The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Inc. 20152014 GrantsGrants forfor MarylandMaryland VolumeVolume 8 3 With total assets of just over $2 billion, The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation is one of the largest private foundations in the United States. Here are a few highlights: The Weinberg Foundation provides approximately $100 The Weinberg Foundation has million in annual grants to nonprofits that provide ■■ direct services to low-income and vulnerable individuals Developed and initiated Together We Care: Making Maryland – by 2020 – the Best Place to Grow Old. and families, primarily in the US and Israel. Grants The ultimate goal of this effort is to provide a “no wrong are focused on meeting basic needs and enhancing door” approach in Maryland to a variety of services an individual’s ability to achieve self-sufficiency with and supports for older adults. To date, the Weinberg Foundation has provided $4.4 million in grants to build emphasis on older adults, the Jewish community, and the framework for this initiative that will create a model our hometown communities of Maryland, Northeastern of comprehensive care allowing more older adults to age Pennsylvania, and Hawaii. with dignity and independence. In the following pages, the Foundation has identified ■■ Launched Baltimore City’s Early Childhood Initiative and selected grants of $50,000 or more that were Better Together, which seek to ensure children enter kindergarten healthy and ready to learn. Since 2011, approved and distributed within Maryland during the the Weinberg Foundation has committed a total of $20 past three years. During that time, the Foundation million to increase access to early childhood education approved nearly 300 grants totaling $102.5 million. in Maryland. Over the next three years, $4.6 million of Of the total funds approved, $64.7 million has been these funds will enable an additional 650 children and 900 families in Baltimore to receive high quality early paid to date. childhood education and family support services by 2017. For more information on The Harry and ■■ Promoted youth literacy by supporting new and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, please visit renovated libraries in Baltimore City Public Schools. The www.hjweinbergfoundation.org. Foundation has committed $10 million to create up to 24 new libraries as part of the Baltimore Elementary and Middle School Library Project. A total of nine Weinberg libraries are already open, as of September 2014, and serving more than 5,000 students. The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Inc. 7 Park Center Court, Owings Mills, Maryland 21117 ■■ Supported Baltimore City’s Journey Home plan with Phone: 410-654-8500 Fax: 410-654-4900 the priority of making homelessness rare and brief. www.hjweinbergfoundation.org The Weinberg Foundation has awarded a grant of $2 The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Inc. 20152014 GrantsGrants forfor MarylandMaryland VolumeVolume 8 3 million to support the renovation of Sarah’s Hope, the largest shelter for homeless families in Baltimore. The renovation will The Maryland Small Grants Program increase the number of beds and includes an on-site early (MSGP) is intended to help smaller childhood education center for children ages birth to three. The Foundation also has awarded a grant of nearly $1.5 million nonprofits more easily and efficiently apply over three years to St. Vincent de Paul to expand rapid re- for funding. Maryland organizations with an housing for homeless families in Baltimore City. annual budget under $3 million a year are ■■ Helped to expand critical services for children with disabilities eligible to apply for an initial grant of up to by awarding an $8 million grant to support the extension $50K for two years ($100K total). Funding of Kennedy Krieger Institute’s existing Weinberg Outpatient Center in Baltimore. As part of its portfolio of 300 active for additional years may be available. In grantees in the disabilities field in the US and Israel, the most cases, it takes only 50 days to go Foundation funds programs that help people with physical, from to sensory, and intellectual disabilities, including autism and those “Our application is enclosed” who struggle with psychiatric difficulties. Of all these grantees, “Your check is in the mail.” Kennedy Krieger serves the largest number of children at the earliest possible age. The MSGP program also includes the Weinberg Foundation hometown ■■ Equipped people to achieve economic self-sufficiency by funding programs that provide the tools to obtain and keep community of Northeastern Pennsylvania. employment and progress on a career track. One example is the Center for Urban Families in Baltimore, which provides employment training through the STRIVE model, and other programs, to low-income individuals so that they may achieve Since its inception in 2007, this stability and economic success. program has provided more ■■ Strengthened our hometowns through grants to umbrella than to hundreds organizations that distribute funds for direct services within $22 million the Foundation’s priority areas. These organizations include of Maryland and Northeastern Associated Black Charities, Associated Catholic Charities, Inc., The ASSOCIATED: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore, Pennsylvania nonprofits. and The United Way of Central Maryland, Inc. Funding to these organizations alone over the past three years has totaled nearly $13 million. C - Capital Project O - General Operating Support P - Program Support M - Maryland Small Grant 2 | Grants for Maryland (FYE 2013-2015) LIST OF SELECTED APPROVED AND PAID GRANTS $50,000 AND LARGER / FY 2013 - 2015 FISCAL YEAR AMOUNT AMOUNT TYPE ORGANIZATION NAME APPROVED APPROVED PAID OF GRANT BASIC HUMAN NEEDS AND HEALTH Access Carroll, Inc. Westminster to support the expansion of clinic space for this safety net primary health 2013 $285,000 $285,000 C care provider Ahavas Yisrael Charity Fund Baltimore to support the general operations of this organization that provides food 2015 $120,000 $0 O packages and rental and utility payment assistance for low-income individuals in the Jewish community to support the food package and voucher program that assists 2013 $100,000 $100,000 P low-income families Allegany Health Right, Inc. Cumberland to support this organization that works to improve the health and quality of life 2014 $50,000 $50,000 M for low-income, uninsured adults Baltimore Outreach Services, Inc. Baltimore to support the general operations of this organization that provides 2015 $100,000 $50,000 O comprehensive services, including shelter, employment, and educational programs for homeless women and their children Bikur Cholim of Baltimore, Inc. Baltimore to support this organization that provides services for low-income patients who 2014 $50,000 $50,000 M are in medical crisis, as well as their families Bon Secours Community Works Baltimore to support the Drop-in Day Shelter and Eviction Prevention program 2015 $60,000 $60,000 M Bridges To Housing Stability, Inc. Columbia to support Bridges Alliance, a program that offers below-market rental housing 2014 $100,000 $100,000 M for low-income workers Capital Area Immigrants’ Rights Coalition Throughout Maryland to support the Maryland Legal Services program that assists more than 300 adult 2014 $50,000 $50,000 M immigrant men and women Chase Brexton Health Services, Inc. Baltimore to support the purchase and renovation of the new flagship site for this Federally 2014 $2,000,000 $1,750,000 C Qualified Health Center that serves uninsured and underinsured individuals Child Center and Adult Services, Inc. Gaithersburg to support the Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies program that provides free home- 2015 $50,000 $25,000 M based mental health therapy for low-income, uninsured pregnant women and new mothers suffering from pre-natal and post-partum depression Community Law Center Baltimore to support the Pro Bono program that provides legal assistance for neighborhoods 2013 $70,000 $70,000 M and nonprofits as they strive to improve community stability, health, safety, and appearance Community of Hope, Inc. Washington, DC (Also serving Maryland) to support construction of this Federally Qualified Health Center’s new Health and 2013 $500,000 $500,000 C Resource Center that will provide medical, dental, and behavioral health care as well as social services for low-income residents Dayspring Programs, Inc. Baltimore to support the general operations of this organization that provides housing and 2015 $120,000 $70,000 O educational services for homeless families with a parent who is in recovery from substance abuse to support the general operations of this organization that serves more than 500 2013 $100,000 $100,000 M children in Head Start and provides housing and supportive services for families with an addicted parent C - Capital Project O - General Operating Support P - Program Support M - Maryland Small Grant Grants for Maryland (FYE 2013-2015) | 3 LIST OF SELECTED APPROVED AND PAID GRANTS $50,000 AND LARGER / FY 2013 - 2015 FISCAL YEAR AMOUNT AMOUNT TYPE ORGANIZATION NAME APPROVED APPROVED PAID OF GRANT BASIC HUMAN NEEDS AND HEALTH (continued) End Hunger In Calvert County, Inc. Huntingtown to support a program that provides culinary and electrical training courses designed 2014 $50,000 $50,000 M to teach individuals job skills with the goal of achieving self-sufficiency Episcopal Housing Corporation Baltimore to support the renovation of the former Nehemiah House into 12 efficiency 2015 $700,000 $200,000 C apartments that will provide permanent, supportive housing for homeless men in the County to support the renovation of an apartment complex that will provide affordable 2014 $560,000 $560,000 C housing for low-income residents, families enrolled in the Family Recovery program, and graduates of select job-training programs to support the Neighbor-to-Neighbor program that will help families avoid 2013 $75,000 $75,000 M eviction, increase income, and gain stability Family Health Centers of Baltimore, Inc. Baltimore to support the renovation of a facility that will function as a full-service community 2014 $330,000 $230,000 C health center Family Recovery Program, Inc.