All of Your Donations Fund The Environmental Justice Journalism Initiative

This foundation, based in Annapolis and San Francisco, has contributed millions of dollars to worthy Chesapeake Bay causes. EJJI is grateful for their support of diverse organizations like ours and their deep concern for the people and resources of the Chesapeake Bay.

EJJI is grateful to the Chesapeake Bay Trust for support in launching its initial year of operation. 

For over six decades, the France-Merrick Foundation has devoted its primary efforts to supporting the people, sectors and organizations that make up the diverse communities of the Baltimore region. 

With their support, EJJI is able to start development of a site along the banks of the Middle Branch of the Patapsco river, in Baltimore City.  The site will have educational space and research facilities for the communities of South Baltimore and our partners in academia.

South Baltimore Gateway Partnership (SBGP) formed to guide the use of funds from Local Impact Grants delegated to the improvement of neighborhoods in South Baltimore. They oversee community grants, enhanced services, and transformational projects that focus on environmental sustainability, health and wellness, and community development and revitalization. 

West Baltimore Renaissance Foundation, Inc. (WBRF) formed when LifeBridge Health, Inc. (LifeBridge Health) expanded into West Baltimore with its acquisition of Bon Secours Hospital Baltimore, Inc., now called Grace Medical Center, Inc., in 2019. Under an arrangement between LifeBridge Health and the State of Maryland, LifeBridge Health committed to invest, through WBRF, in key community needs