Theatre 33 - In Residence at Willamette University website › Arts $4,900 2023 Salem Marion one year operating support for theatre organization supporting playwrights generating new work Responsive Umpqua Actors Community Theatre website › Arts $7,300 2023 Roseburg Douglas one year operating support for community theatre and youth theatre programs in Douglas County Responsive Shadow Project website › K-12 Education $90,000 2023 Portland Multnomah three year operating support for statewide support program for K-8 students with learning challenges Responsive Takohachi website › Arts $3,500 2023 Portland Multnomah one year operating support grant for traditional Japanese music and dance programming Responsive Shaking the Tree Theatre website › Arts $22,600 2023 Portland Multnomah one year operating support grant for theatre company Responsive The Red Door Project website › Arts $60,000 2023 Portland Multnomah one year operating support for theatre company focused on evolving law enforcement, the judiciary, and the community Responsive Portland Playhouse website › Arts $156,000 2023 Portland Multnomah two year operating support for professional repertory theatre Responsive PHAME website › Arts $60,000 2023 Portland Multnomah two year operating support for arts education and performance program for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities Responsive Painted Sky Center for the Arts website › Arts $14,100 2023 John Day Grant one year general operating support grant for community arts center and arts education programming in Grant County Responsive Columbia River Maritime Museum website › K-12 Education $10,000 2023 Astoria Clatsop one year project support for education program incorporating history, science, culture and art for K-12 students Responsive Oregon Mozart Players website › Arts $10,400 2023 Eugene Lane one year operating support for chamber orchestra Responsive Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education website › Arts $90,000 2023 Portland Multnomah three year operating support for art exhibit programming in Jewish cultural center Responsive High Desert Museum website › K-12 Education $225,000 2023 Bend Deschutes three year operating support for K-12 education programming about the natural world and cultural history of the high desert Responsive High Desert Chamber Music website › Arts $13,800 2023 Bend Deschutes two year operating support for chamber music organization in Central Oregon Responsive Fuse Theatre Ensemble website › Arts $7,400 2023 Portland Multnomah one year operating support for multi-disciplinary performance-based ensemble and politically motivated theatre Responsive Friends of Chamber Music website › Arts $123,000 2023 Portland Multnomah three year operating support for chamber music organization Responsive Experience Theatre Project website › Arts $4,700 2023 Beaverton Washington one year operating support for immersive theatre Responsive Eugene Gay Men's Chorus website › Arts $2,700 2023 Eugene Lane one year operating support for community choral group Responsive Oregon Coast Council for the Arts website › Arts $67,750 2023 Newport Lincoln two year operating support for arts council, programming, and venues on the Oregon Coast Responsive East Creek Art - sponsored by Oregon Potters Association website › Arts $6,900 2023 Willamina Yamhill one year project support for workshops and demonstrations led by BIPOC ceramic artists Responsive Centro Cultural of Washington County website › Arts $50,000 2023 Cornelius Washington two year project support for artist residency program for Latinx artists in Washington County Responsive Cappella Romana website › Arts $108,000 2023 Portland Multnomah three year operating support for professional chamber choir Responsive Blueprint Ensemble Arts and theatre Initiative website › K-12 Arts Education $3,900 2023 Portland Multnomah one year operating support for vocal education and performance Responsive Caldera website › K-12 Arts Education $25,000 2023 Portland Multnomah one year project support for youth arts mentoring program in Portland and Central Oregon Responsive Beaverton Symphony Orchestra website › Arts $4,100 2023 Beaverton Washington one year general operating support grant for professional orchestra and community performances Responsive Eastern Oregon Regional Theatre Inc website › Arts $7,200 2023 Baker City Baker two year operating support for theatre organization in rural Oregon Responsive Astoria Visual Arts website › Arts $4,500 2023 Astoria Clatsop one year operating support for a visual arts hub Responsive Astoria Arts and Movement Center website › Arts $2,900 2023 Astoria Clatsop one year operating support for arts and movement center in Astoria Responsive Ashland New Plays Festival website › Arts $5,900 2023 Ashland Jackson County one year operating support grant for playwrights developing new work and public readings Responsive ArtMax Academy website › K-12 Arts Education $4,300 2023 Beaverton Washington one year operating support for culturally specific arts education Responsive All Classical Public Media, Inc. website › Arts $120,000 2023 Portland Multnomah two year operating support for classical radio station and programming Responsive 21ten Theatre dba Shoebox Theatre website › Arts $2,500 2023 Portland Multnomah one year operating support grant for small theatre productions and acting classes Responsive Alberta Abbey Foundation website › Arts $15,600 2023 Portland Multnomah one year operating support grant for arts programming, performances, and studio space Responsive Write Around Portland website › Arts $52,400 2023 Portland Multnomah two year operating support grant for community-based writing workshops and literary events Responsive The Old Church website › Arts $50,000 2023 Portland Multnomah one year operating support for performing arts hub and programs Responsive Sunriver Music Festival website › Arts $18,500 2023 Sunriver Deschutes one year operating support for classical music festival Responsive Project Youth+ website › K-12 Education $250,000 2023 Grants Pass Josephine two year operating support for educational supports for students in Southern Oregon Responsive Corvallis Arts Center, Inc. DBA The Arts Center website › Arts $53,800 2023 Corvallis Benton two year operating support for artists, arts learning, arts exhibitions and cultural events Responsive Whiteside Theatre Foundation website › Arts $9,800 2023 Corvallis Benton one year operating support grant for community and arts venue Responsive Portland Summerfest website › Arts $8,800 2023 Portland Multnomah two year operating support for ongoing opera education program and free outdoor opera performances Responsive Building Healthy Families website › K-12 Education $20,000 2023 Enterprise Wallowa one year operating support for mentoring, social-emotional learning, and education support programs for students in Wallowa county Responsive Portland Art Museum website › Arts $2,500,000 2023 Portland Multnomah three year operating support for art museum Responsive New Moon Productions Theatre Company website › K-12 Arts Education $1,900 2023 Portland Multnomah one year operating support grant for Drama Literacy Program Responsive Eugene Opera website › Arts $60,000 2023 Eugene Lane two year operating support for professional opera organization Responsive Crow's Shadow Institute of the Arts website › Arts $66,600 2023 Pendleton Umatilla two year operating support for artists-in-residence, printmaking education, and Indigenous arts Responsive Art Presence, Inc. website › Arts $2,400 2023 Jacksonville Jackson

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