Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers
$25,000 / 2007 / Community Development
For support of the Neighborhoods for All Ages project, a pilot program designed to assist older residents to continue to live independently in their own homes by helping them gain access to services and providing them with assistance for home repairs.
Public Justice Center, Inc.
$50,000 / 2007 / Community Development
For continued support of the Tenant Advocacy Project. The objectives are to reduce the number of eviction cases and the number processed through the court and to eliminate the practice of depositing tenant belongings in the public right-of-way and the cost of chattel pickup and disposal.
Baltimore Efficiency & Economy Foundation, Inc.
$5,000 / 2007 / Community Development
Toward support of an effort to amend the City Charter to raise the minimum expense level requiring Board of Estimates approval, and for a study on privatizing the Baltimore City Department of Recreation & Parks’ concessions.
Rebuilding Together Baltimore
$25,000 / 2007 / Community Development
To fund the salary of a part-time program manager. The program manager’s responsibilities include client relations, and volunteer and contractor management. This intensive oversight will help Rebuilding Together Baltimore to increase the numbers of low-income homeowners, particularly the elderly, disabled, and families with children, served in targeted neighborhoods.
Baltimore Community Lending
$25,000 / 2007 / Community Development
Toward support of the Baltimore Homeowner Emergency Loan Program (HELP), an initiative to provide refinancing options for predatory loan victims. The program objectives are to refinance 18 predatory loans, to provide two-year financial counseling and budgeting services for each refinanced family through St. Ambrose Housing Aid Center, to make referrals to other needed services for 60 families, and to support future class-action lawsuits determined by Civil Justice, Inc. and St. Ambrose Housing Aid Center.