| Education |
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| Advocates for Children of New York |
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$80,000 over two years |
New York, NY
support for the Pro Bono Partners project addressing educational legal needs for public school students |
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| Art with a Heart |
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$10,000 |
Baltimore, MD
renewed support for a visual arts program serving vulnerable children and youth |
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| Baltimore Community Foundation |
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$10,000 |
Baltimore, MD
support for the Baltimore Independent-City Schools Alliance, a collaboration among three independent schools to determine the feasibility of opening a new Baltimore City public school |
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| Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women |
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$25,000 |
Baltimore, MD
general support for an all-girls public charter school |
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| Higher Achievement Program |
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$60,000 over two years |
Baltimore, MD
renewed support for this successful mentoring and academic program in Baltimore |
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| Manhattan Comprehensive Night and Day School |
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$25,000 |
New York, NY
support for the Legal Information Clinic for students at this public high school serving overage students and recent immigrants |
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| Middle Grades Partnership |
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$250,000 over two years |
Baltimore, MD
renewed general support for the Middle Grades Partnership, a public school/private school summer learning initiative for public middle school studenst |
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| New Leaders |
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$50,000 |
Baltimore, MD
general support for New Leaders-Baltimore, a program to recruit and train high-caliber principals for Baltimore City public schools |
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| New York Community Trust |
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$50,000 |
New York, NY
renewed support for the Donor's Education Collaborative, a joint grantmaking effort to make New York City public schools more equitable and responsive to the needs of all children |
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| NYC Coalition for Educational Justice |
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$35,000 |
New York, NY
support to build the capacity of parent leaders and community residents to act as effective advocates for better teaching and schools |
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| Teach For America |
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$50,000 |
Baltimore, MD
general support for TFA Baltimore's efforts to train highly effective teachers |
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| Urban Teacher Center |
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$65,000 |
Baltimore, MD
renewed support for a teacher-training and certification program in Baltimore and Washington, D.C. |
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| Health |
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| Active Minds |
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$30,000 |
Washington, DC
renewed general support for mental health awareness through peer learning on college campuses nationwide |
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| B'More Clubhouse |
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$70,000 over two years |
Baltimore, MD
renewed general support for B-More Clubhouse, 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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| Bread for the City |
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$65,000 |
Washington, DC
renewed support for the organization's primary care services for low-income residents and families |
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| Health Care for America Education Fund |
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$80,000 over two years |
Washington, DC
renewed support for efforts to ensure that health care reform is implemented properly and with maximum benefit for all people |
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| Health Care for the Homeless |
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$65,000 |
Baltimore, MD
support for a pediatri cand adolescent primary care clinic for homeless children in Baltimore |
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| Jhpiego |
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$75,000 |
Baltimore, MD
support for the development of a simple and inexpensive maternal health medical solution for women in developing countries |
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| Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law |
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$150,000 over two years |
Washington, DC
renewed general support for the organization's legal, educational and advocacy efforts advancing the rights of children and adults with mental disabilities |
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| Mental Health Association of Maryland |
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$35,000 |
Baltimore, MD
renewed support for advocacy work on federal and state mental health parity laws |
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| Peer Health Exchange |
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$50,000 |
New York, NY
renewed support for a volunteer program that trains college students to provide comprehensive health education to high school students in New York City |
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| The City University of New York at City College |
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$40,000 over two years |
New York, NY
renewed support for activities within the doctoral program in Clinical Psychology |
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| The Johns Hopkins University |
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$55,000 |
Baltimore, MD
renewed support for the 'Blaustein Scholars in Ethics in Clinical Practice' Program at The Phoebe R. Berman Bioethics Institute |
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| Human Rights and Social Justice |
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| Capital Area Immigrants' Rights Coalition |
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$100,000 over two years |
Washington, DC
renewed support for pro-bono legal representation and advocacy on behalf of detained immigrants in Maryland |
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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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| Disability Rights International |
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$20,000 |
Washington, DC
renewed support for work to promote human rights and full participation in society of people with mental disabilities worldwide |
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| Equal Justice Initiative of Alabama |
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$100,000 over two years |
Montgomery, AL
renewed support for the organization's efforts around fair justice procedures, especially for juveniles in the adult system |
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| Fund for Global Human Rights |
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$130,000 over two years |
New York, NY
renewed support for an international human rights re-granting program |
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| Immigration Equality |
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$40,000 |
Washington, DC
general support to assist LGBT immigrants seeking asylum in the U.S. |
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| Kids In Need of Defense |
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$25,000 |
Washintgton, DC
support for the Baltimore field office to assist unaccompanied immigrant and refugee children |
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| New Israel Fund |
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$50,000 over two years |
Washington, DC
renewed support to promote equality and human rights for Arab citizens of Israel |
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| Open Society Institute - Baltimore |
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$75,000 |
Baltimore, MD
renewed support for efforts to reduce the number of youths tried as adults and detained pre-trial at the Baltimore City Detention Center |
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| Refugee and Immigrant Fund |
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$40,000 over two years |
New York, NY
renewed support for the Welcome Center for Asylum Seekers, which provides mental health, supportive and legal services to newly-arrived individuals seeking asylum |
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| Tahirih Justice Center |
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$35,000 |
Falls Church, VA
renewed general support for legal advocacy on behalf of refugee women and girls fleeing gender-based violence. |
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| The Fund for New Citizens at the New York Community Trust |
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$120,000 over two years |
New York, NY
renewed general support for a regranting program focusing on legal assistance programs for immigrants and refugees |
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| The Nation Institute |
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$50,000 over two years |
New York, NY
support for The Investigative Fund, a nonprofit journalism enterprise dedicated to improving the scope and quality of investigative reporting in the independent press |
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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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| U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants |
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$100,000 over two years |
Washington, DC
renewed general support for the National Center for Refugee and Immigrant Children for legal assistance to unaccompanied children |
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| Vera Institute of Justice |
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$50,000 |
New York, NY
support towards advancing the possibility of government-funded legal counsel for detained immigrants |
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| Special Projects |
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| Associated Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore |
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$200,000 over two years |
Baltimore, MD
support for the 2011 Annual Campaign ($100,000) and the 2012 Annual Campaign ($100,000) |
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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 Park School |
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$500,000 over five years |
Baltimore, MD
endowment support to enhance the Hilda Katz Blaustein Scholarship Fund |
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| Special Projects - Emerging Area |
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| American Jewish World Service |
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$50,000 |
New York, NY
renewed general support for grassroots efforts to promote sustainable development, health education and human rights in marginalized communities in the developing world |
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| Institute for Jewish Spirituality |
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$50,000 |
New York, NY
general support to build an operating reserve |
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| Progressive Jewish Alliance/Jewish Funds for Justice |
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$50,000 |
New York, NY
support for capacity building, especially to cover costs associated with the merger of these two organizations |
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| Nigun Halev |
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$25,000 |
| Renewed support for social justice programs in Israel |
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| Yotzer Or |
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$25,000 |
| support for services for disadvantaged families in Israel |
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