Baltimore HealthCare Access, Inc.
$199,832 / 2011 / Health and Human Services
For support of a hotline and media campaign to promote expansion of Medicaid funding of family planning services and other health-care needs. The goal of the campaign is to enroll 2,000 to 3,000 eligible women in insurance benefits.
Baltimore Kids Chess League, Inc.
$63,670 / 2011 / Education
For support of the 2011-2012 BCPS Chess Education Project, an after-school program in 60 Baltimore City elementary, middle, and high schools. The long-term strategies are designed to increase the number of after-school chess clubs, provide more effective teacher training for competitive chess, arrange organized chess activities to bring children and community members together, and sponsor more Baltimore students in regional and national tournaments.
Baltimore Neighborhood Collaborative/ABAG
$60,000 / 2011 / Community Development
For continued support of the Foreclosure Prevention and Mitigation Services initiative in an effort to strengthen the capacity of community development organizations in targeted neighborhoods.
Baltimore Neighborhood Collaborative/ABAG
$5,000 / 2011 / Community Development
Toward support of a Baltimore Mortgage Resolution Fund feasibility study to develop a mortgage restructuring program in order to preserve homeownership for at-risk Baltimore City homeowners.
Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts
$5,000 / 2011 / Arts
In support of the 2011 Baltimore Book Festival, a three-day literary regional event. The 16th annual free festival, which attracts more than 200 local, regional, and national authors, offers to its more than 55,000 festival attendees the opportunity to participate in author readings, panel discussions, literary workshops, children’s activities, and the creation of original work.