Past Grants

Past grants archive does not include small grants of $10,000 or less.

Innovative Housing Institute

$5,000 / 2010 / Community Development
Toward the preparation of a grant application to the Department of Housing and Urban Development for the Sustainable Communities Initiative. The purpose of the initiative is to improve regional planning efforts that integrate housing and transportation decisions and increase state, regional, and local communities to incorporate livability, sustainability, and social equity principles into land use and zoning.

Baltimore Development Corporationᅠ

$120,000 / 2010 / Community Development
For continuing support of administrative expenses in support of Maglev-Maryland, a program to develop a magnetic levitation high-speed train between Baltimore and Washington. When fully operational, the train would reduce travel time between the two cities to less than 20 minutes.

Maryland ABCD Networkᅠ

$5,000 / 2010 / Community Development
Toward support of promoting Affordable Housing Land Trusts for homeownership opportunities in Baltimore City. By controlling the land on which housing is built, community land trusts provide an opportunity to revitalize a community through construction or renovation of housing that is affordable and less vulnerable to foreclosure.

Baltimore Efficiency and Economy Foundation, Inc.ᅠ

$12,500 / 2010 / Community Development
Toward a study to address solutions to the problem of the negative financial impact of properties owned by nongovernmental nonprofit organizations exempt from Baltimore City property taxes. The study will analyze best practices in other cities and offer recommendations for improving tax fairness and increasing revenues.

Maryland PIRG Foundation

$25,000 / 2010 / Community Development
Toward continued support of the Smart Energy Solutions Program, a statewide campaign to promote energy policies focused on energy efficiency and conservation. Maryland Public Interest Group will provide research and analysis on the implementation of new utility energy-efficiency programs, and seek to measure the effectiveness of the programs in meeting state goals for reduction of energy use. The campaign will send the message that it is state policy to provide funding for energy policies and programs aimed at lowering residential energy costs, providing relief to the lowest income customers, creating jobs, and reducing the negative public health impacts of pollution and carbon dioxide emissions from energy generation and distribution.

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