| Fostering Educational Opportunities |
| |
| Public Education Reform in Baltimore City |
| |
| Advocates for Children & Youth |
|
$20,000 |
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 Education Reform Project |
| |
| The Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers |
|
$10,000 over two years |
Baltimore, MD
support for a part-time coordinator to staff the Education Funders Affinity Group |
| |
| Baltimore Algebra Project |
|
$10,000 |
Baltimore, MD
support for student peer-to-peer math tutoring |
| |
| Baltimore City Public School System |
|
$52,500 |
Baltimore, MD
support for the Community Support for Schools Initiative |
| |
| Business Volunteers Unlimited Maryland |
|
$30,000 |
Baltimore, MD
support for the business-school partnership program |
| |
| Children's Scholarship Fund of Baltimore |
|
$25,000 |
Baltimore, MD
support for the scholarship program |
| |
| Comprehensive Housing Assistance |
|
$25,000 over two years |
Baltimore, MD
support for the Northwest School-Community Partnership |
| |
| Fund for Educational Excellence |
|
$70,000 over two years |
Baltimore, MD
support for efforts to bolster school reform in Baltimore City |
| |
| New Leaders for New Schools |
|
$130,000 over two years |
New York, NY
support for New Leaders-Baltimore, a program to recruit and train high caliber principals for Baltimore City public schools |
| |
| Teach for America |
|
$70,000 over two years |
Baltimore, MD
general support for the Baltimore program |
| |
| Urban Teacher Center |
|
$35,000 |
Baltimore, MD
support for a new teacher training and certification program in Baltimore City |
| |
| Arts & Culture |
| |
| American Visionary Art Museum |
|
$15,000 |
Baltimore, MD
general support |
| |
| Art on Purpose |
|
$22,500 |
Brooklandville, MD
support for the creation and presentation of art to encourage reflection, dialogue and action on contemporary social issues |
| |
| Baltimore Clayworks |
|
$60,000 over two years |
Baltimore, MD
support for community arts programming for underserved youth, seniors and families |
| |
| The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra |
|
$50,000 over two years |
Baltimore, MD
support for education programming for school and family groups |
| |
| Center Stage Associates |
|
$40,000 over two years |
Baltimore, MD
support for outreach programming targeted to young audiences |
| |
| The Everyman Theatre |
|
$55,000 over two years |
Baltimore, MD
general support |
| |
| The Everyman Theatre |
|
$275,000 over four years |
Baltimore, MD
capital support for the renovation of the Town Theatre |
| |
| The Johns Hopkins University - Peabody Institute |
|
$50,000 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 |
|
$60,000 over two years |
Baltimore, MD
support for the Master of Arts in Community Arts program |
| |
| Museum for Contemporary Arts |
|
$15,000 |
Baltimore, MD
general support |
| |
| Young Audiences of Maryland |
|
$60,000 over two years |
Baltimore, MD
support for visiting artists and residencies in Baltimore City public schools
|
| |
| Special Projects |
| |
| Associated Black Charities |
|
$40,000 over two years |
Baltimore, MD
support to rebuild its fundraising and volunteer management capacity |
| |
| Baltimore Neighborhood Collaborative |
|
$20,000 |
Baltimore, MD
support for grants to stabilize neighborhoods in Baltimore City |
| |
| Central Scholarship Bureau |
| $150,000 over five years |
Baltimore, MD
support to supplement the Hilda Katz Blaustein, Sophie Van Leer Katz and Dr. Esther Katz Rosen revolving loan funds |
| |
| The Enoch Pratt Free Library of Baltimore City |
| $200,000 over four years |
Baltimore, MD
support for upgrades to public-use computers at library branches around the city |
| |
| Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations |
|
$50,000 over two years |
Baltimore, MD
general support
|
| |
| The Park School |
| $750,000 over five years |
Baltimore, MD
endowment support for the Hilda Katz Blaustein Scholarship fund and endowment support for faculty salaries and benefits |
| |
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| Health and Mental Health |
| |
| Mental Health |
| |
| Active Minds |
|
$25,000 |
Washington, DC
support for student-run mental health awareness programming on Maryland college campuses |
| |
| Behavioral Health Leadership Institute |
|
$75,000 |
Baltimore, MD
renewed support for "Project Connections," an effort to make quality mental health services culturally and logistically accessible to low-income clients |
| |
| CHANA |
|
$50,000 over two years |
Baltimore, MD
support for the "Shofar Coalition", a collaborative, community-wide campaign to address the traumatic effects of sexual abuse in the Jewish community, especially among children and adolescents |
| |
| Community Conferencing Center |
|
$65,000 over two years |
Baltimore, MD
support to implement the Daily Rap program in Baltimore City high schools |
| |
| Historic East Baltimore Community Action Coalition |
| $105,000 over three years |
Washington, DC
support for “Healthy Minds at Work”, a comprehensive mental health program serving young adults enrolled at the Youth Opportunity Center |
| |
| Mental Health Association of Maryland |
|
$90,000 |
Baltimore, MD
support for the Maryland Coalition on Mental Health and Aging, which advocates for improved mental health services for senior citizens
|
| |
| The Pro Bono Counseling Project |
|
$50,000 over two years |
Baltimore, MD
support for “Caring for Caregivers,” a project designed to link caregivers to mental health services |
| |
| University of Maryland Baltimore |
|
$70,000 over two years |
Baltimore, MD
support for the Social Work Community Outreach Service, which places social work graduate students in internships at community organizations throughout Baltimore City |
| |
| Zanvyl and Isabelle Krieger Fund |
|
$20,000 |
Baltimore, MD
support to expand the use of the Attachment and Behavioral Catch-Up Intervention model in Baltimore City |
| |
| Health |
| |
| Baltimore Medical System |
|
$120,000 |
Baltimore, MD
capital support for the new LEED-certified Highlandtown Health Living Center |
| |
| The Breast Cancer Fund |
| $100,000 over two years |
San Francisco, CA
support for the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics |
| |
| 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 |
|
$25,000 |
New York, NY
support for research into the causes and treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease |
| |
| Environmental Working Group |
|
$100,000 over two years |
Washington, DC
support for the Toxics and Human Health Program |
| |
| Health Care for America Education Fund |
|
$20,000 |
Washington, DC
support for efforts to ensure that health care reform is implemented as intended |
| |
| Health Care for the Homeless |
|
$350,000 over five years |
Baltimore, MD
capital support for the construction of a new facility |
| |
| Health Care Without Harm |
|
$50,000 |
Jamaica Plain, MA
support for efforts to transform the health care sector and reduce its negative impact on the environment |
| |
| Kennedy Krieger Institute |
|
$200,000 over five years |
Baltimore, MD
capital support for the construction of the aqua therapy center in the developmental disabilities center |
| |
| LifeBridge Health |
|
$500,000 over five years |
Baltimore, MD
capital support to renovate and expand The Children's Hospital at Sinai, incorporating environmentally sound design and operational practices |
| |
| Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative Education Fund |
| $75,000 over two years |
Baltimore, MD
support for the Health Care for All campaign |
| |
| Maryland Pesticide Network |
|
$80,000 over two years |
Annapolis, MD
support for advocacy and education efforts aimed at encouraging the use of alternatives to toxic pesticides |
| |
| Maryland Public Interest Research Foundation |
|
$65,000 over two years |
Baltimore, MD
support for the Toxics and Environmental Health advocacy program |
| |
| National Health Law Program |
|
$100,000 over two years |
Los Angeles, CA
support for efforts to secure and protect equitable access to public health care programs for low-income people |
| |
| Public Justice Center |
| $50,000 |
Baltimore, MD
support for the Health and Benefits Rights Project, which monitors the Maryland Medicaid and other entitlement programs |
| |
| University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation |
|
$150,000 over two years |
Baltimore, MD
support for Maryland Hospitals for a Healthy Environment, an initiative to decrease the environment health risks associated with the delivery of health care services |
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| Human Rights |
| |
| Women's Rights |
| |
| AIDS-Free World |
|
$50,000 over two years |
New York, NY
support to integrate women's rights perspectives into HIV-AIDS advocacy |
| |
| Center for Gender Health and Gender Equity |
|
$25,000 |
New York, NY
support to promote reproductive health and rights within U.S. foreign policy |
| |
| Center for Reproductive Rights |
|
$60,000 over two years |
New York, NY
support for international litigation, reporting and advocacy |
| |
| Global AIDS Alliance |
|
$60,000 over two years |
Washington, DC
support for advocacy and public education focusing on the link between AIDS prevention, the right to education, and women's rights |
| |
| Let's Breakthrough |
|
$50,000 over two years |
New York, NY
suport for media programs promoting women's and reproductive rights |
| |
| Tahirih Justice Center |
|
$50,000 |
Falls Church, VA, Baltimore, MD and Houston, TX
support for legal advocacy for immigrant and refugee women/girls fleeing from gender-based violence |
| |
| Tostan |
|
$35,000 |
Washington, DC
support for the Basic Education Program in the city of Mbour in Senegal, integrating health, human rights, and literacy |
| |
| Women's Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program |
|
$25,000 |
Washington, DC
support for the Leadership and Advocacy for Women in Africa Fellowship program at Georgetown University Law Center |
| |
| Other Human Rights Grants |
| |
| ActionAid USA |
|
$25,000 |
Washington, DC
support for the Right to Education Project |
| |
| Center for Economic and Social Rights |
|
$20,000 |
Brooklyn, NY
support to promote economic, social and cultural rights as guiding principles of development and social policy |
| |
| Disability Rights International |
|
$80,000 over two years |
Washington, DC
support to promote the human rights of people with mental disabilities |
| |
| First Freedom Center |
|
$2,500 |
Richmond, VA
support for the 2010 First Freedom Awards Gala, honoring Felice Gaer |
| |
| Fund for Global Human Rights |
|
$200,000 over two years |
Washington, DC
support to make grants to grassroots human rights efforts around the world |
| |
| International Human Rights Funders Group |
|
$120,000 over three years |
New York, NY
support to expand and strengthen activities to educate donors about human rights |
| |
| WITNESS |
|
$50,000 over two years |
Brooklyn, NY
support to use video to inform the public about human rights issues |
| |
|
| Israel Program |
| |
| Adva Center |
| $40,000 over two years |
Tel Aviv, Israel
support for data collection and policy analysis on socio-economic gaps in Israel |
| |
| Agenda: Israeli Center for Strategic Communications |
|
$50,000 over two years |
Tel Aviv, Israel
support to promote social justice and civil rights issues in the Israeli media |
| |
| AHD: The Association of Academic Arabs in the Negev |
|
$25,000 |
Hura, Israel
start up support for the AHD Bedouin High School for Science |
| |
| Alnuhud: The Association for the Promotion of Bedouin Women's Education in the Negev |
|
$25,000 |
Be'er Sheva, Israel
support to provide scholarships to Bedouin women for higher education |
| |
| American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev |
|
$1,600,000 over eight years |
New York, NY
support to establish the Institute for Desert Agriculture at the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research |
| |
| American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev |
|
$25,000 |
New York, NY
scholarship support for graduate students from Arab countries at the Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research |
| |
| American Friends of Tel Aviv University |
|
$50,000 over two years |
New York, NY
support for the Rights in Education Project at the Public Interest Law Program |
| |
| Association for Civil Rights in Israel |
|
$15,000 |
Jerusalem, Israel
support for activities in the Negev |
| |
| Bimkom - Planners for Planning Rights |
|
$150,000 over two years |
Jerusalem, Israel
support for activities in the Negev |
| |
| Bizchut, The Israel Human Rights Center for People with Disabilities |
|
$50,000 over two years |
Jerusalem, Israel
support for advocacy on behalf of people with mental disabilities |
| |
| Center for Women's Justice |
|
$20,000 |
Jerusalem, Israel
support for legal aid and advocacy on behalf of women using Israel’s rabbinical court system |
| |
| Community Advocacy |
|
$25,000 |
Jerusalem, Israel
support for advocacy programs for disadvantaged residents of Beersheva and the Negev |
| |
| Economic Empowerment for Women |
|
$50,000 over three years |
New York, NY
support to train low-income women in micro-enterprise |
| |
| ELI - The Israel Association for Child Protection |
|
$50,000 over two years |
Tel Aviv, Israel
support for child abuse prevention and treatment programs |
| |
| FIDEL Association for Education and Social Integration of Ethiopian Jews in Israel |
|
$10,000 |
Yehud, Israel
support to improve educational outcomes for Ethiopian children and youth |
| |
| Hagar: Jewish-Arab Education for Equality |
|
$50,000 over two years |
Be'er Sheva, Israel
support for a Jewish-Arab elementary school in B 'ersheva |
| |
| Ir Amin |
|
$50,000 over two years |
Jerusalem, Israel
support for public education to ensure the future of Jerusalem |
| |
| The Israel Association of Community Centers |
| $30,000 |
Jerusalem, Israel
support for the “Budding Scientists” program for high school students in the Negev |
| |
| Israel Association for Ethiopian Jews |
|
$10,000 |
Jerusalem, Israel
support for program that advocate on behalf of the Ethiopian community in Israel |
| |
| Israel Center for Educational Innovation |
|
$30,000 |
Kfar Saba, Israel
support to promote literacy in elementary schools with high concentrations of Ethiopian sutdents |
| |
| Israel Family Planning Association |
|
$55,000 over two years |
Tel Aviv, Israel
support for the Association's work in the Negev |
| |
| 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 |
Tel Aviv, Israel
support for legal counseling and litigation on behalf of low-income women in the Negev |
| |
| The Leo Baeck Education Center Foundation |
| $75,000 over five years |
Houston, TX
support for the Lokey International Academy of Jewish Studies |
| |
| Ma'an: Forum of Bedouin Women's Organizations |
|
$50,000 over two years |
Be'er Sheva, Israel
support for activities to empower Bedouin women, including legal aid on matters of family law |
| |
| Middle East Education through Technology |
|
$15,000 |
Jerusalem, Israel
support for programs that use technology to bring together Israeli and Palestinian youth |
| |
| Negev Institute for Strategies of Peace and Development |
|
$100,000 over two years |
Beer Sheva, Israel
support for activities to promote development in the Bedouin community and positive intergroup relations in the Negev |
| |
| New Israel Fund |
|
$200,000 over two years |
Washington, DC
support for grants and organizational assistance to grassroots efforts in the Negev |
| |
| Shiluv |
|
$22,500 over three years |
Jerusalem, Israel
support for counseling programs |
| |
| Sikkuy |
|
$10,000 |
Jerusalem, Israel
support to promote positive relations between Jews and Arabs in Israel |
| |
| Tebeka: The Center for Legal Aid and Advocacy for Ethiopian-Israelis |
|
$20,000 |
Tel Aviv, Israel
support for legal aid and representation for Ethiopian Israelis |
| |
| Yad L'isha |
|
$20,000 |
Jerusalem, Israel
support for the Legal Aid Center for women seeking divorce and for ICAR, the International Coalition for Aguna Rights |
| |
| Yedid - The Association for Community Empowerment |
|
$100,000 over two years |
Jerusalem, Israel
support for individual assistance, advocacy and leadership training for low-income Israelis |
| |
| Yesodot - The Center for the Study of Torah and Democracy |
|
$25,000 over two years |
Jerusalem, Israel
support for democracy education programs for principals, teachers, and students in the state religious school system |
| |
|
| Jewish Life |
| |
| The American Jewish Committee |
|
$220,000 over two years |
New York, NY
support to safeguard and strengthen Jewish Life worldwide |
| |
| 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 |
|
$5,000 |
New York, NY
support in honor of David Harris' 20th Anniversary as Executive Director |
| |
| The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee |
|
$50,000 over two years |
New York, NY
support for the Inter-Agency Task Force on Israeli-Arab Issues |
| |
| American Jewish World Service |
|
$200,000 over two years |
New York, NY
support for international service learning programs |
| |
| The Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore |
|
$1,150,000 |
Baltimore, MD
support for the 2010 annual campaign |
| |
| The Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore |
|
$2,000,000 over four years |
Baltimore, MD
support for the Capital Campaign |
| |
| AVODAH: The Jewish Service Corps |
|
$75,000 |
New York, NY
support for year-long Jewish service learning programs in New York, Washington DC, New Orleans and Chicago |
| |
| Encounter |
|
$80,000 over two years |
New York, NY
support to educate North American Jewish leaders about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict |
| |
| Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs |
|
$25,000 |
New York, NY
support to train rabbis and lay “Keruv Consultants” in outreach to interfaith families |
| |
| Hazon |
|
$30,000 |
New York, NY
support to promote healthy, sustainable food and environmental education within the Jewish community |
| |
| Hillel - The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life |
|
$150,000 over two years |
Washington, DC
support for service learning programs |
| |
| Hillel of Greater Baltimore |
|
$120,000 over three years |
Baltimore, MD
support for activities on local campuses |
| |
| Institute for Jewish Spirituality |
|
$50,000 over two years |
New York, NY
support for professional development activities with rabbis, cantors, and educators |
| |
| InterfaithFamily.com |
|
$15,000 |
Newton, MA
support for an online resource for interfaith families exploring Jewish Life |
| |
| Jewish Funds for Justice |
| $200,000 over two years |
New York, NY
support for grantmaking, community organizing, economic development, and leadership activities |
| |
| The Jewish Museum of Maryland |
| $30,000 over three years |
Baltimore, MD
support for the new exhibit development fund |
| |
| Just Vision |
|
$80,000 over two years |
Brooklyn, NY
support for educational activities about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict |
| |
| Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism |
|
$140,000 over two years |
Washington, DC
support to promote social justice and human rights |
| |
| Repair the World |
|
$75,000 |
New York, NY
support to make service a defining part of American Jewish Life |
| |
Tevel B'Tzedek: A New Israeli Non-Profit for Social and Environmental Justice
|
|
$10,000 |
Jerusalem, Israel
support for Jewish service learning programs in Nepal |
| |
| Union for Reform Judaism |
|
$70,000 over two years |
New York, NY
support for the Just Congregations Initiative |
| |
| World Union for Progressive Judaism |
|
$220,000 over two years |
New York, NY
support for youth leadership development activities in the Former Soviet Union |
| |
|
| Membership |
| |
| The Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers |
|
$6,500 |
| Baltimore, MD |
| |
| Funders Network on Population, Reproductive Health & Rights |
|
$845 |
| Takoma Park, MD |
| |
| Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees |
|
$600 |
| Sebastopol, CA |
| |
| Grantmakers for Education |
| $1,000 |
| Portland, OR |
| |
| Grantmakers in Film + Electronic Media |
|
$1,441 |
| Baltimore, MD |
| |
| Grantmakers in Health |
|
$2,750 |
| Washington, DC |
| |
| Grantmakers Without Borders |
|
$2,500 |
| Boston, MA |
| |
| International Funders for Indigenous Peoples |
|
$1,000 |
| Akwesane, NY |
| |
| International Human Rights Funders Group |
| $2,500 |
| New York, NY |
| |
| Jewish Funders Network |
|
$6,000 |
| New York, NY |
| |
| National Center for Family Philanthropy |
|
$1,000 |
| Washington, DC |
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