Baltimore Efficiency & Economy Foundation, Inc.
$5,000 / 2007 / Community Development
Toward support of an effort to amend the City Charter to raise the minimum expense level requiring Board of Estimates approval, and for a study on privatizing the Baltimore City Department of Recreation & Parks’ concessions.
Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers
$25,000 / 2007 / Community Development
For support of the Neighborhoods for All Ages project, a pilot program designed to assist older residents to continue to live independently in their own homes by helping them gain access to services and providing them with assistance for home repairs.
Associated Black Charities (ABC)
$5,000 / 2007 / Community Development
Toward the cost of a consultant to develop a long-term strategic plan. ABC was established to raise consciousness in the African American community to become self-sufficient, competitive, and contributing through responsible leadership; to promote philanthropy; and to increase resources toward supporting improvement of the community’s well-being.
Ashoka: Innovators for the Public
$49,000 / 2007 / Community Development
Toward support of the alley gating and greening initiative in Baltimore City. As a strategy to reduce crime and excess dumping and to increase property values, the Community Greens concept provides an opportunity for neighborhoods to reclaim their alleyways, broaden the possibilities for involvement in communal life, and improve their communities.
Arnold Preservation Council, Inc.
$5,000 / 2007 / Community Development
For speakers’ travel fees and related expenses of a one-day conference on growth management in Anne Arundel County.