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2004 Grants

Education
 
Advocates for Children of New York   $100,000 over two years
New York, NY
support to develop pro-bono legal services
 
Baltimore Community Foundation   $50,000 over one year
Baltimore, MD
support for a collaborative initiative aimed at helping area independent schools start or enhance summer learning programs for disadvantaged Baltimore City public school students
 
Baltimore Education Network   $20,000 over two years
Baltimore, MD
support to develop a website and for other communications efforts
 
Baltimore Educational Scholarship Trust   $45,000 over three years
Baltimore, MD
support for a summer enrichment program for African-American children entering area independent schools
 
The Boys' Latin School of Maryland   $25,000 over one year
Baltimore, MD
support for a summer learning program for underserved boys from Baltimore City public schools
 
The Bronx Charter School for Children   $50,000 over two years
Bronx, NY
start-up support for this new charter school serving disadvantaged elementary school children
 
CITY PREP   $25,000 over one year
New York, NY
support for a program to assist low-income students in the South Bronx to enter and succeed at highly-competitive private and public high schools
 
Fund for Educational Excellence   $500,000 over five years
Baltimore, MD
support for implementation of the five-year reform plan for Baltimore City public high schools
 
Gilman School   $5,000 over one year
Baltimore, MD
support for a summer learning program for disadvantaged Baltimore City elementary school students
 
Grace Church School   $20,000 over two years
New York, NY
support for a summer learning program for low-performing, disadvantaged New York City public school students
 
Irvine Natural Science Center   $15,000 over one year
Stevenson, MD
support to bring outdoor environmental education to Baltimore City public school students and teachers
 
The Johns Hopkins University   $100,000 over two years
Baltimore, MD
support for The Center for Summer Learning, which promotes the use of summers as a time for innovative and proactive approaches to advancing student achievement and supporting youth development
 
Living Classrooms Foundation   $50,000 over two years
Baltimore, MD
support for the Crossroads School, a public middle school operated by the Living Classrooms Foundation
 
The Paper Bag Players   $12,000 over one year
New York, NY
support for a free ticket program for disadvantaged New York City elementary school children
 
Prep for Prep   $10,000 over one year
New York, NY
support to prepare high-achieving minority students to enter selective independent schools
 
Senator George L. Mitchell Scholarship Research Institute   $100,000 over two years
Portland, ME
support for a college scholarship program for low-income public school students in Maine
 
St. Paul's School   $45,000 over three years
Brooklandville, MD
support for a summer learning program for disadvantaged Baltimore City public school students
 
Teaching Institute for Essential Science   $30,000 over one year
Baltimore, MD
support for professional development for public school science teachers and to reform science curriculum in the Baltimore City Public School System
 
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Health and Mental Health
 
Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Metropolitan Baltimore   $30,000 over two years
Baltimore, MD
support to pilot new education programs for families and individuals coping with serious mental illness
 
Baltimore Crisis Response   $50,000 over two years
Baltimore, MD
support for the continuation of a pilot mental health/police initiative in Baltimore City
 
Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services   $80,000 over two years
New York, NY
support for a new mental health services program for emotionally-disturbed youth entering the justice system
 
The Children's Village   $30,000 over one year
Dobbs Ferry, NY
support for a literature program for emotionally disturbed boys at this residential facility
 
The City University of New York at City College   $118,000 over three years
New York, NY
support to enhance the Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program
 
The Earth Institute at Columbia University   $790,000 over three years
New York, NY
support for the UN Millennium Project's Malaria Control Program - Ethiopia
 
Foundation for Aid to the Philippines   $10,000 over one year
Abingdon, MD
support for a medical/surgical mission in the Philippines
 
Gay Men's Health Crisis   $60,000 over three years
New York, NY
support for services, programs and policy work on behalf of people with HIV/AIDS
 
Global AIDS Alliance   $50,000 over two years
Washington, DC
support for advocacy efforts to push for adequate US funding for AIDS in Africa
 
The Johns Hopkins University   $20,000 over one year
Baltimore, MD
support for the Phoebe Berman Bioethics Institute
 
The Johns Hopkins University   $1,000,000 over two years
Baltimore, MD
endowment support to establish a new psychiatric fellowship in the School of Nursing
 
The Johns Hopkins University   $500,000 over five years
Baltimore, MD
support for the Phoebe Berman Bioethics Institute to research and design a medical school curriculum in ethics in clinical practice
 
LifeBridge Health   $200,000 over six years
Baltimore, MD
support for the Louis and Henrietta Blaustein Fund for Women’s Health Services at Sinai Hospital
 
Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative Education Fund   $50,000 over two years
Baltimore, MD
support for a coalition to advocate for universal health coverage for all Marylanders
 
Medecins Sans Frontieres USA   $75,000 over one year
New York, NY
support for medical efforts in international conflict areas ($25,000) and support for MSF’s AIDS treatment programs in Africa ($50,000)
 
Mental Health Association of Maryland   $40,000 over two years
Baltimore, MD
support for state advocacy work on behalf of people and families affected by mental illness
 
The Osborne Association   $80,000 over two years
Long Island City, NY
support for a pilot re-entry program for released prisoners with mental health conditions
 
Safe Horizon   $30,000 over one year
New York, NY
support for a mental health counseling and support program for torture victims, refugees and asylum seekers
 
St. Frances Academy   $50,000 over two years
Baltimore, MD
support for a school-wide mental health counseling program for disadvantaged students
 
St. Joseph Medical Center Foundation   $75,000 over three years
Towson, MD
support for the St. Clare Medical Outreach Coach, which provides free health care services to indigent patients
 
St. Paul's Center of New York   $60,000 over two years
New York, NY
start-up support for a community mental health practice run by psychiatric nurses
 
University of New England   $50,000 over five years
Biddeford, ME
support for laboratories and classrooms for nursing students here and in Israel
 
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Human Rights
 
American Jewish World Service   $75,000 over one year
New York, NY
support for an HIV/AIDS grantmaking program in sub-Saharan Africa
 
The Center for Justice & Accountability   $20,000 over one year
San Francisco, CA
general support for work in tracking down and bringing to justice human rights abusers who have come to the United States
 
The Center for Public Integrity   $50,000 over one year
Washington, DC
support for investigative reporting on political accountability
 
The Center for Victims of Torture   $30,000 over one year
Minneapolis, MN
support for training of mental health paraprofessionals in refugee camps in Sierra Leone and Guinea
 
Committee to Protect Journalists   $40,000 over one year
New York, NY
support to establish a network in Asia to promote press freedoms
 
The Fund for New Citizens at the New York Community Trust   $75,000 over one year
New York, NY
support for a collaborative legal representation effort for immigrants and refugees ($50,000) and support for the Fund’s grantmaking in community organizing and capacity-building for immigrant organizations ($25,000)
 
Institute for Policy Studies   $100,000 over three years
Washington, DC
general support for this progressive think tank
 
Mental Disability Rights International   $50,000 over one year
Washington, DC
support to advocate for human rights of people with mental disabilities worldwide
 
Physicians for Human Rights   $40,000 over one year
Cambridge, MA
support for media and advocacy work relating to the ongoing crisis in Darfur, Sudan
 
Physicians for Human Rights   $75,000 over one year
Cambridge, MA
support for work promoting health by protecting human rights
 
Poverty & Race Research Action Council   $20,000 over one year
Washington, DC
support for a regional coalition aimed at creating solutions to the public housing segregation dilemma in Baltimore City
 
The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press   $10,000 over one year
Arlington, VA
support to provide legal assistance to journalists
 
Tahirih Justice Center   $40,000 over one year
Falls Church, VA
support for legal and social services for women fleeing from gender-based human rights violations
 
WITNESS   $30,000 over one year
Brooklyn, NY
support for video technical assistance and training to international human rights advocacy groups
 
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Special Projects
 
Art with a Heart   $10,000 over one year
Baltimore, MD
support for a visual arts education program for at-risk youth in the Baltimore metropolitan area
 
The Johns Hopkins University   $1,800,000 over six years
Baltimore, MD
endowment support to establish The Morton K. Blaustein Scholars Fund, income from which supports outstanding visiting faculty and postdoctoral fellows in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
 
The Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore   $500,000 over five years
Baltimore, MD
capital campaign support
 
The Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore   $250,000 over one year
Baltimore, MD
support for the 2005 Annual Campaign
 
The Maryland Zoological Society   $50,000 over five years
Baltimore, MD
capital campaign support
 
National Aquarium in Baltimore   $50,000 over five years
Baltimore, MD
capital campaign support
 
 
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