Commonweal Foundation, Inc.
$31,704 / 2000 / Education
For support of the 2000-2001 Pathways to Success boarding school scholarships for 12 at-risk, financially needy Baltimore City students.
CollegeBound Foundation, Inc.
$139,700 / 2000 / Education
For a Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) pilot project at four Baltimore City high schools. The program involves the hiring of CollegeBound counselors to integrate SAT preparation and test taking, college visitation, and college advising as part of their ‘College Club’ after-school programs.
Calvert School/Dr. Carter G. Woodson Elementary School
$140,000 / 2000 / Education
For two transitional teachers and an administrative assistant for the seventh year of the implementation of the Calvert School curriculum at Dr. Carter G. Woodson.
The Baraka School, Inc.
$329,643 / 2000 / Education
Two grants for the consolidation of the Baraka School staff, and towards operating expenses for the 2000-2001 school year. The boarding school, located in Kenya, provides a residential academic program for 18 at-risk, underachieving Baltimore City middle-school boys.
Baltimore Office of Promotion
$5,000 / 2000 / Education
In support of the Fifth Annual Book Festival’s Workshop for Young Writers’ educational component.