Past Grants

1000 Friends of Maryland

Two-year funding for support of Smarter Growth for Maryland initiatives, in collaboration with the Environment Maryland Research and Policy Center. Based on the goals and recommendations of the Reality Plus process, 1000 Friends will build constituencies for policy-making and legislative support to strengthen growth and land use practices. The goals are to direct development into areas designated for growth and to preserve the state’s agriculture, forest lands, and open spaces through strategic acquisitions and planned development.

A Step Forward

Toward stipends to provide nighttime staffing at a licensed halfway house for drug-addicted homeless ex-offenders. By providing nighttime supervision, A Step Forward hopes to increase its retention rate from 45 percent to 75 percent.

Alternative Directions, Inc.

For continued support of the Turn Around Program (TAP), a transition program providing re-entry services, case management, and self- advocacy training for female ex-offenders, both in the correctional facility and upon their release in the community.

Arundel Habitat for Humanity

Toward the renovation and sale of three houses for low-income families in the Brooklyn community of Baltimore City. Arundel Habitat follows the national model of supervising volunteer crews to perform the majority of work on each house, relying on donated materials, and providing mortgage financing to qualified purchasers who have donated 200 hours of volunteer work.

Baltimore Development Corporation

For continued support of administrative expenses for Maglev- Maryland, a program to develop a magnetic levitation high-speed train between Baltimore and Washington. When fully operational, the train could reduce the travel time between the two cities to less than 20 minutes.