Previous Grants
Listed below are BNC's 2009 grants by initiative -- neighborhood revitalization, transit-centered community development, and nonprofit capacity building. Most of the funds awarded in 2009 were implemented by the grantees in 2010.
Neighborhood Revitalization
- Belair-Edison Neighborhoods Inc. -- $30,000
To support neighborhood revitalization work and to preserve community assets through sustainable homeownership and viable local business ownership.
To handle an increased number of foreclosure prevention and mitigation clients not only in Druid Heights, but in neighboring west Baltimore as well.
- Neighborhood Housing Services of Baltimore -- $20,000
To support the expansion of current foreclosure prevention efforts, specifically to defray the costs of housing counselors and to reach out to underserved neighborhoods.
- St. Ambrose Housing Aid Center -- $50,000
To support the efforts of the St. Ambrose Foreclosure Prevention Program in providing housing counseling and legal assistance for borrowers at risk of losing their homes to foreclosure.
- Southeast Community Development Corporation -- $30,000
To support the communities of Southeast Baltimore with initiatives that support the retention of new residents, and to market housing counseling services to existing residents.
Transit-Centered Community Development
- Baltimore Heritage -- $25,000
To hire field staff to promote the use of the rehabilitation tax credit programs in five historic African American neighborhoods around the West Baltimore MARC Station and proposed Red Line
- Central Baltimore Partnership -- $100,000
Towards implementation of a comprehensive community development strategy within Central Baltimore including: 1) promoting transit-oriented development, 2) increasing housing opportunities for different income levels, 3) preventing or mitigating the displacement impact of market-oriented development, and 4) building the capacity and effective participation of community residents.
- Jubilee Baltimore -- $40,000
To support implementation of mixed-income, mixed-use development in Greenmount West and Station North.
To support the West Baltimore Community Harvest (pilot Farmers Market)
Nonprofit Capacity Building
- Place-based training in "Homebuyer Education Methods" by NeighborWorks America -- $12,240
In partnership with the Maryland Housing Counselors Network to build the skills and knowledge of housing counselors.
- Recession Tool Kit workshop and follow-up assistance -- $5000
To help community development nonprofits better manage their finances and program
- Scholarships to National Development Council trainings -- $2800
To train nonprofit community development staff in affordable housing finance
- Scholarships to NeighborWorks Training Institute -- $4200
For nonprofit community development staff to augment their program and management skills
- University of Maryland, Baltimore - Social Work Community Outreach Service - Neighborhood Fellows Program -- $20,000
To support 8 Neighborhood Fellows (graduate level University of Maryland Social Work students) to work in 8 community development organizations in Baltimore City. The Fellows' assignments include coordinating block projects to rebuild connections among residents, strengthening local housing markets, assisting foreclosure prevention efforts, and providing home ownership opportunities to new immigrants.
