Past Grants

Past grants archive does not include small grants of $10,000 or less.

Baltimore City Public School System/National Academy Foundation High School (NAF)

$60,000 / 2009 / Education
Planning grant for the establishment of an Academy of Engineering for the 2011-2012 school year. NAF will expand its career and technology program with an Academy of Engineering designed to prepare graduates for entrance into post-secondary engineering and technology curricula.

Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University

$5,000 / 2009 / Education
For continued support of the Music Teacher Mentoring Program, designed to provide professional development for more than 70 first-year and returning music teachers in Baltimore City public schools. Two Peabody mentors offer enhancements to the curriculum: age-appropriate materials and lesson plans, strategies on effective classroom management skills, and new methodologies to encourage student engagement.

Baltimore County Agricultural Resource Center

$5,000 / 2009 / Education
For the rental of a diesel tractor to be used for the establishment of the Great Kids Farm Project run by Baltimore City public schools. The farm equipment will help transform the abandoned 33-acre former Bragg Nature Center into a functioning organic farm for an educational and vocational training setting linked to the Baltimore City Public School System’s Farm to Cafeteria initiative.

The Piney Woods School

$79,250 / 2009 / Education
To provide scholarships for nine male students from Baltimore City to attend a college preparatory boarding school for the 2009-2010school year, and for the salary of a retention counselor. The counselor provides a range of services: monitoring class attendance and participation, overseeing study hall and dormitory behavior, and acting as a liaison and advocate for students and their families.

Baltimore Reads, Inc.

$21,680 / 2009 / Education
Toward the creation of a business plan for financial stability of the Baltimore Reads Book Bank, which provides donated books to city schools and community programs. The plan will explore a social entrepreneurship model to create a Book Exchange as a revenue stream.

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