SFC Resources
Please check the resources on this page to complete your 2021 Summer Funding Collaborative (SFC) application and to enhance your summer program.
Resources to Help You Complete Your Application
Funder-Specific Requirements
If you would like a specific funder to consider your application, you must meet their requirements as listed.
Online application
Submit your proposal through the online application. The SFC will not accept e-mailed or mailed proposals will not be accepted. The deadline for the online application will be announced in early November.
Online Application as a PDF
Use this resource as a reference to plan your application. Do not use this form to submit your application.
Program Guidance
Use this document to help you understand how the SFC categorizes summer programs and reviews them for funding.
SMART Goals Tip Sheet
This tip sheet will help you as you write the Program Narrative section of the application.
Required budget template
You must use this template for your budget. The SFC will not consider your application if you do not include your budget or use another template for your budget.
How the SFC Makes Grant Decisions
Review the flowchart to understand each step of the grant decision-making process.
All questions asked at the info sessions or submitted via e-mail before December 4, 2020 at 12:00 pm are answered in this document.
RFP Info Session Presentation
Application Checklist
Review this handy one pager before you submit your application to make sure you have completed all of the steps.
Local Resources to Enhance Your Summer Program
This directory serves as a reference for organizations seeking and/or offering specific kinds of partnership, professional development, and technical assistance. If you would like to be included in this directory, click here.
BCHD offers a free meal service to any non-profit organization, church, day camp, community group, or city agency that serves children and youth in Baltimore City. Visit the BCHD website to apply to be a Summer Food Service Program site.
The Mayor’s Office of Human Services publishes this online summer program finder. To register your program for the map, please complete the form on the SummerScape website.
A 5-week summer work opportunity for youth ages 14-21 residing in Baltimore City that is run by The Mayor's Office of Employment Development.
Best Practices for Summer Programs
The National Education Association assembled a guide to build essential skills for youth to succeed in today's economy: critical thinking, communication, collaboration, and creativity.
A Multi-Layered Learning experience - STEM research brief from the National Summer Learning Association
Evidence-based tools and guidance for delivering effective programs from the Wallace Foundation.
Research brief on the importance of youth work opportunities during the summer from the National Summer Learning Association.
Helps programs determine a reasonable cost-per-student range for different programs types based on national data.
Inclusion & Special Needs
Professional Development Opportunities
Click here to view current professional development opportunities for summer program providers. This list will be updated throughout the spring and summer.
If you have a PD opportunity that you would like to share, please email shoshana (at) baltimorespromise.org.
If you have a PD opportunity that you would like to share, please email shoshana (at) baltimorespromise.org.
Voices of Carmen: free performance
Dance & Bmore is offering a free virtual performance of Voices of Carmen to local organizations serving youth in July 2021 to summer program providers that did NOT receive SFC funding in 2021.
VOICES OF CARMEN VOC is a Musical adaptation of the opera Carmen set in a High School. The show brings a contemporary spin to an iconic story that's filled with fresh yet familiar renditions from the opera, plus a dozen original songs, from Pop to Rap and R&B. This vibrantly staged and choreographed piece examines escalating conflict among youth with interactive discussions. The production utilizes community dialogue to bring awareness to emotional health and resources to address conflict resolution. VOC partners with Restorative Response Baltimore to provide resources to students and adults on interventions and supports to de-escalate conflicts. For more about the show, visit Danceandbmore.com or the Voices of Carmen Youtube Channel.
If this program (for youth 14 yrs and older) is a good fit for your organization, please contact Lauren Erazo at voicesofcarmen@gmail.com to schedule a date in July for your virtual performance.
VOICES OF CARMEN VOC is a Musical adaptation of the opera Carmen set in a High School. The show brings a contemporary spin to an iconic story that's filled with fresh yet familiar renditions from the opera, plus a dozen original songs, from Pop to Rap and R&B. This vibrantly staged and choreographed piece examines escalating conflict among youth with interactive discussions. The production utilizes community dialogue to bring awareness to emotional health and resources to address conflict resolution. VOC partners with Restorative Response Baltimore to provide resources to students and adults on interventions and supports to de-escalate conflicts. For more about the show, visit Danceandbmore.com or the Voices of Carmen Youtube Channel.
If this program (for youth 14 yrs and older) is a good fit for your organization, please contact Lauren Erazo at voicesofcarmen@gmail.com to schedule a date in July for your virtual performance.
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