The Downtown Sailing Center
$25,000 / 2013 / Workforce Development
Toward support of the Sail Instructor Trainee program for at-risk Baltimore City high school students.
The Family League of Baltimore City, Inc.
$25,000 / 2013 / Workforce Development
For support of a planning initiative to connect out-of-work and out-of-school young adults to the economic life of Baltimore.
The Work First Foundation
$200,000 / 2013 / Workforce Development
For continued support of the Baltimore Ex-Offender Reentry Employment Program for Baltimore City residents.
Vehicles for Change, Inc.
$80,500 / 2013 / Workforce Development
For continuation and expansion of an initiative to provide 35 cars to low-income persons in Baltimore City.
Art with a Heart
$35,000 / 2012 / Workforce Development
For support and expansion of the 2012 Summer Job Program, a visual arts initiative serving 50 at-risk Baltimore City youth. Participants from Rose Street Community Center, Paul’s Place, and Dr. Raynor Brown Elementary/Middle School enroll in a four-week, five-days-a-week program and are given the opportunity to create and market their artwork. They receive job and life-skills training; work two, two-hour shifts in the retail store; and receive stipends of $10 per day as part of the summer work experience.