France-Merrick Foundation

For 17 years, B'More Clubhouse has been creating a space to help adults living with mental illness thrive and live meaningful and productive lives. Their unique community space will now be accessible to all members, thanks to a new elevator. We’re proud to have supported this project.

“We were pleased to be able to support the renovations, and more importantly, the work Loyola is doing in the community. This grant, and Loyola’s work, leverage intellectual and economic capital of higher education anchor institutions to positively impact their surrounding communities by assisting with strong community engagement, neighborhood revitalization, local hiring, and other economic development partnerships.” - Amy Gross, our president, on our recent grant to Loyola University Maryland.

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Loyola awarded $267,000 in grants to support improvements at location of future community hub Loyola University Maryland has been awarded $267,000 in grants to support capital improvements to a small building on the Loyola-owned property at 5104 York Road in Greater Govans that is home to Loyola’s York Road programming. Loyola was awarded a $167,000 grant from the France-Merrick Foundation...

Baltimore’s Arena Players, Inc. is the longest continuously running African American theater in America. One of our recent grants will support renovations to modernize the theater, helping this historic theater continue serving the community for generations to come.

Read our Spring Newsletter to learn more: https://mailchi.mp/france-merrickfdn/april-2026