ANNUAL REPORT 2016

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Maryland Humanities Program Activities | November 2015 — October 2016

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Worcester 33 8 80 6 Total 1,602 Total 1,602 THE YEARAT AGLANCE WELCOME Thanks to your tremendous generosity—our supporters, partners, and friends—we are able to offer substantive, impactful impactful substantive, offer to able are friends—we humanities programs throughout Here’s Maryland. asnapshot ofourFiscal and Year 2016(November 2015–October 2016). partners, supporters, generosity—our tremendous your to Thanks MISSION Chair, BoardofDirectors Hon. Stephen J. Sfekas Audience: 880,047 can’t dothisimportant work withoutyou. transform. Thankyou for joiningusonthisjourney—we inherent pleasure andfor theirtremendous power to Baltimore City, we offer thehumanitiesboth fortheir collaborations withlocal partners in every county and ideas openly, andenrichtheircommunities. Through Marylanders to embrace lifelong exchange learning, experiences inthehumanitiesthat inspire all HumanitiescreatesMaryland andsupportseducational Participants: 51,707 Virtual Events: 69 Executive Director Towns: 170 Phoebe Stein Donors: 650 Volunteer Hours (est.): 7,069 Events: 1,602 Video Views: 11,889 2016 Thank you for making somuchimpactpossible for Maryland! ahead. months the in store in have we what at forward glance a day—and per events four than more of average an saw that one 2016— action-packed an at back look this enjoy you’ll hope We bodies government that supportourwork. and organizations, companies, people, the of generosity of the because happen programs educational free offered we that lifelong learning partnershipsopportunities in 170 communities last year. local These through is It work. inspiring our from year each benefit Marylanders million a nearly helping in role a critical play educator, you an or official public a grantee, a or donor a participant, a or partner program a you’re Whether We are sograteful that you’re Humanities. afriendofMaryland Social Media Followers: 10,282 Scholars: 1,532 Volunteers: 775 Value ofVolunteer Hours: $166,546 Youth Participants: Partners: 538 41,660 3 ENGAGING YOUTH MARYLAND Maryland Humanities is devoted to cultivating curiosity and inspiring lifelong learning. Making sure that youthhave opportunities to build critical thinking and writing skills is essential to future success in both college and careers. By giving HISTORY DAY young people a solid foundation in the humanities and nurturing the joy and power of discovery, we prepare them to be Maryland History Day gives middle and high school civically and culturally engaged adults. That’s why some of our most impactful programs serve students and those who students a solid base in critical thinking, research teach them in public, private, parochial, and home schools. and analysis, writing, and public speaking. Working solo or in small groups, students create original documentaries, exhibits, performances, research papers, or websites exploring a tremendous breadth LETTERS ABOUT of historical topics. Students progress through competitions at the school, district, state, and national LITERATURE levels. A national study found History Day participants outperform peers on state assessments in social Letters About Literature fosters a love of reading studies, as well as reading, science, and math. The while honing students’ creative, analytical, and ONE MARYLAND program again experienced its highest participation writing skills. In this national contest, young people level last year among students since its launch, pen personal essays to authors whose work has had ONE BOOK surpassing 27,000 drawn from 22 counties. a profound effect on them. Each spring, Maryland’s One Maryland One Book is a dynamic program for finalists and winners are honored, along with an both youth and adults. With your support, we provide Among the dozens of student competitors who outstanding educator. Among those honored in 2016 thousands of free copies of the chosen book to schools, advanced to the national competition were this group was Level III finalist Angela Estavillo—pictured with libraries, and community partners annually. An estimated of documentarians from Parkside High in Wicomico her proud family—for her letter to Kekla Magoon, 12,000+ students read, analyze, and apply themes County. Pictured with Matt LePore of Wegmans—the VETERANS author of How It Went Down. explored to their own lives. Hundreds of these lucky sponsors of the documentary category—are Adit students get inspired during the statewide author tour, Abraham, Ahmed Ahmed, Sumit Sharma, Benyam ORAL HISTORY like those pictured above Ephrem, and Chris Taylor. from Boonsboro High School. PROJECT Jason Reynolds and Brendan Veterans Oral History Project is an innovative new Kiely, the award-winning program that brings high school history students into co-authors of All American direct contact with veterans of the Vietnam War. Students Boys—the 2016 selection— receive training in oral history techniques and then were extremely popular research, prepare, and record in-person video interviews with teen readers with with veterans discussing their lives and first-person their candid and dynamic experiences with military combat. The oral histories talk. Their novel of how a are then added to the collection of the Maryland State violent encounter between Archives for access by future students and historians. Last an African American youth and a police officer shakes a year marked the program’s launch at Southern High in school, a community, and ultimately the nation resonated Anne Arundel County, connecting 103 students with 34 with urgency and drew praise from students, teachers, veterans, a few of whom are pictured here. parents, and members of law enforcement. 1,811

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17 SCHOOLS COUNTIES STUDENTS 4 5 ENRICHING COMMUNITIES BUILDING Gathering with friends and strangers, classmates and coworkers. Sharing our stories with one another. Examining history to give context to our current moment. Spurring conversations across cultural, economic, and generational divides. Providing COMMUNITY crucial grants for educational and cultural projects. These are just some of the ways in which Maryland Humanities brings Marylanders together to enrich their communities. COALITIONS Launched early in October 2015, the Lower Shore Humanities Network (LSHN) regularly convenes 32 cultural and educational organizations and university departments CHAUTAUQUA to consider, promote, and grow their collective impact in local communities. The Network was created through a partnership between the National Humanities Alliance, Salisbury University, and Maryland Humanities. HISTORICAL FIGURES: 3 With the support of a round of mini-grants from the COUNTIES: 7 National Humanities Alliance Foundation, LSHN members have launched collaborative projects that range from PERFORMANCES: 18 philosophy workshops for elementary school-aged students to a documentary film about the desegregation of local public schools. The LSHN is working to launch an internship program for humanities students within the community. PARTICIPANTS: 2,434 Below, LSHN member Dr. Cristina Cammarano, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Salisbury University, reflects on why Maryland Humanities’ work matters.

PARTNER SPOTLIGHT Cristina Cammarano Salisbury Collaborator since 2015

What would you tell others to inspire them to support Maryland Humanities? Maryland Humanities sustains concrete projects for BOOK specific communities by encouraging collaborations FESTIVALS: among local stakeholders and providing funding. They GRANTS: 3 VETERANS help make an ideal real by promoting local initiatives 691 festivals STANDING that widen the reach of humanities daily and for grant-supported TOGETHER: everyone. The humanities are a place for humankind events 6 oral history workshops to know itself and its worth. It is by reading, for youth discussing, learning about philosophy, poetry, history, art, music, and all the ways in which the human LITERARY MUSEUM race has expressed and understood itself, that we MOUNT VERNON ADDITIONAL ON MAIN STREET: WALKING TOUR: can become better at being who we are. I think PROGRAMS 2 professional 9 tours development everyone—regardless of their age, income bracket, workshops gender, ability, or race—should be granted access to the humanities. This is what Maryland Humanities VETERANS HUMANITIES strives to achieve and why it deserves your support. BOOK GROUP: CONNECTION: 15 discussions 50 LITERATURE & broadcasts Clockwise from top left: Chautauqua, La Plata; Veterans Oral MEDICINE: History Project, Harwood; One Maryland One Book, Baltimore; discussions From top: One Maryland One Book, Baltimore; Grants, Baltimore; Chautauqua, La Plata 9 Veterans Oral History Project, Harwood 6 7 PARTNERS VOLUNTEERS Maryland Humanities is able to serve every corner of the state thanks to our amazing local partners. The following is just a Our volunteers are a vital part of our success. partial list of the hundreds of cultural, education, government, history, and social service organizations that help us bring the Carla Du Pree humanities to your communities. Hundreds of people generously share their time and talent Baltimore with us in a variety of capacities, including: Allegany County Mount Saint Joseph's High School Garrett County Prince George's County Public Schools Volunteer Since 2015 Allegany Arts Council New Lens Garrett College Riverdale Presbyterian Church ▪▪ Evaluating research projects as judges or mentoring Allegany Book Club Oliver Senior Center Garrett County Public Schools St. Ambrose School competitors in workshops for Maryland History Day Allegany College Our Town Theatre St. Mary of the Mills What is your favorite Maryland Allegany County Historical Society St. Casimir The Ruth Enlow Library of Garrett County The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center ▪▪ Identifying outstanding student writers for Letters Humanities experience or memory? Allegany County Library System Strictly Academic University of Maryland About Literature Allegany County Public Schools Harford County My relationship with Maryland Humanities spans well over Aberdeen Senior Center Queen Anne’s County Allegany Museum The Boys' Latin School of Maryland ▪▪ Choosing the annual One Maryland One Book selection ten years. It’s no wonder that it’s difficult to pare it down The Edgewood Senior Center Queen Anne's County Public Schools Falling Branch Brewery Queen Anne's Library System to one experience when there have been so many. It might C&O Canal National Historical Park The Children's Bookstore ▪▪ Bringing history alive as a Literary Mount Vernon The Green Mount School Harford Community College C. Gilchrist Museum of the Arts Somerset County be easier to draw on the most recent ones, such as having F. Brook Whiting House The Ivy Bookshop Harford County Public Library Walking Tour docent Eastern Correctional Institution two historical powerhouses—Isabel Wilkerson and Taylor Frostburg Museum The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Harford County Public Schools Somerset County Library Frostburg University Maryland African American History Hays-Heighe House ▪▪ Identifying worthy humanities projects for funding on Branch—grace the same stage, or the insightful and rich Somerset County Public Schools Gordon-Roberts House & Culture Sacred Heart Homeschool our Grant Committee and meaningful conversations discussing selections for One Veronica "Roni" Chenowith Activity Center Main Street Books The St. Mary’s County Maryland One Book, which continues to give me a new North Branch Correctional Institution Howard County Father Andrew White, S.J. School ▪▪ Ensuring efficient operations and successful pursuit of Thrasher Carriage Museum Walters Art Museum appreciation for the collaborative work Maryland Humanities Brockbridge Correctional Facility Leonard Hall Junior Naval Academy our mission as members of the Board of Directors Western Maryland Heritage Association Wide Angle Youth Media Central Maryland Correctional Facility St. Mary's County Public Library partakes in. Westernport Historical Society Writers in Baltimore Schools Dorsey Run Correctional Facility St. Mary's County Public Schools Last year, an estimated 775 wonderful volunteers donated WYPR 88.1fm Perhaps the most unique encounter was years ago when my Anne Arundel County Howard County Public Schools Talbot County more than 7,000 hours in service to the work of Maryland Jessup Correctional Institution then middle school-aged son participated in Maryland History ABC Book Club Calvert County Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Kittamaqundi Church Humanities, providing nearly $167,000 in essential labor Annapolis Community Foundation Calvert County Public Library Londonderry Book Club Day and engaged in full-blown research of the narrative of Maryland Correctional Facility for Women that helped make many of our programs possible. Anne Arundel County Public Library Calvert County Public Schools Talbot County Free Library Olaudah Equiano, a slave who purchased his freedom and Patuxent Institution Anne Arundel County Public Schools Talbot County Public Schools Caroline County St. Augustine School Spotlighted here are two such volunteers who’ve done went on to work with the British government to abolish the Archbishop Spalding High School Waterfowl Festival AVID Caroline County Public Library The Ellicott City 50+ Center much over the years to ensure our continued growth and slave trade. Equiano’s written work on the horrific conditions Reynolds Tavern Caroline County Public Schools Washington County Kent County effectiveness, Carla Du Pree and Mike Flinton—one of our of the Middle Passage haunted my son enough to stir his St. Anne's School of Annapolis Grace Academy Carroll County Chestertown RiverArts The Key School Maryland Correctional Institution 2016 Volunteers of the Year. passion for history. While it took weeks of preparation, he Carroll County Farm Museum Downtown Chestertown Association Maryland Correctional Training Facility Carroll County Public Library Grand Army of the Republic Post #25 built the equivalent of the space on a slave ship that Equiano Baltimore County Roxbury Institution If you’d like to get involved, opportunities are often posted Carroll County Public Schools Sumner Hall would occupy, down to the measurements of a life-sized Baltimore County Public Library Washington County Free Library Carroll County Youth Services Bureau Greater Chestertown Initiative on our website or announced in our monthly eNewsletter. Baltimore County Public Schools Washington County Public Schools wire body that fit into the narrow space in a wooden box. Gatehouse Museum of History Historical Society of Kent County Baltimore School of Western Maryland Regional Library That project steered him in such a way as to seek out an Independent Learners Integrace Fairhaven Kent County Arts Council Calvert Hall College High School Taneytown Heritage and Kent County Public Library Wicomico County understanding of the Holocaust and the Black Death—the Community College of Baltimore County Museum Association Kent County Public Schools Eastern Shore Regional Library bubonic plague—so much so that he was teaching his peers Union Mills Homestead Foundation Kent County Tourism Development Office Lower Eastern Shore Humanities Network VOLUNTEER SPOTLIGHTS about the perils of slavery. There is nothing like watching a Sultana Education Foundation Salisbury Arts & Lubavitch Home School Umbrella Group Cecil County Notre Dame Preparatory School Town of Chestertown, Offices of Entertainment Committee child spurred to action by being exposed to a challenge and a Cecil College Elkton Station St. Mark School Economic Development and the Mayor Salisbury University Mike Flinton Cecil County Public Library choice. Maryland Humanities provided both. Stevenson University Upper Shore Workforce Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art Minihane's Irish Pub Towson University Investment Board Wicomico County Public Schools Towson University of Maryland, Baltimore County Charles County Washington College Wicomico Public Libraries Volunteer Since 2015 Charles County Public Library Montgomery County Worcester County Baltimore City Charles County Public Schools appreciation of the humanities will enable them to better Arts Every Day Worcester County Library Clark Senior Center Baltimore Book Festival Classic Residences Worcester County Public Schools understand where they come from, where they are, and the Father Andrew White School Why is Maryland Humanities’ work Baltimore Center Stage Gaithersburg Book Festival WYPO 106.9fm Indian Head Senior Center important to you? choices they have to shape tomorrow. Baltimore City Public Schools Germantown Library Book Club Leonard Hall Junior Naval Academy Baltimore Homeschool Community Center Green Acres School Statewide St. Mary's Bryantown Catholic School I've come to appreciate how essential the humanities are Baltimore Museum of Art Hearts & Homes for Youth Maryland Council for Social Studies The College Of Southern Maryland to us all, collectively and individually. The subject envelops Baltimore Museum of Industry Montgomery College Maryland Department of Planning What is your favorite Maryland Humanities experience Maryland Historical Trust Barnard Book Club of Baltimore Dorchester County Montgomery County Historical Society the most fundamental aspects of our being: past, present, or memory? Montgomery County Public Libraries Maryland Public Television Black Mental Health Alliance Dorchester County Public Schools and future. While in recent years much emphasis has been Montgomery County Public Schools Maryland State Arts Council I enjoy coming to know the "behind-the-scenes" aspects of CityLit Project Preservation Green given to the importance of science, technology, engineering, Creative Alliance Olney Theatre Center Maryland State Department of Education any organization I've supported. Though my wife, Pam, and I Frederick County Sandy Springs Friends School Preservation Maryland and math, those fields are intricately woven into the fabric Brunswick Heritage Museum School For Tomorrow attend a variety of Maryland Humanities events throughout Eubie Blake Cultural Center Nationwide of the humanities and, hence, life itself. In the three short Friends School of Baltimore Curious Iguana St. Andrew's Episcopal School the year, our greatest enjoyment comes from Maryland DeVos Institute of Arts Management Frederick Community College years I've been volunteering with Maryland Humanities Prince George’s County Federation of State Humanities Councils History Day. Each student, teacher, school, and volunteer Good Samaritan Hospital Frederick County Public Libraries and the Maryland History Day program, I've witnessed how Academy of Health Science at Library of Congress Teaching Heritage Run Senior Apartments Frederick County Public Schools we've been fortunate to work with has taught us something. Prince George's Community College with Primary Sources Program the staff of the organization creatively introduce, educate, Maryland Historical Society Frederick County Reading Council Each step in planning, resource development, preparation, Annapolis Road Academy National Book Festival Maryland School for the Blind Frederick Homeschoolers and promote humanities to students all across the state. From the Heart Christian School National Endowment for the Humanities publicity, and culmination of the Maryland History Day Maryland State Library for the Blind Maryland School for the Deaf Those young people are our future. An understanding and Montpelier Arts Center National History Day and Physically Handicapped New Midway Woodsboro Elementary activities has added to our appreciation. National Archives National Humanities Alliance Mercy High School Saint John's Catholic Prep Prince George's County Smithsonian Institution Mercy Medical Center WYPF 88.1fm Memorial Library System Traveling Exhibition Service 8 9 GRANTS DONOR SPOTLIGHTS Maryland Humanities supports innovative humanities projects with grants of up to $10,000. During Fiscal Year 2016,we awarded 29 grants totaling $159,041. Recipient organizations were based in six Maryland counties and Baltimore City. Most Consuella Kelly grants were leveraged to secure additional community supporting funds, totaling $471,554. The grants awarded last year Upper Marlboro included 10 grants totaling $49,691 through the Humanities Fund for Baltimore, which supported projects that explored the Donor & Volunteer historical context for and contemporary ramifications of the Baltimore Uprising of 2015. Since 2013

Baltimore County Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute Cecil County What is your favorite Maryland Community College of Baltimore County and Cultural Center Cecil County Public Library Reimagining Baltimore: Creativity, Civic Engagement Our Baltimore Artifacts of Outlander Humanities experience or memory? and Neighborhood Transformation $9,000 $1,000 There are a few that stick out, but if I had to choose I would $1,200 URBAN EXPRESS/Baltimore $5,000 Frederick County have to go with Maryland History Day. It is such a great Towson University Department of Theatre Arts Delaplaine Arts Center event! For me, it exhibits what is SO important about the Maryland Consortium Residency Project Maryland Institute College of Art Art History Timeline humanities: teaching critical thinking and analysis, which $10,000 Laying-by Time: Revisiting the Works of $1,000 William A. Christenberry leads to understanding and compassion for fellow man. James T. Brady Baltimore City $10,000 Prince George's County Through this event AND the arts and humanities more Afrikan Youth Alchemy Accokeek Foundation broadly, students are able to “walk a mile in another’s Ijamsville Documentary Film: Inequity in Housing New Lens Dialogues on Race, Agriculture, and $5,000 Blackonomics: Housing Event Historical Legacy shoes,” to experience and try to understand perspectives Donor Since 2004 $5,000 $9,950 that are different from their own. B&O Railroad Museum The B&O Railroad and the Strike of 1877 Penn North Kids Safe Zone The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center Why is Maryland Humanities’ Our Road to Freedom: “A Child’s Journey $5,000 Black Theatre Symposium work important to you? from the Uprising” $2,500 What would you tell others to inspire them to support Baltimore Museum of Industry $5,000 Maryland Humanities? The humanities provide us Then & Now: Baltimore Neighborhoods University of Maryland Department of Art in the Public Eye Promise Heights, University of Maryland, Baltimore Portraits of Baltimore I would simply encourage others to participate in an event. with the foundation to lead successful, productive, $9,000 School of Social Work $7,750 There are SO many! Maryland Humanities is very good caring lives. At a time when they are receiving Seeds of Promise Book Club at providing a wide variety of programs. There is always diminished emphasis in our schools and community Black Mental Health Alliance for $4,691 University of Maryland Deptartment of English Education and Consultation Democracy Then and Now: Citizenship and something for everyone— AND most of the events are free. conversations, it is particularly important that an Baltimore Rising: Summoning the Village Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African Public Education organization uniquely devoted to celebrating the $8,860 American History and Culture $6,350 All Baltimore Voices: Stories About and special relevance of the humanities be generously Baltimore Center Stage Beyond the Unrest Talbot County supported. Maryland humanities is precisely that $5,000 CS Mobile Unit: Pilot Program – Incubator Phase Tilghman Watermen's Museum organization in Maryland. $5,000 The Tilghman Packing Company: A Documentary University of Baltimore Division of Legal, Ethical, Anna Deavere Smith: The Prison Pipeline Project $9,500 $7,120 and Historical Studies The Uprising in Focus: The Image, Experience, What is your favorite Maryland Humanities and History of Inequality in Baltimore Wicomico County CityLit Project Salisbury University experience or memory? Anniversary of an Uprising with Claudia Rankine $2,920 Inside/Out Philosophy Symposium at Of all the activities my personal favorite is the annual $5,000 Eastern Correctional Institution Wide Angle Youth Media $1,200 Chautauqua series. For an unabashed history buff such City Neighbors Foundation Wide Angle's Youth Photography Traveling Exhibit Does History Still Matter?: A Student Exploration $5,000 as myself, it brings to life impactful historical figures and Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art provides audiences with the ability to not only learn and Documentary The Delmarvalous Festival: An Eastern Shore Writers in Baltimore Schools $1,000 Folklife Festival about them but to also engage in fascinating dialogues Black Words Matter $6,000 $5,000 with their re-enactors after the performances.

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10 11 Catherine & James Reed Kenneth & Carolyn Carlson John W. Huston Joy Saams Joseph T.N. Suarez DONORS Joseph & Patricia Reidy* Art & Joyce Casale* Lois Hybl Lauren Saunders Laura & Stephen Sutton* Kelly Jones Rew Scott E. Casper Michelle Ingrodi Pat Savage Barbara Svoboda Thanks to our generous donors, we are able to keep hundreds of annual program activities free and accessible to all. This list George K. Reynolds, III & Jan Caughlan Lindsay Jacks Jacquelyn M. Scepaniak* Nancy Swenson & Reginald Haley reflects gifts and pledges received between November 1, 2015 and December 31, 2016. Contributors to the annual fund of Jennifer Ward Reynolds Dennis & Joan Clark Susan Jacobsen Michael H. Scepaniak Stuart Tart $1,000 or more are members of our Leadership Circle. Please call (410) 685-4183 to notify us of any errors. Carmel M. Roques Jamieson & Cindy Clem Joanne W. Jesilionis Wayne R. Schaumburg* Brad Taylor Michael Ross Bonny M. 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Stoltz Rosalee & Richard Davison Liz & Larry Curtin Diane & John Baum Sally & Mike Johnston* Gary & Elana Vikan* Rosemarie V. Eicker Stephen Seliger Ruthanne & Kerry Stoltzfus *10 or more years of giving Mary Kay & Tom Finan Rhonda Dallas Howell Baum & Madelyn Siegel Jane A. Josephs Gary & Siyroush Visscher* Stacey A. Elder* Eleanor V. Lewis Joanne Strauss +matching gift Michael & Kathleen Glaser* Angela & Albert Feldstein David & Lynn Baxa Leonard Keifer Dr. Charles Emerson Walker, Paul Eldreth Raymond Lim-Sharpe Deborah & David Stuart ^in-kind gift Gordon M. and Teresa Warfield Merle & David Fishman* Drew Berry Julie & Peter Kelly-Detwiler in Honor of Judy Dobbs Charles & Ann Ellis Roxy Lipsitz Kate Sturiano ~deceased Library of Congress Teaching Cooley Charitable Gift Fund George Washington’s Allyson Black Hon. Robert B. 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Callcott & Thomas Saunders* AB&T Telecom Trudy Gass Yvonne & Robert Medley Lisa & Duncan Keir Dr. Margaret Law Callcott Jason Loewith & Ned Cramer Sistah Joy Alford Rich & Pam Gawrych Annie Mewborn Donor & Volunteer * Silver Consuella Kelly Eleanor & Anthony Carey Brenda Logue & Alan Naylor Fannie E. C. Alston Auni Gelles Dave Millard Ausherman Family Foundation Barry Lanman Thomas & Susan Carlson* Sean & Lynn Looney Thomas Altvater Toba E. Gellman Kamesha Milton Since 2013 Jean Harvey Baker & Judi Moore Latta Centric Business Systems Lawrence Lubetsky Jennifer Andiorio & Dr. John Giovanelli* Julia Misplon Robinson Baker Andrea D. Lewis Myron & Nina Chace Lillian Doherty Matt Hohner Meg & Marc Gold Maria Mondragon * Carl & Jane Belt Rufus Lusk & Jessica Damen Christine Kalke & Rolf Thoresen Amy Macht & George Grose* David H. Armenti Sergio Golombek Nickels Family Why is Maryland Marc & Leonor Blum Carol Macht & Sheldon Lerman George Ciscle & Esther Mackintosh Judith Armold* Robert Greene Norma O’Connell Brown Advisory Edythe Manza Richard Cleaver* Mason & Carter Dr. Karen L. Arnold Greg Grenier Gloria L. Paar Humanities’ work important to you? * Chapin Davis Foundation Maryland Commission on African Mary C. Clawsey* Tali Stopak-Mathis & Christopher Baldwin Richard Griffith Katherine Parmalee Chesapeake Employers’ American History & Culture Paula Cleggett Robert Mathis* Jessica N. Baldwin Betty & Bob Gunther Julie Pascu Growing up as an immigrant in a small New Insurance Company Maryland Council for Norma & Joel Cohen Mara Mayor David & Saundra Barrett Gary & Anita A. Guy* Hon. Carol S. Petzold England town, books and plays were my Elizabeth & Peter Cromwell Social Studies Judy Cooper Mr. & Mrs. Douglas P. McElrath* Bill Barry & Joan Jacobson* Lois Hamilton Fred Pincus & Natalie Sokoloff Eleanor & Cornelius Darcy* Maryland Historical Society Lynn Cripps Mem Sahib Indian Cuisine Pamela & Barry Bass Lesley Harris Hon. Paul G. Pinsky & window to a bigger world that I yearned to Judy Dobbs & Bob Condlin* Hon. Albert J. Matricciani, Jr. Eddie A. Crosby Donald G. Metzger Sean Beattie Barbara Haupt & David Levy Dr. Joan Rothgeb explore. Maryland Humanities offers meaningful Marilyn & Stanley Gabor* Tom & Cindi Monahan Marie Walsh Dean Arthur Milholland Lelia M. Benjamin Lisa Hayes Arnold & Ann Platou Hewlett Packard Enterprise+ George A. Murnaghan* David & Thelma Driskell Kim Berney & Jerry Dresner programs that provide that same window to Cynthia Raposo & Susan Millard Mr. & Mrs. Neal Haynie* Preston G. & Nancy M. Richard H. Hughes National Capitol Commandery, Carolyn H. Dryden Betty Best adults and youth across Maryland, using the Joseph Furey Carol & Thomas Moran Mr. & Mrs. Dean R. Hearn Athey Fund* Louise LeTendre Naval Order of the Paula & Larry Dubé Isidro Morell Melendez Daniel Blitzer Keith J. Henry Trudy Quaif humanities to open minds, inspire learning, George A. Roche Earl & Darielle Linehan Linda Hambleton Panitz Louis B. Thalheimer & Sharon & Joe Nathanson Cynthia Bogner George F. Hergenhahn, Jr. Quittman Family Marty & Julie Madden* Margery & Frank Patten Juliet A. Eurich National Council on John & Bonnie Boland* Jonathan Herndon Virginia & Arthur Rabenhorst and embrace differences. I have witnessed Tiffany McGhee Peace Study Center Mimi & Allan Fallow Public History Robert Borochoff* Andrew Hinz Josyula Ramachandra Rao the impact first-hand with family and friends Kathleen Mitchell & Matthew J. Power Antonia Fasanelli Katharine Patterson Elaine Breslaw Courtney Hobson Jonas R. Rappeport Dennis Bigley Henry & Dot Rosenberg Carol & Dale Flowers Jennifer Cover Payne Kari Brocato Kelly Hodge-Williams Elaine & Jerry Reynolds who have participated in Maryland Humanities William G. Baker, Jr. Montgomery College Hon. Paul Sarbanes* Douglas & Ann Foard Hon. Anne S. Perkins Charlotte Brooks Rico Hodgkinson Kitty & Glenn Roberts programs and attended their events. Memorial Fund National Cryptologic Museum Marie & Charlie Schaub* Donna Folkemer Amy Plummer & Kenneth D. Bruce Brown Ronald Hoffman* Jane Baum Rodbell & Foundation Davis Sherman & John & Berthe Ford Hoffman*, in Honor of Bob & Annie Brown Robert & Joann Holden Stanley F. Rodbell ^ Dr. & Mrs. Lawrence C. Pakula Anita Gilman Sherman Kim & Jim Fortney Ron & Marti Brown Judy Dobbs Michael & Debbie Holt Sara Romeyn Cynthia Raposo and husband Joseph Furey Stuart Parnes & Kimberly Shorter Michael S. Franch Katherine Poore John & Cynthia Burkert 88.1 FM YOUR NPR NEWS STATION Molly C. Horne Ellen & Robert Rosen Sue Ellen Thompson Judith & Turner Smith* Ms. Ruth L. Frey* Mr. & Mrs. Garrett Power Robyn Busch Craig Howell Heather Rosenbloom Steven G. Ziger & Prince George’s Arts & Rosie & Jim Smith Bernice A. Friedland Irena Prifti-Stewart Marlene S. Butler Susanne M. Humphrey* Beth & Jack Rosenthal James Arrington Snead* Humanities Council Randall L. Snyder Tucker & Anne Cantler Fulwiler Edith Pulscak Susan Cargill-Collura 12 13 WHO WE ARE REVENUES LOOKING AHEAD Total $1,539,106 Staff Now that you’ve had a look at some of the highlights of 2016, please enjoy this overview of some exciting new developments Contributed: State of Maryland Dr. Phoebe Stein Grace Leatherman $306,836 for this year. Executive Director Maryland History Day 20% Outreach Coordinator Judy D. Dobbs Contributed: Other Federal Contributed: Program Officer Andrea Lewis $101,129 National Public Television. These online tools for teachers and Program Officer 6% Endowment for the students—including those with learning disabilities or Marilyn Hatza Other Income & Interest who are ESL students—will be available this fall on MPT’s Program Officer Susan Millard $26,270 Humanities Office Manager 2% $797,640 Thinkport.org. Aaron Heinsman 52% Contributed: Through this grant we’ll also be offering two in-depth, Director of Development Ann Morgan Private & Special Events Maryland History Day $307,231 week-long summer institutes for educators who want Susie Hinz Outreach Assistant 20% professional development in primary sources and project- Development & based learning. Offered in Salisbury and College Park for Communications Assistant Jessica Wichmann Change in Net Assets ($2,051) Communications Officer K–12 teachers, the trainings are free and will provide three Courtney Hobson MSDE credits upon completion. Program Assistant Theresa Worden EXPENSES Program Coordinator Pictured: Bridging the Divide, Baltimore In addition to these new activities, we hope you’ll also join Total $1,541,157 Jim Kitterman us for our regular program activities, a few of which are Fiscal Officer Grants to Organizations Bridging the Divide highlighted below. Program Services $310,376 In conjunction with The Baltimore Sun’s four-part, in-depth $810,946 20% • This year’s Chautauqua will observe the centennial Board of Directors 53% series examining segregation in Maryland schools published Management throughout the month of March, Maryland Humanities of the United States’ entry into World War I with Voices from the Great War The Honorable Stephen J. Sfekas Elizabeth Cromwell $171,433 partnered with The Sun, Loyola University Maryland’s Office , featuring portrayals of Chair Frederick 11% of Academic Affairs, and its Center for Innovation in Urban President Woodrow Wilson, General John Pershing, Baltimore and W.E.B. Du Bois. Rhonda Dallas* Fundraising Education for a community conversation on March th29 . Elizabeth Cannon Oxon Hill $257,402 Vice Chair 16% This engaging forum included a panel of education scholars, • The Way We Worked, our current Museum on Main Frederick Albert Feldstein activists, and leaders that had the nearly 300 attendees rapt Street exhibit presented in partnership with the La Vale Smithsonian Institution, continues its tour across Dr. Silvia B. Golombek Statements of Financial Position: FY14 and eager to participate in a Q&A session. If you weren’t Secretary and Program Committee Dr. Mary Kay Finan able to attend, watch the archived live stream on The Sun’s Maryland. Future stops include the Carroll County Chair Cumberland Assets Facebook page. Farm Museum, Brunswick Heritage Museum, and Lutherville Salisbury University Art Galleries. Dr. Michael S. Glaser Cash $ 545,811 Humanities and the Legacy of Race and Ethnicity Cynthia Raposo St. Mary’s City Receivables $ 153,832 Treasurer in the United States • This year’s One Maryland One Book selection is Silver Spring Prepaid Expenses $ 19,120 Purple Hibiscus, the debut novel of noted author, Mary Hastler* Building upon last year’s special grant fund for Baltimore- Bel Air feminist, and MacArthur “genius” Chimamanda Property & Equipment $ 185,239 based nonprofits examining the historical contexts leading The Honorable Ronald “Pete” Ngozie Adichie, published in 2003. Hundreds of Lesher, Jr.* Security Deposits $ 2,500 to the Baltimore Uprising of 2015, we recently offered a Lisa Jablonover, J.D. programs will take place this fall across Maryland, Government Liaison Clarksville Total $ 906,502 special competitive funding opportunity for any organization Easton including the author tour. Tiffany McGhee statewide who wanted to explore the legacy of race and Jim Cornelsen ethnicity in America from a humanities perspective. Owings Mills Liabilities and Fund Balances We hope you are as excited as we are for what’s to come Finance Committee Chair Supported through a special grant from the National La Plata this year. We look forward to seeing you at many of these Sally Miller Liabilities Endowment for the Humanities, we awarded five grants Cumberland events and others in future. Your support makes all this Dr. Maarten L. Pereboom Accounts Payable & Accrued Expenses $ 85,924 of $3,000 to four Baltimore-focused projects and one in possible; thank you! Grant Committee Chair Dr. Adrianne Noe Refundable Advances $ 10,500 Cambridge. Full details on awardees and their projects can Salisbury Silver Spring be found on our website. All public events supported by Regrants Payable $ 11,405 Thomas B. Riford Dr. Nancy E. Rogers these grants will be listed on our online events calendar at Development & Communications Dickerson Subtotal $ 107,829 mdhumanities.org/events. Committee Chair Fund Balances Williamsport Keith Stone Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Baltimore Net Assets - Unrestricted $ 723,093 Dr. Lindsay J. Thompson Sources Program: Online Resources and Net Assets - Temporarily Restricted $ 75,580 Governance Committee Chair David Wise Summer Teacher Institutes Baltimore Subtotal $ 798,673 Baltimore Last fall, Maryland Humanities was chosen to be a Library of Allyson Black Dr. Joseph S. Wood Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Program Partner, Odenton Baltimore Total $ 906,502 one of two of the 22 organizations chosen via a competitive grant process that is not a college or university. 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