INSTITUTIONAL AND ACADEMIC GRANTS provide funding for specific programs or general operating support for the College. The following grants were awarded to the College between July 1, 2019 and June 30, 2020. For a more complete list of corporate and foundation funders, please see BUSINESSES, FOUNDATIONS AND OTHER GROUPS.

Ausherman Family Foundation – to support the activities of the Frederick Food Security Network

The Arlene Utz Hollinger Foundation – to provide scholarship support

The Boyd Foundation – to provide scholarship support

The Chesapeake Bay Trust – to provide funding for student research

The Capital Group Companies Charitable Foundation – to support the activities of the Frederick Food Security Network

Delaplaine Foundation, Inc. – to support the summer reading clinic and to support the activities of the Frederick Food Security Network

Health Resources and Services Administration – to provide scholarships for disadvantaged students in the graduate counseling program

The Loats Foundation, Inc. – to provide scholarships for students from Frederick County, MD

Maryland Center for Computing Education – to support computer science training for teachers

Maryland State Department of Education – to support a professional development program for teachers

M&T Bank – to provide general operating support

National Science Foundation – to support faculty research on lobsters

Nora Roberts Foundation – to provide support for the learning commons

PNC Foundation – to support Sonia Kovalevsky Math Day to encourage high school girls to continue their study of mathematics

Helen J. Serini Foundation – to support the activities of the Frederick Food Security Network

The George L. Shields Foundation – to provide scholarships for nursing students

G. Frank Thomas Foundation – to support student scholarships

U.S. Department of Agriculture – to support Boxwood Blight research and Catoctin Creek water monitoring