| Education |
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| Advocates for Children of New York |
| $55,000 |
New York, NY
renewed support for the expansion of pro bono education legal services for low-income public school students and families |
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| Building Educated Leaders for Life |
| $50,000 |
Baltimore, MD
renewed support for BELL Summer, a summer learning program for elementary school students |
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| Comprehensive Development, Inc. |
| $50,000 over two years |
New York, NY
renewed support for student services at the Manhattan Comprehensive Night & Day School, a public high school serving older students and immigrants |
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| Center for Summer Learning at Johns Hopkins University |
| $200,000 over two years |
Baltimore, MD
renewed general support for The Center for Summer Learning, a national organization promoting the use of summer as a time for innovative and proactive approaches to advancing student achievement and supporting youth development |
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| Fund for Educational Excellence |
| $500,000 over five years |
Baltimore, MD
support for the implementation of a reform plan for Baltimore City high schools |
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| Living Classrooms Foundation |
| $80,000 over two years |
Baltimore, MD
support for the Crossroads School, a charter middle school operated by the Living Classrooms Foundation |
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| Middle Grades Partnership at the Baltimore Community Foundation |
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$750,000 over three years |
Baltimore, MD
general support for the Middle Grades Partnership, a public school/private school summer learning initiative |
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| Middle Grades Partnership at the Baltimore Community Foundation |
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$25,000 |
Baltimore, MD
support for professional development for Middle Grades Partnership staff, directors and teachers |
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| NorthBay Adventure |
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$25,000 |
North East, MD
support to expand the NorthBay Scholarship Fund to provide low-income Baltimore City middle school students with environmental science experiences during the summer months |
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| The Paper Bag Players |
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$15,000 |
New York, NY
renewed support for the “Theatre for All” program to provide disadvantaged New York City public school children with discounted and free admission |
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| Prep for Prep |
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$30,000 over two years |
New York, NY
renewed general support for the organization's work in identifying talented minority students and building their leadership skills through acceptance into and success at highly competitive private schools |
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| University of Maryland, Center for School Mental Health |
| $10,000 |
New York, NY
support for Camp Chesapeake Courage, a summer learning/mental health program for Baltimore City public school students |
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| Health and Mental Health |
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| Baltimore Crisis Response |
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$100,000 over two years |
Baltimore, MD
renewed support for the Baltimore Emergency Services Team (BEST), a mental health/police initiative |
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| Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law |
| $170,000 over two years |
Washington, DC
renewed general support for this organization working toward better treatment and policies in the public mental health system |
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| B'More Clubhouse, Inc. |
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$75,000 |
Baltimore, MD
start-up support to establish a “clubhouse” in Baltimore, a membership-based reintegration program aimed at supporting people with mental illness in establishing meaningful and productive lives through work and education |
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| Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services |
| $80,000 over two years |
New York, NY
renewed support for the continuation of a successful pilot mental health program for emotionally-disturbed youth involved in the juvenile justice system |
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| The Children's Village |
| $10,000 |
Dobbs Ferry, NY
support to enhance the Books for Boys literature program at this residential facility serving low-income NYC youth with playwright workshops led by performance artist Peggy Petitt-Tissier |
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| Creative Alternatives of New York |
| $50,000 |
New York, NY
support for therapeutic theater programs for traumatized and socially underserved individuals, at hospitals, community centers and alternative schools |
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| Gay Men's Health Crisis |
| $20,000 over three years |
New York, NY
renewed general support for the organization's community-based and national work on HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care |
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| Global AIDS Alliance |
| $60,000 over two years |
Washington, DC
renewed general support for the Global AIDS Alliance's advocacy for adequate resources to combat the global AIDS crisis, especially in Africa |
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| House of Ruth Baltimore |
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$60,000 over two years |
Baltimore, MD
support for the organization’s advocacy work for abused women and their children |
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| The Johns Hopkins University, Phoebe Berman Bioethics Institute |
| $500,000 over five years |
Baltimore, MD
support for the Institute to design and establish a medical school curriculum about ethics in clinical practice |
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| Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative Education Fund |
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$50,000 over two years |
Baltimore, MD
renewed support for a campaign to provide all Marylanders with health insurance |
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| Medecins Sans Frontieres USA |
| $300,000 over three years |
New York, NY
renewed general support and project support for AIDS prevention and treatment programs in Africa |
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| Mental Health Association of Maryland |
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$105,000 over three years |
Baltimore, MD
renewed support for state advocacy work on behalf of people and families affected by mental illness |
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| National Empowerment Center |
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$20,000 |
Lawrence, MA
support for a new coalition to ensure that consumers have a voice in federal mental health policies |
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| On Our Own Maryland |
| $5,000 |
Baltimore, MD
support for the new Maryland Consumer Leadership Coalition |
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| St. Paul's Center of New York, Inc. |
| $60,000 over two years |
New York, NY
renewed general support for a community mental health practice run by psychiatric nurses |
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| University of New England |
| $50,000 over five years |
Biddeford, ME
capital support for laboratories and classrooms for nursing students here and in Israel |
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| Human Rights |
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| The Advocacy Project |
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$35,000 |
Washington, DC
general support for community-based human rights advocacy work in over 30 countries |
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| American Jewish World Service |
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$75,000 |
New York, NY
renewed support for a grantmaking program for HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment and care in Africa |
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| Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition |
| $30,000 |
Waltham, MA
support for pro-bono legal representation of detainees in Maryland and the District of Columbia |
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| The Center for Public Integrity |
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$50,000 |
Washington, DC
renewed general support for the Center's timely investigative journalism on significant public issues |
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| The Center for Victims of Torture |
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$30,000 |
Minneapolis, MN
renewed support for a mental health paraprofessional training program for refugees in West Africa |
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| Committee to Protect Journalists |
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$90,000 over two years |
New York, NY
renewed support to promote press freedom worldwide by defending the rights of journalists to report the news without fear of reprisal |
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| EcoPeace Middle East Environmental NGO Forum |
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$12,000 |
Amman, Jordan
support for a pre-feasibility study for a peace park bordering Jordan and Israel |
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| Fund for Global Human Rights |
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$150,000 over three years |
Washington, DC
renewed support for international human rights grantmaking |
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| The Fund for New Citizens at the New York Community Trust |
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$150,000 over two years |
New York, NY
renewed support for the Immigration Representation Project ($100,000) and support for grantmaking in advocacy and capacity building for immigrant organizations ($50,000) |
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| Mental Disability Rights International |
| $120,000 over two years |
Washington, DC
renewed general support for the group's work to promote human rights and full participation in society of people with mental disabilities worldwide |
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| New Israel Fund |
| $50,000 over two years |
Washington, DC
renewed support for grantmaking to promote equality and human rights for Arab citizens of Israel |
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| Open Society Institute – Baltimore |
| $75,000 |
Baltimore, MD
support for OSI’s juvenile justice work addressing juveniles held in adult detention |
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| Physicians for Human Rights |
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$150,000 over two years |
Washington, DC
renewed general support for PHR's work in mobilizing health professionals to promote the right to health by using their special skills and training to investigate and stop human rights abuses |
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| Refugee and Immigrant Fund |
| $35,000 |
Queens, NY
support for the services of the new Welcome Center for Asylum Seekers |
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| The Sentencing Project |
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$100,000 over two years |
Washington, DC
renewed general support for the organization's work in reforming criminal justice policies and practice in the United States |
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| Tahirih Justice Center |
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$40,000 |
Washington, DC
renewed general support for legal advocacy on behalf of refugee women and girls fleeing gender-based violence |
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| U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants |
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$90,000 over two years |
Washington, DC
support for the National Center for Refugee and Immigrant Children to offer pro bono legal and social services to unaccompanied immigrant children |
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| Special Projects |
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| The Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore |
| $500,000 over five years |
Baltimore, MD
support for the Capital Campaign |
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| The Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore |
| $250,000 |
Baltimore, MD
support for the 2008 Annual Campaign
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| The Boys' Latin School of Maryland |
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$1,000,000 over five years |
Baltimore, MD
capital support for ‘Building the Laker Legacy’ Campaign |
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| The Johns Hopkins University, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences |
| $1,800,000 over six years |
Baltimore, MD
support to endow the Blaustein Scholars Fund for outstanding visiting faculty and postdoctoral fellows at the School of Earth and Planetary Sciences |
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| The Park School |
| $500,000 over five years |
Baltimore, MD
endowment support to enhance the Hilda Katz Blaustein Scholarship Fund |
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