KIPP Baltimore, Inc.
$50,000 / 2010 / Education
Toward operating support of the KIPP Harmony Academy, an elementary school enrolling 250 kindergarten and first-grade students. KIPP programming calls for high standards of academic achievement and conduct, along with a commitment to a longer school day, including Saturdays and summer school sessions.
Johns Hopkins University/Center for Social Organization of Schools
$66,000 / 2010 / Education
For first-year support of a Baltimore Education Research Consortium (BERC) research study on the record of Baltimore City public school students’ rate of graduation from high school and college. The College On Track report will use data from the classes of 2003-2004 to analyze factors predictive of students’ applying, enrolling, and remaining in college.
Institute of Notre Dame (IND)
$23,870 / 2010 / Education
Toward support of the implementation of Project Lead the Way, a national curriculum that introduces 18 to 20 students a year to biomedical sciences. IND provides internships with two local hospitals.
The Ingenuity Project
$430,000 / 2010 / Education
For support of the 2010-2011 Ingenuity Project, an advanced math, science, and research curriculum for 510 Baltimore City public middle and high school students. The program provides opportunity for participants in national competition.
Incentive Mentoring Program (IMP)
$90,000 / 2010 / Education
For continued support of the IMP mentoring program for students at Dunbar High School and for the expansion of the program to the Academy for College and Career Exploration. Over the course of the seven-year mentoring program (from the end of freshman year in high school through graduation from college), this family-style mentoring approach provides services year-round to 30 students identified as failing to meet minimum requirements. With teams of volunteers from Johns Hopkins University and Medical School graduate programs, the program addresses academic basic human needs: transportation, day care, job-placement referrals, drug treatment, college application, and tutoring services. Mentors meet with students as needed, three to seven times a week.