Past Grants

Baltimore City Public School System/100 Book Challenge

To support a coordinator to assist with the implementation of the 100 Book Challenge program in elementary schools. The program is designed to help teachers, families, and administrators create positive environments in which children learn to read independently.

Baltimore Academy of Excellence

For scholarships to enable 22 inner-city students to attend the Academy’s Traditional School and Special Needs School in a year-round structured learning environment. The Academy enrolls students who have failed in a regular public school setting and who can take advantage of its specialized curriculum, individualized attention and counseling.

Archdiocese of Baltimore

To provide scholarships enabling Baltimore City public school at-risk students to attend parochial schools in Baltimore City during the 2001-2002 school year. By participating in this model delinquency and dropout prevention program, these students are expected to benefit from smaller classes, one-to-one instruction and a structured educational setting.

Archdiocese of Baltimore

To provide tuition assistance at St. Elizabeth of Hungary School for children of the purchasers of Patterson Park Community Development Corporation’s renovated homes.

Arts Education in Maryland Schools Consortium

Two grants for general support of programs designed to integrate the cultural arts into the curriculum of Maryland’s public schools.