Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore, Inc.
$109,200 / 2012 / Community Development
Toward support of the Chase Pier Waterfalls and Constructed Wetland Project, in an effort to make the Baltimore Harbor safe for swimming and fishing by 2020. The goal of the project is to transform an obsolete, deteriorating structure into a water sculpture, and create awareness of pollution threats to public health.
Adopt A Block, Inc.
$10,000 / 2012 / Community Development
Toward the purchase of building materials for Compassion Commission, a youth-driven program in the Greenmount West community in East Baltimore. Once a property is renovated, it is typically donated to a long-time resident of the neighborhood who has never owned a home but has a track record of community service.
CASA de Maryland, Inc.
$5,000 / 2012 / Community Development
Toward support of the 2012 National Immigrant Integration Conference in Baltimore.
Economic Alliance of Greater Baltimore
$5,000 / 2012 / Community Development
Toward support of the 2013 TEDx Baltimore conference.
Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies
$8,000 / 2012 / Community Development
Two grants for the 2012 and 2013 Abell Awards in Urban Policy, presented annually to an undergraduate student who writes the most compelling paper on a pressing problem facing Baltimore City and crafts a recommendation for addressing the issue.