Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers
$7,500 / 2005 / Education
For staffing of the Education Funders Affinity Group, designed to enable Baltimore area grantmakers to learn about worthy education initiatives and school reform efforts, locally and nationally.
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Maryland (ACLU)
$50,000 / 2005 / Education
For continued support of the Baltimore City Education Reform Project, established to ensure that schools serving disadvantaged students receive equitable funding. The project aims to ensure that increased funding and management reform continues, particularly in Baltimore City; that academic improvements are made in Baltimore City classrooms; and that ACLU continues to represent the best interests of the students.
Advocates for Children and Youth
$65,000 / 2005 / Education
For the Education Initiative, designed to support increased student achievement in Maryland K-12 public schools, with an emphasis on Baltimore City. The efforts will help to ensure full funding of the Maryland’s Bridge to Excellence in Public Education Act, designed to make recommendations for school construction funding, provide analysis of Maryland’s State Assessment Program, and produce an independent evaluation of the impact of Thornton public education funds on at-risk students in Baltimore City.
Women’s Housing Coalition
$15,000 / 2005 / Criminal Justice and Addiction
To provide partial funding for expanded services to homeless women with mental illness and drug addiction. By expanding the staff to include a contractual part-time counselor and psychiatrist, the Coalition expects to reduce the rate of failure among the new entrants by 50 percent, and to increase the medication compliance rate among participants.
United Ministries, Inc.
$25,000 / 2005 / Criminal Justice and Addiction
For continued support of the long-term, drug-free Earl’s Place Transitional Housing Project for 17 homeless men, many of whom are HIV positive and recovering from substance abuse. Through residence up to two years, residents are able to obtain a sense of stability, remain drug- and alcohol-free, develop independent living skills, gain employment, pursue education, establish a savings account, and move into permanent housing.
