Past Grants

Stadium School Youth Dreamers, Inc.

Toward renovation costs of 1430 Carswell Street to be used as a youth-run, after-school youth center in the Waverly/Coldstream-Homestead- Montebello communities. The center will provide a safe place for children to take enrichment classes after school, to be tutored, and build positive relationships with adults in the neighborhood.

Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers

For support of the Charter Schools Technical Assistance Project. The purpose of the project is to coordinate and deliver advocacy and technical assistance to help ensure the success of the Baltimore City charter schools. Through the creation of an active network of charter school leaders, the project will foster effective governance for charter schools, develop funding sources, strengthen instructional delivery systems for special education students, and put in place long-range facilities management plans.

Educational Opportunity Program

For staffing and related expenses to provide a facilitator at each of the two new Southwestern High Schools. The counselors will act as role models, linking students and their families to the school, providing enrichment, tutoring, academics, and social support. The purpose of the program is to increase the high school graduation rate of Baraka School graduates by keeping Educational Opportunity Program students engaged in school activities.

Teach For America-Baltimore

For continuation of an initiative to recruit, train, and support 85 to 100 Teach For America corps members teaching in Baltimore City public schools. These recent college graduates make a two-year commitment and are offered the opportunity to earn a Master of Arts in teaching at the Johns Hopkins University.

Baltimore Chesapeake Bay Outward Bound, Inc.

Toward construction costs of a new Chesapeake Bay Outward Bound Center at the Leakin Park Campus. The expanded center will enhance the staging area for programs and provide needed space for facilities for staff, students, and the community.