Mayor Scott Announces $5 Million to Support 124 Nonprofits During COVID-19

BALTIMORE, MD (Tuesday, December 29, 2020) — Mayor M. Brandon Scott and the Baltimore Civic Fund announced $5 million in grant funding to awardees of the Baltimore Nonprofit Relief Fund. The fund will support 124 nonprofit organizations serving Baltimore residents, who will gain access to critical funding to cover unplanned costs incurred due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“Even while many organizations experienced decreased revenue and unexpected costs as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, our nonprofit community has stepped up to continue serving the residents of Baltimore,” said Mayor Brandon M. Scott. “The Baltimore Nonprofit Relief Fund supports the nonprofit organizations that play a critical role in our neighborhoods and the lives of Baltimoreans.”

Recognizing nonprofits’ quick response to continue and grow crucial services and serve Baltimore residents, Baltimore dedicated $5 million from the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act into the Baltimore Nonprofit Relief Fund.

Administered by the Baltimore Civic Fund, the Nonprofit Relief Fund is a one-time opportunity that supports nonprofit organizations by reimbursing them for unplanned costs incurred since the start of the pandemic in March 2020.

The Baltimore Civic Fund worked in partnership with the City to create an equitable process to ensure that as many non-profits as possible were able to access the funds. Grant funding will cover expenses incurred by nonprofit organizations adapting to continue safe and effective operations during the pandemic, including hosting virtual events and programs, increasing or shifting staffing to meet new demands, and supplying staff and those they serve with personal protective equipment (PPE).

“The Baltimore Nonprofit Relief Fund grants ensures nonprofits are able recoup expenses as we depend on them more than ever to offer important services,” said HyeSook Chung, President of the Baltimore Civic Fund. “Working alongside City leadership, we are so humbled that the Civic Fund could play an important part in providing support for the nonprofit community.”

Grantees of the Nonprofit Relief Fund serve a diverse variety of needs in Baltimore, including human services, health and wellness, youth programs, art and culture, education, religious communities, and environmentalism.

"The grant received from the Baltimore Nonprofit Relief Fund allows Art with a Heart to continue providing a wide range of art programs to our community during this time of great need,"  said Randi Pupkin, Executive Director of Art with a Heart, which received funding to reimburse the cost of assembling of individual art boxes for thousands of students to participate in art classes, among other needs. "We can pursue our work of using visual art to enhance the lives of people in need more tenaciously and without compromise knowing that a considerable portion of the extra expense we have incurred due to COVID-19 has been offset by the grant."

"As we respond to the food insecurity and other needs among our immigrant and refugee neighbors, including many new requests for help every day, we are limited by the resources available to us," said Tiffany Nelms, Executive Director of Asylee Women Enterprise. "With the Baltimore Nonprofit Relief Fund, we are able to say 'yes' during a time where we would otherwise have to make hard decisions about who is most in need and who we are able to help." Asylee Women Enterprise used the Nonprofit Relief Fund to hire additional staff to support an expanded food program and associated case management for families in-need, as well as moving programming online. 

A full list of the 124 Baltimore Nonprofit Relief Fund grantees is below:

Baltimore Nonprofit Relief Fund Grantees

40 West Assistance and Referral Center, Inc.

iCARRe Foundation

4MYCITY INC

Institutes for Behavior Resources, Inc.

Access Art, Inc.

Islamic Leadership Institute of America

Active Social Communities (DBA Volo Kids Foundation)

Itineris

Art with a Heart, Inc.

Jewish Community Services

Associated Catholic Charities

Kennedy Krieger School Programs

Asylee Women Enterprise

Latino Education Advancement Fund

At Jacob's Well Inc

LET'S GO Boys and Girls, Inc.

B&O Railroad Museum

Light of Truth Center, Inc.

Baltimore Adolescent Treatment and Guidance Organization, Inc.

Lillie May Carroll Jackson Charter School

Baltimore Children's Museum, Inc. / Port Discovery

Living Classrooms Foundation

Baltimore Choral Arts Society, Inc.

Mariposa Education

Baltimore Community ToolBank

Maryland Academy of Sciences / Maryland Science Center

Baltimore Curriculum Project

Maryland Center on Economic Policy

Baltimore International Academy Inc

Maryland Consumer Rights Coalition, Inc

Baltimore Jewelry Center

Maryland Humanities

Baltimore Kids Chess League

Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service

Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women

Mentoring Mentors

Baltimore Medical System

Mount Saint Joseph's College, Inc.

Baltimore Montessori Public Charter School

Moveable Feast

Baltimore Office for Promotion & the Arts

My Covenant Place

Belair Edison Neighborhoods, INC.

National Aquarium, Inc.

Bemorecaring, Inc.

NEWFIT

Bnos Yisroel of Baltimore

Nexus-Woodbourne Family Healing

Breath of God Lutheran Church

North East Housing Initiative, Inc.

Central Baltimore Partnership

NorthBay Education, Inc.

Challengers Independent Living

Ohr Chadash Academy

Charm City Care Connection

Organization of Hope

CHARM: Voices of Baltimore Youth

Patterson Park Public Charter School, Inc.

Cherry Hill Development Corporation

Planned Parenthood of Maryland

Chesapeake Bay Outward Bound School

Rabbi Chaim Nachman Kowalsky Ahavas Yisrael Charity Fund Inc.

City of Refuge Baltimore

ReBuild Metro, Inc.

Civic Works, Inc.

Sankofa Children's Museum of African Cultures, Inc.

Creative Alliance, Inc.

Shepherd's Clinic

Creative City Public Charter School Foundation

Southeast Community Development Corporation

Creative Nomads

SPARC Women's Center at Johns Hopkins University

Cristo Rey Jesuit High School

St. Ambrose Housing Aid Center, Inc.

Digital Harbor Foundation

St. Mary's Outreach Center

Downtown Baltimore Child Care, Inc

St. Vincent de Paul of Baltimore, Inc.

Druid Heights Community Development Organization

St. Peter's Adult Learning Center

Echo Resource Development, INC

The Board Room Chess

Eubie Blake National Jazz Institute and Cultural Center

The Community Builders

Everyman Theatre, Incorporated

The Edward A. Myerberg Center

Family Survivor Network Inc.

The Family Tree

Fells Point Main Street Inc

The Literacy Lab

Franciscan Center, Inc.

The Loading Dock. Inc.

Fuel Fund of Maryland

The National Great Blacks In Wax Museum, Inc.

Writers in Baltimore Schools via Fusion Partnerships

The Producers Club of Maryland DBA Maryland Film Festival and SNF Parkway Theatre

Glenwood Life Counseling Center

The Sixth Branch, Inc.

Govans Ecumenical Development Corporation (GEDCO)

TIME Organization

Greater Baltimore Urban League

Tuerk House, Inc.

Green & Healthy Homes Initiative, Inc.

U Empower of Maryland, Inc.

Hampden Family Center

Unique Fabrics Nonprofit

Har Sinai-Oheb Shalom Congregation

United Way of Central Maryland

HARBEL Community Organization

Urban Teachers

Harlem Lacrosse-Baltimore

Waverly Main Street

Harlem Park Community Development Corporation

Wide Angle Youth Media

Helping Orphans Prosper Everywhere, Inc.

Women's Housing Coalition

Helping Up Mission

World Relief Baltimore

HER Resiliency Center

Y in Central Maryland

Holistic Life Foundation

Young Audiences of Maryland, Inc.

Humanim, Inc.

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