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Initiatives for Effecting Systemic Change

The Foundation's efforts are mostly focused in Baltimore City, which, though making considerable progress, continues to be burdened with far too many problems associated with a high concentration of urban poverty. Accordingly, the Foundation designates a significant portion of its resources to fund initiatives in this sphere of concern; in particular, initiatives that may lie outside of the community's institutional needs but which identify and address them in new and even unorthodox ways.
Project Early ID was launched in 2005 with three-year funding from the Abell Foundation.  With the goal of solidifying literacy skills in early childhood students, the pilot program  aimed to prevent reading difficulties (and referrals to special education)….
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We remain committed to being an agent of change, working creatively to define issues, providing a forum to exchange ideas about issues, and taking our place in the community's efforts to improve and enrich the quality of life in Maryland, specifically in the Baltimore area.

The following are the Foundation's seven program areas:


Education
Support for programs that encourage higher levels of student achievement through recruitment and development of quality teachers and principals, and that enhance curricula, create new charter and innovative schools, increase parental involvement, and encourage the pursuit of higher education among the less affluent.

Health & Human Services
Support for programs designed to reach the underserved, disadvantaged, and at-risk populations to help them achieve fuller and more meaningful participation in the community, and to promote physical and mental health well being.

Criminal Justice and Addictions
Support for programs and initiatives that increase public safety and reduce recidivism with a special emphasis on transitional services for returning ex-offenders which promote successful community reentry and decrease the likelihood of re-incarceration. Support for programs that increase the availability and effectiveness of substance abuse treatment for uninsured and underserved individuals within Baltimore City.

Workforce Development
Support for programs that help low-income, unemployed and underemployed job seekers find and keep jobs that pay family-sustaining wages.

Designed to assist the uninsured and those on Medical assistance to access health care services, Project HEALTH recruits volunteer college
college students to work with patients to connect them with services to meet
their non-health care needs, while medical professionals focus on the
patients’ medical needs.
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Community Development
Support for programs that seek to expand the business and job base of Baltimore City, enhance downtown and neighborhoods through preservation and reinvestment, and to increase the city's tax base.

Arts & Culture
Support for organizations that are committed to building a diverse base of support and conducting strong outreach and educational programs.

Conservation & Environment
Support for programs that seek to preserve Maryland's ecologically significant and endangered natural resources and to advocate for clean air and water.

We invite you to click on the links and explore the above initiatives in greater depth. Learn more about Abell-funded programs by visiting Publications/Research, where you'll find articles and reports about our areas of interest. For information regarding our funding criteria and application process, please visit Grantmaking.