In December 2021, the Roland Park Community Foundation (RPCF) signed a Purchase and Sale Agreement to purchase 20 acres of undeveloped land from the Baltimore Country Club (BCC) to create Hillside Park, which will be the largest new public park of its size in Baltimore in over a century. The plans are to create a park that includes walking paths, open scenic spaces, a playground, an open-air amphitheater, and playing fields. RPCF raised $8.5M for the purchase from over 650 donors.

This Management Assistance Grant will fund a landscape architect to create a strategic plan for the park.

Project Own builds innovative solutions to equalize access to property wealth creation for Black Americans—starting with homeownership. Project Own’s flagship program, Tech-Enabled Financial Coaching, combines cutting-edge technology with experienced, HUD-certified counselors to create a program specifically designed to address racialized barriers to homeownership. This grant provided core operating support.

Open Works is a nonprofit makerspace that opened in Central Baltimore in 2016 with a mission to make tools, technology, and the knowledge to use them accessible to all to drive grassroots change through inter-related educational programs and economic development. This grant provided core operating support.