ACLU Foundation of Maryland, Inc.
$150,000 / 2011 / Health and Human Services
For continued support of the Regional Housing Equity Project in an effort to give African-American families the chance to move into racially integrated, safe neighborhoods with greater access to economic and educational opportunities. Nearly 2,000 inner-city families have moved through the housing mobility program.
Chesapeake Regional Information System for Our Patients
$5,000 / 2011 / Health and Human Services
Toward support of “Information for Health: The Maryland Prize,” a contest to generate ideas for using health information to improve health status.
Maryland Food Bank
$75,000 / 2011 / Health and Human Services
Two grants for continued support of the School Pantry Program in 96 Baltimore City public schools. The pantry program provides an end-of-the-month food safety net for needy families identified by school counselors. The recipients are asked to volunteer and become involved in their children’s learning in exchange for receiving free bags of food. Weekend backpacks are distributed to needy children and their families. The pantries serve as portals for parents to connect with other community services.
Poverty & Race Research Action Council
$80,000 / 2011 / Health and Human Services
For support of a research project looking at barriers to the development of affordable housing in racially and economically integrated areas in Maryland, focusing on the state’s administration of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program.
Adonai Ministries
$5,000 / 2011 / Health and Human Services
Toward expenses related to the five-week 2011 summer camp serving nearly 80 children ages two to 17 years.