Educational Opportunity Program
$42,300 / 2002 / Education
For staffing of a full-time facilitator to increase the high school graduation rate among Baraka School graduates by providing a constructive role model, academic and social support, and links to college and career counseling.
Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers
$5,000 / 2002 / Education
In support of the Education Funders Affinity Group for the 2002-2003 school year.
Fund for Educational Excellence
$5,500 / 2002 / Education
Two grants for expenses related to the ongoing evaluation of the academic performance rates of former Baltimore City public school students now attending parochial schools, as compared to a selected peer group in the Baltimore City Public School System.
Baltimore City Public School System/National Academic League
$139,900 / 2001 / Education
In support of the 2001-2002 National Academic League in Baltimore City middle schools. The league provides extracurricular interscholastic programming in a competition and media atmosphere associated with athletic events to encourage higher academic achievement.
The Baraka School, Inc.
$472,052 / 2001 / Education
Toward operating expenses for the 2001-2002 school year. The boarding school, located in Kenya, provides a residential academic program for 21 at-risk underachieving Baltimore City middle-school boys.