Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers
$5,000 / 2008 / Workforce Development
To provide support for part-time staff facilitating the Workforce Affinity Group.
Art with a Heart, Inc .
$20,000 / 2008 / Workforce Development
For continued support and expansion of the Summer Job Program of visual arts for at-risk youth in the Rose Street community. The four-week program, designed as job-readiness training and operating five days a week, four hours each day, engages 30 youth in creating 60 pieces of art work, including mosaics and decoupage furniture, to be marketed at Artscape.
U.S. Green Building Council Baltimore Regional Chapter, Inc./ Baltimore Bioneers Conference
$5,000 / 2008 / Community Development
Toward expenses related to the 2008 Baltimore Bioneers Conference, a three-day event addressing national and local topics on economic and environmental sustainability and social justice. Based on the California model, Baltimore’s effort is expected to stimulate, inspire, and move participants to a new level of action based on innovative solutions. Presentations will be offered on nutritional and sustainable food sources, urban farming, farm-to-school links, effects of climate change, energy efficiency, and recycling.
University of Baltimore
$150,000 / 2008 / Community Development
To provide three honoraria for world-renown architects to participate in a design competition for a new University of Baltimore Law School on the corner of Charles Street and Mount Royal Avenue.
St. Ambrose Housing Aid Center
$100,000 / 2008 / Community Development
Toward the purchase and revitalization of 55 FHA-foreclosed properties in the Brooklyn-Curtis Bay community over a two-year period in an effort to increase the number of homeowners and to help stabilize the neighborhoods.