Programs
U.S. Programs

Grantees

Grantees

The Open Society Foundations U.S. Programs aims to address core threats to open society, including increasingly punitive national security policies, decreasing government transparency, entrenched structural racism, and growing incarceration rates.

  • Advocates for Children and Youth, Inc. 2012

    A grant to promote statewide school discipline reform and ensure that all of Baltimore’s children have access to high quality education and school facilities.

  • American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Maryland, Inc. 2012

    A grant to secure adequate state and city funding for public schools in Baltimore City, and to ensure through education and advocacy that management and funding reform translate into better schools for Baltimore’s children.

  • Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers 2012

    A grant to facilitate monthly programs that provide learning opportunities for ABAG members and allow members to share educational grant-making experiences with others.

  • Baltimore Urban Debate League, Inc. 2012

    A grant to engage in youth-led advocacy efforts to improve secondary school attendance by assessing peer attitudes and practices and establishing school-specific interventions.

  • Community Conferencing Center, Inc. 2012

    A grant to provide community conferencing services as an alternative to youth arrests by Baltimore City police and community conferencing and Daily Rap training and support to Baltimore City school staff.

  • Family League of Baltimore City, Inc. 2012

    A grant to provide support for the Expanded Summer Reading Camp, designed to help Baltimore City Public School students in grades 1 through 3 read at or above grade level.

  • Fund for Educational Excellence 2012

    A grant to plan and support the launch of four new Accelerated Pathway Initiative schools.

  • Fund for Educational Excellence 2012

    A grant to support a full-time Attendance Communications Coordinator and the expansion of the “Every Day Counts” marketing campaign to advance City Schools’ efforts to boost attendance district-wide.

  • Fund for Educational Excellence 2012

    A grant to support a full-time Attendance Communications Coordinator and the expansion of the “Every Day Counts” marketing campaign to advance City Schools’ efforts to boost attendance district-wide.

  • GLSEN Inc. 2012

    A grant to help create safe and supportive environments in Baltimore City middle schools for students who are gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, trans-gendered, or questioning their gender or sexual identity.

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