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2012 Management Assistance Grant Guidelines Available December 7, 2011 -- In 2012, the Foundation will accept Management Assistance Grant applications throughout the year.
Board of Directors Approve Twenty-Three Grants November 30, 2011 -- The Board of Directors of the Goldseker Foundation approved twenty-three grants totaling $781,650 at the final board meeting of 2011.
Audubon Maryland-DC $25,000 Baltimore Montessori Public Charter School $40,000 Business Volunteers Unlimited $30,000 Creative Alliance $25,000 Live Baltimore $100,000 (2 years) Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations $15,000 The SEED Foundation $90,000 (2 years) Station North Arts & Entertainment, Inc. $50,000 Supporting Public Schools of Choice $120,000 (2 years) University of Maryland School of Social Work Community Outreach Service $50,000 Grants were also awarded to five Neighborhood-School Partnerships: CHAI ($23,000) and Cross Country Elementary School ($24,000) Garwyn Oaks Northwest Housing Resource Center ($12,000) and Calvin Rodwell Elementary ($2,650) Greater Homewood Community Corporation ($25,000), Margaret Brent Elementary/Middle ($19,000), and Barclay Elementary/Middle ($21,300) Greater Mondawmin Coordinating Council ($12,900) and Gwynns Falls Elementary ($15,000) City Neighbors Charter School (23,900), St. Francis of Assisi School ($22,300) and Hamilton Elementary/Middle School ($23,100) in Greater Lauraville Fund for Educational Excellence $12,500 Board of Directors Approve Seven Management Assistance Grants October 2011 -- The Board of Directors of the Goldseker Foundation has approved seven Management Assistance Grants in the final round of funding for 2011.
Afya Baltimore $10,000 Alternative Directions $10,000 Baltimore Talent Education Center $3,135 Incentive Mentoring Program $7,000 Patterson Park Public Charter School $6,000 Southwest Baltimore Charter School $5,000 United Ministries $5,900 These awards bring the total amount of Management Assistance Grants awarded in 2011 to $145,435 to seventeen organizations. Board of Directors Approve Four Grants August 3, 2011 -- The Board of Directors of the Goldseker Foundation has approved four grants totaling $138,000 in the Foundation’s established program areas.
Associated Black Charities $25,000 Downtown Baltimore Family Alliance $48,000 Fund for Educational Excellence $15,000 Parks & People Foundation $50,000 Board of Directors Approve Ten Management Assistance Grants June 6, 2011 -- The Board of Directors of the Goldseker Foundation has approved ten Management Assistance Grants in the first two rounds of funding in 2011.
Moveable Feast $10,000 Community Assistance Network $10,000 Maryland Campus Compact $10,000 Baltimore Community Lending $10,000 1000 Friends of Maryland $10,000 Cylburn Arboretum Association $10,000 Education Based Latino Outreach $8,400 Friends of Patterson Park $10,000 Neighborhood Housing Services of Baltimore $10,000 St. Ambrose Housing Aid Center $10,000 A third round of Management Assistance Grants will be awarded in the autumn. Applications are due September 1, 2011. Foundation Directors Hold Spring Meetings April 29, 2011 -- In mid-April, the Foundation’s board of directors held both its corporate annual meeting and, joined by its advisory selection committee, its first program meeting of 2011.
Keeping Good Schools in Baltimore March 10, 2011 -- Foundation President Tim Armbruster co-signed, along with seven other local philanthropic leaders, a letter to the editor of the Baltimore Sun, urging that the school board, Dr. Alonso, the Baltimore Teachers Union and leaders of the KIPP charter schools do whatever it takes to keep the highly successful KIPP opportunity available to Baltimore students for years to come. To read the letter, click here. Building Stronger City Neighborhoods and Schools January 20, 2011 -- The Goldseker Foundation recently invited Jacqueline Edelberg, author of How to Walk to School: Blueprint for a Neighborhood School Renaissance, to Baltimore. Jacqueline spent two days visiting with groups of parents and school and neighborhood leaders, sharing her experience working with a small group of parents in Chicago to transform their local public school, previously rejected by the surrounding community, into an asset for families in their Chicago neighborhood. Listen to Jacqueline’s interview with WYPR’s “Midday” host Dan Rodricks here. |