Past Grants

Boys’ Latin School of Maryland

Two grants to support tutoring, a meal plan, and a scholarship for a former Baraka School student.

Learning, Inc.

For continued support and expansion of The Learning Cooperative, a dropout prevention program for at-risk and over-age middle school students in Baltimore City public schools. The Learning Cooperative is an alternative to the traditional school setting, and offers an experimental curriculum to engage students in challenging individual and team-building initiatives, conflict-resolution training, environmental sciences, fine arts, job readiness community service, and life skills.

The Community School, Inc.

To expand the academic and mentoring program of an alternative school in the Remington neighborhood. The funds will provide programming designed to increase enrollment of disadvantaged students and prepare them to complete high school and enter college.

The SEED Foundation

Toward the establishment of a boarding school for at-risk youth in Baltimore City. The two-year planning effort will include the creation of a board of directors, the launching of a capital campaign, identification and securing of a site, completion of design and construction of a campus, hiring of school leadership and staff, and recruitment of students.

American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Maryland

For continued support of the Baltimore City Education Reform Project. The purpose of the project is to represent the interests of disadvantaged students, particularly in Baltimore City, by ensuring increased operating and capital funding, and continued management reform. ACLU will monitor the Baltimore City Public School Systems’ budget allocations to assess whether expenditures are translating into academic improvements.