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.
Waverly Main Street
$85,000 / 2012 / Community Development
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.
Baltimore City Department of Housing and Community Development
$75,000 / 2011 / Community Development
Toward support of the Green and Healthy Homes pilot program, which focuses on energy savings.
CivicWorks
$25,000 / 2011 / Community Development
Toward support and expansion of the Neighborhoods for All Ages program for senior homeowners in the Coldstream Homestead Montebello and Belair Edison neighborhoods. The objectives of the program are to assist 100 low-income senior households with access to income benefits and entitlement services, to stabilize housing, and to enhance homeowner equity.
Historic East Baltimore Community Action Coalition, Inc.
$50,000 / 2011 / Community Development
Additional funding toward the renovation of the Northeast Market, including improving the interior and exterior appearance.