(Portland, OR) -- A Portland-based multicultural STEM nonprofit is one of eight groups receiving a one-million-dollar grant to continue their work. KATU-2 reports the Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation is giving 125-thousand dollars each to ELSO Inc. and seven other groups dedicated to empowering young women and people of color interested in STEM careers. The foundation says the donations are in honor of family member Hildegard Lamfrom, whose scientific research they say contributed significantly to the medical community.