About the Position: We are looking for a part-time, experienced and collaborative Office Administrator to join our team. Our ideal candidate will effectively combine a strong racial justice analysis with sound technical and organizational operations experience. MRG’s Office Administrator will also be enthusiastic about the power of social justice philanthropy and inspired by MRG’s vision […]
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MRG donors and activists recognized the increased need many groups across Oregon are facing given mounting social, political and environmental challenges. In response, MRG launched the Democracy and Rights Fund. In two months’ time donors contributed nearly $90,000 and the MRG Board drew on its savings to move $125,000 to groups doing strategic, thoughtful organizing […]
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The MRG Foundation is pleased to announce that, after a national search, Se-ah-dom Edmo has been hired to serve as executive director, effective December 10, 2018. MRG supports grassroots racial and social justice work throughout Oregon. Since its founding in 1976, MRG has provided over $17 million in grants to more than 1400 groups […]
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We’re looking for great people like you to join the planning committee! Justice Within Reach (JWR) is MRG Foundation’s signature event to celebrate the work for social change across Oregon and inspire new levels of giving for our general fund grantmaking. The event serves as the cornerstone to MRG’s annual fundraising initiatives and brings together […]
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I was barely thirty when I first became acquainted with the McKenzie River Gathering Foundation (MRG). Now, in my early 70’s, I find myself thinking about all that has transpired in the world over those years-plenty to be upset about for sure; but also plenty of meaningful activism and grassroots work in Oregon, much of […]
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On July 19 a cross section of community organizing groups and philanthropic groups working in southern Oregon spent the better part of the day together. Their purpose was to identify common challenges and barriers to social change, and explore how community groups and those in philanthropy could work more collaboratively toward shared outcomes. The result […]
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By Bruce Poinsette While Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) legislation will be won or lost at the federal level, Oregonians will have to vote on ballot measure 105 that would overturn Oregon’s thirty-year-old sanctuary laws which will increase racial profiling and harm undocumented people and their families, like those organized by the Oregon DACA […]
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MRG’s Grant making committee and Board is excited to announce the Spring 2018 grantees! Out of 29 groups that applied, MRG’s activist-led grant making committee granted $155,000 to 15 groups across Oregon in our Spring 2018 grant cycle. From La Grande to North Bend, Portland to Phoenix, and Salem to Eugene, the work spanned as […]
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MRG Foundation is looking for intersectional activists and organizers to help redistribute resources in Oregon! As a member of the MRG community we know you have the insight, skills, and passion to support this work, so we invite you to join our Grant Making Committee and allocate dollars to grassroots organizing across the state. We […]
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In January of 2016, MRG launched the Capacity Building Initiative (CBI). The CBI provides multi-year funding, individualized technical assistance, and peer learning opportunities to ten grassroots social change organizations across the state. Our pilot project is currently being funded in partnership with Meyer Memorial Trust. Oregon has over 300 registered farm worker housing camps and […]
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