Past Grants

Fusion Partnerships, Inc.

For the purchase and installation of fencing for Exeter Gardens in the Historic Jonestown neighborhood. This project is designed to create an opportunity for reuse of a vacant lot for students to learn about gardening, and to encourage residents’ stewardship.

Fusion Partnerships, Inc.

Toward support of the Community Supported Wellness Program’s Real Food, Real You Project, a healthy-food initiative for Southwest Baltimore residents. The project consists of four-week classes that provide a community-centered hands-on learning experience for family food planners.

Friends of Patterson Park, Inc.

Toward continued support of the Membership Development Project, and the hiring of a facilitator for the Patterson Park Master Plan Working Group. The working group addresses key capital projects, and identifies and provides funding for priority projects in the master plan.

Emerging Technology Centers, Inc.

For expenses toward the second year of the Accelerate Baltimore competition. These venture-investment awards go to six entrepreneurs and early-stage companies committed to moving to Baltimore.

Emerging Technology Centers, Inc.

Toward Phase III of the Project Gado robotic scanning technology. The ongoing project continues day-to-day scanning at Afro-American Newspapers so that archives are accessible to scholars, researchers, and the community.