Blue Water Baltimore, Inc.
In support of clean water and watershed protection, targeted policy work to elevate community concerns, legislative advocacy, and litigation to hold polluters accountable under the Clean Water Act. This grant provides staff support to address top pollutants plaguing Baltimore City and its waterways: stormwater runoff and sewage overflows.
Center for Urban Families, Inc.
In support of the Center for Urban Families’ economic success programming, which helps over 200 Baltimore residents to find and maintain employment.
Civil Justice, Inc.
In support of the Tenant Debt Collection Defense Project, which provides legal representation to low- and moderate-income tenant households facing unlawful eviction. The Civil Justice network of solo, small, and community-based lawyers is expected to serve 50 households and prevent and reduce amounts of judgments against tenants by $100,000.
Equal Justice Works
In support of the Equal Justice Works Housing Justice Program, which provides legal training and placement in civil justice organizations to prevent evictions and increase housing stability. The loss of a home through eviction destabilizes families, creating homelessness, disrupting children’s education, and causing or exacerbating chronic health issues.
Johns Hopkins University Whiting School of Engineering
In support of the Baltimore Healthcare Innovator Retention fellowships to retain talented Johns Hopkins University biomedical engineering graduates to continue work on promising innovations that address critical healthcare challenges. The goals are to accelerate commercially marketable product development, attract investment, create companies, and generate local employment.