The Downtown Sailing Center
$15,000 / 2009 / Health and Human Services
For general operating costs of the 2009 Community Outreach initiative for at-risk, disadvantaged, and disabled youth in Baltimore City. The program teaches disadvantaged youth to sail, while providing lessons in safety, self-confidence, communication, leadership skills, and teamwork.
The Ingenuity Project
$400,000 / 2009 / Education
For support of the 2009-2010 Ingenuity Project, a gifted and talented math, science, and research magnet program serving 465 students in three Baltimore City public middle schools and at Baltimore Polytechnic High School. The program is designed to qualify students as nationally competitive, college-bound math, science, and engineering scholars.
The Light of Truth Center, Inc.
$50,000 / 2009 / Criminal Justice and Addiction
Toward renovations of 244 North Patterson Park Avenue, a permanent supportive housing facility for eight formerly homeless women recovering from substance abuse.
The Piney Woods School
$79,250 / 2009 / Education
To provide scholarships for nine male students from Baltimore City to attend a college preparatory boarding school for the 2009-2010school year, and for the salary of a retention counselor. The counselor provides a range of services: monitoring class attendance and participation, overseeing study hall and dormitory behavior, and acting as a liaison and advocate for students and their families.
The Salvation Army
$5,000 / 2009 / Health and Human Services
For general support for the homeless and needy.