Students in class. 

Education Path Grants

Adult learners at a computer skills class

All 2010 Education Path grants are listed below.

During 2011, we are refining our priorities for strategic grantmaking. During this transition, we will not be accepting proposals for grants from the paths of Invest in Baltimore.

Other grantmaking programs continue to accept proposals; please visit the How to Apply page to determine whether your proposal might be a fit. 

ACLU Foundation of Maryland Inc. - $10,000

For the Education Reform Project, the ACLU's initiative to advocate for systemic education reform including adequate public education funding for the city's children. 

Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers, Inc. - $10,000

For Supporting Public Schools of Choice, which advocates on behalf of Baltimore City's charter, innovation, and transformation schools and assists these schools with issues related to special education, facilities, and governance. 

Archdiocese of Baltimore Chancery - $20,000

Partners in Excellence Program provides scholarships to low-income students to attend urban Catholic schools in Baltimore City. 

Baltimore Algebra Project - $15,000

To support this student-led after-school peer tutoring and youth advocacy program serving Baltimore City young people. 

The Baltimore Child First Authority, Inc. - $15,000

To support the efforts of the Baltimore Education Coalition, which unites community groups from across the city to lobby for education reform and fair funding for Baltimore City Public Schools. 

Baltimore Educational Scholarship Trust Inc.- $15,000

The GAP Funding Program provide scholarships to low-income children to attend independent schools in Maryland. 

The Baltimore School for the Arts Foundation, Inc. - $10,000

To help lower performing BSA students succeed academically by providing them with tutoring, mentoring, and other academic supports. 

Carnegie Institution of Washington - $10,000

For Project BioEYES, an interactive, week-long, hands-on genetics unit for Baltimore City 5th, 7th, and 10th grade students. 

Children's Scholarship Fund Baltimore - $15,000

Children's Scholarship Fund provides scholarships to low-income children to attend low-cost independent schools in the Maryland area. 

Dyslexia Tutoring Program, Inc. - $10,000

To provide free screenings and tutoring to low-income Baltimore City children and adults with dyslexia, train teachers to screen for dyslexia, offer support and resources to parents, and provide children in the program with an educational summer camp experience. 

Greater Homewood Community Corporation - $16,000

For the Adult Literacy and ESOL Program, which provides basic literacy and English-language instruction to adults from the Greater Homewood area. 

The Ingenuity Project - $10,000

To mentor and tutor students through the Learning Club, an academic enrichment program offered to minority middle and high school students. 

KIPP Baltimore, Inc. - $10,000

To continue literacy efforts at KIPP Harmony Academy, a charter school located in Northwest Baltimore and serving grades K-4. 

KIPP Baltimore, Inc. - $2,500

To sponsor the Baltimore premiere of the film Waiting for Superman. 

Learning Circus Inc. - $10,000

To support this citywide dropout and credit recovery program for at-risk Baltimore City middle school youth, ages 14-18. 

New Leaders - $20,000

To recruit, train, and support City Schools principals and resident principals in the program. 

Paul's Place, Inc. - $10,000

To provide computer skills traning, basic literacy classes, and job skills training to adults in Baltimore's Washington Village/Pigtown community. 

Public Justice Center, Inc. - $20,000

To advocate on behalf of homeless and foster children and youth for improved access to public education, as well as to support the production of a Spanish-language film to educate homeless families about their children's education rights. 

South Baltimore Learning Corporation - $20,000

For the organization's core operations, including providing functional literacy, life skills training, and career preparation services to educationally disadvantaged adults. 

Teach For America Inc. - $25,000

To help increase the size of Baltimore's TFA teaching corps and expand TFA's placements to early childhood classrooms and special education settings. 
Youngsters in Patterson Park get a workout in the neighborhood’s youth soccer league.
One Step Up scholars Sherrone Ricks and Jeane’ Baker celebrate with donors Jonnie-Kay McLean and Norman Morrison.
A Baltimore City student soaks up the sun at North Bay Adventure Camp.
Enjoying the lake at Druid Hill Park. Photo by Middleton Evans.
Dreams do come true: Our Playground at Stadium Place, rebuilt by determined volunteers and generous donors after the original was destroyed by arson. The work was supported by a fund at BCF. 

BCF’s efforts through the Diversity Path will work to rebuild Baltimore’s black middle class.

Baltimore’s vibrant arts and cultural scene boasts innovative projects like the Contemporary Museum’s Mobtown Modern Music Series, which combines classical instruments, jarring visual components and DJ-style electronics into informal performances of works by modern composers. Photo by Robert McIver Photography.
Cyclists atop Federal Hill take in views of the city skyline and bustling Inner Harbor. Photo by Middleton Evans.
Collecting butterflies in the field for a nature study.
In the spring of 2009, an army of dedicated volunteers worked to rebuild Our Playground at Stadium Place, which had been destroyed by arson in September 2008. Photo by Kristine Buls.
Enjoying one of the simple pleasures of summer at a neighborhood camp.
BCF’s Human Services Path emphasizes health, aging, and family economic security.
Neighbors team up to beautify and reclaim a vacant lot.
Most Middle Grades Partnership scholars qualify for the city’s competitive high schools.
Rapid and reliable public transportation for our region is a central goal of the Central Maryland Transportation Alliance, a fund of BCF. Photo by P.A. Greene.
Children beat the heat in the waters of the Walter Sondheim Fountain at the Inner Harbor. Contributions to construct the memorial were collected through a special project fund at BCF. Photo by Will Kirk, courtesy of Homewood Photography.
Students at Great Kids Farm learn about local food production, from “seed to fork.”
Baltimore’s successful One Plus One recycling program has engaged residents in making the city cleaner and greener.
Baltimore City students and farm manager Greg Strella (far right) with the summer harvest at Great Kids Farm.
Students at Baltimore’s Friendship Academy of Engineering and Technology, one of many public charter schools helping to transform public education in our city. Photo by Stephen Jones, courtesy of Baltimore City Public Schools.
BCF’s Promoting Baltimore Path works to ensure that Baltimore continues to retain and attract citizens and businesses.
Experience-Corps Baltimore places older adult volunteers in struggling city elementary schools to serve as classroom aides, mentors, and tutors. Photograph by Michael Ciesielski, courtesy of Greater Homewood Community Corporation, Inc.

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