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Past Grants

Past grants archive does not include small grants of $10,000 or less.

Community-Built Playground, Inc.

$15,000 / 2005 / Health and Human Services
Toward construction costs of a playground for children in the former Memorial Stadium neighborhoods of Baltimore City. The goal is to engage neighborhood volunteers in designing and building a state-of-the-art, handicapped-accessible playground.

University of Maryland Medical System

$50,000 / 2005 / Health and Human Services
For continued support of the Breathmobile program for asthma treatment of inner-city children. The program, which delivers state-of-the-art asthma care in Baltimore City public schools to more than 400 students, has been shown to decrease asthma attacks, absenteeism, and emergency room visits.

Health Care for the Homeless

$5,000 / 2005 / Health and Human Services
For the purchase of furniture and other household items for use by homeless persons moving from the streets and shelters into housing, through auspices of the Housing First Project.

University of Maryland School of Nursing

$84,339 / 2005 / Health and Human Services
Two-year support of “A Maryland Initiative: Hospitals for a Healthy Environment,” designed to decrease the environmental impact of health care institutions in Maryland. The initiative will focus on encouraging the implementation of environmental health programs in Maryland hospitals, advocating for the reduction of medical waste by recycling and segregation of toxic products, eliminating mercury-containing products in health care facilities, and finding alternatives to medical waste incineration.

Maryland Food Bank

$12,500 / 2005 / Health and Human Services
For support of the Baltimore City School Pantry Program. In exchange for volunteering in the schools, parents are eligible to attend classes on nutrition, budgeting, and meal planning, and to receive free food once a month.

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