Art with a Heart
$30,000 / 2011 / Workforce Development
For support and expansion of the 2011 Summer Job Program, a visual arts program for 50 at-risk youth from the Rose Street Community Center, Paul’s Place, and the Raynor Brown Elementary/ Middle School. Students receive a stipend of $10 a day to create more than 200 marketable pieces of art during the four-week program, and work in the HeARTSware store, for a minimum of four hours, selling their artwork as a job-readiness experience.
YMCA of Central Maryland
$5,000 / 2011 / Community Development
Toward support of the TEDx Baltimore conference.
The Woman’s Industrial Exchange
$66,000 / 2011 / Community Development
For a full building systems analysis, energy-efficiency improvements, and renovations.
Waverly Main Street
$93,400 / 2011 / Community Development
Toward a Master Plan and commercial district services to improve sanitation and the appearance of the Waverly commercial district.
Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore, Inc.
$5,000 / 2011 / Community Development
Toward expenses related to the first State of the Harbor Conference, held to help educate and inspire residents, businesses, and government officials about what financial support and steps are needed to improve the water quality of the harbor, with a goal of reaching a swimmable and fishable harbor by 2020.