The Baltimore Community Foundation aims to increase the number of well-prepared students and residents entering college, the workforce, and the community. To attain this goal, we must begin with a strong educational pathway beginning at birth and continuing through adulthood, and provide learning opportunities for families to be literate. Educational institutions at every level and of all types play a role in meeting this goal.

Education grants focus on:

• Making sure that children enter school ready to learn;
• Fostering high quality public education, and supporting the creation of new and charter schools;
• Encouraging students, parents, and community members to speak out on issues related to children and youth;
• Ensuring access to appropriate, quality educational options for gifted and talented students as well as those with disabilities;
• Connecting young people with college preparatory activities and workforce entry opportunities;
• Promoting literacy for children and parents through efforts that address the entire family, and furthering adult literacy through GED and other programs;
• Promoting college access and other programs that help students achieve academic success and become contributing members of their communities;
• Funding advocacy efforts and judicial and legislative remedies to improve school readiness programs and public education.

BCF invites all who share our vision for this region to join us and Invest in Baltimore. We believe that no one path leads to our common goal, but that by investing strategically in many paths we can create a Baltimore with a growing economy in which all have the opportunity to thrive. BCFs grantmaking is built around these nine paths, one of which is Education.