SFC Funding Partners & Priorities

The Summer Funding Collaborative consists of public and private funders with specific priorities. The following organizations are participating funders in 2019. 
The Abell Foundation 
Funding Priorities:
  • High quality/high dosage*
  • Literacy-focused
  • Early Elementary (K-3)
Funder Requirements:
  • Proof of 501(c)(3) or 509(a) tax status
​The Annie E. Casey Foundation 
Funding Priorities:
  • Recruiting and serving vulnerable children and youth, including but not limited to
    • youth involved in child welfare or juvenile justice systems
    • youth ages 16-24 who are not in school or working
Funder Requirements:
  • Proof of 501(c)(3) or 509(a) tax status
  • Verification that your organizational budget is  less than $2 million, as indicated by your response to Question 5
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
Funding Priorities:
  • Programs serving school-aged children from under-served communities
Funder Requirements:
  • ​N/A
Clayton Baker Trust
Funding Priorities:
  • Maintaining intense, sustained contact with same kids throughout summer
  • Providing a consistent message of high expectations
  • Blending academic learning with enriching activities
  • Decreasing summer learning loss
Funder Requirements:
  • ​​Proof of 501(c)(3) tax status
Constellation
Funding Priorities:
  • STEM
Funder Requirements:
  • ​​Proof of 501(c)(3) tax status
Family League of Baltimore
Funding Priorities:
  • Providing early childhood programming,
  • Focusing on literacy (building reading and writing skills)
  • Providing high school/older youth programming
  • Promoting violence interruption and reduction
  • Programs that provide high quality activities for youth
  • Program activities provide safe places, encourage academic success, develop youth leadership & nurture talents and interests
Funder Requirements:
  • Proof of 501(c)(3) tax status
  • Must provide a PDF copy of the Certificate of Good Standing from within the past 12 months
  • Audited Financial Statements for organizations requesting $50,000 or more
  • 990 or 990 EZ for organizations requesting $49,999 or less
  • Evidence of organizational capacity to implement a quality program
  • Capacity to collect, manage, and utilize participant-level and programmatic data
France-Merrick Foundation
Funding Priorities:
  • Workforce and college readiness
  • Summer employment and internships in partnership with YouthWorks
  • Programs that include a strong literacy focus and reduce summer learning loss (K-8)
Funder Requirements:
  • Proof of 501(c)(3) tax status
  • Audited Financial Statement
  • Must be an organization or summer program that has been in operation for at least two years
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation
Funding Priorities:
  • Blending academic learning with enriching activities
  • Decreasing summer learning loss
  • Literacy
  • STEM
  • Preference given to 14 neighborhoods (Rosemont, Cherry Hill, Westport, O’Donnell Heights, Perkins Homes, Old Town, Gay Street, Carrolton Ridge, Upton, McElderry Park, Madison East End, Montford, Four By Four and Orchard Ridge)
Funder Requirements:
  • Proof of 501(c)(3) tax status (cannot fund colleges, universities or arts institutions)
  • Audited Financial Statement for organizations with budgets greater than $1 million
  • Financial Review for organizations with budgets less than $1 million
The Hinkey-Benson Family Fund
Funding Priorities:
  • STEM
Funder Requirements:
  • Proof of 501(c)(3) tax status
Joseph & Harvey Meyerhoff Family Charitable Funds
Funding Priorities:
  • Education and enrichment programs
  • Youth employment
  • Programs partnering that partner with other nonprofits to enhance program offerings
Funder Requirements:​
  • Proof of 501(c)(3) tax status
  • Programs must operate in and serve youth living in Patterson Park, Belair-Edison and Hamilton/Lauraville (as indicated by your answer to this question in the online application)
  • Evidence of other funding sources (as indicated by your program budget and budget narrative)
Lockhart Vaughan Foundation
Funding Priorities:
  • Maintaining intense, sustained contact with same kids throughout summer
  • Providing a consistent message of high expectations
  • Blending academic learning with enriching activities
  • Decreasing summer learning loss​
Funder Requirements:
  • ​​Proof of 501(c)(3) tax status
Under Armour
Funding Priorities:
  • Serving youth ages 10–17
  • Offering innovative approaches to summer learning/enrichment
  • Providing recreational/sport opportunities
  • Engaging youth in summer employment opportunities
  • Demonstrating sustained contact with youth
Funder Requirements:
  • Proof of 501(c)(3) tax status
  • Evidence of other funding sources (as indicated by your program budget and budget narrative)
United Way of Central Maryland
Funding Priorities:
  • Programs serving children and/or youth from Southwest Baltimore, Washington Village/Pigtown, Morrell Park and/or Poppleton.
Funder Requirements:
  • Proof of 501(c)(3) status
  • Audited Financial Statement for organizations with budgets of $500,000 and greater
  • Financial Review for organizations with budgets less than $500,000
*”Dosage” refers to the amount of program hours participants experience over the course of the program’s duration.