Past Grants

The Baraka School, Inc.

For expenses associated with maintaining the school property in Kenya, East Africa. The Baraka School, now closed, was a boarding school serving underachieving Baltimore City middle school boys.

Office of the Mayor

For support of the Baltimore City Mayoral Fellowships, Summer 2005. The fellowships are designed to increase the number of talented graduate and undergraduate students working in Baltimore City government.

Community Law In Action, Inc.

For support of the expansion of Lemmel Academy, an alternative school setting for 150 chronically disruptive middle school students. Each student will have an individualized plan to help build academic, social, and career skills, with an emphasis on communication. The goal of the program is to decrease the number of out-of-school suspensions and the eighth-grade dropout rate.

Partnership for Learning

For support of an education-based juvenile program for first-time offenders experiencing learning difficulties. The initiative, designed to reduce recidivism and increase academic outcomes, provides tutoring and mentoring.

Coppin State University

For continued support of the Talented Ten Mentoring Program for at-risk African-American males attending Rosemont Elementary School, Lemmel Middle School, and Frederick Douglass High School. The program offers mentoring, tutoring, summer academic enrichment, field trips, and exposure to cultural events for students who demonstrate a high potential for academic success, but who have encountered social, personal, or financial barriers.