SFC Funding Partners & Priorities

The Summer Funding Collaborative consists of public and private funders with specific priorities. Below you will find the specific requirements that each funder of the Summer Funding Collaborative has for programs applying for funding. If you would like a specific funder to consider your application, you must meet their requirements as listed. 

This page also lists each organization’s funding priorities. While each funder will use these priorities in deciding which programs to fund, the priorities are not requirements for eligibility.

The first section of this page shows tables that summarize each funder’s priorities and required documents. The remaining sections discuss the requirements in more detail.
The Abell Foundation
Required Docments:
  • Proof of 501(c)(3) or 509(a) tax status
  • Proof of fiscal sponsor, if applicable
Funding Priorities:
  • High quality/high dosage* literacy (building reading and writing skills) programming
  • Providing early childhood (Pre-K) and school-aged youth programming
The Annie E. Casey Foundation
Required Documents:​
  • Certificate of Good Standing from within the past 12 months
  • Proof of 501(c)(3) or 509(a) tax status
  • Proof of fiscal sponsor, if applicable
  • Verification that your organizational budget is less than $2 million
Funding Priorities:
  • ​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
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Required Documents:
  • Not applicable (N/A)
Funding Priorities:
  • Providing high school/older youth programming
  • Providing workforce training and/or youth employment opportunities
Clayton Baker Trust
Required Documents:​
  • Certificate of Good Standing from within the past 12 months
  • Form 990​
Funding Priorities:
  • ​High quality/high dosage* literacy (building reading and writing skills) programming
  • Blending academic learning with enriching activities
Constellation
Required Documents:​
  • W-9
Funding Priorities:
  • High quality/high dosage* STEM education (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math)
Family League of Baltimore
Required Documents:​
  • Proof of 501(c)(3) or 509(a) tax status
  • Certificate of Good Standing from within the past 12 months
  • Most recent financial audit for organizations requesting $50,000 or more
  • 990 or 990 EZ for organizations requesting $49,999 or less
Funding Priorities:
  • Programs that support early learning, school readiness, literacy, academic achievement, health and wellness, career readiness and/or positive changes in youth attitudes; 
  • Programs serving older youth (14 to 24) with a focus on connecting them to school or the workforce; including programs that foster learning an awareness in areas of: 
    • College & Career Readiness 
    • Effective Work Habits and Skills for Professional Growth
    • Financial literacy and financial planning  
    • Entrepreneurship 
    • Healthy Lifestyles 
    • Conflict Resolution and Management
  • Programs focused on supporting boys and young men of color that addresses educational attainment gaps, closing the opportunity gap that exists in the areas of college and career preparedness, and/or eradicating the cradle to prison pipeline
The France-Merrick Foundation
Required Documents:​​
  • Board of Directors list
  • Proof of 501(c)(3) or 509(a) tax status
  • Form 990
  • Most recent financial audit, if applicable
Funding Priorities:
  • Providing workforce and college readiness support
  • Providing summer employment and internships in partnership with YouthWorks
  • High quality/high dosage* literacy (building reading and writing skills) interventions
  • Providing high school/older youth programming
The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation
Required Documents:
  • Form 990
  • Proof of 501(c)(3) tax status (cannot fund colleges, universities or arts institutions)
  • Proof of fiscal sponsor, if applicable
  • Most recent financial audit for organizations with budgets greater than $1 million
  • Financial Review for organizations with budgets less than $1 million
Funding Priorities:
  • Blending academic learning with enriching activities
  • High quality/high dosage* literacy (building reading and writing skills) programming
  • High quality/high dosage* STEM education (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math)
  • Providing workforce training and/or youth employment opportunities
The Hinkey-Benson Family Fund
Required Documents:
  • ​Proof of 501(c)(3) or 509(a) tax status​
Funding Priorities:
  • Providing college readiness support
  • Serving school-aged youth
  • High quality/high dosage* STEM education (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math)
The Joseph and Harvey Meyerhoff Charitable Funds
Required Documents:
  • Board of Directors list
  • Proof of 501(c)(3) or 509(a) tax status
  • Most recent financial audit, if applicable
Funding Priorities:
  • Blending academic learning with enriching activities
  • Partnering with other organizations to enhance program offerings
  • Programs must operate and serve youth living in Belair-Edison, Canton, Hamilton, Highlandtown, Lauraville, Patterson Park East, and Patterson Park North
Lockhart Vaughan Foundation
Required Documents:
  • Certificate of Good Standing from within the past 12 months
  • Form 990​
Funding Priorities:
  • High quality/high dosage* literacy (building reading and writing skills) programming
  • Blending academic learning with enriching activities
Under Armour
Required Documents:
  • Certificate of Good Standing from within the past 12 months
  • Proof of 501(c)(3) or 509(a) tax status
  • Form 990
Funding Priorities:
  • Providing recreational/sport opportunities
United Way of Central Maryland
Required Documents:
  • Form 990
  • Proof of 501(c)(3) or 509(a) tax status
  • Most recent financial audit for organizations with budgets of $750,000 or greater
  • Financial Review for organizations with budgets less than $750,000
Funding Priorities:
  • ​Blending academic learning with enriching activities
  • High quality/high dosage* programming
  • Programs serving children and/or youth from Brooklyn/Curtis Bay, Southwest Baltimore, Morrell Park, and/or Poppleton
*”Dosage” refers to the amount of program hours participants experience over the course of the program’s duration.