The mission of Comprehensive Housing Assistance, Inc. (CHAI) is to strengthen neighborhoods with a significant Jewish presence by developing and enhancing housing, affecting community development, and supporting aging-in-community. CHAI provides housing services and works to strengthen schools in Northwest Baltimore through community engagement. This grant provided core operating support.

The Central Maryland Transportation Alliance (CMTA) was formed in 2007 as a diverse coalition of corporate and civic leaders uniting business, philanthropic, and institutional sectors around a common agenda: improving and expanding transportation options for the citizens and businesses of Central Maryland. The vision of CMTA is a thriving metropolitan area which boasts an array of convenient transportation options, including a coordinated system of highways and interconnected mass transit options providing access and opportunity for employment, housing, education, services and entertainment. This grant provided core operating support.

MICA’s Center for Creative Impact (CCI) is dedicated to demonstrating and promoting the value of art and design in addressing critical social and environmental problems, and to preparing the next generation of creative changemakers. “The Shed” is the name of an ambitious infrastructure reuse initiative developed in collaboration with community partners aimed at increasing awareness of, momentum for, and investment in the Jones Falls Watershed. This grant provided support for planning and design related to “The Shed.”