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The Urban Children Foundation is accepting applications for grants now! Organizations applying need to be located in Baltimore City and serve youth in Baltimore City. Applications are due on October 15th in the fall or March 15th in the spring.

Grants are awarded to established organizations that request funding that allows youth to pay fees, provide transportation, secure uniforms, and meet other fiscal or material resource needs associated with sports, music, and other visual and performing arts. The maximum grant amount is $500.

Congratulations to Our Spring 2019 Grantees

The Urban Children Foundation awarded 4 Activity Grants in July. The recipients were Charm City Youth Lacrosse League who sent 5 girls to Johns Hopkins Lacrosse Camp; 10:12 Sports to cover the costs of items such as jerseys and to expand the number of program participants; Leaders of Tomorrow Youth Center, Inc.'s art program to pay for art supplies and transportation costs; and Afiya Baltimore for Afiya Girls Basketball Team to purchase new uniforms.

Congratulations to Our Fall 2018 Grantees

Friends of ABC Park was awarded $1000 toward costs for their cheerleaders to travel to New Jersey to a regional competition and for uniforms. Southeast CDC received $300 to send 60 students in Tench Tilghman Elementary School?s music program to attend the Baltimore School of the Arts? performance of the Nutcracker earlier this month. Patterson Park Public Charter School has been awarded $500 to cover the fee for their girls's lacrosse team to participate in the BeMore Athletic League in the spring. Oldtown Gators Football Team received $360 to cover costs of van rentals for the team to compete in New Jersey for the Pop Warner Football League playoffs.

Earlier in 2018, awards went to Jump4Joy toward travel costs to New York City for a jump rope competition; The Bulldog Basketball School for transportation to and from games; ABC Park Cheer and Dance Teams toward travel for national championship in Florida; Next One Up to transport program participants to and from the program; and Patterson Park Charter's Boy's Basketball Team to cover the fee to participate in their conference.

Congratulations to Charm City Youth Lacrosse League, 901 Arts, Franklintown Community, Bulldog Basketball School - Baltimore, MD, and Jubilee Arts Baltimore for being selected as recipients for our Spring Bi-Annual Grant! The Urban Children Foundation is honored to support the great work of these youth organizations.

The Oldtown Gators Football and Cheer Team traveled to Orlando, Florida, to play in the Pop Warner National Championship at Walt Disney World. The Gators, a football, cheer leading and scholar program based in East Baltimore, traveled to Florida for a week and played for the Championship on Dec. 12th. UCF funding helped defray the costs of lodging and travel for the trip.

UCF recently made a grant to Elevation Chapel AME Church's Basketball Mentoring Program, which integrates mentoring, empowerment events and other activities as a way to provide boys and young men with mentoring, tutoring and other assistance they need to be successful. The UCF grant helped pay for basketballs and uniforms for participants, who range in age from 8 to 25.

On July 3, 2016, UCF hosted its first charity event: The UCF One-Miler. This was the only one-mile, point-to-point course through historic Fort McHenry. Everyone enjoyed the walk/run and the event raised awareness of UCF and the needed funding to continue our programs. A second instance of the UCF One-Miler was held on July 1, 2017 and a third was held on June 30, 2018.

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