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Community Leaders Help Students Head for College
In 1988, a group of leaders in Baltimore City had a startling realization about why more local students weren't going to college: the schools were so focused on the kids getting into trouble that no one was paying attention to the "good kids" who were doing well, but lacked the resources and support to pursue a college education. The business community and other funders pitched in to create the infrastructure needed, and today the CollegeBound Foundation serves more than 15,000 students attending 20 high schools in Baltimore City.
Snapshots of Philanthropy offer a glimpse into the many ways funders are making a difference in our community. These snapshots are a series of 25 profiles created to celebrate the work of local grantmakers in recognition of the 25th anniversary of the Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers (ABAG) and they are representative of the many ways that funders have had an impact in the community the last 25 years.
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6 in a series of 25
Funders Partner to Improve the Chesapeake Bay
A network of funders across Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Washington, DC is helping to ensure the best possible water quality for the area's scenic Chesapeake Bay. Known as the Chesapeake Bay Funders Network (CBFN), this group engages about 30 different foundations and provides opportunities for grantmakers to network and exchange information about protecting and restoring the health of the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed.
Funders Partner to Improve the Chesapeake Bay
A network of funders across Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Washington, DC is helping to ensure the best possible water quality for the area's scenic Chesapeake Bay. Known as the Chesapeake Bay Funders Network (CBFN), this group engages about 30 different foundations and provides opportunities for grantmakers to network and exchange information about protecting and restoring the health of the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed.
5 in a series of 25
Visionary Public-Private Partnership Funds Art School
Founded in 1979, the Baltimore School for the Arts was the product of an unusual public-private partnership from the very start, with its charter approved by the Baltimore City School Board and a separate foundation launched to raise funds to supplement an annual school system budget. Its founders envisioned a school that would differ from other Baltimore high schools by training students with potential for careers in the performing and visual arts.
Visionary Public-Private Partnership Funds Art School
Founded in 1979, the Baltimore School for the Arts was the product of an unusual public-private partnership from the very start, with its charter approved by the Baltimore City School Board and a separate foundation launched to raise funds to supplement an annual school system budget. Its founders envisioned a school that would differ from other Baltimore high schools by training students with potential for careers in the performing and visual arts.
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Funders Help Combat Domestic Violence
Thirty years ago, the House Of Ruth Maryland started as a small, grassroots shelter providing safety for battered women. As a society, we still were in denial about the pervasiveness and destructiveness of this crime, notes Executive Director Carole Alexander. But over the years the funding community, including the France-Merrick Foundation, Marion I. & Henry J. Knott Foundation, Hoffberger Foundation, Linehan Family Foundation, Wright Family Foundation, Charles Crane Family Foundation, Zanvyl & Isabelle Krieger Fund, United Way of Central Maryland, and Verizon Maryland joined with the House Of Ruth to cast a bright light on this shameful and secret behavior.
Funders Help Combat Domestic Violence
Thirty years ago, the House Of Ruth Maryland started as a small, grassroots shelter providing safety for battered women. As a society, we still were in denial about the pervasiveness and destructiveness of this crime, notes Executive Director Carole Alexander. But over the years the funding community, including the France-Merrick Foundation, Marion I. & Henry J. Knott Foundation, Hoffberger Foundation, Linehan Family Foundation, Wright Family Foundation, Charles Crane Family Foundation, Zanvyl & Isabelle Krieger Fund, United Way of Central Maryland, and Verizon Maryland joined with the House Of Ruth to cast a bright light on this shameful and secret behavior.
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