Through strategic grant making, the Lockhart Vaughan Foundation seeks to do its part in achieving three ambitious goals for Baltimore, Maryland.
Donor Name: Lockhart Vaughan Foundation
State: Maryland
City: Baltimore
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 10/20/2022
Details:
Goal
- Education: Baltimore children will have access to a quality public education in pre-K through 12th grade. The Foundation has selected certain strategies to help achieve that goal:
- Support childhood literacy in the very earliest years.
- Support efforts that promote school readiness for children 0-3.
- Strengthen reading readiness instruction in pre-K and Kindergarten programs.
- Support programs that challenge motivated students in public schools.
- Promote school choice for students and parents.
- Support the recruitment, training, and mentoring of able instructional leaders for public schools.
- Support cost-effective, school-based after-school programs.
- Support summer learning opportunities. The Foundation makes its grants for summer learning through the Baltimore Summer Funding Collaborative.
- Environment: Baltimore residents will enjoy a greener environment and a cleaner Chesapeake Bay with healthy watersheds. The Foundation has selected certain strategies to help achieve that goal.
- Support greening efforts in Baltimore that are visible to the wider community.
- Support efforts in Baltimore to improve the Chesapeake Bay and its watersheds.
- The Foundation also allocates approximately 15% of the grants budget for preselected organizations that are addressing climate change. That is, the trustees do not accept unsolicited grant applications regarding climate change.
- Community Development: Baltimore will be a city with vibrant neighborhoods. The Foundation has selected certain strategies to help achieve that goal.
- Support community organizations that have a record of attracting financial investments for their neighborhood revitalization efforts.
- Support organizations that provide technical assistance and enhance the capabilities of groups that are working for community development in Baltimore.
Eligibility Criteria
LVF directs their grants to Sec. 501 (C) (3) organizations in Baltimore, Maryland.
For more information, visit LVF.