Archdiocese of Baltimore
$54,017 / 2000 / Education
To provide scholarships for Baltimore City public school students to attend Catholic parochial schools. The initiative is designed to compare the effectiveness of a Catholic school education against a public school education among at-risk inner-city students. The funds will underwrite the cost of the fifth year of an eight-year study.
Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers
$9,500 / 2000 / Other
For 2000 membership dues.
Baltimore Academy of Excellence
$50,600 / 2000 / Education
To provide scholarships for 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.
Baltimore Center for the Performing Arts
$1,000,000 / 2000 / Community Development
Four-year funding for leasehold improvements to the historic Hippodrome Theatre, a venue to house Baltimore’s premier Broadway road shows in the heart of the West Side redevelopment area.
Baltimore Chesapeake Bay Outward Bound Program
$5,000 / 2000 / Environment
Toward the expansion of the Communities Organized to Revitalize the Environment (CORE) Program. Funding supports after-school activities for Baltimore City public school students.