Past Grants

Educational Opportunity Program (EOP)

For the salary of a part-time coordinator to oversee five EOP sites and facilitators. Each facilitator, working with 50 students, provides support to ensure that each student graduates from high school. The coordinator will monitor student progress and provide training for facilitators.

Sisters Academy of Baltimore

Second-year support toward 2005-2006 operating costs of a facility to house the Sisters Academy, a parochial middle school in Southwest Baltimore for at-risk adolescent girls. The academy offers small classes and an extended day to help ensure that all of the 42 students advance at least one grade level in all areas of the academic curriculum.

The Baltimore Algebra Project

For expansion of the Algebra Project tutoring services to Lemmel Middle School. By establishing a group of tutors and a peer-to-peer training system for new tutors, the project is expected to improve student grades and encourage positive attitudes about mathematics.

Fund for Educational Excellence

For continued support of Math Works, designed to develop a professional training model for third-, fourth-, and fifth-grade math teachers in Baltimore City. The training will utilize workshops, electronic textbooks, and state-of-the-art practices.

Stocks in the Future Foundation, Inc.

For a study of absenteeism and the Stocks in the Future program, a pilot program targeting at-risk students, providing incentives designed to improve school performance. Starting in middle school, students learn fundamentals of the stock market and earn monetary rewards for improved grades and attendance.