Past Grants

Maryland Institute College of Art .

Last Dollar support toward tuition and related fees in support of a former Baraka School graduate for the 2008-2009 school year.

Baltimore Kids Chess League, Inc .

For continued support of the 2008-2009 Chess Education Project, an after-school program in 50 Baltimore City public elementary, middle, and high schools. The project provides students the opportunity to receive coaching; engage in intermural, regional, and national competitions; and attend weeklong USA Chess Camp during the summer. The “First Move” chess curriculum is being offered in second-grade classrooms in three elementary schools as a pilot project.

Mother Seton Academy .

Capital funding toward renovation and expansion of the former St. Ann School, a tuition-free Catholic middle school in the Midway/Barclay community. The move to the renovated space enables the school to better serve its students and will provide them with a science laboratory; gym; media center; technology, art, and music rooms; and outdoor recreation space.

The Baraka School, Inc.

For expenses associated with maintaining the school campus in Kenya, East Africa, until the property is sold. The Baraka School, now closed, was a boarding school serving underachieving Baltimore City middle-school boys.

Gilman School

For continued support of the 2007 Baltimore Independent School Learning Camp. The four-week summer camp offers 45 academically promising Baltimore City public school students entering third, fourth, and fifth grades the opportunity to participate in Gilman School’s learning environment. It provides individualized classes in language arts, geography, science, mathematics, and a foreign language as well as cultural and recreational activities. The goal is to reduce the loss of academic skills often suffered by the Baltimore City Public School System’s at-risk students during summer break by focusing on reading, writing, and math skills.