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Grant Recipients

We are privileged to have contributed to the work and achievements of many organizations in the Baltimore area.

To learn more about these non-profits, and the specific projects we funded, please access our database of grant recipients.

Multi-Ethnic Domestic Violence Project - Know Your Rights

Women's Law Center Of Maryland
Purpose: Doubles (from 5-10) the information and training sessions for over 100 immigrant women who are victims of domestic violence
Award Amount: $ 5,000
Website: www.wlcmd.org

College Access Program

Baltimore Urban Debate League
Purpose: Assists high school debaters in the college preparation program
Award Amount: $ 10,000
Website: www.budl.org

Community Conferencing: Alternative To Court For Baltimore Girls

Community Conferencing Center
Purpose: Community Conferencing for 50 girls and young women in Baltimore City who are at risk of school suspension, arrest or incarceration
Award Amount: $ 10,000

OrchKids: Planting Seeds For A Bright Future

Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
Purpose: Music instruction, life skills training and mentoring for at-risk children at Lockerman-Bundy and New Song Academy in West Baltimore
Award Amount: $ 15,000

Parenting Alone: Helping Women To Build Healthy Families

Pro Bono Counseling Project
Purpose: Free counseling for 80 low-income single-parent military spouses and service members and their families unable or unwilling to access government mental health assistance
Award Amount: $ 19,500

Youth Employment Initiative

New Pathways
Purpose: Paid internships for up to 27 young female students who are aging out of foster care in Baltimore City
Award Amount: $ 19,575

Veteran Women Rescue Project

A Step Forward
Purpose: To help 24-40 jailed or paroled female veterans transition back into the Baltimore Community
Award Amount: $ 20,000

Supportive Services For Homeless Women And Children

Baltimore Outreach Services, Inc.
Purpose: Supportive services for women and their children in the BOS homeless shelter including workforce development/culinary projects
Award Amount: $ 20,000

Project Success

Full Gospel Fellowship Church Of Deliverance
Purpose: After-school program for children plus a GED preparation program for their mothers in the Pimlico area
Award Amount: $ 20,000

Lone Star Mentoring Program

Greater Baltimore Women's Basketball Educational Coalition
Purpose: Expanded comprehensive afterschool program for at-risk youth from Cherry Hill at New Era Academy
Award Amount: $ 20,000

Social Work Case Management Services

Healthcare For The Homeless
Purpose: Funds a full-time social worker in the new pediatric/adolescent clinic to case manage the medical and housing needs of homeless women and their children
Award Amount: $ 20,000
Website: www.hchmd.org

Experience Corps

Baltimore City Experience Corps
Purpose: Support for five additional team leaders who coordinate the pairing of women over 55 with K-3 students in Baltimore City schools
Award Amount: $ 20,000

Baltimore County Mobile Medical And Dental Clinic

Mission Of Mercy
Purpose: Free mobile medical and dental clinic serving 500 patients in Reisterstown, Baltimore County
Award Amount: $ 20,000

Feeding Affected Children Of Women Living With HIV/AIDS

Moveable Feast
Purpose: Meals and groceries for children of women living with HIV/AIDS in Baltimore City and surrounding counties
Award Amount: $ 20,000

Martha's Place

Newborn Holistic Ministries
Purpose: Structured 6-month program that addresses overwhelming drug addiction in the Sandtown-Winchester and Upton communities
Award Amount: $ 20,000

Health Leads

University Of Maryland Medical Center
Purpose: Funds student volunteers who support new low-income mothers and their children by connecting them to vital services and programs
Award Amount: $ 20,000

A Healthy Midlife And Beyond

Shepherd's Clinic
Purpose:

Healthcare program addressing issues of middle-aged, uninsured, economically-disadvantaged women through screening for chronic diseases and offering health promotion strategies for better health

Award Amount: $ 20,000

Sarah's Hope

St. Vincent De Paul
Purpose:

Comprehensive shelter program for homeless women and children in Sandtown/Winchester designed to stabilize families and promote self-sufficiency

Award Amount: $ 20,000

Teen Intervention And Prevention Program

TurnAround
Purpose: Enhances the TIP (Teen Intervention and Prevention) Program that targets adolescent girls who are at high-risk for being victims of sexual and domestic violence in the Baltimore area
Award Amount: $ 20,000