Past Grants

Downtown Baltimore Family Alliance

Toward educational advocacy efforts designed to increase enrollment and parental involvement at Baltimore City Public Schools. By marketing city schools to families living downtown, the alliance aims to establish stable and economically viable schools in its neighborhoods.

Institute for Christian & Jewish Studies (ICJS)

For support of educational events to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the ICJS, an inter-faith coalition seeking to learn more about each faith’s history and traditions.

The Walters Art Museum

To provide awards for Art Bytes in support of Baltimore’s technology and innovation community.

1000 Friends of Maryland

Funding to advance comprehensive land use and transportation policy reform at state and local levels. 1000 Friends focuses on a public agenda that encourages the redevelopment of existing communities and preservation of Maryland’s open space, agricultural land, and forests, through several strategies that include restricting the development of new septic systems, holding Maryland accountable to meet pollution-reduction goals, reforming estate tax for farming families, and investing in local transportation systems.

Banner Neighborhoods Community Corporation

Toward the purchase and renovation of a vacant, foreclosed building to create a permanent headquarters for the organization in Southeast Baltimore. The headquarters will enable Banner Neighborhoods to improve access and deliver more programs and services to the community.