The Baltimore Arts Realty Corporation (BARCO) is a nonprofit real estate development corporation founded in 2012 with start-up funding from the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation. BARCO’s mission is to provide affordable, safe and sustainable facilities for contemporary artists, designers, curators, performers and creative ventures and nonprofit arts organizations. BARCO’s focus is on the acquisition and development of properties that fulfill this mission in Baltimore’s three arts and entertainment districts, such as the Open Works makerspace in Greenmount West and the Motor House in Station North. This grant provided general operating support.