The Baltimore Summer Funding Collaborative (SFC) is seeking applications from innovative, holistic summer programs that offer free programming to city youth ages 0-24.
The SFC anticipates providing more than $4.2 million in grants in 2026, enabling hundreds more children to access high-quality opportunities this summer despite a challenging funding climate.
Read MoreCareerBound recently brought together nearly 100 representatives from 40 local employers interested in partnering to create paths to economic advancement for young people in Baltimore City. The exciting event highlighted the employers’ strong commitment to work with CareerBound to ensure all of Baltimore’s young people get the training and support they need to find work in growing job sectors and start family-supporting careers right here in Baltimore.
Read MoreThanks to new funding, the Baltimore Summer Funding Collaborative has awarded an additional $2 million to support 32 more youth summer programs—selected with input from over 150 community members, including young people—bringing the total to 75 funded programs for 2025.
Read More“Now, more than ever, we need to prioritize data-driven decision-making,” said James Sadler, Director of Research for Baltimore’s Promise. “Young people need resources. This data tells us what they need and how to prioritize it…”
Read MoreThe Baltimore Summer Funding Collaborative is pleased to announce the awarding of nearly $2.5 million in grants to 46 summer programs. But a large funding gap remains, signaling a systemic challenge.
Read MorePublic and private organizations came together on Dec. 12, 2024, to begin planning for a summer 2025 where all children in Baltimore can thrive.
Read MoreBaltimore’s Promise has received a $3.6 million investment from StriveTogether for a plan to put more than 31,000 additional Baltimore youth on a path to economic mobility by 2030.
Read MoreCareerBound, an ambitious occupational skills and career initiative, launched on May 15 at a festive, thought-provoking, and emotionally moving event.
Read MoreThe Baltimore’s Promise Youth Data Scorecard provides an in-depth look at critical indicators of how local youth are doing from cradle to career. So, what does it tell us about young people in Baltimore today?
Read MoreRead our 2023 Report to the Community about our progress in our collective efforts to support young people across Baltimore.
Read MoreLearn about a months-long effort to understand exactly how public and private investments support Baltimore City youth ages 14-24, and how those funds align with the needs and priorities of that age group.
Read MoreBaltimore’s Promise’s commitment to equity extends into how we think about the hiring and retention process, which focuses on the human behind the role.
Read MoreChief Program Officer Cathy Pitchford’s own winding search for a career forms the basis of her longstanding commitment to workforce development, helping guide youth and inform change at the systems level.
Read MoreEvery year, StriveTogether brings together local and national leaders focused on the hard work of “breaking down barriers and changing systems” to ensure that every child can thrive. At this year’s event, Baltimore’s Promise was proud to accept the Nancy Zimpher Courage in Leadership Award.
Read MoreShoshana Davidoff-Gore with the Summer Funding Collaborative recently spoke with Mike Gimbel on Straight Talk about the work the Collaborative and Baltimore's Promise are doing to increase summer opportunities for Baltimore youth.
Read MoreWYPR interview with CEO Julia Baez about Field Trip Fridays, an initiative allowing students to visit city attractions for free.
Read MoreWhen James Sadler, director of research and analytics at Baltimore’s Promise, thinks about the organization’s deepening focus on older youth, he describes it as a natural, data-driven extension of a constant, driving mission.
Read MoreIn 2017, the Board of Baltimore’s Promise affirmed a Race Equity and Inclusion (REI) Statement that commits the organization to “a rigorous and sustained focus on eliminating systemic and institutional race-based barriers to opportunity … from cradle to career.”
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