Institute of Notre Dame
$83,600 / 2008 / Education
To provide four-year Abell Foundation scholarships for two academically talented minority students from low-income families in the East Baltimore community. Each student is expected to maintain a GPA of 85 percent or better and participate in one extra-curricular program each year.
Baltimore City College Alumni Association
$5,000 / 2007 / Education
Toward support of the 2007-2008 Speech and Debate Program.
Educational Opportunity Program
$172,900 / 2007 / Education
To provide facilitators for EOP students at each of the two new Southwestern High Schools. The purpose of the program is to increase the high school graduation rate of Baraka School graduates, to provide them with tutoring, enrichment activities, and academic and social support.
Project Garrison/Meet Me Halfway Village Center
$5,000 / 2007 / Education
Toward operating support of an in-school mentoring program for at-risk students at Garrison Middle School and Forest Park High School.
Baltimore City Public School System/National Academic League
$109,740 / 2007 / Education
For support of the 2007-2008 National Academic League in 22 Baltimore City public middle schools. The league, engaging more than 550 students, provides extracurricular interscholastic programming in an atmosphere of competition traditionally associated with athletic events. The purpose of the program is to increase students’ awareness of local, national, and international current events, and strengthen background knowledge in all disciplines, particularly mathematics.