Waverly Main Street
$85,000 / 2012 / Community Development
For continued support of technical services, sanitation, a master-plan process, and revitalization of the Waverly commercial district. This grant supplements funding from the Main Street Program to begin the second phase of the Waverly Master Plan.
Y of Central Maryland
$50,000 / 2012 / Health and Human Services
Toward support of the eight-week New Horizons II Summer Camp for Homeless Youth in Baltimore City. The experience provides life-skills development, academic activities, enrichment projects, and paid employment, along with courses in financial literacy and individualized case management
Year Up Baltimore
$200,000 / 2012 / Workforce Development
Toward continued support and expansion of the Year Up Baltimore Program, which provides 80 young adults in Baltimore City with a year of IT (information technology) training. Year Up students earn 25 college credits at Baltimore City Community College, and are placed in paid internships with local partner companies to gain work experience in IT.
Young Victorian Theatre Company
$5,000 / 2012 / Arts
Toward the implementation of a marketing plan to build an audience for its annual summer production of a Gilbert & Sullivan light opera.
1000 Friends of Maryland
$5,000 / 2011 / Community Development
For the development of a three- to five-year strategic plan, with a focus on protecting rural and sensitive lands, redeveloping older cities, and addressing land use and transportation issues.