Alliance for Community Trees
$5,000 / 2007 / Community Development
For support of a national conference for urban forestry practitioners and community organizers.
Maryland PIRG Foundation
$15,000 / 2007 / Community Development
Toward the implementation of a statewide campaign to promote energy policies focused on efficiency and conservation. MaryPIRG will produce timely and relevant research on models for energy-efficiency and conservation programs and practices, including case studies with cost benefits, funding mechanisms, and best methods of program delivery. Such efforts will encourage the state to pursue energy policies that are consumer-oriented and environmentally sustainable.
Arnold Preservation Council, Inc.
$5,000 / 2007 / Community Development
For speakers’ travel fees and related expenses of a one-day conference on growth management in Anne Arundel County.
Parks & People Foundation
$60,000 / 2007 / Community Development
Toward start-up costs of two revenue-producing ventures: Chesapeake Trees, an urban tree nursery; and Baltimore City Wood Works, LLC, a waste wood reuse/recycle business. The purpose is threefold: to grow and sell local urban-appropriate tree species that can be used to increase the tree canopy; create opportunities for city residents to learn about environmental restoration/mitigation projects; and generate examples of successful environmental social ventures.
Jubilee Baltimore, Inc.
$35,000 / 2005 / Community Development
For support of an initiative to encourage homebuyers and homeowners to acquire and renovate houses in Reservoir Hill. Jubilee Baltimore provides technical assistance that enables owners to access financing and historic tax credits and complete complex historic rehabilitation projects.