Office of the Mayor
$50,000 / 2002 / Education
For support of the Baltimore City Mayoral Fellowship Summer 2002 Program. The program placed 12 graduate and six undergraduate students in City agencies for ten weeks during the summer. The purpose of the program is to generate interest in pursuing careers in Baltimore City government among qualified university students.
Office of the Mayor
$5,000 / 2002 / Education
Toward staffing costs of the Adopt-a-School Initiative.
Maryland State Department of Education
$5,000 / 2002 / Education
In support of an event to benefit Teach For America and Maryland’s Initiative for New Teachers.
KIPP Baltimore, Inc.
$50,000 / 2002 / Education
Toward the establishment of a Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) Academy, a middle school (grades 5 to 8) based on high expectations for academic achievement and conduct, extended day, community leadership skill training, music training, mandatory enrichment weekend programs and summer school.
Johns Hopkins University Institute for Policy Studies
$5,000 / 2002 / Education
For the establishment of The Abell Foundation Award in Urban Policy. The award will be given to a student who authors the most outstanding urban policy paper, based on original research, offering recommendations, remedies or strategies on an issue facing Baltimore City.