Past Grants

Art with a Heart

For support of the Summer Jobcorps program, a visual arts program for ten at-risk youth, ages 14 to 21, living in the Rose Street neighborhood. Students will meet five days a week for four weeks to create art work, such as mosaics and decoupage furniture, to display and market at the 2006 Artscape.

Anne Arundel Economic Development Corporation

For the establishment of the BWI Employment, Training and Transportation Center. The purpose of the center is to support the Baltimore Washington International (BWI) business community as it works to improve the transportation system, and to promote economic development and workforce opportunities in the BWI vicinity.

Sandtown Habitat for Humanity

Toward the renovation of 25 vacant rowhouses in Sandtown- Winchester. The initiative will provide affordable homes for a selected group of low-income Baltimore City families. Through sweat equity of 200 hours, donations, and volunteer help in the rehabilitation process, the cost of Habitat homes are kept affordable for those earning less than 35 percent of the area median income. New homeowners have access to health, educational, and job-training services of New Song Ministries in Sandtown-Winchester.

Public Justice Center, Inc.

For continued support of the Tenant Advocacy Project, established to help reduce evictions and to prevent tenant property from being placed in the street following an eviction. The center will build support for reform of city and state eviction procedures, provide legal representation to tenants facing eviction, and coordinate an educational media campaign.

Preservation Maryland.

For expenses related to the Diamond Jubilee annual meeting. The agenda of the meeting included ways and means to reinforce the importance of improving communities through preservation and revitalization.