Program Name: Sista SoulQuest Award Amount: $85,748.25 Project Description: Sista SoulQuest is a culturally informed, inter-generational sister circle program intended to provide safe space for girls of color. The organization holds space to cultivate intergenerational bonds, develop social
Program Name: Youth Empowered Society (YES) – Youth Advocacy, Revolution, and Leadership Award Amount: $230,000 Project Description: The Youth Empowered Society (YES) is an organization that prevents and eliminates youth homelessness through the synergy of youth/peer and ally
Program Name: Girls Rise in Park Heights Award Amount: $209,226.50 Project Description: Girl Scouts of Central Maryland’s (GSCM’s) guiding principles in offering comprehensive, project-based learning opportunities and program design for Girls Rise in Park Heights are: (1) youth
Program Name: City-Wide Teen Girls Expo Summit 2019 Award Amount: $18,500 Program Description: The purpose of the City-Wide Teen Girls Expo Summit is to provide empowerment opportunities to young girls ages nine and up by offering a variety of initiatives which will address the following items:
Program Name: Polos To Ties Mentoring Program Award Amount: $5507 Project Description: The Polos to Ties Mentoring Program is an after-school program that focuses on building self-esteem, social competence, and the avoidance of problem/high-risk behaviors in 3rd through 5th grade male students.
Program Name: Omega Baltimore Foundation, Inc./ Easterwood Recreation Center Award Amount: $285,400 Partner(s): The Joel Gamble Foundation, Inc., RKI SOM Chess Academy, and YouthWorks Project Description: The grant will allow the organization to properly fund facility staffing, implement and
Program Name: Challenge 2 Change Award Amount: $20,000 Project Description: Challenge 2 Change’s mission is to positively impact at-risk youth as they transition from pain to gain. The organization’s purpose is to trigger the targeted youths’ visions and dreams by creating an
Program Name: FLY (Fearlessly Loving Yourself) Award Amount: $20,000 Project Description: Fearlessly Loving Yourself (FLY) is a mentoring program for girls in Baltimore City. FLY is committed to inspiring confidence and personal advancement with the goal of promoting resiliency. The program
Program Name: Inspiring the Communities to Succeed Award Amount: $20,000 Program Description: The Inspiring Communities to Succeed program is based on the latest research on effects of poor eating habits for at risk youth. Funding will allow SIOTA to expand the Communities to Succeed! Program
Program Name: The Initiative Award Amount: $16,333.33 Project Description: The Initiative idea arose from the contentious 2016 presidential election, which emboldened citizens to vocalize their community and political concerns in national demonstrations. Unable to vote, youth made their voices
