Past Grants

Skatepark of Baltimore, Inc.

Toward planning and pre-development costs of building a public skatepark for Baltimore City skateboarders, bikers, and rollerbladers.

U.S. Green Building Council Baltimore Regional Chapter, Inc.

For support of the Baltimore Bioneers’ three-day conference, convening social and scientific innovators sharing positive solutions on issues of sustainability relating to green architecture, green living, and stewardship of the environment. As part of a national forum, the conference, held at the Maryland Institute College of Art, focused on practical and visionary solutions for restoring the environment and caring for people.

University of Maryland/Philip Merrill College of Journalism

Capital funding for construction of a new journalism building to establish The Abell Professorship in Baltimore Journalism. Each semester the professorship will provide the opportunity for eight to 10 students to develop stories on timely and important issues affecting quality of life in Baltimore City.

Baltimore ACORN/ American Institute for Social Justice

To conduct an analysis of new data available under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act. The report will detail lending patterns, summarize findings, and offer recommendations to consumers, the lending industry, and local officials. The purpose of the report is to provide information that stimulates and expands access to financing in minority and low-income communities with the long-range goals of improving housing opportunities for minorities and stabilizing communities.

Baltimore Development Corporation

Continuing support of administrative expenses for Maglev-Maryland, a program to develop a magnetic levitation high-speed train between Baltimore and Washington. When fully operational, the train could reduce the travel time between the two cities to less than 20 minutes.