People’s Homesteading Group
$100,000 / 2002 / Community Development
In support of Phase II of Anchors of Hope, a homeownership program for low-income families in the Greenmount community. The program involves the acquisition and rehabilitation of eight houses that will be sold to buyers identified through the People’s Homesteading Group’s homebuyers’ counseling process.
Citizens Planning and Housing Association
$5,000 / 2002 / Community Development
In support of expenses related to CPHA’s Rally for the Region 2002, focusing on three issues: funding for drug treatment, improved transit systems, and community legacy/investment in older neighborhoods. The purpose of the rally was to bring together diverse groups from the region to express support for the CPHA agenda.
St. Ambrose Housing Aid Center
$100,000 / 2002 / Community Development
In support of expenses related to the St. Ambrose Legal Services initiative to fight predatory real estate practices in Baltimore City.
Civil Justice, Inc.
$5,000 / 2002 / Community Development
For continued support of the First Time Home Buyers Project in Baltimore City.
Green Policy Institute/The Tides Foundation
$35,000 / 2001 / Community Development
For a feasibility study of a societally oriented, environmentally friendly chicken processing business on the Eastern Shore. The study addresses the potential marketability and profitability of a business to process and distribute high-quality natural chicken products free of hormones and antibiotics.