Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation

France-Merrick Foundation appoints new executive director

2013-05-07 09:14:00

Amy Michelle Gross has been appointed to replace Robert W. Schaefer as executive director of the France-Merrick Foundation, the Baltimore-based charity announced Tuesday. Schaefer is retiring after 17 years leading the area's fourth largest charitable...

O'Malley chief of staff to lead Goldseker Foundation

2013-04-18 03:47:00

Gov. Martin O'Malley's chief of staff will step down in May to head the Goldseker Foundation in Baltimore, the nonprofit plans to announce today. Matt Gallagher, who has worked with O'Malley for 13 years and ran Baltimore's CitiStat operation, will...

McCabe Avenue housing rehab project gets big financial lift

2013-02-20 13:41:00

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation has awarded Habitat for Humanity of the Chesapeake a $1 million grant to rehab more than 50 dilapidated row houses in three struggling neighborhoods of Baltimore City, including Woodbourne McCabe, where 21...

Hopkins program aims to keep elderly at home

2012-11-24 00:00:00

When an occupational therapist walked through the home of 70-year-old Carol Glover two years ago, she immediately noticed safety hazards. Scatter rugs throughout the single-family home in Ednor Gardens left Glover, who has balance problems, vulnerable to...

Pratt Library expands e-reader loan program system-wide

2012-11-14 15:17:34

A popular program of lending e-readers to patrons of the Enoch Pratt Free Library is expanding to all 22 branches in the system, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake announced Wednesday. A $350,000 grant from the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation will...

Weinberg, city schools celebrate three new libraries

2012-09-12 16:22:06

This time last year, Thomas Johnson Elementary/Middle School librarian Sharon Smith used the only technology she had — a laptop and a projector — to bring color and excitement to her students by shining animated books from the Internet onto...

Armbruster, head of Goldseker Foundation for 34 years, to step down

2012-09-04 21:05:00

Timothy D. Armbruster oversaw $80 million worth of philanthropic investments in Baltimore neighborhoods and projects during more than three decades steering the Goldseker Foundation, but a small one -- for $3,500 -- stands out as one of his favorites....

Charity allows employees to be givers

2012-07-22 12:54:00

A job at the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation comes with a truly unique annual benefit, one that turns employees into grant givers. Its 16 eligible employees will each award a $10,000 grant to the nonprofit of their choice. The staff members will...

Stanley I. Panitz, real estate developer

2012-08-11 13:29:00

Stanley I. Panitz, a former real estate developer whose Bolton Square town house community earned him national recognition, died Monday from complications of Alzheimer's disease at Springwell Senior Living in Mount Washington. The Roland Park resident...

Correction

2012-08-14 00:00:00

An obituary of Stanley I. Panitz in Sunday's editions misstated Shale D. Stiller's position with the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation. He is a former president and trustee, and was succeeded in 2010 by Rachel Garbow Monroe. The Baltimore Sun...

JFX farmers' market starts accepting food stamps, debit

2012-07-08 13:07:00

Tens of thousands of people in Baltimore who use food stamps to buy groceries can now do their shopping at the Baltimore Farmers' Market and Bazaar under the Jones Falls Expressway, thanks to a new token system launched Sunday. Customers who don't have...

$8 million donated for children attending Jewish day schools

2011-12-19 10:20:00

The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore and the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation announced that they will donate $8 million over five years to provide scholarships to children attending Jewish day schools in the Baltimore area. The...

Patricia Modell, left, and her husband Art Modell , right, listen during the dedication ceremony at the SEED School. The school honored two of its most significant donors: Art and Patricia Modell, and the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation .

2011-05-09 00:00:00

Paula Hollinger , left greets Art Modell , right, at the dedication ceremony at the SEED School. The school honored two of its most significant donors: Art and Patricia Modell, and the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation .

2011-05-09 00:00:00

Students at the SEED school walk past their new dormitory building at the dedication ceremony at the SEED School.

2011-05-09 00:00:00