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The 2023 Baltimore Summer Funding Collaborative Application is Open!

12/1/2022

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For the ninth year in a row, over 10 public and private organizations will work together to support high-quality summer programs that serve youth from families with low incomes in Baltimore City. The application period runs from today, December 1 at 5pm, to Friday, January 13, 2023 at 5pm. This year, $4.8 million is available in funding for summer programs. BCYF is investing $2 million in funding for summer programs. This year they are prioritizing organizations led by Black, Brown, Indigenous, and Asian leaders and summer programs serving older youth.  

Does this sound like a good fit for your summer program? Learn more about the application requirements and apply for funding at bmoresfc.org.

Online Application Portal
This year, the SFC is excited to launch our new online application portal! Your application for SFC 2023 funding must be completed via the online portal, which will be released Wednesday, December 7. Live trainings for the online portal will be provided at our in-person and online information sessions on December 7 and 8. In addition, we will upload a training video for anyone who is unable to attend an information session, and will provide technical assistance for any applicants who have questions about completing the portal and online application. In advance of next week's information sessions, we encourage you to read through the full SFC 2023 Request for Proposals. The RFP contains all the information you need to learn how to apply for SFC 2023 funding. It also contains a list of the application questions that will be asked in the online portal.

Application Info Sessions
Potential applicants are encouraged to attend one optional virtual info session to ask questions about the application and its requirements: 
  • Wednesday, December 7, 2022, 5:30 - 7:30 PM at 400 Cathedral Street (Enoch Pratt Free Library Central Branch) Please register on Eventbrite
  • Thursday, December 8, 2022, 2:00– 4:00 PM on Zoom
In addition, a recorded session will be posted for anyone who cannot attend the scheduled sessions.Visit bmoresfc.org for more details.
Application Technical Assistance and Capacity Building
The SFC is excited to offer many different capacity building opportunities to support Baltimore-based organizations whose participants are youth and young adults ages 0-24. Some of our sessions will specifically help you to complete your SFC 2023 funding application. Please be sure to register for sessions in advance so that facilitators are able to plan accordingly.  Please contact summer@baltimorespromise.org with any questions.
  Click here for more information about our:
  • Information sessions about the 2023 application and grant process
  • 1:1 Technical Assistance sessions for your SFC application
  • Professional development workshops (Open to ANY youth serving organization)
 Baltimore Summer Enrichment Directory
In 2016, Baltimore Summer Funding Collaborative applicants expressed interest in building partnerships with other enrichment organizations and service providers in advance of the RFP release so that they are better prepared to submit applications for funding. 
 To this end, the Summer Funding Collaborative assembles and maintains the Baltimore Summer Enrichment Directory: a directory of organizations seeking and/or offering specific kinds of partnership, contractors, professional development, technical assistance. This directory is linked as an additional resource related to the Summer Funding Collaborative RFP. View the directory by clicking here.

If you would like to be included in the Directory, or update information from previous years, you are invited to (re)submit your information 
here.
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Baltimore Summer Funding Collaborative Announces $5.3 Million for Children & Youth Programs

3/16/2022

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BALTIMORE – The Baltimore Summer Funding Collaborative (the Collaborative) has awarded $5.3 million in grants to support 93 high-quality summer programs for children and youth living in low-income families throughout Baltimore City. The Collaborative is a partnership between public, private and nonprofit institutions that aims to create summer program opportunities for families that provide academic support to reduce summer learning loss, connect youth to valuable work experiences, and/or engage youth in enrichment activities that allow them to pursue interests, discover talents, and develop skills. 

Collaborative members – some of Baltimore’s largest public, private and nonprofit institutions – include the Abell Foundation, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore Children and Youth Fund, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Clayton Baker Trust, Constellation, Family League of Baltimore, France-Merrick Foundation, The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, The Hinkey-Benson Family Fund, Joseph & Harvey Meyerhoff Family Charitable Funds, Lockhart Vaughan Foundation, The Richman Family Foundation, and United Way of Central Maryland.
 
While members of the Collaborative bring their own priorities to the table – including literacy, STEM, youth employment, and social-emotional wellness – they work together to make complementary funding decisions with the goal of supporting a diverse set of high-quality summer programs to reduce summer learning loss and ensure more youth have the chance to reach their full potential. The Collaborative is committed to ensuring that Baltimore City youth can access programs that allow them to learn and grow during the summer months and prepare them for success throughout the year.
 
This year, the Collaborative welcomed the Baltimore Children and Youth Fund, which committed $2 million in funding for summer programs run by Black, Indigenous, and People of Color-led organizations and for programs serving older youth ages 14-24. The older youth priority was identified as a result of the Baltimore City Youth Opportunities Landscape (BCYOL), a citywide data collection and analysis effort conducted by Baltimore’s Promise that showed that older youth disconnected from school and work had the fewest out-of-school time opportunities available to them. Employing an explicit equity lens, BCYF and the Collaborative have expanded funding for stakeholders that public and philanthropic funding have     historically under-resourced. 
 
“BCYF is honored to make an investment in older youth who are often overlooked and lack access to out-of-school time enrichment,” said Alysia Lee, President of the Baltimore Children & Youth Fund. “These young people are close to or in the beginning phases of adult-hood and they need to know they still have the support of their city and its institutions.”
 
In addition, Baltimore’s Promise facilitated a robust community review process for all 190 funding applications. The process engaged 11 community-based organizations and 150 individual reviewers. Reviewers used a Community Review Rubric developed from the findings of BCYOL, which in addition to mapping youth opportunities also engaged 161 young people, parents, and caregivers to understand local priorities for out-of-school time opportunities. The community review process provided SFC funders with in-depth insight into stakeholder perspectives. Many SFC funders either directly relied on community review results for decision-making or incorporated the scores and feedback into an existing decision-making process. The Baltimore Children and Youth Fund’s $2 million in funding, for example, was directly determined by community review results. In addition, all SFC 2022 applicants received feedback from the review process to support planning for their summer programs and future funding applications.
 
 "The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation is deeply appreciative of the time, effort, and expertise shared by community members and partner organizations throughout the SFC Community Review Process," said Rachel Duden, Weinberg Foundation Program Officer, Education. "The comprehensive Community Review Process enabled the Foundation to directly incorporate reviewers' insightful feedback into the grants decision-making process. It is incredibly rewarding to see how the Collaborative and its impact have grown since its inception in 2015, both creating and expanding educational and employment opportunities for young people in Baltimore.”
 
The following organizations will receive funding from the Summer Funding Collaborative:

10:12 Sports
¡Adelante Latina!
A Revolutionary Summer
Access Art, Inc.
Afrikan Youth Alchemy
Art with a Heart
Arts for Learning Maryland
AZIZA PE&CE
B-360
Backyard Basecamp
Baltimore Clayworks, Inc.
Baltimore Curriculum Project
Baltimore Youth Arts
Banner Neighborhoods Community Corporation
Beadly Speaking Jewelry LLC
Black Girls Cook
Black Wall Street Charm City
Bon Secours Baltimore Community Works
Bridges Baltimore
Brittany K. Booker Foundation Inc.
BYKE Collective
CASA
Catherine's Family and Youth Services, Inc.
Child First Authority, Inc.
Civic Works
Code in the Schools
Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Diocese of Maryland
Corner Team, Inc.
Creative City Public Charter School Foundation, Inc.
Dance and Bmore Programs
Dent Education
DewMore Baltimore
Digital Harbor Foundation
Downtown Sailing Center
Elev8 Baltimore, Inc
Enoch Pratt Free Library
Excellence & Ambition Inc.
From Prison Cells To PhD
Hampden Family Center
HeartSmiles
Holistic Life Foundation
I'm Still Standing Community Corporation
Intersection of Change
Islamic Leadership Institute of America
Johns Hopkins University
KEYS EMPOWERS, INC.
Leaders of Tomorrow Youth Center Inc
LET'S GO Boys and Girls, Inc.
Let's Thrive Baltimore
Little Flowers Early Childhood and Development Center, Inc.
Living Classrooms Foundation
Medical Education Resources Initiative for Teens
Mending Broken Wings, LLC
Mentoring Mentors Inc
Middle Grades Partnership
Mindful Mentors Inc.
MOMCares
Moving History
MTM Foundation, Inc.
National Aquarium
No Boundaries Coalition
Omega Baltimore Foundation. Inc.
P.O.P. Inc.
Parks & People
Patterson Park Public Charter School, Inc.
PeacePlayers International
Project Pneuma
R.I.S.E Arts Center of Baltimore
Safe Alternative Foundation for Education
Soccer Without Borders Maryland
Springboard Collaborative
St Veronica Roman Catholic Congregation Inc
St. Francis Neighborhood Center
St. Vincent de Paul of Baltimore
the Board Room Chess
The Loyola School: Early Learning Center - Elementary K-4
The Marching Elite Foundation
The Movement Team
The Nolita Project Inc
UMBC Foundation
Unique Fabrics Nonprofit
University of Maryland, Baltimore Foundation, Inc
Village Learning Place
W.O.M.A.N.(Working Organizing Making A Nation)
Wide Angle Youth Media
Women in Transition
Y in Central Maryland
Youth As Resources

This is the eighth year of summer youth funding provided by the Collaborative. Last summer, the Collaborative provided over $3.4 million in funding throughout Baltimore City and funded more than 6,700 summer youth opportunities.
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About Baltimore’s Promise
Baltimore’s Promise is a cradle-to-career collective impact nonprofit that is the administrative backbone of the Baltimore Summer Funding Collaborative (www.bmoresfc.org).
 
The mission of Baltimore‘s Promise is to coordinate strategy, identify quality programs, support alignment activities, establish shared measures for meaningful results, build public will, and advance policy on behalf of Baltimore City’s youth. For more information, please visit www.baltimorespromise.org.
 
For more information about the Baltimore City Youth Opportunities Landscape, please visit www.baltimorespromise.org/bcyol.
 
 
 
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The 2022 Baltimore Summer Funding Collaborative Application is Open!

11/1/2021

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For the eighth year in a row, over 10 public and private organizations will work together to support high-quality summer programs that serve youth from families with low incomes in Baltimore City. The application period runs from today, November 1, to Friday, December 3, 2021. This year, more than $5 million is available in funding for summer programs. $2 million are reserved specifically for Black, Indigenous, and Person of Color-led organizations and for organizations primarily serving older youth.

Does this sound like a good fit for your summer program? Learn more about the application requirements and apply for funding at bmoresfc.org

Application Info Sessions
Potential applicants are encouraged to attend an optional virtual info session to ask questions about the application and its requirements: 
  • Monday, November 8, 2021, 1:00 – 3:00 PM on Zoom
  • Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 6:00– 8:00 PM on Zoom
In addition, a recorded session will be posted for anyone who cannot attend the scheduled sessions.Visit bmoresfc.org for more details.
Apply to Become an SFC PD/TA Provider
In fall 2021, the Baltimore Summer Funding Collaborative (SFC) is excited to offer a robust menu of meaningful professional development (PD) and technical assistance (TA) opportunities for youth-serving organizations that may be applying for the SFC 2022 funding cycle. The SFC is seeking qualified providers to facilitate professional development presentations and/or application technical assistance on the topics identified in the full 2022 Technical Assistance/Professional Development Request. 

If you have relevant expertise in grantwriting and/or program design that you would like to share with potential SFC applicants this fall, please complete this short application form.  We will be receiving submissions on a rolling basis until November 12th for these paid opportunities.   

 Baltimore Summer Enrichment Directory
In 2016, Baltimore Summer Funding Collaborative applicants expressed interest in building partnerships with other enrichment organizations and service providers in advance of the RFP release so that they are better prepared to submit applications for funding. 
 To this end, the Summer Funding Collaborative assembles and maintains the Baltimore Summer Enrichment Directory: a directory of organizations seeking and/or offering specific kinds of partnership, contractors, professional development, technical assistance. This directory is linked as an additional resource related to the Summer Funding Collaborative RFP. View the directory by clicking here.

If you would like to be included in the Directory, or update information from previous years, you are invited to (re)submit your information here.
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Baltimore Summer Funding Collaborative Announces $3.46 Million for Children & Youth Programs

3/3/2021

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BALTIMORE – The Baltimore Summer Funding Collaborative (the Collaborative) has awarded $3.46 million in grants to support 87 high-quality summer programs for children and youth living in low-income families throughout Baltimore City. The Collaborative is a partnership between public, private and nonprofit institutions that aims to create summer program options for families, including academic support to reduce summer learning loss, youth work opportunities and a variety of enrichment activities.
 
Collaborative members – some of Baltimore’s largest public, private and nonprofit institutions – include the Abell Foundation, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Clayton Baker Trust, Constellation, Family League of Baltimore, France-Merrick Foundation, The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, The Hinkey-Benson Family Fund, Joseph & Harvey Meyerhoff Family Charitable Funds, Lockhart Vaughan Foundation, Under Armour, and United Way of Central Maryland as funding partners.
 
“The Summer Funding Collaborative allows the Joseph and Harvey Meyerhoff Family Charitable Funds to support a broad range of youth programs that serve students and young adults both in our target neighborhoods and throughout the city,” said Elizabeth “Buffy” Minkin, President of the Funds. “High-quality summer program options are important for families and participants in normal years and even more so during the pandemic. These programs help stem summer learning loss and create work and enrichment opportunities for participants.”
 
While members of the Collaborative bring their own priorities to the table – including literacy, STEM, youth employment, environmental education, sports and arts – they work together to make complementary funding decisions with the goal of supporting a diverse set of high-quality summer programs to reduce summer learning loss and ensure more youth have the chance to reach their full potential. SFC members are committed to ensuring that Baltimore City youth can access programs that allow them to learn and grow during the summer months and prepare them for success throughout the year. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the learning disruptions that have occurred as a result, the need for engaging, enriching, and supportive summer programming is even more important. As a result, Collaborative members considered virtual, in-person, and hybrid program models to increase accessibility to high-quality programs aligned with public health guidance.
 
“The need to provide supports to children and youth in Baltimore has been made that much more important in the face of the COVID-19 global pandemic,” said Demaune Millard, president and CEO of Family League of Baltimore. “The programs which serve them have faced significant challenges over the past year, and the uncertainty surrounding the impacts to learning and what the educational landscape will look like in the months to come is very real. Now more than ever, philanthropic support is critical to help maintain continuity in vital summer programming. Family League remains committed to this work.”

The following organizations will receive funding from the Summer Funding Collaborative:
  • A Revolutionary Summer
  • Access Art, Inc.
  • Adelante Latina!
  • Art with a Heart
  • Associated Catholic Charities, Inc.
  • AZIZA PE&CE
  • B-360
  • Baltimore Curriculum Project
  • Baltimore Montessori Public Charter School
  • Baltimore Youth Arts
  • Banner Neighborhoods Community Corporation
  • Beat the Streets Baltimore
  • Black Girls Cook
  • Bmore Empowered Inc
  • Bon Secours of Maryland Foundation, Inc.
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Baltimore
  • Bridges Baltimore
  • BYKE Collective
  • Camp Puh'tok for Boys and Girls, Inc.
  • CASA
  • Challenge 2 Change
  • City Neighbors Foundation
  • Civic Works
  • Code in the Schools
  • Corner Team, Inc.
  • Dance and Bmore Programs
  • Dent Education
  • DewMore Baltimore
  • Digital Harbor Foundation
  • Downtown Sailing Center
  • Elev8 Baltimore
  • Enoch Pratt Free Library
  • First Tee - Greater Baltimore
  • From Prison Cells To PhD
  • Green Street Academy
  • Hampden Family Center
  • Harlem Lacrosse-Baltimore
  • HeartSmiles
  • Holistic Life Foundation
  • iMentor Baltimore
  • Intersection of Change
  • Junior Achievement of Central Maryland
  • KEYS Empowers, Inc.
  • Koinonia Baptist Church
  • Leveling the Playing Field
  • Liberty Elementary School
  • Little Flowers Early Childhood and Development Center, Inc.
  • Living Classrooms Foundation
  • Loyola Early Learning Center
  • Medical Education Resources Initiative for Teens (MERIT)
  • Mentoring Male Teens in the Hood
  • Mentoring Mentors Inc
  • Middle Grades Partnership
  • Mindful Mentors Inc.
  • MOMCares
  • National Aquarium
  • Next One Up
  • ONE More...ONE Less Mentoring Inc.,
  • Parks & People Foundation
  • Patterson Park Public Charter School, Inc.
  • POP Inc. (Play On Purpose)
  • Project I CAN
  • Safe Alternative Foundation for Education, Inc
  • Soccer Without Borders Baltimore
  • Springboard Collaborative
  • SquashWise
  • St Veronica Roman Catholic Congregation, Inc.
  • St. Francis Neighborhood Center
  • St. Vincent de Paul of Baltimore
  • The Be. Org
  • The Ryan Institute, LLC
  • The Urban Alliance Foundation, Inc.
  • UMBC Foundation
  • Unique Fabrics
  • University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation, Inc
  • Village Learning Place
  • Wide Angle Youth Media
  • Women in Transition, Inc.
  • Writers in Baltimore Schools
  • Y in Central Maryland
  • Young Audiences of Maryland
This is the seventh year of summer youth funding provided by the Collaborative. Last summer, the Collaborative provided over $3.5 million in funding throughout Baltimore City and served more than 6,445 students. 
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The 2021 Baltimore Summer Funding Collaborative Application is Open!

11/6/2020

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 For the seventh year in a row, over 10 public and private organizations will work together to support high-quality summer programs that serve youth from families with low incomes in Baltimore City. The application period runs from today, November 6 to Friday, December 11, 2020.

Does this sound like a good fit for your summer program? Learn more about the application requirements and apply for funding at bmoresfc.org

Application Info Sessions
Potential applicants are encouraged to attend an optional virtual info session to ask questions about the application and its requirements: 
  • Monday, November 16, 2020, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM on Zoom
  • Tuesday, November 17, 2020, 6 – 7:30 PM on Zoom
In addition, a recorded session will be posted for anyone who cannot attend the scheduled sessions. No registration is required to attend the pre-proposal conferences. Visit bmoresfc.org for more details.

Additional Funding Opportunities
  • The Maryland Out of School Time Network (MOST) has compiled a list of resources for potential funding sources for out-of-school programs. MOST invites anyone to add comments to the document to share additional resources and their team will continue to update it.
  • The Baltimore Children and Youth Fund's (BCYF) October newsletter shares open funding opportunities with deadlines in November and December, 2020, capacity building resources, and technical assistance specific to mentorship programs. 

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Fall Splash at JHU is taking place virtually this weekend, and is free for high school students to attend! Youth can click here to register or view the course catalogue. ​

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The 2021 SFC RFP Will Open Next Month!

10/16/2020

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SFC App Opens Next Month
As we prepare to "fall back", we are already planning for next summer and we know you are, too! The Summer Funding Collaborative (SFC) will open its annual RFP and application in early November 2020.

All people registered for this e-blast will receive an announcement on the day the application launches, including dates for 2021 Application Info Sessions.

Please visit bmoresfc.org to learn more about the Summer Funding Collaborative.

Baltimore Summer Enrichment Directory
In 2016, Baltimore Summer Funding Collaborative applicants expressed interest in building partnerships with other enrichment organizations and service providers in advance of the RFP release so that they are better prepared to submit applications for funding. 
 
To this end, the Summer Funding Collaborative assembles and maintains the Baltimore Summer Enrichment Directory: a directory of organizations seeking and/or offering specific kinds of partnership, contractors, professional development, and technical assistance. This directory is linked as an additional resource related to the Summer Funding Collaborative RFP. View the directory by clicking here.

If you would like to be included in the Directory, or update information from previous years, you are invited to (re)submit your information here.

Resources for Programming During Covid-19

The Maryland Out of School Time Network (MOST) has compiled a list of resources for virtual engagement and potential funding sources for out-of-school programs. MOST invites anyone to add comments to the documents to share additional resources and their team will continue to update it.
  • Virtual Engagement Strategies & Platforms/Tools
  • Funding & Sustainability During & Post COVID-19 for OST Programs


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Baltimore Summer Funding Collaborative Announces $3.5 Million for Children & Youth Programs

2/10/2020

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The Baltimore Summer Funding Collaborative (the Collaborative) has awarded $3.5 million in grants to support 74 high-quality summer programs for children and youth living in low-income families throughout Baltimore City. The Collaborative is a partnership between public, private and nonprofit institutions that aims to create summer program options for families, including academic support to reduce summer learning loss, youth work opportunities and a variety of enrichment activities.
 
Collaborative members – some of Baltimore’s largest public, private and nonprofit institutions – include the Abell Foundation, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Clayton Baker Trust, Constellation, Family League of Baltimore, France-Merrick Foundation, The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, The Hinkey-Benson Family Fund, Lockhart Vaughan Foundation, Joseph & Harvey Meyerhoff Family Charitable Funds, Under Armour and United Way of Central Maryland as funding partners.
 
“We hope to positively affect the individual young people participating in the programs, help organizations strengthen their programs, and help Baltimore create a stronger and equitable system of summer programs to help increase academic and life skills, improve career readiness and positively affect youth development,” said Amy Gross, Executive Director of the France-Merrick Foundation and collaborative partner since 2015. “The Summer Funding Collaborative gives the France-Merrick Foundation an avenue to support its educational goals around literacy, social-emotional development and career readiness in new ways and we appreciate learning about so many great programs through this collaborative approach.”
 
Responding to grantee feedback, this year the Collaborative moved its decision-making process up by two months so programs would be notified earlier in the year and be better positioned to launch in the summer. While members of the Collaborative bring their own priorities to the table – including literacy, STEM, youth employment, environmental education, sports and arts – they work together to make complementary funding decisions with the goal of supporting a diverse set of high-quality summer programs to reduce summer learning loss and ensure more youth have the chance to reach their full potential.
 
“Utilizing the innovative spirit and passion of the collaborative to create change through education, activity and mentorship provides an opportunity to share a sense of belonging and responsibility, while supporting our children and youths’ passions and desires to be better, said Stacey Ullrich, Head of Global Social Responsibility at Under Armour.

The following organizations will receive funding from the Summer Funding Collaborative:
  • Access Art, Inc.
  • Adelante Latina!
  • Art with A Heart
  • Associated Catholic Charities, Inc.
  • Baltimore Curriculum Project
  • Baltimore Montessori Public Charter School
  • Baltimore SquashWise
  • Baltimore Youth Arts
  • Banner Neighborhoods Community Corporation
  • BellXcel
  • Beyond The Natural Foundation, Inc.
  • Bon Secours of Maryland Foundation, Inc.
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Baltimore
  • Bridges Baltimore
  • BYKE Collective
  • Camp Puh'tok for Girls and Boys, Inc.
  • CASA
  • Children's Peace Center
  • Civic Works
  • Code in the Schools
  • Community Law in Action
  • Dent Education
  • Digital Harbor Foundation
  • Elev8 Baltimore
  • Enoch Pratt Free Library
  • Green Street Academy
  • Harlem Lacrosse - Baltimore
  • Holistic Life Foundation
  • Inheritance, Inc.
  • Intersection of Change, Inc.
  • Johns Hopkins Centro SOL
  • KEYS Empowers, Inc.
  • Koinonia Baptist Church
  • Liberty Elementary School
  • Little Flowers Early Childhood and Development Center
  • Living Classrooms Foundation
  • Macedonia Life Community Development Corporation
  • Medical Education Resources Initiative for Teens (MERIT)
  • Middle Grades Partnership
  • Mindful Mentors Inc.
  • Mount St. Mary's University
  • Muse 360 Arts
  • National Aquarium, Inc.
  • Next One Up
  • P.O.P. (Play on Purpose) Inc.
  • Parks & People Foundation
  • Patterson Park Public Charter School, Inc.
  • PeacePlayers
  • Port Discovery Children's Museum
  • Project Pneuma
  • Rosemont Community Interfaith Coalition, Inc
  • Sisters Circle
  • Sisters Saving the City Inc.
  • Soccer Without Borders
  • Springboard Collaborative
  • St. Francis Neighborhood Center
  • St. Veronica Roman Catholic Congregation, Inc.
  • St. Vincent de Paul of Baltimore
  • Strong City Baltimore
  • The Baltimore Youth Alliance, Inc.
  • The Curtis Bay Judy Center
  • The Downtown Sailing Center
  • The Urban Alliance Foundation, Inc.
  • The Webb Group, Inc. Educational Learning Center
  • Unified Efforts Inc.
  • University of Maryland Baltimore Foundation, Inc.
  • Village Learning Place
  • Wide Angle Youth Media
  • Women in Transition
  • Y in Central Maryland
  • Young Audiences of Maryland/Arts for Learning

 This is the sixth year of summer youth funding provided by the Collaborative. Last summer, the Collaborative provided over $3.4 million in funding throughout Baltimore City and served more than 9, 671 students.
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Baltimore Summer Funding Collaborative Announces $3.4 Million for Children & Youth Programs

4/3/2019

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The Baltimore Summer Funding Collaborative (the Collaborative) has awarded $3.4 million in grants to support 88 high-quality summer programs for children and youth living in low-income families throughout Baltimore City. The Collaborative is a partnership between public, private and nonprofit institutions that aims to create summer program options for families, including academic support to reduce summer learning loss, youth work opportunities and a variety of enrichment activities.
 
Collaborative members – some of Baltimore’s largest public, private and nonprofit institutions – include the Abell Foundation, the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, Clayton Baker Trust, Constellation, Family League of Baltimore, France-Merrick Foundation, The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, The Hinkey-Benson Family Fund, Lockhart Vaughan Foundation, Joseph & Harvey Meyerhoff Family Charitable Funds, Under Armour and United Way of Central Maryland as funding partners..
 
“We know that by providing children with meaningful summer experiences we are helping them to remain engaged as students, so they return to school ready to learn in the fall,” said Rachel Duden, Program Officer, Education, The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation. “When we started the Collaborative as a group of three funders in 2015, we set a goal to serve more youth in Baltimore City—with greater impact—by making coordinated decisions. We are thrilled that the Collaborative is growing, and 14 partners now share that vision.”
 
While members of the Collaborative bring their own priorities to the table – including literacy, STEM, youth employment, environmental education, sports and arts – they work together to make complementary funding decisions with the goal of supporting a diverse set of high-quality summer programs to reduce summer learning loss and ensure more youth have the chance to reach their full potential.
 
“We believe access to summer enrichment opportunities plays a critical role in preparing students for future careers,” said Carrie Stockwell, Senior Manager of Corporate Relations at Constellation. “As a member of Baltimore’s business community, we joined the Collaborative in 2019 to enhance the education investments we are making across the city. It is exciting to be part of a larger collaborative strategy to provide Baltimore City’s youth with greater access to high-quality summer programs.”

The following organizations will receive funding from the Summer Funding Collaborative:

  • 10:12 Sports Inc.
  • A Revolutionary Summer
  • Access Art, Inc.
  • Adelante Latina!
  • Afrikan Youth Alchemy
  • Art with a Heart
  • Associated Catholic Charities, Inc.
  • Baltimore City Community College Foundation
  • Baltimore City White Knight Track Club
  • Baltimore Curriculum Project
  • Baltimore Montessori Public Charter School
  • Baltimore SquashWise, Inc.
  • Baltimore STEAM Inc.
  • Baltimore Urban Leadership Foundation
  • Banner Neighborhoods Community Corporation
  • Beat the Streets Baltimore
  • Believe in Music
  • BELL Foundation, Inc.
  • Bon Secours Community Works
  • Boys & Girls Clubs of Metropolitan Baltimore
  • Bridges Baltimore
  • BYKE Collective, Inc.
  • Challenge 2 Change
  • City Neighbors Foundation
  • City Weeds
  • Civic Works
  • Code in the Schools
  • Community Law in Action
  • Curtis Bay Judy Center
  • Dent Education
  • Digital Harbor Foundation
  • Elev8 Baltimore, Inc.
  • Enoch Pratt Free Library
  • From Prison Cells to PhD, Inc.
  • Girl Scouts of Central Maryland, Inc.
  • Greater Baltimore Urban League
  • Hampden Family Center
  • Harlem Lacrosse-Baltimore
  • Intersection of Change, Inc.
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • KEYS Empowers, Inc.
  • Lakeland Judy Center
  • Leaders of Tomorrow Youth Center, Inc.
  • Liberty Elementary School
  • Living Classrooms Foundation
  • Macedonia Life Community Development Corporation
  • Maryland Youth and the Law, Inc.
  • Medical Education Resources Initiative for Teens
  • Middle Grades Partnership
  • Mindful Mentors Inc.
  • MOMCares
  • National Aquarium, Inc.
  • National Inventors Hall of Fame
  • New Lens
  • NEWfit
  • Next One Up
  • Open Works
  • Parks & People Foundation
  • Patterson Park Public Charter School, Inc.
  • POP Inc.
  • Project Pneuma
  • Safe Alternative Foundation for Education, Inc.
  • Sisters Circle
  • Soccer Without Borders
  • Springboard Collaborative
  • St. Francis Neighborhood Center Corporation
  • St. Vincent de Paul of Baltimore
  • The Arc Baltimore
  • The Baltimore Youth Alliance, Inc.
  • The Downtown Sailing Center
  • The Institute for Integrative Health
  • The Intersection, Inc.
  • Unified Efforts, Inc.
  • Village Learning Place
  • Wide Angle Youth Media
  • Women in Transition, Inc.
  • Y in Central Maryland
  • You Make A Difference STEMMA Corporation
  • Young Audiences of Maryland
  • Youth As Resources

​Baltimore’s Promise and Family League of Baltimore support the administrative work of the Collaborative.

This is the fifth year of summer youth funding provided by the Collaborative. Last summer, the Collaborative provided over $3.1 million in funding to 84 organizations throughout Baltimore City and served more than 7,500 students.
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The 2019 Baltimore Summer Funding Collaborative Application is Open!

1/7/2019

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For the fifth year in a row, 13 funders have committed over $3 million to support high-quality summer programs that serve youth from families with low incomes in Baltimore City. The application period runs from today, January 7 to Friday, February 1, 2019.

Does this sound like a good fit for your summer program? Learn more about the application requirements and apply for funding at bmoresfc.org

Pre-Proposal Conferences
Potential applicants are encouraged to attend an optional pre-proposal conference to ask questions about the RFP and its requirements:

  • Tuesday, January 15, 2019, 6 - 7:30 PM at the Enoch Pratt Southeast Anchor Branch Library
  • Wednesday, January 16, 2019, 6- 7:30 PM in NW Baltimore (Location TBD)
  • Thursday, January 17, 2019, 10:30 AM - 12 Noon at Family League of Baltimore
No registration is required to attend the pre-proposal conferences. Visit bmoresfc.org for more details.
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    The Baltimore Summer Funding Collaborative is a partnership between public, private and nonprofit organizations that supports high-quality summer programs that serve youth from low-income families in Baltimore City. 

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