Past Grants

Office of the Mayor

Toward consulting fees to assist in implementing a leadership agenda by developing a vision for the Mayor’s priorities and providing training for the Mayor’s staff. The consultant will help to determine effective ways to set priorities, clarify roles, and redefine job descriptions.

Banner Neighborhoods Community Corporationﾠ

For continued support of the Home Maintenance Program designed to enable elderly, low-income homeowners in Southeast Baltimore to remain in their homes. The program serves more than 350 homeowners in need of minor maintenance repairs such as checking and cleaning gutters, moving air conditioning units, changing ceiling light fixtures, and testing smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.

St. Ambrose Housing Aid Center

Toward staffing costs for the expanded Foreclosure Prevention Program. In response to the recent high rate of foreclosures, with additional funding, St. Ambrose will be able to provide increased default and reverse-mortgage counseling services, in person, by phone, and electronically.

Belair-Edison Neighborhoods, Inc. (BENI)

For continued support of neighborhood revitalization through pre- and post-purchase homeownership counseling. The objectives of the program are to increase the number of pre-purchase housing counseling clients who are seen in both individual and group counseling sessions; to expand BENI’s financial education program by tracking and supporting clients into early homeownership; to protect homeownership rates and track homeownership values; and to conduct marketing efforts that encourage greater homeownership investment in Northeast Baltimore.

St. Vincent de Paul of Baltimore, Inc.

Additional funding for capital renovations and expansion of the Beans & Bread Outreach Center, which serves more than 2,300 homeless and economically vulnerable individuals daily through its hot-meal program. By expanding the programming space and waiting area, Beans & Bread will be able to deliver a wider range of basic services to many more clients.