Past Grants

Advocates for Children and Youth

Two-year funding for continued support of Students First, an advocacy project dedicated to improving the quality of education for children in Baltimore City public schools. In support of educational reform, Students First provides assessment of educational practices, policies, and programs, and makes recommendations for research-based programs and strategies.

Scenic America

Seed funding to establish a statewide scenic conservation organization, Scenic Maryland, as an affiliate of Scenic America. The purposes of the program are to continue the education of local citizens about scenic conservation, serve as a local watchdog on billboard measures, and work in partnerships and collaboratives to protect Maryland’s scenic beauty.

Center for a Livable Future

For staffing to oversee the creation of two schoolyard gardens at Elmer A. Henderson Elementary School.

Irvine Nature Center

For the development of three additional modules for Natural Connections, an urban environmental education program.

Environmental Law Institute

For design and publication costs of the “Forests for the Bay”; report. The report recommends the adoption of forest landscape policy goals to promote the expansion and connection of contiguous forests that protect the Chesapeake Bay.