Past Grants

Paul’s Place, Inc.

Toward improvements to the first and second floors and elevator, and for the purchase of furnishings, equipment, and playground equipment for a community outreach center serving poor and marginalized residents of Pigtown.

At Jacob’s Well, Inc.

A challenge grant toward the conversion of an abandoned building at 337 East 25th Street into three apartments to provide housing and services to homeless and mentally ill persons with little or no income.

Planned Parenthood of Maryland, Inc.

Two-year funding for support of the Latino Outreach Program. The grant will provide for two full-time bilingual (Spanish/English) staff members to provide reproductive health care, family-planning services, and education programs for sexually active females. It is hoped that the program will reduce the number of teen and out-of-wedlock births.

The Baltimore Station (formerly South Baltimore Homeless Shelter)

Toward start-up and operating costs of the renovated Seton Hill fire station, now operating as a residential addiction recovery program for homeless men. With a 25-bed capacity, Seton Hill offers long-term supportive transitional services that address drug and alcohol addiction.

The Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies

Second-year funding for the completion of the “State of Baltimore’s Workforce System” report, which provides a detailed description of Baltimore’s local workforce development system, focusing on the city’s network of one-stop career centers. The report includes a description of who are served by the career centers, the wages of job seekers before and after service, a listing of employers who hire career center job seekers, and an analysis of how well the career center network meets U.S. Department of Labor measures. The report is intended to provide an annual assessment of Baltimore’s workforce system, and will be used as a tool to improve the city’s services to job seekers and employers.