St. Ambrose Housing Aid Center
$50,000 / 2011 / Community Development
Toward staffing costs for the Foreclosure Prevention Program providing assistance in default mortgage counseling and offering legal service activities including pre-purchase and fair housing issues.
St. Ambrose Housing Aid Center
$49,840 / 2011 / Community Development
Capital funding toward energy-efficient upgrades to 44 existing rental properties providing affordable housing to families in Baltimore City. The effort will provide energy cost relief to the low-income renters living in scattered site rental properties last renovated in the late 1970s and early 1980s.
Southeast Community Development Corporation
$100,000 / 2011 / Community Development
Toward renovation costs of the former Highlandtown Enoch Pratt Free Library building to ensure its qualification as a Silver LEED certified building for affordable housing and commercial development. The organization will also increase its financial and homeownership counseling and asset building services.
Rebuilding Together Baltimore
$84,100 / 2011 / Community Development
For support of a program allowing for low-cost home repair services for 50 low-income senior and disabled homeowners, making it possible for them to remain in their homes in Baltimore City neighborhoods.
Progressive Maryland Education Fund
$50,000 / 2011 / Community Development
For support of an education campaign, “Maryland’s Fiscal Crisis and Its Impact on Working Families.” The purpose of the 18-month education campaign and outreach strategy is to educate the public and policymakers about reductions in the state’s budget and the potential for the elimination or reduction of public services.