2007 Grants | 2006 Grants | 2005 Grants | Current PF-990 Fostering Educational Opportunities Health and Mental Health Human Rights Israel Program Jewish Life Membership Program Related Investments Employees Matching Gifts Fostering Educational Opportunities   Public Education Reform   Advocates for Children & Youth   $50,000 over two years Baltimore, MD support for the education advocacy program   American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Maryland   $100,000 over two years Baltimore, MD support for the ACLU Education Reform Project   The Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers   $10,000 over two years Baltimore, MD support for a part-time consultant to staff the Education Funders' Affinity Group   Baltimore Algebra Project   $20,000 Baltimore, MD general support   Community Conferencing Center   $40,000 Baltimore, MD support for “Preventing and Addressing School Violence in Meaningful Ways: The Daily Rap and Community Conferencing in Baltimore’s High Schools”   Comprehensive Housing Assistance Inc.   $25,000 over two years Baltimore, MD support for the Northwest School-Community Partnership, a broad coalition of community, business, and school representatives who advocate for improvements to the northwest community's four public schools   Fund for Educational Excellence   $250,000 over five years Baltimore, MD support for the implementation of the reform plan for Baltimore's neighborhood high schools   New Leaders for New Schools   $55,000 New York, NY support for New Leaders-Baltimore, a program to recruit and train high caliber principals for Baltimore City public schools   The New Teacher Project   $50,000 over two years New York, NY support to enhance the recruitment, selection and orientation of Baltimore City public school teachers, particularly at low-performing schools   Arts & Culture   American Visionary Art Museum   $75,000 over three years Baltimore, MD general support   Art on Purpose   $10,000 over two years Brooklandville, MD general support   Baltimore Opera Company   $20,000 over two years Baltimore, MD support for education and outreach programs to school children   Baltimore School for the Arts Foundation   $15,000 over two years Baltimore, MD support for TWIGS (To Work in Gaining Skills), a free after school and Saturday arts instruction program for Baltimore City elementary and middle school students The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra   $50,000 over two years Baltimore, MD support for arts education programs designed to expose public school students to music   The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra   $200,000 over five years Baltimore, MD support for the general operating endowment   Evergreen House Foundation   $5,000 Baltimore, MD renewed support for Sculpture at Evergreen, a biennial exhibition of contemporary art   The Everyman Theatre   $40,000 over two years Baltimore, MD support for educational programming targeting Baltimore City youth   Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance   $10,000 over two years Brooklandville, MD general support   High Zero Foundation   $2,000 over two years Baltimore, MD support for the High Zero Festival of Experimental Improvised Music   The Johns Hopkins University – Peabody Institute   $40,000 over two years Baltimore, MD support for the Music Teacher Mentoring Program which links expert instructors from the Peabody Institute with Baltimore City Public School music teachers   Maryland Institute College of Art   $150,000 over three years Baltimore, MD support for the new Master of Arts in Community Arts   Maryland Museum of African American History & Culture   $50,000 over five years Baltimore, MD support for the general operating endowment   Maryland Science Center   $75,000 over five years Baltimore, MD capital support for the Kids Room permanent exhibit space   The Maryland Zoological Society   $100,000 over five years Baltimore, MD capital support for Destination: Wild Earth, the Campaign for the Baltimore Zoo   National Aquarium in Baltimore   $100,000 over five years Baltimore, MD capital support   The Walters Art Gallery   $150,000 over three years Baltimore, MD capital support for renovations in the 1904 Building, including the refurbishment and reinstallation of the Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Gallery   Special Projects   Associated Catholic Charities   $100,000 over five years Baltimore, MD capital support for the construction of a new facility to co-locate Our Daily Bread, a soup kitchen, and Christopher's Place, an employment program   Baltimore Community Foundation   $500,000 over five years Baltimore, MD support for the Baltimore Investment Guide, a blueprint for enhancing the quality of life in Baltimore City   Baltimore Neighborhood Collaborative   $60,000 over two years Baltimore, MD general support for grants to stabilize and revitalize neighborhoods in Baltimore City   Central Scholarship Bureau   $40,000 over two years Baltimore, MD support to supplement revolving loan funds named for Hilda Katz Blaustein, Sophie Van Leer Katz, and Dr. Esther Katz Rosen   Community Mediation Program, Inc.   $20,000 over two years Baltimore, MD general support to resolve interpersonal and community disputes through the use of no-cost, non-violent conflict mediation strategies   Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore City   $50,000 Baltimore, MD general support   The Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr. Appellate Advocacy Fellowship   $75,000 over three years Baltimore, MD support for the Francis D. Murnaghan, Jr. Appellate Advocacy Fellowship endowment fund   Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations   $75,000 over two years Baltimore, MD general support and support for the Consulting Services Practice, which provides technical assistance and training services to local nonprofits   Maryland Food Bank   $50,000 over two years Baltimore, MD capital support for a new warehouse and distribution center   YMCA of the Greater Baltimore Area   $100,000 over five years Baltimore, MD capital support for the new flagship YMCA facility at Stadium Place   Youth As Resources   $10,000 over two years Baltimore, MD general support for a youth development/philanthropy program that provides small grants for community projects designed and implemented by young people     Health and Mental Health   Mental Health   Adoptions Together, Inc.   $30,000 Silver Spring, MD renewed support for the Baltimore Attachment Seminar and Program   Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association   $5,000 Timonium, MD support for the development of a strategic plan to increase research funding, enhance supportive services and care, mobilize public support, and build capacity   Baltimore City Foundation   $32,000 Baltimore, MD capital support for the renovation of the Eleanor E. Hooper Adult Day Care Center, a facility serving seniors with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia   Kennedy Krieger Institute   $20,500 Baltimore, MD support for “Healing from Trauma”, a public awareness campaign focused on the consequences of untreated psychological trauma   Maryland Committee for Children   $5,000 Baltimore, MD support for the conference “Neurons to Neighborhoods and Beyond: Current Findings on Early Childhood Brain Development and Implications for Public Policy”   Maryland Disabilities Law Center   $60,000 over two years Baltimore, MD support for a legal advocacy project that will challenge the State of Maryland cuts in community-based mental health services to poor children   Mental Health Association of Maryland   $50,000 over two years Baltimore, MD support for the Maryland Coalition on Mental Health and Aging, which advocates for improved mental health services for senior citizens   Mental Health Policy Institute for Leadership and Training   $75,000 over two years Baltimore, MD support for a pilot program that will test the efficacy of screening and treating depression at community sites serving low-income individuals   The Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Foundation   $250,000 over five years Baltimore, MD support for the Mission 2005: Building for the Future capital campaign and support for an outdoor therapeutic program for adolescents   Health   The Breast Cancer Fund   $25,000 San Francisco, CA support for the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics   breastcancer.org   $50,000 over two years Narberth, PA general support   Center for Mind-Body Medicine   $30,000 Washington, DC support for the 2006 Food As Medicine program in Baltimore, a nutrition training program for physicians, medical school faculty and other healthcare professionals   Central New Jersey Jewish Home for the Aged   $250,000 over five years Somerset, NJ support for an endowment, income from which will provide general operating support   Coalition to End Childhood Lead Poisoning   $50,000 over two years Baltimore, MD general support for early intervention, prevention, education and outreach services   Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America   $100,000 over two years New York, NY support for the general research fund   Hadassah, The Women's Zionist Organization of America   $100,000 over five years New York, NY capital support for the Center for Emergency Medicine at Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem   The League for People with Disabilities   $100,000 over five years Baltimore, MD support for the Changing Lives-Achieving Independence capital and endowment campaign   LifeBridge Health   $1,000,000* over ten years Baltimore, MD support for the Louis and Henrietta Blaustein Fund for Women’s Health Services at Sinai Hospital   The Marrow Foundation   $80,000 over two years Washington, DC support for the Amy Strelzer Manasevit Scholars Program for the Study of Post-Transplant Complications   Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative Education Fund   $50,000 over two years Baltimore, MD general support for the Health Care for All campaign, which advocates for a universal health care plan for Maryland   Maryland Pesticide Network   $50,000 over two years Annapolis, MD general support   Maryland Public Interest Research Foundation   $10,000 Baltimore, MD support for the Environmental Health Policy Project, an effort to raise awareness of the effect of environmental toxins on health and to introduce specific solutions into the local policy debate   National Research Center for Women & Families   $50,000 Washington, DC support to develop and disseminate information on stage zero breast cancer to patients, professionals and policy makers, a part of the “Stage Zero Breast Cancer: Meeting the Challenge” project   Public Justice Center   $70,000 over two years Baltimore, MD support for the Health Rights Project, which addresses the deficiencies of Medicaid as well as barriers to care for the uninsured   Somerset Health Care Foundation   $500,000 over five years Somerville, NJ capital support for the renovation of the new emergency room   University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation   $200,000 over two years Baltimore, MD support for Maryland Hospitals for a Healthy Environment, an initiative to decrease the environmental health risks associated with the delivery of health care services     *Paid in cooperation with The Morton K. and Jane Blaustein Foundation.   Human Rights   Reproductive Rights   Advocates for Youth   $60,000 over two years Washington, DC support to promote adolescent reproductive rights in the United States and overseas   Center for Health and Gender Equity   $70,000 over two years Takoma Park, MD support for activities to promote reproductive health and rights within U.S. international policy   Center for Reproductive Rights   $70,000 over two years New York, NY support for training lawyers in developing countries in strategies for ensuring reproductive rights   Feminist Majority Foundation   $60,000 over two years Arlington, VA support for the Global Reproductive Rights Campus Campaign   International Center for Research on Women   $68,000 over two years Washington, DC support to educate the U.S. public and policymakers about the harmful consequences of child marriage in developing countries   Let’s Breakthrough   $60,000 over two years Jackson Heights, NY support for the women's rights and sexual/reproductive health programs   Tahirih Justice Center   $70,000 over two years Falls Church, VA support for legal advocacy on behalf of immigrant and refugee women/girls fleeing from gender-based violence   Tostan   $90,000 over two years Washington, DC support for the Basic Education Program in the city of Mbour in the Thies region of Senegal, which integrates health, human rights, and literacy training   Capacity-Building and Emergency Response   American Jewish World Service   $40,000 New York, NY support for AJWS's emergency response effort to the threat of genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan   The Center for Victims of Torture   $25,000 Minneapolis, MN support for the New Tactics Human Rights training program   Fund for Global Human Rights   $80,000 over two years Washington, DC support to make grants to grassroots human rights efforts around the world   Institute of International Education   $35,000 Washington, DC support for training human rights activists in budget analysis   The Johns Hopkins University – School of Advanced International Studies   $55,000 over three years Baltimore, MD support for educational programs sponsored by the International Organization and Conflict Resolution Program   Leadership Conference on Civil Rights Education Fund   $50,000 Washington, DC support for educational activities about civil and human rights     Israel Program   Adva Center   $40,000 over two years Tel Aviv, Israel support for data collection and policy analysis regarding issues of equality and social justice in Israel   ALMAYA: Association for the Advancement of the Ethiopian Family and Child in Israel   $40,000 over two years Beer Sheva, Israel support for community-based programs in Beersheva and the Negev   American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev   $1,600,000 over eight years New York, NY operating and endowment support to establish the Institute of Desert Agriculture at the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research   American Friends of Haifa University   $50,000 over three years New York, NY support for scholarships and fieldwork expenses for Arab master's degree candidates in educational psychology at Haifa University   American Friends of Neve Shalom/Wahat al-Salam   $40,000 over two years Mt. Laurel, NJ support for the School for Peace, which works to heighten awareness of the complexity of the Palestinian/Israeli conflict through intensive encounter workgroups   The American Pardes Foundation   $30,000 over two years New York, NY support for a visiting liberal Jewish scholar at the Pardes Institute in Jerusalem   The Arava Institute for Environmental Studies   $40,000 over two years Hevel Eilot, Israel scholarship support for Jordanian graduate students to pursue a joint M.A. degree at the Arava Institute and the Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research   The Association for Civil Rights in Israel   $70,000 over three years Jerusalem, Israel support for the Bedouin Equality Project, which aims to address the discrimination that pervades the daily lives of Israel's Negev Bedouin   Association for the Promotion of Bedouin Women’s Education in the Negev   $60,000 over three years Beer Sheva, Israel support for the Mentorship-Community Awareness Project, which provides scholarships for higher education to Bedouin women   Bimkom – Planners for Planning Rights   $100,000 over two years Jerusalem, Israel support to promote equitable solutions to land issues that affect Israel’s minority populations   The Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development   $50,000 over two years Herzliya Pituach, Israel support to improve conditions of the Negev Bedouin   The Center for Jewish-Arab Economic Development   $40,000 Herzliya Pituach, Israel support for technical assistance to Sidreh, a regional Bedouin women’s organization, for its Negev Weaving Project   Center for Jewish-Arab Education in Israel   $50,000 over two years Jerusalem, Israel support for the network of bilingual schools in Israel   Community Advocacy   $60,000 over two years Jerusalem, Israel support for advocacy programs for disadvantaged residents in Beersheva and the Negev   Economic Empowerment for Women   $50,000 over two years Haifa, Israel support for entrepreneurship training for low-income women   FIDEL Association for Education and Social Integration of Ethiopian Jews in Israel   $50,000 over two years Hod Hasharon, Israel support for the Mediator Training Program   Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion   $500,000 over five years New York, NY endowment support for the creation of the Blaustein Pastoral Counseling Center at the Jerusalem campus of Hebrew Union College   ICAR: International Coalition for Agunah Rights   $25,000 over two years Jerusalem, Israel general support to advocate for equitable solutions to issues affecting Jewish women in Israel's rabbinical courts   Institute for the Advancement of Education in Jaffa   $30,000 over three years Jaffa, Israel support for the hot lunch and food distribution programs   Ir Amin   $100,000 over two years Jerusalem, Israel support for advocacy regarding the future of Jerusalem   Israel Association for Ethiopian Jews   $40,000 over two years Jerusalem, Israel support for its work to change government policy and practice regarding Ethiopian Jews   Israel Family Planning Association   $90,000 over two years Tel Aviv, Israel support for the Community Health Empowerment in Southern Israel project   Israel Religious Action Center   $150,000 over two years Jerusalem, Israel support to promote religious pluralism and the rule of law through advocacy, research, public education and litigation   Itach – Women Lawyers for Social Justice   $25,000 over two years Tel Aviv, Israel general support for legal counseling and litigation on behalf of low-income women   Kehilat Mevasseret Zion   $100,000 over five years Mevasseret Zion, Israel capital support for the completion of a new synagogue/community center for the Reform Jewish community of Mevasseret Zion, a suburb of Jerusalem   Negev Institute for Strategies of Peace and Development   $20,000 over two years Beer Sheva, Israel support for a micro-enterprise training program for Bedouin women   New Family Organization for the Advancement of Family Rights   $20,000 over two years Tel Aviv, Israel support for its work in family law   New Israel Fund   $200,000 over two years Washington, DC support for the organization’s work with a network of civil society organizations that bridge social and economic gaps, safeguard civil and human rights, promote Jewish-Arab coexistence, advance the status of women, and foster religious pluralism   Ohr Torah Stone Institutions of Israel   $20,000 over two years New York, NY support for the Legal Aid Center for Women   Shiluv   $30,000 over three years Jerusalem, Israel renewed support for family therapy counseling programs   Sikkuy   $40,000 over two years Jerusalem, Israel support for reports and activities that seek to ensure quality of opportunity for Arab Israelis   Tali Beit Hinuch High School   $75,000 over three years Jerusalem, Israel support for a new liberal Jewish education curriculum   Yedid - The Association for Community Empowerment   $60,000 over two years Jerusalem, Israel support for a network of storefront citizens' rights centers providing personal assistance to and advocacy on behalf of disadvantaged Israelis   Yesodot - The Center for the Study of Torah and Democracy   $50,000 over two years Jerusalem, Israel support for democracy education programs aimed at principals, teachers, and students in the state religious school system     Jewish Life   The American Jewish Committee   $2,000,000 over ten years New York, NY endowment support for the Centennial Campaign: A Fund for the Future   The American Jewish Committee   $150,000 New York, NY annual support for 2005   American Jewish World Service   $100,000 over two years New York, NY support for the Volunteer Summer program   American Jewish World Service   $40,000 over two years New York, NY support for the Jewish Community Development Fund, providing small grants and technical assistance in Russia and Ukraine   The Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore   $925,000 Baltimore, MD support for the 2005 annual campaign   The Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore   $2,500,000 over seven years Baltimore, MD support for the Capital Campaign   AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps   $100,000 over two years New York, NY support for a year-long Jewish service program in New York and Washington, DC   The Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education   $50,000 over two years New York, NY support for the Early Childhood Education department   The Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life   $65,000 over two years New York, NY support to bring the moral passion of Jewish tradition and social action to environmental stewardship   Federation of Jewish Men’s Clubs   $50,000 over two years New York, NY support for activities in Conservative synagogues to welcome and support interfaith families   Hillel - The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life   $50,000 over two years Washington, DC support for Tzedek Hillel, a program that promotes social justice activities among Jewish college students across the country   Hillel – The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life   $25,000 Washington, DC support for the Tzedek Leadership Mission to Israel in December 2005   Hillel of Greater Baltimore   $150,000 over five years Baltimore, MD capital support for the Smokler Center for Jewish Life at Johns Hopkins University   Hillel of Greater Baltimore   $90,000 over three years Baltimore, MD support for outreach to graduate students   InterfaithFamily.com   $40,000 over two years Newton, MA support for an online magazine and a grassroots membership organization of intermarried families   Jewish Coalition for Service   $100,000 over two years New York, NY support to promote service to Jewish young people across the country   Jewish Council on Urban Affairs   $25,000 Chicago, IL support for the Summer Internship Initiative for Rabbinical Students   The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous   $10,000 over four years New York, NY support to provide care for elderly Righteous Gentiles   Jewish Funds for Justice   $50,000 New York, NY support for grants, technical assistance and educational activities and a one-time grant to support the administrative costs associated with JFSJ’s merger with The Shefa Fund   The Jewish Museum of Maryland   $30,000 over three years Baltimore, MD support for the new exhibit development fund   Jewish Outreach Institute   $70,000 over two years New York, NY support to strengthen the connection between the Jewish community and intermarried and unaffiliated Jews   Just Vision   $40,000 over two years Brooklyn, NY support for educational activities about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict   The New York Public Library   $4,000 over two years New York, NY support for the Dorot Jewish Division   Northwest Interfaith Movement   $30,000 over three years Philadelphia, PA support to provide seed money for new program initiatives   Panim – The Institute for Jewish Leadership and Values   $50,000 over two years Rockville, MD support for Summer JAM, a teen program of Jewish learning, hands-on service and social action   Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism   $200,000 over five years Washington, DC support for the Capital/Endowment Campaign   Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism   $100,000 over two years Washington, DC support for advocacy and educational activities   Rutgers University Foundation   $30,000 over three years New Brunswick, NJ support to create the Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Judaic Library Endowment Fund at the Archibald S. Alexander Library   The Shefa Fund   $80,000 over two years Philadelphia, PA support for the Tzedek/"Justice" Economic Development Campaign which raises funds from the Jewish community and invests in low-income community development efforts   Temple Oheb Shalom   $1,000,000* over five years Baltimore, MD capital support to establish an endowment for the Early Childhood Learning Center   World Union for Progressive Judaism   $200,000 over two years New York, NY support for the Reform Movement's work in the Former Soviet Union     *Paid in cooperation with The Morton K. and Jane Blaustein Foundation.   Membership   The Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers   $5,500 Baltimore, MD general support through membership in 2005   Funders Network on Population, Reproductive Health & Rights   $500 Takoma Park, MD general support through membership   Grantmakers for Effective Organizations   $1,000 Washington, DC general support through membership   Grantmakers in Health   $2,000 Washington, DC general support through membership   Grantmakers Without Borders   $7,500 over three years Boston, MA general support through membership   International Funders for Indigenous Peoples   $2,000 Fredericksburg, VA membership support   International Human Rights Funders Group   $2,000 New York, NY general support through membership   Jewish Funders Network   $6,000 New York, NY general support through membership   National Network of Grantmakers   $1,000 Brooklyn, NY general support through membership     Program Related Investments   The Reinvestment Fund   $750,000 over ten years Philadelphia, PA support through a program-related investment for The Baltimore Fund, which will invest in local companies providing jobs for residents in low-income communities in Baltimore   The Shefa Fund   $250,000 Philadelphia, PA support for an investment in the Baltimore TZEDEC Initiative   Employees’ Matching Gifts   $6,390     *Paid in cooperation with The Morton K. and Jane Blaustein Foundation.   Home | The Foundations | Program Areas | Applying for A Grant Family History | Contact | Site Map © 2003 The Blaustein Philanthropic Group