Past Grants

Fund for Educational Excellence

To grow and enhance the capacity to provide high-quality district innovation support to increase student achievement in Baltimore City public schools. The Fund will design new models to increase and measure teacher and leadership effectiveness, create a pre-screening model for teacher applications, determine the effectiveness of new literacy professional development programs, and develop recommendations for the selection of new and charter schools.

Destination ImagiNation, Inc.

For the implementation of Destination ImagiNation, a literacy and book distribution program designed to develop creative and critical thinking skills at Baltimore City Head Start pilot sites. The 16-week program serves 500 children in select Head Start classrooms. The program, organized around a Head Start theme/unit, integrates specific read-aloud books and literacy activities each week. Half of the children are given books to keep at home, while the other half participate in classroom literacy activities without taking books home. An evaluation will be made to determine the effectiveness of different approaches.

Cristo Rey Jesuit High School

Toward a scholarship for a ninth-grade Baltimore City student living in a foster home.

The Community School, Inc.

For continued funding of the College Support Program serving current students and graduates of The Community School. The program provides ongoing support and mentoring for students studying to graduate from high school or pass their GED, and to enter and graduate from college.

CollegeBound Foundation, Inc.

For sixth-year support of the College Retention Project for Last Dollar Grant recipients at participating colleges. The goal of the project is to increase college graduation rates among low-income and first-generation college students from Baltimore City public schools. The students are provided the opportunity for one-on-one and group on-campus counseling sessions, parent/student seasonal workshops, emergency hotlines, identification of learning assistance centers, labs, tutorials, and remedial services.