Past Grants

National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education.

Five-year funding for support of the Maryland Smart Growth Indicators’ Project. The center will develop a set of indicators to measure land use, growth, and development patterns in Maryland over a five-year period. The annual reports will provide policy makers with information to help measure the effect of Maryland’s Smart Growth policies.

NCADD-Maryland (National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependency)

Two grants for the support of training programs for directors of Baltimore Substance Abuse Systems-funded treatment centers. The training will ensure that there is an integration of cultural competency in treatment delivery models in Baltimore City and best practices at the clinic level.

Newborn Holistic Ministries, Inc.

For renovation costs of two houses, 586 and 588 Presstman Street, to convert the buildings into long-term permanent housing for women recovering from substance abuse. The project is a partnership with Episcopal Housing Corporation.

Patterson Park Community Development Corporation

For continued support of an initiative to clean streets and alleys in the Patterson Park community. This effort is intended to help eliminate trash and create a visually appealing, comfortable, and secure community in a 22-block area.

People’s Homesteading Group

For support of Anchors of Hope, Phase IV, for development costs to create four affordable houses and four transitional apartments for sale and rent to low-income families in the Barclay-Midway neighborhood. The rehabilitation of these residential properties will help reduce the negative impact of existing vacancies in the community.