2012 Management Assistance Grant Guidelines Available

December 7, 2011 -- In 2012, the Foundation will accept Management Assistance Grant applications throughout the year.


Management Assistance Grants are intended to help smaller, well-established nonprofits make investments in timely organizational development activities that would not otherwise be possible because of limited budget resources. Nonprofits in the Baltimore region may apply for grants of up to $10,000, principally for the engagement of outside consulting expertise. Application guidelines, including deadlines, can be found by clicking here.

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.


Grants were awarded to the following organizations in our Established and Priority Program Areas:

Audubon Maryland-DC $25,000
Core Operating Support

Baltimore Montessori Public Charter School $40,000
Community Outreach

Business Volunteers Unlimited $30,000
Core Operating Support

Creative Alliance $25,000
Community Outreach programs

Live Baltimore $100,000 (2 years)
Core Operating Support

Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations $15,000
Core Operating Support

The SEED Foundation $90,000 (2 years)
Core Operating Support

Station North Arts & Entertainment, Inc. $50,000
Core Operating Support

Supporting Public Schools of Choice $120,000 (2 years)
Project Support

University of Maryland School of Social Work Community Outreach Service $50,000
Neighborhood Fellows Program

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
Neighborhood-School Partnership fiscal oversight and administration

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.


Management Assistance Grants were awarded to the following organizations:

Afya Baltimore $10,000
Leadership Development & Transition Planning

Alternative Directions $10,000
Leadership Development & Transition Planning

Baltimore Talent Education Center $3,135
Financial Management

Incentive Mentoring Program $7,000
Financial Management

Patterson Park Public Charter School $6,000
Board Development

Southwest Baltimore Charter School $5,000
Leadership Development & Transition Planning

United Ministries $5,900
Fund Development

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.


Grants were awarded to the following organizations:

Associated Black Charities $25,000
Project support

Downtown Baltimore Family Alliance $48,000
Core operating support

Fund for Educational Excellence $15,000
Core operating support

Parks & People Foundation $50,000
Planning for Druid Hill Park restoration

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.


Management Assistance Grants were awarded to the following organizations:

Moveable Feast $10,000
Strategic Planning

Community Assistance Network $10,000
Fund development

Maryland Campus Compact $10,000
Fund development

Baltimore Community Lending $10,000
Program Evaluation

1000 Friends of Maryland $10,000
Strategic Planning

Cylburn Arboretum Association $10,000
Strategic Planning

Education Based Latino Outreach $8,400
Strategic Planning

Friends of Patterson Park $10,000
Executive Transition Assistance

Neighborhood Housing Services of Baltimore $10,000
Executive Transition Assistance

St. Ambrose Housing Aid Center $10,000
Executive Transition Assistance

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.


At the former, the directors elected officers, reviewed 2010 financial statements (unaudited at this point in the year—see 2010 Annual Report under “Press and Publications”), and discussed the year’s program budget and related issues.

The program meeting was devoted to a staff-led review of the Foundation’s current major interests, including the Neighborhood-School Partnership Initiative, Healthy Neighborhoods, Central Baltimore Partnership, Central Maryland Transportation Alliance, and two Johns Hopkins initiatives, East Baltimore Redevelopment and Homewood Community Partnership. There were no funding recommendations presented.

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.

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