Past Grants

Maryland PIRG Foundation

For costs related to preparation of a report for the Smart Energy Solutions Program. The report will promote the need for the state to meet its goals for reducing the cost of energy to low-income users, and advocate for efficient use of energy and the reduction of pollutants.

Maryland Housing Counselors Network, Inc.

For support of the Housing Counselor Training Program in Baltimore City. The program, created in response to the demand for counseling in matters of foreclosure, provides nationally recognized training for the local housing industry in Maryland. The training includes the services of counselors with state-of-the-art foreclosure prevention tools, appropriate for helping clients achieve sustainable homeownership.

Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services

For support of the Mount Auburn Cemetery Project Clean Up in an effort to restore and preserve an historical landmark. Local community partners, collaborating with Morgan State University’s Center for Museum and Historical Preservation, will train four to six prisoners in horticulture, groundskeeping, landscaping, and history, as well as how to create and engrave memorials.

Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition, Inc.

To conduct a study of Rent-to-Own stores in Baltimore City. The purpose of the study is to determine the extent of price gouging, false advertising or omission of facts, collection activities, harassment by collection agents, and defective goods. The report will recommend changes in existing state law that would protect consumers from abusive Rent-to-Own practices.

Live Baltimore Home Center

Toward support of the Employer Outreach Campaign designed to increase the number of private and public employees owning or renting houses in Baltimore City. Working with the state, the center’s outreach efforts will promote incentives to help employees purchase houses.