Highlights of 2004 Grant Awards

Following are brief descriptions of grants the Hoffberger Foundation awarded in fiscal year 2004. This list is provided to inform the community, in general, and especially grant seekers about the Hoffberger Foundation’s current interests. For grant seekers, this list is provided to help you determine the appropriateness of submitting a proposal. Please be sure to consider this information carefully and in conjunction with the Hoffberger Foundation’s Grant Guidelines before submitting a proposal.

American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland         

$100,000 as part of a $500,000 multi-year commitment to support the general operations and museum expansion. AVAM is dedicated to presenting visionary art and related lessons about self-generated creativity to the greater-Baltimore community, students and teachers across Maryland as well as museum-goers from around the country and world.

 

Baltimore Zoo, Baltimore, Maryland

$26,000 (capital) as part of a $100,000 multi-year commitment to support the renovation of the Zoo.

Jerold C. Hoffberger Leadership Development Program of the Elijah Cummings Youth Program in Israel, Baltimore, Maryland
$62,000 (endowment) as part of a $500,000 multi-year commitment to expand the Elijah Cummings Youth Program in Israel to include a year-long program to prepare the students to become individual and community leaders.

Jewish Day School Scholarships, Baltimore, Maryland

$4,000 per school (for a total of $40,000) is awarded to Baltimore area Jewish Day Schools to support scholarships. The schools have met the funding criteria of the Jewish Day School Fund at the Associated .

The League for People with Disabilities, Baltimore, Maryland

$26,000 as part of $50,000 multi-year commitment to support Camp Greentop. The League at Camp Greentop is a residential summer camp program for children and adults with disabilities. Weekend camping experiences are also offered throughout the year.

Maryland Nonprofits, Baltimore, Maryland

$20,800 as part of $60,000 multi-year commitment to support the expansion of the Standards for Excellence ( Standards ) program which is designed to strengthen individual nonprofit organizations and eventually the nonprofit sector as a whole; increase the public's trust in Maryland's nonprofit organizations and assist nonprofit organizations in acting in an ethical way and accountable manner.

Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Maryland

$52,000 as part of $500,000 multi-year endowment pledge that will assist in augmenting MICA’s existing scholarship endowment for the Hoffberger School of Painting. This scholarship endowment is used to provide educational access to qualified minority, economically disadvantaged and international candidates. The mission of the Hoffberger School of Painting at MICA is to, "Provide motivated, talented, promising students with the environment to create art without distraction for two-years. . .under the mentorship of a master artist."  

Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland         

$104,000 as part of a $500,000 multi-year pledge to support the construction of the Breast Center at Mercy Medical Center. The Center will be part of Mercy's Center for Women’s Health and Medicine.  

National Aquarium in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland                                              

$52,000 as part of a $250,000 multi-year capital pledge to support the Aquarium’s capital campaign, Opening Eyes Changing Lives. The campaign is designed to expand facility to house more than two million visitors per year. The capital campaign will also allow for more and better connections between visitors and exhibits as well as enhance and diversify educational opportunities.  

 

Archdiocese of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland

$25,000 (tuition assistance) as part of a $150,000 multi-year commitment to support the

Partners in Excellence initiative that provides low and very low income Baltimore city children with partial scholarships to one of the 19 participating parochial schools.

The Associated, Baltimore, Maryland
$696,800 Annual Campaign contribution from the Hoffberger Family Fund.

 

Thomas More Project, Baltimore, Maryland
$86,666 as part of a $250,000 multi-year commitment to support the establishment of an endowment fund to expand the Beth Shalom Program into the Baltimore Archdiocesan school system. The Beth Shalom Program was initiated at the St. Frances Academy and, with this grant, has been expanded to Cardinal Gibbons High School . The program is designed to undercut anti-Semitism in the African-American community by raising the awareness among African American students of Jewish history and culture and by emphasizing the commonalities of African-American and Jewish experiences.  

 

United Way of Central Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland
$50,000 to support the Community Safety Net initiative. The Community Safety Net Initiative permits the agency to allocate funds equitably, on an annual basis, to more than 100 charities that provide over 200 human service programs in Baltimore City, and the five surrounding counties.

 

Young Audiences of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland
$2,500 (project) underwrites the cost of providing after-school, theater arts workshops at the Towanda Police Athletic League center located in southern Park Heights of Baltimore City.