Fuel Fund of Maryland
$100,000 / 2018 / Community Development
The Fuel Fund of Maryland provides financial and educational resources to vulnerable Maryland families for heat and home utility needs. Through collaborative funding and services, Fuel Fund ensures affordable energy to families that must overcome hardship caused by poverty and assists these families to meet their basic human needs. This grant provided support for the Affordability Solutions programs, which include bill assistance, Watt Watchers, and Energy Coaching.
Fund for Educational Excellence
$59,215 / 2018 / Education
Partnering with Baltimore City Schools, The Abell Foundation has co-sponsored the Baltimore Robotics League, an afterschool competitive robotics clubs for students from Kindergarten to 12th grade who build and compete in VEX and FIRST tournaments locally and nationally. Over 600 students participate in robotics clubs three hours per week at 78 school locations. Abell funding this year has been dedicated to increasing the number of Jr. FIRST Lego teams in 20 elementary schools.
Le Mondo
$100,000 / 2018 / Community Development
Le Mondo is an artist-owned-and-driven project positioning Baltimore as a center for theatre and the live arts, nationally and internationally. Comprised of three buildings on Baltimore’s historic Howard Street corridor, the project will champion a diverse community of arts and community organizations, individual artists, curators, and arts-lovers in the city. This grant provided building stabilization support for Phase Two of the mixed-used redevelopment project on the 400 block of North Howard Street in the Bromo Arts District.
Maryland Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
$144,960 / 2018 / Health and Human Services
In response to studies showing long-lasting, damaging effects of exposure to Adverse Childhood Experiences, or ACEs, the Maryland Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics developed an intervention designed to support low-income parents of young children and to protect their children from exposure to ACEs. The intervention, known as TREE (for Talk, Read, Engage, Encourage) promotes positive parent-child interactions, which have been shown to mitigate the effects of ACEs. The TREE program includes video and print materials that encourage parents to talk, read and play with their young children, and are designed to be used by pediatricians during routine well-child visits. This grant supports the implementation and evaluation of the TREE program.
Mid-Atlantic Region MBDA Advanced Manufacturing Center – Baltimore
$35,000 / 2018 / Community Development
The Mid-Atlantic Region MBDA Advanced Manufacturing Center – Baltimore is an entrepreneurially focused organization committed to wealth creation in the minority business community. Its goal is to assist its clients as they secure financial capital; identify contracting opportunities; provide strategic advice and counsel to address immediate and long-term business needs; provide group and one-on-one training and education, and create and retain jobs. This grant provided support to a local small business which will increase production efficiencies and expand its access to market opportunities.
