About The Foundation

Stimulating a Culture of Creative Problem Solving

Many neighborhoods in Baltimore lack full- service grocery stores, now known as food deserts. Maryland Hunger Solutions, eager to address this lack of access, created a pilot project, the Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) wireless machines to attract Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program recipients at two local farmers’ markets. More

When The Abell Foundation was inaugurated over a half a century ago, Chairman Harry C. Black and the founding board members set an agenda that allocated grants for schools, hospitals, and human service organizations reaching out to the disadvantaged in the Baltimore community and the region. In the past three decades, the Foundation has sharpened its focus to address complex challenges to break through the cycles of urban poverty. Today, the Foundation places the highest priority on creating solutions that are both innovative and will ensure accountability. This is the commitment of The Abell Foundation: to give hope by opening the doors of opportunity to the disenfranchised, knowing that no community can succeed and thrive if those who live on the margins are not included. We invite you to use this website to visit our Publications/Research section where you'll find thought-provoking perspectives on issues affecting the community at large.