Maryland Film Festival
$90,000 / 2000 / Community Development
Two-year funding for travel expenses to bring filmmakers to Baltimore during the annual festival as a marketing tool to encourage film production in Baltimore and Maryland.
Maryland Food Bank
$100,000 / 2000 / Health and Human Services
For implementation of strategic programming to enhance the distribution of donated, salvaged, but unsalable food products for the hungry throughout Maryland.
Maryland Food Bank
$48,750 / 2000 / Health and Human Services
To provide staffing and operating costs for expansion of the Baltimore Area Gleaning Network’s outreach efforts, utilizing volunteers to gather leftover produce from regional farms for Baltimore’s working poor families and those at risk of hunger.
Maryland State Department of Education
$150,000 / 2000 / Education
Additional funding for an evaluation of the Maryland School Performance Assessment Program (MSPAP), administered annually to all Maryland public school students in the third, fifth, and eighth grades.
Midtown Community Benefits District, Inc.
$5,000 / 2000 / Community Development
In support of maintenance for the city park at Mount Vernon Place.