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2002 Grants

Education
 
Baltimore Educational Scholarship Trust   $45,000 over three years
Baltimore, MD
support for the Summer Scholars Program, an enrichment program for African-American children entering area independent schools
 
The Boys' Latin School of Maryland   $160,000 over two years
Baltimore, MD
support for an Academic Dean
 
CITY PREP, Inc.   $25,000
New York, NY
general support for educational program to assist low-income children with access to select secondary schools
 
Family Learning, Inc.   $10,000 over two years
Baltimore, MD
general support for the GreenMount School
 
Fund for Educational Excellence   $500,000 over five years
Baltimore, MD
support for implementation of the reform plan for Baltimore City high schools
 
Gilman School, Inc.   $5,000
Baltimore, MD
renewed support for the Baltimore Independent School Learning Camp, a summer learning program for low-income children
 
The Johns Hopkins University   $25,000
Baltimore, MD
support for Teach Baltimore, a summer academic and enrichment  program for low-income children
 
Prep for Prep   $10,000
New York, NY
general support for educational program that enables low-income minority students to attend and succeed at demanding independent schools
 
REACH Charter School   $50,000
New York, NY
general support for charter school targeting homeless and foster children
 
St. Paul's School   $5,000
Brooklandville, MD
renewed support for Bridges, An Academic Enrichment Program for Disadvantaged Baltimore City Youth
 
Teaching Institute for Elementary Science   $50,000
Baltimore, MD
support for professional development in the sciences to improve Baltimore public schools’ science instruction
 
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Health and Mental Health
 
Baltimore Mental Health Systems, Inc.   $30,000
Baltimore, MD
support for a demonstration project on evidence-based mental health treatment for the seriously mentally ill
 
The Center for Mind-Body Studies   $25,000
Washington, DC
general support for a resource, educational and training center
 
The City University of New York at City College   $60,000 over four years
New York, NY
support for the Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology
 
Foundation for Aid to the Philippines, Inc.   $10,000
Glen Arm, MD
support for a mission to give medical and surgical care to the underserved town of Banaue in the Philippines
 
Gay Men's Health Crisis, Inc.   $60,000 over three years
New York, NY
renewed general support for AIDS service, education and advocacy
 
House of Ruth Baltimore, Inc.   $10,000
Baltimore, MD
general support for service to battered women and their children
 
Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative Education Fund, Inc.   $12,500
Baltimore, MD
support to convene an expert panel to devise an economically and  politically viable universal health care plan for Maryland
 
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA, Inc.   $50,000
New York, NY
general support to provide medical care to victims of armed conflict, epidemics and man-made disaster
 
Refugee & Immigrant Fund, Inc.   $1,800
Astoria, NY
support for Solace, a program that provides counseling for refugees and their families
 
St. Frances Academy   $25,000
Baltimore, MD
support for the Counseling Program
 
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Human Rights and Social Justice
 
The Center for Victims of Torture   $30,000
Minneapolis, MN
support for the training of mental health paraprofessionals in Sierra Leone and Guinea
 
The Fund for New Citizens at the New York Community Trust   $40,000
New York, NY
support for the Immigration Representation Project
 
Institute for Policy Studies   $50,000 over two years
Washington, DC
general support to build capacity for various scholarly and activist activities
 
International Rescue Committee, Inc.   $28,375
New York, NY
support for the rehabilitation and reunification of formerly abducted children with their families at the KICWA Center in Kitgum Town
 
Physicians for Human Rights   $60,000 over two years
Boston, MA
support for the Sierra Leone Sexual Violence Survey and the US Immigration and Naturalization Service Detention Study
 
Physicians for Human Rights   $75,000
Boston, MA
renewed general support for efforts to engage in human rights monitoring
 
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press   $10,000
Arlington, VA
renewed general support for legal defense and research efforts
 
Romaversitas Invisible College   $27,000 over two years
Budapest, Hungary
support for a scholarship program for Roma students
 
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Special Projects
 
Avalon Theater Project   $50,000
Washington, DC
support to reopen Washington D.C.'s Avalon Theater
 
The Johns Hopkins University   $20,000
Baltimore, MD
support for the Annual Fund of the Phoebe Berman Bioethics Institute
 
The Johns Hopkins University Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences   $1,800,000 over six years
Baltimore, MD
support to endow The Morton K. Blaustein Scholars Fund, income from which will support outstanding visiting faculty and postdoctoral fellows
 
LifeBridge Health   $200,000 over six years
Baltimore, MD
capital support for the 2nd Century Campaign: to establish a fund for women’s health services
 
Maryland Historical Society   $100,000 over three years
Baltimore, MD
support for “Looking for Liberty in Maryland,” a permanent exhibit under development
 
The Maryland Zoological Society, Inc.   $50,000 over five years
Baltimore, MD
capital support for “Destination: Wild Earth,” the Campaign for the Baltimore Zoo
 
National Aquarium   $50,000 over five years
Baltimore, MD
capital support for “Opening Eyes, Changing Lives” Campaign
 
The Park School   $166,667 over five years
Brooklandville, MD
capital support for the “Breaking New Ground Campaign”
 
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Paid in Cooperation with The Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Foundation
 
American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Inc.   $51,666 over three years
New York, NY
support for scholarships for Israeli graduate students enrolled in the Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research
 
American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Inc.   $141,834 over two years
New York, NY
support for a Desalination Pilot Field Facility at the Blaustein Institute for Desert Research at the Sede Boqer Campus
 
The American Jewish Committee   $66,000
New York, NY
general support for 2002
 
The Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore, Inc.   $350,000
Baltimore, MD
support for the 2002 annual campaign
 
Breast Cancer Research Foundation   $100,000 over three years
New York, NY
support to enlarge the Hirschhorn Award endowment, income from which supports promising young researchers in the field of breast cancer
 
Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion   $500,000 over three years
Cincinnati, OH
support to establish a center for pastoral counseling for rabbinic students
 
Hillel of Greater Baltimore, Inc.   $10,000
Baltimore, MD
capital support for the Smokler Center for Jewish Life at Johns Hopkins University
 
House of Ruth Baltimore, Inc.   $13,333
Baltimore, MD
capital support for a new facility to house services for battered women and their children
 
The Jerusalem Foundation, Inc.   $33,334 over two years
New York, NY
support for the Teddy Kollek Center for Jerusalem Studies, an initiative of the Jerusalem Institute for Israeli Studies
 
Jewish Community Center of Greater Baltimore, Inc.   $150,000 over three years
Baltimore, MD
capital support for the Early Childhood Education Wing at the Jewish Community Center in Owings Mills
 
Jewish Federation of Somerset County   $30,000
Bridgewater, NJ
capital support for the Childhood Education Wing at the new Jewish Community Center
 
The Johns Hopkins University   $1,333,334 over two years
Baltimore, MD
support for the construction of a new state-of-the-art Cancer Research Building
 
New Israel Fund   $33,000
Washington, DC
renewed general support
 
The Park School   $266,667 over four years
Brooklandville, MD
capital support for the "Breaking New Ground Campaign"
 
Society of Friends of Touro Synagogue   $33,334 over two years
Newport, RI
support for the restoration and preservation of the Touro Synagogue
 
Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation   $16,667
Los Angeles, CA
support for teacher training and support activities related to the release of the CD-ROM entitled Survivors: Testimonies of the Holocaust
 
Temple Beth-El   $83,334 over two years
Hillsborough, NJ
support for the "Atid - Secure The Future" Campaign
 
Temple Oheb Shalom   $333,334 over five years
Baltimore, MD
capital support to establish an endowment for the Early Childhood Learning Center
 
University of Maryland Baltimore County   $99,999 over three years
Baltimore, MD
support to create the Blaustein Public Affairs Scholars Fund
 
University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation, Inc.   $100,000 over three years
Baltimore, MD
capital support for a new School of Law building that will house the School of Social Work's Public Service Research Center
 
The Walters Art Gallery   $100,000 over two years
Baltimore, MD
capital support for the construction of the octagonal Ptolemaic/Hellenistic Art Gallery in the 1974 Building
 
World Union for Progressive Judaism, Ltd.   $33,333
New York, NY
supplemental support for the construction of The Jacob and Hilda Blaustein Great Hall, an assembly/conference space in its new Cultural Center in Jerusalem
 
Yale University   $55,333
New Haven, CT
support to enlarge the endowment of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, income from which supports the curatorial, outreach and preservation needs of the project
 
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