Past Grants

The Piney Woods School

To provide scholarships for selected underachieving students from Baltimore City for the 2002-2003 school year. The grant also includes funding for the salary of a retention counselor whose responsibilities are to encourage positive attitudes, appropriate social behavior and academic achievement.

The Book Thing of Baltimore, Inc.

For general support of expenses related to the distribution of free books to students and adults in Baltimore City.

Teach For America-Baltimore

For the continuation of an initiative to recruit, train and provide ongoing support for 85 new Teach For America corps members. These recent college graduates, who make a two-year commitment to teach in Baltimore City public schools, are also offered an opportunity to earn a Master of Arts in Teaching at Johns Hopkins University.

Arts Education in Maryland Schools Consortium

Two grants for general support of programs designed to integrate the cultural arts into the curriculum of Maryland’s public schools.

Baltimore City Public School System/Tench Tilghman Elementary School

For the continued support of the Inside-Out Program, an environmental education program for third- and fifth-grade students. This scientifically-based curriculum involves creating a “green space” schoolyard garden, cooking classes, clean-ups, and a three-day camping trip with pre- and post-expedition briefings.