Past Grants

Baltimore Academies/National Academy Foundation School

In support of the design and installation of a new state-of-the-art National Academy Foundation kitchen to be used for the culinary portion of the Academy of Travel, Tourism, and Hospitality at its new location on the Digital Harbor Campus. This program provides an intensive four-year school-to-work curriculum that enables high school students to participate in internships.

The Ingenuity Project

In support of the 2004-2005 Ingenuity Project, an intensive math and science curriculum for more than 475 Baltimore City public elementary, middle, and high school students. Its purpose is to identify and develop nationally competitive math, science, and engineering students.

Baltimore City Public School System

For salaries and benefits of five Baltimore City Public School System teachers who had been furloughed in the spring of 2004 for budgetary reasons.

The Johns Hopkins University/ Center for Social Organization of Schools

For an evaluation of the Educational Opportunity Program at two new high schools located at the Southwestern Campus.

Baltimore City Public School System/The Midtown Academy

To help cover costs of improvements at The Midtown Academy, operating as a K – 8 “new school,” formed by a grassroots coalition of parents and teachers in the Reservoir Hill and Bolton Hill neighborhoods. In addition to its basic curriculum, the school, enriched by private funding, offers art, music, Spanish, and physical education.