Santa Claus Anonymous, Inc.
$5,000 / 2011 / Health and Human Services
For support of the 2011 Santa Claus Anonymous Campaign.
Sandi’s Learning Center
$50,000 / 2011 / Health and Human Services
Toward support of a year-round after-school and summer program focusing on educational and art enrichment activities for up to 40 at-risk children and youth in the Rosemont community of West Baltimore. The center stays in contact with the children’s teachers to monitor any academic or behavior issues, and provides tutoring and supportive services, if necessary.
The Samaritan Community
$15,000 / 2011 / Health and Human Services
Toward support of the Food Pantry and Emergency Assistance programs for families experiencing food insecurity, and/or difficulty paying rent and utility bills. The center’s staff works with each client to address issues that lead to unemployment, addiction, and mental health disorders, and makes referrals to other agencies, when needed, to address client needs.
Salvation Army
$5,000 / 2011 / Health and Human Services
For general support of services for the homeless and needy.
Poverty & Race Research Action Council
$80,000 / 2011 / Health and Human Services
For support of a research project looking at barriers to the development of affordable housing in racially and economically integrated areas in Maryland, focusing on the state’s administration of the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program.