Past Grants

Baltimore City Public School System/Roland Park Elementary/Middle School

For support of the Write Place Writing Center, a writing and arts program, for the 2003-2004 school year.

Saint Frances Academy

In support of covering costs for eight remaining male students experiencing homelessness in the Father Joubert boarding program at St. Frances Academy.

Baltimore Curriculum Project, Inc.

For the implementation of the Baltimore Curriculum Project for the 2003-2004 school year. The project provides planning and management oversight of four Baltimore City public schools as part of the New Schools Initiative, offers a combination of Direct Instruction and Core Knowledge curricula and serves as an incubator for pilot strategies.

Teach For America-Baltimore

For the continued support of recruitment, training, and professional development for Teach For America Corps members in Baltimore City public schools. These recent college graduates make a two-year commitment and are offered an opportunity to earn a Master of Arts in Teaching at The Johns Hopkins University.

Baraka School, Inc.

For expenses to phase out a boarding school for 40 at-risk underachieving Baltimore City middle school students. The school, located in Kenya, offered a nine-month residential academic program Baraka graduates will continue to be monitored through high school graduation.