National Center on Institutions and Alternatives
$15,000 / 2006 / Education
For the purchase of equipment and supplies for a new Warehousing Vocational Program serving students with severe mental disabilities at the NCIA Youth In Transition School. Youth In Transition will provide students whose needs cannot be met in a traditional public school setting with skills training, job opportunities, and internships for jobs in the warehouse/logistics field.
The Baraka School, Inc.
$49,645 / 2006 / Education
For expenses associated with maintaining the school’s property in Kenya, East Africa. The Baraka School, now closed, was a boarding school serving underachieving Baltimore City middle school boys.
New Leaders for New Schools
$110,000 / 2006 / Education
For continued support of the New Leaders-Baltimore program. The four-year program will recruit, train, and place in Baltimore City public schools a minimum of 40 principals over a three-year period. Each participant will attend a six-week Summer Foundations Institute, assume a year-long full-time residency with a mentor, and receive a placement and two years of professional development, coaching, and support.
Boys’ Latin School of Maryland
$20,000 / 2006 / Education
To provide the opportunity for a former Baraka School student to attend a private school.
The New Teacher Project
$53,500 / 2006 / Education
For support of the Math Immersion Program, to increase the number of math teachers in Baltimore City public high schools. The program will recruit a minimum of 20 non-math major candidates who demonstrate significant mathematical proficiency, and assist them in meeting state licensing requirements.