Past Grants

Upton Planning Committee/ Pennsylvania Avenue Redevelopment Collaborative

For support of revitalization efforts in the Upton community. Funding will encourage homeowners to take advantage of incentives for renovations and renters to become homeowners.

Friends of Patterson Park

For a feasibility study to renovate the White House in Patterson Park. The effort will explore the potential for shared office and programming space for Maryland-DC Audubon and Friends of Patterson Park.

Healthy Neighborhoods, Inc.

For general support of a partnership of banks, foundations, government agencies, and community organizations committed to strengthening ten underserved neighborhoods. The intent is to increase home values, market the communities, create high standards for property improvement, and increase the level of renovation and investment. Included are Midtown, Reservoir Hill, Garwyn Oaks, Patterson Park, Belair Edison, Greater Mondawmin, neighborhoods of Greater Lauraville, Charles Village, Southeast Baltimore, and Ednor Gardens.

Baltimore Development Corporation

For the development of a plan to establish a nonprofit entity charged with providing oversight and day-to-day management of the Inner Harbor.

People’s Homesteading Group

For support of the redevelopment of eight vacant houses on East 22nd Street as part of Anchors of Hope, a homeownership program serving low-income families in the Barclay-Greenmount community. The purpose of this project is to reclaim deteriorated houses and renovate them for homeownership. Targeted buyers will have incomes between 50 and 80 percent of the area’s median income.