Past Grants

Healthy Neighborhoods, Inc.

For general support of a partnership of banks, foundations, government agencies, and community organizations committed to strengthening 15 underserved neighborhoods targeted for revitalization. Healthy Neighborhoods provides grants for marketing, community organizing, and block projects in an ongoing effort to preserve and improve the real estate values in selected neighborhoods.

Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies

For the 2009 Abell Foundation Award in Urban Policy. This award is given to a graduate student who researches and writes an essay identifying an urban problem, and proposes a data-based solution.

Johns Hopkins University

Toward the establishment of The Lieber Institute, a psychiatric research facility, at the Johns Hopkins Science and Technology Park. Scientists conducting the research will focus on schizophrenia.

Banner Neighborhoods Community Corporation

For continued support of Clean Streets Program in the Patterson Park community. The program calls for daily cleaning of streets, sidewalks, and alleys, and weekly dumpster roll-offs for bulk trash. The effort is intended to help eliminate trash and create a visibly appealing, comfortable, and secure community in the 22-block area.

Patterson Park Community Development Corporation

Toward efforts to restructure the rental housing financial portfolio, close out sales of renovated and unimproved houses, and implement limited commercial development in Library Square. The objectives are to provide affordable rental housing options within the neighborhood, encourage homebuyers to purchase, and support existing homeowners to remain in Patterson Park.