Commonweal Foundation, Inc.
$18,000 / 2004 / Education
For support of the 2004-2005 Pathways to Success Boarding School Scholarship Program for four students from Baltimore City. Pathways scholars are required to have summer jobs and participate in school-based employment or community service during the school year.
The Center for Education Reform
$10,000 / 2004 / Education
Toward the Charter School Resource Fund to support the development of charter schools in Baltimore City.
The Baraka School, Inc.
$34,000 / 2004 / Education
For final expenses associated with maintaining The Baraka School property until the lease expires on December 31, 2005. The Baraka School, now closed, was a boarding school located in Kenya, East Africa, serving underachieving Baltimore City middle school boys.
Baltimore Kids Chess League, Inc.
$25,000 / 2004 / Education
For expenses related to implementation of the Baltimore City Public School Chess Education Project, an after-school program for elementary school students. The goal of the project is to increase the number of after-school chess clubs in elementary schools by providing education materials and instructors to work with teacher-coaches, sponsoring chess activities, and encouraging children to attend competitive regional and national chess tournaments.
Baltimore Curriculum Project, Inc.
$12,000 / 2004 / Education
For the purchase of books and materials to establish 22 classroom libraries at Collington Square Elementary School.