Past Grants

Healthy Neighborhoods, Inc.

For continued general support of a partnership of banks, foundations, government agencies, and community organizations committed to strengthening 15 underserved neighborhoods targeted for revitalization. Healthy Neighborhoods, in turn, provides grants to neighborhoods for marketing, community organizing, and projects designed to preserve and improve real estate values. It offers below market rate loans for home improvements and homeownership counseling, technical and architectural services, and construction management.

Baltimore City Department of Planning

For support of radio advertising designed to reach Baltimore City’s low-income residents in the 2010 Census count. Efforts are intended to improve the rate of mail-in returns, ensure the accuracy of Baltimore’s population count, and maximize the city’s eligibility for federal formula grant dollars and elected representation.

Historic East Baltimore Community Action Coalition, Inc.

Capital funding toward the renovation of Northeast Market to allow for the sale of locally grown, organic foods. The purpose of the renovation is to update the facade and improve the appearance of the stalls, and to provide a venue for expanded and more diverse food options for local residents, Johns Hopkins employees, and visitors.

Baltimore City Department of Planning

Toward staffing costs of a Food Policy Coordinator to implement recommendations of the 2009 Baltimore City Food Policy Task Force. The coordinator will focus on expanding urban agriculture, community-supported agriculture shares of local farm produce, and community gardens; launching street vending with refrigerated trucks to reach isolated areas (“food deserts”); expanding links with local farmers and institutions; and providing input in rezoning to allow agricultural uses.

Homes for America

Two-year funding toward the salary of a full-time Resident Services Case Manager, to provide support for expansion of the Broadway Replacement Homes Program. The case manager will help families address the problems of how to obtain entitled benefits, access training and employment opportunities, receive assistance with financial management, and get help with connecting to resources that will not only help them remain in their homes but will also keep their children in school.