Past Grants

Baltimore City Public School System/Midtown Academy

For support of expenses, including curricular support, building repair and maintenance for the 2003-2004 school year. Created as part of Baltimore City’s New Schools Initiative, the Midtown Academy now offers education from kindergarten through eighth grade.

Office of the Mayor

To help fund the Baltimore City Mayoral Fellowships, Summer 2003. The purpose of the program is to develop a staff recruitment pipeline within City government, by recruiting and training fellows for permanent City government positions.

Baltimore City Public School System/National Academic League

In support of the 2003-2004 National Academic League in 30 Baltimore City middle schools The League provides extracurricular interscholastic programming in an atmosphere of competitive excitement traditionally associated with athletic events.

Parks & People Foundation

To underwrite recruitment costs of college students serving as teachers in Super Kids Camp 2003. The summer camp is a six-week educational, cultural and recreational program developed for third-grade Baltimore City public school students performing below grade level.

Baltimore City Public School System/New Schools Initiative

To fund the cost of retaining a coordinator for Baltimore City’s New Schools Initiative for the remainder of the 2003-2004 school year. The coordinator oversees the development of charter schools and works with nonprofit operators to convert existing public schools, or start a new public school The New Schools Initiative enjoys greater autonomy in governance, staffing, programming and budgeting.