Baltimore Summer Funding Collaborative Announces $3.5 Million for Children & Youth Programs2/10/2020 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:
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 Programs4/3/2019 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:
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. 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:
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