Baltimore City Public School System/The Midtown Academy
$50,000 / 2004 / Education
To help cover costs of improvements at The Midtown Academy, operating as a K – 8 “new school,” formed by a grassroots coalition of parents and teachers in the Reservoir Hill and Bolton Hill neighborhoods. In addition to its basic curriculum, the school, enriched by private funding, offers art, music, Spanish, and physical education.
Baltimore City Public School System
$110,000 / 2004 / Education
For salaries and benefits of five Baltimore City Public School System teachers who had been furloughed in the spring of 2004 for budgetary reasons.
Baltimore Academies/National Academy Foundation School
$27,000 / 2004 / Education
In support of the design and installation of a new state-of-the-art National Academy Foundation kitchen to be used for the culinary portion of the Academy of Travel, Tourism, and Hospitality at its new location on the Digital Harbor Campus. This program provides an intensive four-year school-to-work curriculum that enables high school students to participate in internships.
Archdiocese of Baltimore
$30,000 / 2004 / Education
For continued support of tuition at area parochial schools for children of buyers of Patterson Park Community Development Corporation homes.
Maryland Environmental Service
$25,000 / 2004 / Environment
For the production, installation, and monitoring of Reef Balls (artificial reefs) as part of the Department of Natural Resources’ Artificial Reef Project. The program will help restore degraded or damaged natural reefs that are home to oysters and fish in the Chesapeake Bay.