The Takoma Foundation is proud to announce thirteen new additions for the Spring 2018 portfolio. Our grantees presented compelling ideas that will reach a wide variety of Takoma Park citizens, from youth to seniors, from long time residents to recent immigrants. We believe that these programs have the power to affect lives locally and create positive change for our friends and neighbors. Together, we are promoting social justice, visual arts, academic enrichment and athletics. We are combating illiteracy, hunger, apathy and disunity. Please read more about our cutting edge portfolio!
Project Grant
Funds that are intended to support a specific program, initiative, or other effort an organization runs or sponsors.
Arts on the Block
Project Name FiSH STiCKS
A community-based art project in which people in the New Hampshire Gardens area will be presented with a hands-on art project.
CHEER
Project Name Lunch and Learn
A program that helps school-age youth develop social and emotional learning skills that will improve their abilities to select, manage, and expand their opportunities to serve each other and their communities.
Community Preservation and Development Corporation
Project Name ACE Academy Celebration
The project will bring together all residents and stakeholders of Essex House apartments (Maple Avenue) in a community celebration of the ACE Academy after school program and youth enrichment efforts.
CREATE Arts Center
Project Name smARTkids
A program that will use visual art techniques and art therapy principles to foster increased learning abilities and success in a free after school arts-focused program for at-risk students at Takoma Park Elementary School. Students will benefit from increased confidence, social skills, and problem-solving abilities.
Crittenton Services of Greater Washington
Project Name PEARLS
PEARLS (Parenting, Education and Responsive Life Skills) is a bilingual and bicultural program at Blair High School to support young women who are pregnant or have young children with classes and mentors
Difference Makers
Project Name Project Impact
Mini-projects that will impact Takoma Park Schools and the Takoma Park/Silver Spring community through three tenets of citizenship, scholarship, and leadership. Activities will include an after school tutoring program, a Lego robotics program, and a literacy program.
Docs in Progress
Project Name Screenings at Community Stories Festival
Public programs during Fall 2018 at the Takoma Park Community Center to increase interest and participation in the Community Stories Festival.
Eastern Middle School
Project Name Mosaics
Support the design and creation of a mural at Eastern Middle School. Involving all students in its design and execution, the mural will serve as a model of inclusivity and teamwork.
Gandhi Brigade Youth Media
Project Name Documentary of Conviction Summer
A program where Takoma Park youth produce two short videos on a group-chosen, socially-relevant subject. Students’ digital media and research skills will strengthen and demonstrate how youth voices matter.
Haggai Speaks LLC
Project Name John 21
A summer program that will provide day care, academic enrichment, and meals for Takoma Park youth during the summer months, located at the God Glorified Church of God in Christ on Geneva Avenue.
Maryland Community Baseball, Inc.
Project Name Silver Spring-Takoma Thunderbolts Baseball
A program to sponsor attendance to summer baseball camp for boys and girls who might not otherwise have the means to participate. Efforts will benefit youth teamwork skills and help build community spirit.
Ministries United Silver Spring/Takoma Park, Inc.
MUSST will help counsel Takoma Park renters facing challenges with eviction and utility payments to balance their financial aptitude and awareness, with the goal of improving their circumstances.
One by 1, Inc.
Provides re-entry mentoring services to young adults including help finding employment, housing, healthcare, and work on relationships with their children and families. Mentorship begins during incarceration and continues after release to maximize transition opportunities.