Baltimore City Public School System
$100,000 / 2005 / Education
To provide stipends to math, science, and special education teachers affected by Hurricane Katrina. The incentives are designed to encourage relocation of teachers to Baltimore City.
Goucher College
$25,000 / 2005 / Education
To fund costs of leasing office space in support of after-school programs for Baltimore City public schools at the Goucher Collective in the Old Goucher Historic District. The goal is to revitalize the South Charles Village neighborhood by partnering nonprofit service organizations with at-risk youth and Goucher students.
VH1 Save the Music Foundation
$25,000 / 2005 / Education
For the purchase of musical instruments in support of Be Instrumental, an initiative to restore musical instrumental programs in 15 Baltimore City public elementary and middle schools.
Baltimore City Public School System
$110,000 / 2004 / Education
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
$15,000 / 2004 / Education
For an evaluation of the Educational Opportunity Program at two new high schools located at the Southwestern Campus.