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.
Baltimore City Public School System/Baltimore City College
$44,847 / 2001 / Education
For support of the 2001-2002 Speech and Debate Program, including field trips to colleges; and for a summer camp component.
The Baraka School, Inc.
$500,000 / 2001 / Education
For the continuation of The Baraka School residential program for the 2002-2003 school year.
Archdiocese of Baltimore
$54,017 / 2000 / Education
To provide scholarships for Baltimore City public school students to attend Catholic parochial schools. The initiative is designed to compare the effectiveness of a Catholic school education against a public school education among at-risk inner-city students. The funds will underwrite the cost of the fifth year of an eight-year study.