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Funds in Action

See the creative ways people are using funds at BCF - and the good work that's happening as a result.

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Baltimore City Public Schools Fund
The Baltimore Jazz Education Project
Baltimore School for the Arts Endowment Fund
BCF Fund for College Scholarships
BCF Fund for K-12 Scholarships
Charm City Youth Lacrosse League Fund
Children's Bookstore Educational Foundation Fund
Children's Fresh Air Society Fund
Digital Harbor H.S. Community Scholarship Fund
Great Kids Farm Fund
The Megan Cares Foundation
Middle Grades Partnership Fund
MILEstone Program Fund
Peer to Peer Youth Enterprises Investment Fund
Rebuild Our Playground Fund
The Royster Reads Fund
The Gilbert Sandler Fund - City College Debate
Eric and Cara Thorn Memorial Fund
William E. and Mary P. McGuirk Memorial Fund
Youth as Resources
Angels of the OR Fund
Baltimore County Infants and Toddlers Program Fund
Baltimore Women's Giving Circle Fund
BaltimoreACTS Fund
Brigance Brigade Fund
Coach for a Cure Fund
The Christopher B. Elser Memorial Fund
The Fuchsia Foundation Fund
Gastronomique- A Taste of Life
Mark T. Hopkins Fund
Ens. C. Markland Kelly Jr. People's Emergency Fund
Josie King Memorial Fund
Maryland Family Recovery Program Fund
Neighbors in Deed Fund
Open Society Institute-Baltimore Fund
Quality of Life Giving Circle Fund
Share the Season Fund
Baltimore City Dept. of Recreation & Parks Fund
Baltimore Neighborhood Energy Challenge
Baltimore Tree Trust Fund
Clean Green Baltimore Fund
Pierce's Park Fund
Sustain Fund
Baltimore Police Foundation Mounted Unit Fund
Maryland Transportation Authority Police K-9 Fund
The Police Dog Fund
Adopt-A-Monument Citywide Partnership Fund
Baltimore Police Foundation Fund
BCF Consultant Services Program
Central Maryland Transportation Alliance
Healthy Neighborhoods
Ignite Baltimore
Kresge Arts in Baltimore
Leadership Legacy Fund
Neighborhood Grants Program
Pam Shriver’s Tennis Challenge
Sondheim Art Prize
Sustainability Food Fund
TEDx Mid-Atlantic Fund
Walter Sondheim Fountain Fund
Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore
William Donald Schaefer Civic Fund

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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