Past Grants

Waverly Main Street

For continued support of technical services, sanitation, a master-plan process, and revitalization of the Waverly commercial district. This grant supplements funding from the Main Street Program to begin the second phase of the Waverly Master Plan.

Audubon Maryland DC

In support of a bird habitat at the Audubon Center in Patterson Park, a part of the Atlantic Flyway for migrating birds. To further engage local residents and five local schools, Audubon offers adult education programs and bird-monitoring projects for local youth, as well as additional education in bird migration and the park’s role in the Flyway.

CASA de Maryland, Inc.

Toward a statewide campaign designed to educate voters about the Maryland DREAM Act, in an effort to ensure higher-education access for all Maryland youth who meet the criteria. Outcomes include support for immigrants’ rights, alliances between African-American and immigrant communities, and an increase in the number of young people going to college.

Emerging Technology Centers, Inc.

Toward Phase III of the Project Gado robotic scanning technology. The ongoing project continues day-to-day scanning at Afro-American Newspapers so that archives are accessible to scholars, researchers, and the community.

Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health

For support of the Healthy Stores Initiative, “Improving the Baltimore City Food Environment Through Structural Incentives to Small Food Sources.” The initiative involves contacting 75 carry-out and corner stores who will be asked to provide a greater range of affordable healthy foods through the use of marketing strategies that include quality signage, fresh-produce display units, upgraded refrigeration units and lighting, and updated shelving. Data will be collected to determine results.