• Welcome to OSI-Baltimore’s 2016 Impact Report

    In the past, we have published an annual report that primarily listed the grants we made over the previous year and the generous donors who made that work possible. But w…
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  • Social Entrepreneurship

    IMPACT: Re-offending rates for young people who went through the Community Conferencing Center are 60% lower than for those who went through the juvenile justice system –…
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  • Community Fellows

    IMPACT: Fellowship initiatives have offered guidance and support to students and residents in undeserved Baltimore communities, helping them build connections within thei…
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  • Community Voices

    IMPACT: Thanks to months of advocacy by OSI-Baltimore grantees, community voices informed the Department of Justice Consent Decree, and the Baltimore Police Department ha…
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  • Reentry Resources

    IMPACT: More than 150 elderly state prisoners successfully return to communities in and around Baltimore City, paving the way to reduce the prison population further with…
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  • Restorative Practices

    IMPACT: In one local school where OSI helped integrate restorative practices, suspensions have dropped by nearly 80%. “IN THE BEGINNING I COULD NOT UNDERSTAND WHY STUDENT…
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  • Rigorous Education

    IMPACT: Baltimore City students underserved by traditional schools are now graduating high school with an associate degree and heading to college. Established in 2015 wit…
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  • Alternative Approaches

    IMPACT: In just a few short months, Baltimore’s LEAD program has diverted dozens of low-level drug offenders away from the criminal justice system to community services,…
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  • Real Treatment

    IMPACT: More than 1,000 Baltimore City residents have been saved from opioid overdoses since January 2016. Since 2005, OSI-Baltimore has worked with the Baltimore City He…
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  • Thank You To All Our Generous Donors

    THANK YOU TO ALL THE GENEROUS DONORS WHO MADE OUR WORK POSSIBLE IN 2016. $1,000,000 Bloomberg Philanthropies $100,000 to $499,999 Ed and Ellen Bernard Eddie C. and C. Syl…
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  • 2016 Revenue & Expense

    *As a part of the Open Society Foundations network, OSI-Baltimore receives in-kind resources to support management functions, including human resources, legal, grants adm…
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