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Guidance for 2025

The foundation staff and Board are evaluating how to respond to emergency human services needs in the community resulting from changes in federal policy and existing and potential cuts in federal and state funding.

Due to the external environment and our budget for the year, we anticipate that, in 2025, we will approve fewer grant applications from new applicants within the foundation’s priority areas and will not renew as many grants to current applicants as formerly anticipated.

As a result, we have modified our grant application process for this year. Instead of inviting unsolicited Letters of Inquiry, we are asking that applicants reach out by telephone or e-mail to request a conversation with the Foundation’s Executive Director before submitting a Letter of Inquiry.

Highlights from 2024

Some of the grants made by The Richman Foundation and the Richman Family Foundation in 2024 were to the following organizations —

  • Johns Hopkins School of Nursing (to support a study to evaluate the effectiveness of a novel approach for delivery of the Chicago Parent Program to improve the mental health of children enrolled in Head Start programs in Baltimore);
  • Improving Education (to expand the All Children Ready early childhood education program to serve more Head Start educators and students during the 2024-25 school year);
  • ParentChild+ (to provide general operating support to expand this evidence-based home visiting program in Baltimore);
  • Bridges Baltimore (to provide general operating and expansion support to this program dedicated to investing in the success of participating Baltimore City youth from Title I schools and building a more inclusive and equitable society);
  • Dream BIG (to support social and emotional learning professional development for the teachers and staff at the Cherry Hill Elementary and Middle School and Arundel Elementary School in the Cherry Hill Neighborhood of South Baltimore);
  • PIVOT (to support on-site child care and mental health services for women in this gender-informed women’s reentry program);
  • Roca Baltimore (to support this program working to disrupt violence by engaging young people, police, and systems to heal trauma, find hope, and drive change);
  • American Jewish World Services (to support the operations of this organization working to realize human rights and end poverty in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean); and
  • NAMI Metro Baltimore (to expand  programming for youth and young adults who are at increased risk for mental health conditions through an evidence-based program called Ending the Silence and the organization’s college campaign called #IWILLLISTEN).

    Photo Credit: Loyola School

    Children in a classroom at the table next to their teachersPhoto Credit: The Loyola School

    “Thanks to a gift from the Richman Family Foundation, The Loyola School was able to integrate digital learning with traditional classroom instruction using iPads and Chromebooks, adaptive software, Lexia Reading, and Dreambox Math. These essential tools in our blended learning program help us support student academic learning and accelerate recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.”

    — Rev. William J. Watters, S.J., President, The Loyola School
    Rudi Zelman, Regional Director quotePhoto Credit: The Literacy Lab

    “The support we received from The Richman Foundation directly enabled us to expand our services to reach more Baltimore City students and school communities. Because of their support, over one hundred additional students across four school sites were able to receive individualized, high-dosage tutoring.”

    — Rudi Zelman, Regional Director, The Literacy Lab
    Marc B. Terrill, President, The Associated: Jewish Federation of BaltimorePhoto Credit: The Associated

    “As supporters of the Associated’s Annual Campaign and other initiatives designed to address the challenges of our time, together, we have brought light and action to the critical issues confronting individuals, families, and those who value civility and kindness. As Rabbi Hillel says in the Ethics of the Fathers, “If I am not for me, who is for me and if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?” The Associated network looks forward to continuing our work with the Richman Foundation as we act when action is required.”

    — Marc B. Terrill, President, The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore

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