• Live Baltimore

    Toward core operating expenses ($50,000) associated with existing outreach programs, and the development ($50,000) of a new family retention campaign for Baltimore City.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 100000

    Date Awarded

    November 2013
  • Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance

    Data collection and retention of consulting services to build a database to inform marketing and intervention efforts to retain residents in Baltimore City, as one component of the Mayor’s strategy to increase the City’s population by 10,000 households.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 75000

    Date Awarded

    November 2013
  • Baltimore Integration Partnership

    In 2010, Baltimore was selected to be one of five cities to participate in the Living Cities Integration Initiative. This grant provides local matching funds for the Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers (ABAG) to apply for a second round of three-year funding for the Baltimore Integration Partnership.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 50000

    Date Awarded

    November 2013
  • American Communities Trust

    Project management and staffing support for the Baltimore Food Hub.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 75000

    Date Awarded

    November 2013
  • Baltimore Efficiency & Economy Foundation, Inc.

    Consulting services and management of a two-year pilot project that will test varying processes and materials to cover vacant lots.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 20000

    Date Awarded

    November 2013
  • Baltimore Police Foundation

    This grant provides for contractual staff support to solicit and coordinate donations of office furniture, building materials, and in-kind services for Baltimore City Police District Station renovations.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 40000

    Date Awarded

    November 2013
  • Baltimore’s Promise Collaborative

    The Promise Collaborative is a consortium of Baltimore area philanthropic, corporate, and public leaders that seeks to achieve transformational progress towards raising healthy and well-prepared children in Baltimore City. This grant is for core operating support.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 75000

    Date Awarded

    November 2013
  • Business Volunteers Maryland

    Core operating support.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 30000

    Date Awarded

    November 2013
  • Baltimore City Public School – Calvin Rodwell Elementary School

    In support of the school’s Neighborhood-School Partnership with Garwyn Oaks Northwest Housing Resource Center, to integrate school and neighborhood marketing in the Healthy Neighborhoods program in Howard Park.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 20000

    Date Awarded

    November 2013
  • Child First Authority

    For costs to place a part-time community organizer in the Howard Park neighborhood, to maximize community engagement in the planning process for renovation of Calvin Rodwell Elementary School and to work in partnership with the school and Garwyn Oaks Northwest Housing Resource Center to promote the Neighborhood-School Partnership in Howard Park.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 40000

    Date Awarded

    November 2013
  • Comprehensive Housing Assistance, Inc.

    Toward the cost of salaries, benefits, and program expenses for CHAI’s community development programs, with a focus on partnerships with local schools.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 75000

    Date Awarded

    November 2013
  • Cristo Rey Jesuit High School

    Scholarship support for Cristo Rey students.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 75000

    Date Awarded

    November 2013
  • Frank J. Battaglia Signal 13 Foundation, Inc.

    Scholarship support for children of Baltimore City officers who have suffered line of duty deaths.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 60000

    Date Awarded

    November 2013
  • Garwyn Oaks Northwest Housing Resource Center

    In support of Garwyn Oaks Northwest Housing Resource Center’s Neighborhood-School Partnership with Calvin Rodwell Elementary School, which seeks to integrate school and neighborhood marketing in the Healthy Neighborhoods program in Howard Park.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 35000

    Date Awarded

    November 2013
  • Greater Homewood Community Corporation

    Core operating support.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 125000

    Date Awarded

    November 2013
  • Hamilton-Lauraville Main Street

    Core operating and program support.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 28500

    Date Awarded

    November 2013
  • Loyola University Maryland

    Loyola University Maryland’s York Road Initiative is a place-based community development strategy focused on the York Road corridor communities of north Baltimore City. This grant funds consultant costs to develop a master plan for the commercial district.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 40000

    Date Awarded

    November 2013
  • Maryland Film Festival

    Toward the costs of fundraising staff and consulting support to implement a capital campaign to renovate the Parkway Theater at the corner of Charles Street and North Avenue in Central Baltimore.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 75000

    Date Awarded

    November 2013
  • Pigtown Main Street

    Core operating support.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 15000

    Date Awarded

    November 2013
  • Rebuilding Together Baltimore

    Non-capital expenses associated with Rebuilding Day 2014 in the Mid-Govans neighborhood.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 25000

    Date Awarded

    November 2013
  • St. Ambrose Housing Aid Center

    Consulting costs for a rental portfolio analysis and staff salaries for the rental services program.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 45000

    Date Awarded

    November 2013
  • Grant Awarded

    $ 50000

    Date Awarded

    November 2013
  • Grant Awarded

    $ 50000

    Date Awarded

    November 2013
  • WYPR

    For programming to help inform the region’s thought and opinion leaders on community perspectives related to Baltimore’s challenges with vacant buildings and abandoned lots.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 30000

    Date Awarded

    November 2013
  • Baltimore City Public School – Margaret Brent Elementary Middle School

    In support of the school’s Neighborhood-School Partnership with Greater Homewood Community Corporation and The Barclay School, to integrate school and neighborhood marketing in the Healthy Neighborhoods program in Charles Village.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 16000

    Date Awarded

    November 2013
  • Baltimore City Public School – Barclay School

    In support of the school’s Neighborhood-School Partnership with Greater Homewood Community Corporation and Margaret Brent Elementary Middle School, to integrate school and neighborhood marketing in the Healthy Neighborhoods program in Charles Village.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 20000

    Date Awarded

    November 2013
  • Baltimore City Little Leagues

    Operating support to encourage collaborative programming among seven Baltimore City Little Leagues.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 28000

    Date Awarded

    November 2013
  • Job Opportunities Task Force

    For consulting costs to develop a joint strategic plan for the Baltimore CASH Campaign and the Maryland CASH Campaign.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 10000

    Date Awarded

    October 2013
  • Baltimore Collegetown Network

    To engage an Executive Coach over a two-year period to work with the staff and board to assess current projects; identify areas of growth that support the mission of the organization; and evaluate staff and board roles and responsibilities.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 10000

    Date Awarded

    October 2013
  • Maryland Disability Law Center

    Toward consulting costs for a board assessment and fund development training.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 10000

    Date Awarded

    October 2013
  • Historic East Baltimore Community Action Coalition

    For consulting costs to help HEBCAC develop an effective medical billing process to recoup revenue for program services.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 2950

    Date Awarded

    October 2013
  • Franciscan Center

    For consulting costs to transition to a new program evaluation system, including data analysis and database design.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 10000

    Date Awarded

    October 2013
  • Southwest Partnership

    The Southwest Partnership was formed when the leaders of seven neighborhoods representing more than 10,000 people in Southwest Baltimore came together to work with the University of Maryland Baltimore, the University of Maryland BioPark, and Wexford Science and Technology to capitalize on the development of the area just west of Martin Luther King Boulevard to benefit the surrounding neighborhoods. This grant matches funds contributed by the University of Maryland Baltimore, the University of Maryland BioPark, and Wexford Science and Technology, to support an ambitious and inclusive neighborhood planning process. The Neighborhood Design Center serves as fiscal agent for this grant.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 92000

    Date Awarded

    September 2013
  • Johns Hopkins University

    The Goldseker Foundation is the largest Foundation contributor to Johns Hopkins’ Baltimore Scholars Program, which offers full-tuition scholarships for Baltimore City public high school students who are accepted to Johns Hopkins University. Goldseker Scholarships support undergraduates who have declared a major in the School of Arts & Sciences.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 165000

    Date Awarded

    September 2013
  • Morgan State University

    For the provision of need-based graduate fellowships, and activities designed to enhance the University’s relationships and visibility in the metropolitan community.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 165000

    Date Awarded

    September 2013
  • Jhpiego

    To support work to advance policy research and education in philanthropy, particularly as it relates to community development, community affairs, and regional initiatives. This grant will be paid over two years.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 336000

    Date Awarded

    September 2013
  • Downtown Baltimore Family Alliance

    For core operating support ($22,000) and consultant services for organizational development (up to $10,000).

    Grant Awarded

    $ 32000

    Date Awarded

    September 2013
  • City Neighbors Charter School

    In support of City Neighbors Charter School’s Neighborhood-School Partnership with Hamilton-Lauraville Main Street, Hamilton Elementary Middle School, and St. Francis of Assisi School, to integrate school and neighborhood marketing in the Healthy Neighborhoods program in Northeast Baltimore.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 20000

    Date Awarded

    September 2013
  • Baltimore City Public School – Hamilton Elementary/Middle School

    In support of Hamilton Elementary Middle School’s Neighborhood-School Partnership with Hamilton-Lauraville Main Street, City Neighbors Charter School, and St. Francis of Assisi School, to integrate school and neighborhood marketing in the Healthy Neighborhoods program in Northeast Baltimore.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 23000

    Date Awarded

    September 2013
  • Hamilton-Lauraville Main Street

    In support of Hamilton-Lauraville Main Street’s Neighborhood-School Partnership with Hamilton Elementary Middle School, City Neighbors Charter School, and St. Francis of Assisi School, to integrate school and neighborhood marketing in the Healthy Neighborhoods program in Northeast Baltimore.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 20000

    Date Awarded

    September 2013
  • St. Francis of Assisi School

    In support of St. Francis of Assisi School’s Neighborhood-School Partnership with Hamilton Elementary Middle School, City Neighbors Charter School, and Hamilton Elementary Middle School, to integrate school and neighborhood marketing in the Healthy Neighborhoods program in Northeast Baltimore.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 20000

    Date Awarded

    September 2013
  • Supporting Public Schools of Choice

    Supporting Public Schools of Choice, a project of the Fund for Educational Excellence, develops strategies to address the common needs of charter, transformation, and other contract schools within the Baltimore City public school system, to increase the number of quality public school options available for students in Baltimore City. This grant is for staffing and contracted technical assistance.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 60000

    Date Awarded

    September 2013
  • Unversity of Maryland School of Social Work Community Outreach Service

    The University of Maryland School of Social Work Community Outreach Service’s Neighborhood Fellows program has two main objectives: (1) to increase the capacity of neighborhood organizations to carry out community development activities; and (2) to expose graduate level social work students to neighborhood community development work as a means to build a pipeline of talent for the sector. This grant is for stipends for fellows and administrative costs for the program.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 36000

    Date Awarded

    September 2013
  • ASSOCIATED: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore

    In support of direct services by ASSOCIATED agencies to benefit economically disadvantaged clients.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 165000

    Date Awarded

    September 2013
  • Maryland Humanities Council

    This grant supports strategic planning.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 10000

    Date Awarded

    June 2013
  • Govans Ecumenical Development Corporation

    This grant supports executive coaching for the organization’s new CEO.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 10000

    Date Awarded

    June 2013
  • Village Learning Place

    This grant supports consulting costs to develop a new performance appraisal system for the Village Learning Place.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 10000

    Date Awarded

    June 2013
  • YWCA Greater Baltimore

    This board development grant will help the YWCA’s leadership articulate a theory of change and develop a business model and new board structure to implement it.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 10000

    Date Awarded

    June 2013
  • Public Justice Center

    This grant pays for a computer programmer’s time to customize a new legal services software system for the Public Justice Center.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 10000

    Date Awarded

    June 2013
  • Midtown Academy

    This grant supports the costs of consultants to help the Midtown Academy assess its options with regard to renovating its existing facility or moving to a new site, and develop the financial and fundraising plan to support the best option.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 10000

    Date Awarded

    June 2013
  • Port Discovery Children’s Museum

    This grant supports a strategic planning initiative for the museum.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 10000

    Date Awarded

    June 2013
  • The Reinvestment Fund

    This two-year grant provides core operating support as TRF expands its lending capacity in Baltimore.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 100000

    Date Awarded

    April 2013
  • Francis Scott Key Elementary Middle School

    This grant funds a part-time Community Outreach Coordinator to recruit community partners to increase academic program offerings and coordinate after-school enrichment courses, as well as market the school to parents in the surrounding neighborhood.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 30000

    Date Awarded

    April 2013
  • Fund for Educational Excellence

    This grant provides core operating support as the Fund develops its capacity for analysis and advocacy of innovative education reform strategies. It also provides planning funds for a school-based leadership development initiative.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 22500

    Date Awarded

    April 2013
  • Fashion, Architecture and Basic Design School

    This two-year grant provides support for a fundraising consultant, materials, and activities to raise the operating subsidy needed for the school to offer a robust academic program before reaching full enrollment capacity in 2016-2017.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 80000

    Date Awarded

    April 2013
  • Audubon Maryland-DC

    This grant provides operating support, so that Audubon Maryland-DC can continue to provide education and community stewardship programs that improve the vibrancy of Southeast Baltimore for both people and wildlife.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 25000

    Date Awarded

    April 2013
  • Southwest Baltimore Charter School

    This grant provides funding for an executive coach to help SBCS clarify the board’s role in the governance of the school and to develop a plan for leadership succession and long-term success of the school.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 8000

    Date Awarded

    February 2013
  • Baltimore Montessori Public Charter School

    This grant provides for a consultant to assist Baltimore Montessori to develop a strategic plan.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 10000

    Date Awarded

    February 2013
  • Youth as Resources

    This grant provides funds for a development consultant to help YAR, formerly a project of the Baltimore Community Foundation, develop its first fundraising plan, as it transitions to become an independent nonprofit organization.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 10000

    Date Awarded

    February 2013
  • Central Scholarship Bureau, Inc.

    This grant provides funds for a financial services technology consultant to assess Central Scholarship’s financial and loan management system and needs, and to help it choose and implement new software to integrate financial tracking.

    Grant Awarded

    $ 10000

    Date Awarded

    February 2013

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