Past Grants

Baltimore Green Spaceﾠ

Toward an internship for the Baltimore Green Space – Green Sites Project, designed to preserve and support community gardens, pocket parks, and other community-managed open spaces in Baltimore City.

Baltimore Efficiency and Economy Foundation, Inc.ﾠ

Toward a study to address solutions to the problem of the negative financial impact of properties owned by nongovernmental nonprofit organizations exempt from Baltimore City property taxes. The study will analyze best practices in other cities and offer recommendations for improving tax fairness and increasing revenues.

Baltimore Development Corporationﾠ

For continuing support of administrative expenses in support of Maglev-Maryland, a program to develop a magnetic levitation high-speed train between Baltimore and Washington. When fully operational, the train would reduce travel time between the two cities to less than 20 minutes.

Baltimore County Agricultural Resource Center, Inc.

In support of the New Farmer Trainee Program, designed to promote the local sustainable food system by providing novice farmers with hands-on experience and classroom knowledge over a one-year period, before placing them in a position to start their own farm operation. In conjunction with the Cooperative Extension of Maryland, the program will assist trainees in locating farmland for lease or sale.

Baltimore City Department of Planning

Toward staffing costs of a Food Policy Coordinator to implement recommendations of the 2009 Baltimore City Food Policy Task Force. The coordinator will focus on expanding urban agriculture, community-supported agriculture shares of local farm produce, and community gardens; launching street vending with refrigerated trucks to reach isolated areas (“food deserts”); expanding links with local farmers and institutions; and providing input in rezoning to allow agricultural uses.