GRANTS MADE -- 2023

1.  The Lillie May Carroll Jackson Charter School (LMCJS)

     A charter school for middle school girls in Baltimore City. The Lillie May Carroll Jackson Charter School is named for the "mother of civil rights" in Baltimore. The school opened in August of 2015. To learn more about LMCJS and its mission, visit the school's website at lilliemay.org.

2.  Samuel Ready Scholarships

    An organization that provides scholarships for deserving girls to attend Baltimore-area independent schools. The Egenton and Roberts Foundations provided grant support for full scholarships for 3 girls to attend Bryn Mawr School, Garrison Forest School, and St. Paul's School for Girls for the 2023-24 school year. To learn more about Samuel Ready Scholarships, Inc. and its mission, visit its website at samuelready.org.

3.  Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women (BLSYW)

    A college preparatory charter school for girls in grades 6 to 12 in Baltimore City. BLSYW is modeled on the highly successful Young Women's Leadership School of East Harlem. To learn more about BLSYW and its mission, visit the school's website at blsyw.org.

4.  Girls Empowerment Mission (GEM)

    A Living Classrooms program that serves at-risk teenage girls from Chesapeake High School and the under-served community of Essex, Maryland. GEM provides mentoring to enable girls to become independent young women who graduate from high school and go on to attend college. To learn more about GEM and its mission, visit its website at GEMmaryland.org.

5.  Sisters Circle (SC)

     A long-term mentoring program supporting at-risk girls in Baltimore City. SC is a comprehensive, relationship-based program designed to mentor girls during their challenging transition to middle school, throughout high school, and into college. To learn more about SC and its mission, visit its website at sisterscircle.org.

6.  Middle Grades Partnership

    A program to provide high quality summer academic and enrichment experiences. Among many goals, it seeks to aid students to halt and reverse summer learning loss. The grant by the Egenton and Roberts Foundations was exclusively for participation by girls from the Lillie May Carroll Jackson Charter School. To learn more about Middle Grades Partnership, visit its website at middlegradespartnership.org.

7.  Additional Grants This Year

  This year the Egenton and Roberts Foundations also provided grants to Ballet After Dark and Ingenuity Project for programs supporting girls.