Farm Alliance of Baltimore, Inc.
Farm Alliance of Baltimore will continue to offer a Double Dollars program to incentivize households receiving federal food benefits to spend their dollars on fruits and vegetables at local farm stands, community centers, the Civic Works’ mobile market, and the Waverly Market stall. The target population for this project is low income adults and children who live in Healthy Food Priority Areas, or areas with high food insecurity, and who remain at a significant disadvantage as they have unequal access to resources, especially healthy nutritious food.
Baltimore Corps
Baltimore Corps supports Baltimore City’s social innovation sector by recruiting and deploying mission-driven young professionals to Baltimore City’s public agencies and social sector organizations. As the need for staffing in key COVID-related positions has increased, Baltimore Corps uses its expertise to assist City agencies by conducting targeted outreach with a focus on racial equity. This grant will support staff costs associated with core programmatic efforts to recruit, deploy and retain talent in Baltimore City.
Baltimore Community ToolBank
Baltimore Community ToolBank lends tools and equipment to community based member organizations for a nominal fee. Items are typically used for community clean-ups, beautification, festivals, and other projects. Due to social distancing guidelines, large scale volunteer deployment projects are not being implemented, and other projects to date have been limited to 10 or less volunteers. Fees generated from tool rental orders have decreased significantly, thus decreasing the ToolBank’s revenue. During the COVID-19 crisis, tools and equipment for use in support of emergency response activities and support are being provided at no charge for the duration of the crisis. This grant will support core program staff levels which will allow program implementation without interruption of service provision.
Baltimore’s Promise, Fiscally Sponsored by Fund for Educational Excellence
In support of the COVID-19 Response Funding Collaborative of Greater Baltimore, individual grants were awarded to the following organizations:
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4MYCITY
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Amazing Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church
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Asylee Women’s Enterprise
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Baltimore Job Hunter’s Support Group, Fiscally Sponsored by Corner Community Center
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The Broken Wall Community Church
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Black Yield Institute, Fiscally Sponsored by Fusion Partnerships, Inc.
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Catherine’s Family and Youth Services, Inc.
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Church of the Guardian Angel
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City of Refuge Baltimore, Inc.
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CollegeBound Foundation
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Civic Works, Inc.
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Dent Education
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Digital Equity Initiative for Baltimore, Fiscally Sponsored by Digital Harbor Foundation
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Elev8 Baltimore, Fiscally Sponsored by Fund for Educational Excellence
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Farm Alliance of Baltimore
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Fishes and Loaves Pantry
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Humanim
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Immigration Outreach Center
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Impact Hub, Fiscally Sponsored by Maryland Philanthropy Network
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Intercultural Counseling Connections, Fiscally Sponsored by Fusion Partnerships, Inc.
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Italian Cultural Center
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Little Flowers
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Patterson Park Public Charter School
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Power52
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Southeast Community Development Corporation
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Turnaround, Inc.
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UEmpower of Maryland
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Women’s Housing Coalition
Open Works
Open Works is an engine for grassroots economic development especially in the manufacturing sector and will actively support memberships, studio rentals, and revenue from classes and other programming once conditions are safe enough to resume those revenue generating activities. While Open Works has moved forward with a ramp up of PPE production, and will receive payment via local hospitals for those items, a number of ongoing expenses that were typically funded with membership fees or other revenue are not currently supported with that revenue. This grant provided general operating support for the organization.