The $5.5 million project, led by ReBUILD Metro, will reconfigure 23 existing houses into 10 new, for-sale units. The redesign will reduce crowding and add more parking space. “Obviously, the state is a huge funder on this,” said Sean Closkey, president of ReBUILD Metro. “The Weinberg Foundation, the Goldseker Foundation, the Abell Foundation, Robert W Deutsch Foundation, have made sure we can do the hard work that's needed.”
Read MoreSome donations came at critical moments and literally kept us afloat. Our first big contribution came from the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation in Baltimore, in the fall of 2017, when I had just been blogging for a few months. Jane Brown, the foundation’s executive director, is a former journalist. I was stunned that she had so much faith in us then, and she has been a resolute supporter ever since. Bless you, Jane!
Read MoreRead More“High-speed internet for $20 per month is not just about access,” said Gretchen Legrand, Senior Program Manager for Digital Equity at the Deutsch Foundation. “It’s about creating communities where residents and businesses thrive in a digitally connected ecosystem.”
Lerman is a dance legend, choreographer, performer, writer, educator and speaker. She was named the first Institute Professor at ASU’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts in 2016. A former fellow of the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation, Lerman is currently a fellow at the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy and professor in the School of Music, Dance and Theatre at ASU.
Read MoreCoppin State University is partnering with Open Works, a Baltimore nonprofit, to create a makerspace in West Baltimore that could be a new economic engine for the area. Open Works signed an agreement with the historically Black university to open the makerspace, a facility where people can experiment with manufacturing equipment like 3-D printers or welding gear.
Read MoreEvery investor weighs the balance of risk versus reward and few want to be the first one in on the ground floor, no matter how impactful — or lucrative — the opportunity might be. Impact investing is no different, but, fortunately, the market in Baltimore is proven. The Abell Foundation, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Robert W. Deutsch Foundation and Straus Foundation pioneered the field decades ago, while the Baltimore Community Foundation (BCF) became involved in the past five years and has mobilized a network of co-investors. Together, we are providing patient capital for programs and projects that center residents’ own visions for their community and catalyze complementary, private investment.
Read MoreOn November 10, 2022, the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation hosted a Baltimore Digital Equity Showcase. The event featured grantees from our digital equity portfolio who spoke about the digital equity work they were leading; examples included the development of a technology hub, expanding connectivity to outdoor spaces, renovating technology for maker spaces, and more.
Read MoreFor more than a decade Ebstein has centered her career as an artist, curator, and spacemaker in Baltimore’s art community. She founded and co-directed three artist-run galleries between 2009 and 2021 and has focused her efforts on garnering national attention for artists working in the Baltimore area. Most recently, she served as the Director of Exhibitions and Curator at Goucher College.
Read MoreThe Robert W. Deutsch Foundation is thrilled to announce the twenty-seven participants selected for our third Digital Equity Leadership Lab (DELL) Cohort. DELL is a seven-week program designed for city residents who want to increase their understanding of the internet and strengthen their ability to advocate for fast, affordable, and reliable broadband for all of Baltimore’s neighborhoods.
Read MoreThe Robert W. Deutsch Foundation (RWDF) has teamed with the Central Baltimore Partnership (CBP) to launch The Mac MacLure Spirit of Leadership Award, to recognize and celebrate exemplary community leadership.
Read MoreToday, the Robert W. Deutsch Center is pleased to release, "The Digital Equity Leadership Lab: A Case Study of Community Leadership Development to Promote Digital Equity and Justice.” A paper researched and authored by Dr. Colin Rhinesmith Ph.D, with design by Raquel Castedo, Ph.D. The paper explores the impact of DELL, a program for city residents who want to increase their understanding of the internet and strengthen their ability to advocate for fast, affordable and reliable broadband for all of Baltimore’s neighborhoods.
Read MoreIn 2021, the Foundation launched the Digital Equity Leadership Lab, a foundation-designed-and-led program for city residents who want to increase their understanding of the internet and strengthen their capacity to advocate for fast, affordable and reliable broadband for all of Baltimore’s neighborhoods. To date, over 50 individuals have graduated from this program.
Read MoreThe Robert W. Deutsch Foundation is thrilled to announce the twenty-five participants selected for our second Digital Equity Leadership Lab (DELL) Cohort. DELL is a seven-week program designed for city residents who want to increase their understanding of the internet and strengthen their ability to advocate for fast, affordable and reliable broadband for all of Baltimore’s neighborhoods.
Read MoreEarlier this week, in partnership with RWD grantee, Next Century Cities, we led a Baltimore EBB delegation to the FCC. Although COVID-times meant a “virtual visit” instead of an in-person meeting at the FCC it was still very powerful. In fact, we think it was the first-ever community-based FCC delegation!
Read MoreDELL participants were invited to submit proposals to a Small Projects Fund. This new DELL “mini grants program” was designed to provide an opportunity for the Foundation to support local-level collaboration between and among DELL graduates through projects that are small-scale, and short-term.
Read MoreRecognizing that community based outreach is essential, and that community-based organizations serve as trusted messengers who have the ability to connect eligible individuals in their community, RWD decided to make grants to three organizations who have been active throughout the COVID pandemic, and who have the ability to weave EBB outreach and support into pre existing community programming.
Read MoreThe federal government will soon begin distributing a $50-per-month credit for broadband. It could help close the digital divide for as many as 155K Baltimore City households, senior leaders of the Robert W. Deutsch Foundation write in an op-ed.
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