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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
Water in the Desert
website ›
Arts
$3,200
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
90b372da-2ae7-4558-813e-6e241794ef57
Upstart Crow Studios
website ›
Arts
$11,400
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
baccab22-0229-411b-a79b-5ddf87784295
United Way of Lane County
website ›
K-12 Education
$150,000
2021
three year grant to support literacy program for Lane County 3rd Graders
Responsive
Responsive
ca994d46-7c87-4395-adc0-b087d3362996
Umpqua Symphony Association
website ›
Arts
$5,800
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
a8f2c5fb-9e17-4a58-8a26-6b6645147bb4
Tower Theatre Foundation
website ›
Arts
$40,000
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
14e04559-c8ea-436f-a76e-75e3c51ae782
Theatre Diaspora
website ›
Arts
$1,400
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
3000eef0-1149-49ed-be4d-c1043f3fd768
Third Angle New Music Ensemble
website ›
Arts
$25,000
2021
one year project support for community collaboration with Third Angle, Portland Community College, and the Bodecker Foundation
Responsive
Responsive
cb848b5d-5404-46a7-bf84-71135928fd4e
Theatre 33 - In Residence at Willamette University
website ›
Arts
$4,000
2021
one year project grant to support theatre program for local playwrights
Responsive
Responsive
1fed39b8-1a45-411e-b326-5afcd4f65d14
Portland Opera
website ›
Arts
$250,000
2021
Large Arts Initiative - operating support for arts organization
Initiative
Initiative
204ed51f-0952-466c-959d-fd7425b9f70d
The Very Little Theatre
website ›
Arts
$6,500
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
df6f3e37-d887-4b5c-80c2-7e1fcdcb36c1
The Red Door Project
website ›
Arts
$100,000
2021
operating support for storytelling program focused on racial ecology and criminal justice reform
Responsive
Responsive
6471f4aa-1c9c-4db4-a5f4-9f29dd2cb654
The Hearth
website ›
Arts
$14,600
2021
one year operating support for arts organization promoting narrative expression through story performances, visual storytelling, & training in the art of storytelling
Responsive
Responsive
aaf6e13f-e745-443b-8069-b50654886206
The Old Church
website ›
Arts
$15,800
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
32d4909f-9eed-4a1c-a67f-a71be26a12d1
The Dalles Art Association
website ›
Arts
$9,800
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
3de83d7d-d4e6-45f2-88dd-f7f8040b1021
Teaching Preschool Partners
website ›
Other
$150,000
2021
one time project grant to support the preservation of closed Opal School's early childhood research and documentation
Initiative
Initiative
8caf5665-933c-444d-84dd-73a07a283017
Tananawit
website ›
Arts
$6,100
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
6d4df217-7c59-40e0-94a2-f6eb92694950
Stand for Children Leadership Center
website ›
K-12 Education
$100,000
2021
one year operating grant supporting system-level educational reforms in Oregon
Responsive
Responsive
ffd3b06d-f831-4e28-b6a5-6581bb00b49f
Sunriver Music Festival
website ›
Arts
$11,200
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
801adb6d-c015-4abb-a57b-3df5aa1ce8d3
Stumptown Stages
website ›
Arts
$22,000
2021
one year operating support for musical theatre program
Responsive
Responsive
9236a5e6-ac9c-40ff-91e6-a267bc3a5744
Southern Oregon Repertory Singers
website ›
Arts
$12,300
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
1fcfea16-1d1f-4002-a060-2dee7accf7aa
Southern Oregon Guild
website ›
Arts
$4,300
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
d9d7cd23-e777-4473-8f14-151165ae7a0f
Southern Oregon Film Society
website ›
Arts
$40,000
2021
one year operating support grant to support film festival during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
2a1cfc39-111d-4946-b235-1018f0c641a4
Rose Children's Theatre
website ›
Arts
$4,100
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
293147b7-0127-4a42-84af-286f71f09bef
Rogue World Music
website ›
Arts
$8,900
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
4785a284-1302-4f62-8b9a-af71ff2335d1
Rogue Gallery and Art Center
website ›
Arts
$8,000
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
97f93d38-0d10-44b5-929a-ea60fc4ca130
Riverbend Live!
website ›
Arts
$4,200
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
100556cf-be9d-4c08-98cb-041dd7eb508a
Rejoice Diaspora Dance Theater
website ›
Arts
$2,200
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
1e51584a-aff8-4e4b-834d-47dab95655eb
Arts
$5,800
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
6a24094f-4606-4592-886b-f67e60a5e48e
Rainbow Dance Theatre - sponsored by WOU Foundation
website ›
Arts
$18,000
2021
one year project support grant for live streaming dance programming during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
124ca858-4f1a-43c8-9f0f-3f5a2359b505
Profile Theatre
website ›
Arts
$35,000
2021
one year project grant to support collaborative summer arts festival during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
bfa0396b-a5cf-460c-b35b-0f68751c9959
Portland Symphonic Choir
website ›
Arts
$3,200
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
2bce194c-e37c-44e1-a875-b2b90f9e016d
Portland Summerfest
website ›
Arts
$2,300
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
ebd0d0b4-18c1-4fd1-a610-9ae09f1d471f
Portland Revels
website ›
Arts
$8,700
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
bf395908-d0a9-4913-83a3-db1db47e6261
Portland Piano International
website ›
Arts
$23,000
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Initiative
Initiative
da289acf-1031-49d5-a7cd-d8c6a587870c
Portland Parks Foundation
website ›
Arts
$15,000
2021
project support grant for multi-disciplinary artist stipends for the Paseo project
Responsive
Responsive
670916c4-555d-44f3-b814-c22f00e3c4a5
Portland Opera
website ›
Arts
$250,000
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Initiative
Initiative
8b248963-6aa6-4f78-9c48-af33be627015
Portland Lesbian Choir
website ›
Arts
$2,500
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
d3699399-5cf7-42d4-92d3-c0142c0c7ba5
Portland Gay Men's Chorus
website ›
Arts
$45,000
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery for community choral singing organization
Responsive
Responsive
ad8711fc-cfbe-449e-a1b1-4521708a31a4
Portland Columbia Symphony
website ›
Arts
$14,400
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
1efb2b26-ddb6-4019-8395-15b112069297
Portland Chinatown Museum
website ›
Arts
$25,000
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
cc810adc-3684-4acf-93b4-ade306e724c4
Portland Chamber Orchestra
website ›
Arts
$2,200
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
b1845269-4b7f-4f36-bbda-f9481d5fc833
Portland Art Museum
website ›
Arts
$250,000
2021
Large Arts Initiative - operating support for arts organization
Initiative
Initiative
215853e5-b80e-4472-a8f7-273e3f7effd8
Portland Center Stage
website ›
Arts
$250,000
2021
Large Arts Initiative - operating support for arts organization
Initiative
Initiative
59594e8e-8c76-42db-a7f6-f4f9b53c7485
Polaris Dance Theatre
website ›
Arts
$22,000
2021
one year operating support grant for professional dance organization providing inclusive community dance classes
Responsive
Responsive
e805f872-5559-49ef-848a-b330e4229e4c
Playworks
website ›
K-12 Education
$20,000
2021
one year project support for social-emotional learning program at 4 Parkrose elementary schools
Responsive
Responsive
6cf20495-da10-4d29-bf00-67df43e3f6ab
PlayWrite
website ›
K-12 Arts Education
$15,000
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery for arts education program providing playwriting/performing workshops to underserved students
Responsive
Responsive
b358d899-4771-4cee-ad16-9d66cf2f6f2e
Arts
$6,500
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
1228f438-051b-41b1-b3ed-44ba1cecaa3c
Play It Forward
website ›
K-12 Arts Education
$15,000
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
3e171a83-e41f-498b-aa30-d0b9d7adc8aa
Arts
$25,000
2021
one year operating support for arts education and performance program for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Responsive
Responsive
effcb321-ebfd-4aac-ad1c-613e5ffc6193
Pentacle Theatre
website ›
Arts
$11,500
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
240ca9e5-b371-4e8c-a1a2-2488cb891725
Performance Works NW
website ›
Arts
$3,200
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
bb06aa8b-6cb9-4b72-8470-54a16e59c359
Pelican Bay Arts Association
website ›
Arts
$2,000
2021
one year grant to support operations for member run arts organization serving the Brookings area
Responsive
Responsive
d59e3649-d5d7-4975-ae0c-5ee174df49b8
PassinArt: A Theatre Company
website ›
Arts
$15,000
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
e593ec35-a061-4cc3-b340-202b9b6621f9
Partners for the Performing Arts Center
website ›
Arts
$3,500
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
2de6b7c1-ef68-4186-8ac2-43701777578e
Painted Sky Center for the Arts
website ›
Arts
$12,300
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
6c2e0530-c7eb-48c3-a863-826923c039e1
Outside the Frame
website ›
K-12 Arts Education
$25,000
2021
one year operating support for filmmaking program for unhoused and marginalized youth
Responsive
Responsive
1b3657ca-2780-4a17-b1e5-e6fc4266e6e8
Pacific Youth Choir
website ›
K-12 Arts Education
$9,200
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
79a0a026-05ee-4583-88e2-e319a637b862
Original Practice Shakespeare Festival
website ›
Arts
$4,400
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
bf0f8ce8-a4c5-4e7f-a899-50ab9face905
Oregon Symphony
website ›
Arts
$500,000
2021
Large Arts Initiative - operating support for arts organization
Initiative
Initiative
6d1fa802-2a8a-4918-bb90-0c365f49de3c
Oregon Society of Artists
website ›
Arts
$6,000
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
820db446-4e67-41a5-8266-41c740b2ba93
Oregon Repertory Singers
website ›
Arts
$14,600
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
8fa29640-d8b8-41eb-8b35-fe77744752a1
Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education
website ›
K-12 Education
$50,000
2021
two year grant to support operations of Oregon’s only museum tasked with educating the general public about discrimination, persecution, immigration, and the Holocaust
Responsive
Responsive
fef6a5d2-5165-4a07-8483-828cb15f37f2
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI)
website ›
K-12 Education
$200,000
2021
two year grant to support operations and education programming
Responsive
Responsive
d3fb3345-4260-4bd8-a9e2-f34371986c07
Oregon Contemporary Theatre
website ›
Arts
$30,000
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Initiative
Initiative
c213bf69-91f8-4b08-aa04-cdcb2038d121
Oregon Community Foundation
website ›
Other
$20,000
2021
Partnership; one year grant to support statewide early childhood initiative
Initiative
Initiative
093de399-e613-4947-9d72-00bd7d95966d
Oregon Community Foundation
website ›
$500,000
2021
Partnership; one time grant to join funder collaborative in supporting individual artists in Oregon during the pandemic
Initiative
Initiative
a8341531-d588-48bd-b1fc-ce47d8fda237
Oregon Coast Youth Symphony Festival Association
website ›
K-12 Arts Education
$3,500
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
2375d6a5-7b9b-417f-ac38-d5ae4c6c1424
Oregon Coast Aquarium
website ›
K-12 Education
$100,000
2021
two year operating grant to support statewide education program
Responsive
Responsive
6623ba9f-c4bc-4d5c-9e1f-24bf255b5fea
Oregon Children's Theatre
website ›
K-12 Arts Education
$90,000
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Initiative
Initiative
94ae8768-dc99-473a-854b-ee9744b87de6
Oregon Children's Choir
website ›
K-12 Arts Education
$4,600
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
d7995fce-8094-4b3d-8d17-05ea404467b5
Oregon BRAVO Youth Orchestras
website ›
K-12 Arts Education
$80,000
2021
two year operating support grant for arts education program providing Youth Orchestra learning in high poverty schools
Responsive
Responsive
f8099a45-fe04-4fcb-a526-2875f6ed94d7
Oregon Ballet Theatre
website ›
Arts
$150,000
2021
Large Arts Initiative - operating support for arts organization
Initiative
Initiative
18824b95-50ad-413c-b7c3-d3901d5b92c3
Oregon Arts Watch
website ›
Arts
$9,700
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
85f554e5-a345-419b-931e-95222e99aadf
Open Signal
website ›
K-12 Arts Education
$50,000
2021
one year project support for emerging Film Production Training program, led by Director Ime Etuk
Responsive
Responsive
63890a1f-1345-451e-a517-364604f49b6f
Open Signal
website ›
Arts
$50,000
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
9c1aac03-c255-413e-93fe-3f640a9677a2
Open School Inc.
website ›
K-12 Education
$50,000
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Initiative
Initiative
b32690ce-654f-468e-8a80-16f3c42774e5
New Expressive Works
website ›
Arts
$50,000
2021
one year project support for emerging program to support artist community’s sustainability & financial health
Responsive
Responsive
62f80418-0e37-4cda-ac65-f9b922a872a7
Newport Symphony Orchestra
website ›
Arts
$8,200
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
4061e373-2813-4007-8b1e-d295966e3d51
Native Arts and Cultures Foundation, Inc.
website ›
Arts
$150,000
2021
two year grant for operating support at new Center for Native Arts and Cultures
Responsive
Responsive
d57d226b-3f93-482c-ae10-ad780a43e62b
Native American Youth and Family Center
website ›
K-12 Education
$50,000
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Initiative
Initiative
ff131221-3d3d-4214-9fce-6f15c078d6ba
My Voice Music
website ›
K-12 Arts Education
$70,000
2021
two year project grant to fund professional development for 10-15 rural teaching artists serving 100 youth per year
Responsive
Responsive
ef01c7cf-dade-41d8-8d22-230fdb13b85d
Morpheus Youth Project
website ›
K-12 Arts Education
$10,000
2021
one year operating support grant for cultural responsive youth arts education program
Responsive
Responsive
47e8210c-4179-4968-b206-7a3e5316ab24
Montavilla Jazz Festival
website ›
Arts
$3,900
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
7498a340-2b17-4669-833e-da5286edbdb6
MetroEast Community Media
website ›
K-12 Arts Education
$75,000
2021
two year project support for media arts programming
Responsive
Responsive
d13e05e8-516b-4776-951e-d80f64c06545
MediaRites
website ›
Arts
$4,700
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
9784049e-72cd-47ea-af4a-9a15abc54c9f
McMinnville Film Festival Foundation
website ›
Arts
$2,900
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
eab2f619-60fe-4fdc-adbd-2eaea097c1e9
Marist Catholic High School
website ›
K-12 Education
$10,000
2021
one year grant to support reading instruction and intervention project during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
085cc22b-0209-43c8-b2eb-3cb392de8d78
Materials Exchange Center for Community Arts
website ›
Arts
$6,900
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
1da322ff-3322-467e-b4be-9d48c13a1f16
Little Theatre on the Bay
website ›
Arts
$5,600
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
10b215cf-0ec4-4d5b-b39d-7778f81ec066
Lincoln City Cultural Center
website ›
Arts
$21,800
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
9ded27a1-e415-4c45-be94-96d1ff0a2ffa
Liberty Restoration Inc.
website ›
Arts
$17,200
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
e9745b29-44d8-43b4-abdb-8cd913cbec6a
Lane Arts Council
website ›
Arts
$40,000
2021
two year operating support for arts hub in Lane County
Responsive
Responsive
42969835-f428-4c9b-af64-b9969e7f6d70
Lakewood Center for the Arts
website ›
Arts
$40,000
2021
one year operating support for regional theatre and artists hub
Responsive
Responsive
6f67ea92-b715-44a1-9691-57036da79a43
Klamath Film
website ›
Arts
$2,400
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
ac92ebb3-067a-4c9f-a446-2b90762bae1f
Kickstand Comedy
website ›
Arts
$4,400
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
f23d57e6-b1f5-427b-935a-ae2b8e2bc679
Journalistic Learning Initiative
website ›
K-12 Arts Education
$10,000
2021
one year grant for expansion statewide of a pilot program, Black Student Magazine, for Black middle/high school students
Responsive
Responsive
ad0e828d-3088-4a78-9392-cfc09318af0a
Josephy Center for Arts and Culture
website ›
Arts
$13,800
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
d8549630-6265-4dba-98be-14f9f351430b
Inland Northwest Musicians
website ›
Arts
$2,400
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
7534f9f5-1060-4116-a6b1-2252cb79a227
In Mulieribus
website ›
Arts
$5,600
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
e924ecd1-9b29-4ca8-8a8e-3b064ebb9f12
Hoffman Center
website ›
Arts
$8,400
2021
one year grant to support operations during COVID-19 recovery
Responsive
Responsive
b04b3199-16d5-452c-9f3e-6f3f3a5106b6

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