Fiscal Sponsorship

Since 2003, Fusion provides fiscal sponsorship for emerging, grassroots programs and projects to nuture their development.   We provide financial management, human resources, and other administrative assistance so projects can focus on their mission and goals for social change.

If you are interested in applying to Fusion, please see the Incubation Criteria and Program Application

The following is a list of our current incubation projects and programs

ADEWALE

Adewale Royal Communities Education Program

is a CNA/GNA program developed to assist previously incarcerated persons with gaining the education necessary to pass the mandatory exam for certification as Nursing Assistants, secure a job, and encourage each individual to further their education and career in nursing.

adewaleroyalcommunities@gmail.com   

Baby Be More

Baltimore Development Cooperative

The Baltimore Development Cooperative (BDC) is an artist collective with an interdisciplinary practice that uses the strategies of art, research and activism to critically engage with urban spatial politics. Co-founded in 2007, the group has produced tours, exhibitions, workshops and site-specific projects in public space. The BDC is dedicated to the analysis of neo-liberal urbanism and the invention of alternatives based on social, economic and ecological justice in the city.  baltimoredevelopment@gmail.com

http://www.baltimoredevelopmentco-op.org

Baltimore Free Farm

Baltimore Free School

The Baltimore Free School is a grassroots community education program dedicated to the idea that everyone has something to teach and fosters a noncapitalist, noncoercive horizontal infrastructure to teaching and learning.    http://freeschool.redemmas.org/

Baltimore Free Store

The Baltimore Free Store collects donated and salvaged items to make available to people without charge to highlight the amount of waste created by a consumer driven society, to promote recycling nd reuse, to help alleviate the traumas of poverty, and to involve communities in working together to meet their needs.  www.baltimorefreestore.org

Baltimore Gender Justice Collective – International Drag King Extravaganza 12

The International Drag King Community Extravaganza (IDKE) is an event that celebrates the mutability and performance of gender and is designed to draw together an international collection of persons interested in the many aspects of gender-based performance.  www.idke.info/updates.html  or bby9house@yahoo.com

Baltimore Green Map

Baltimore Green Map encourages the discovery, use and tewardship of the Baltimore region’s natural, cultural and green living resources for city residents and visitors alike. It reflects the cumulative power of many small actions toward building a healthy and sustainable urban environment for the benefit of all.  www.baltogreenmap.org

Baltimore Homeless Youth Initiative

BHYI facilitates and advocates for the ongoing development, support and strengthening of a network of providers who deliver a continuum of services that addresses the needs of Baltimore's youth who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.

410.332.4277 x222   info@BHYI.org (not yet live)

ross.pologe@gmail.com www.ourfootsteps.org  (not yet live)

Baltimore Indypendent Reader

The Indypendent Reader is a quarterly newspaper that aims to service marginalized communities in Baltimore through research, communication and organizing. We encourage people to "become the media" by providing democratic access to available technologies and information.  www.indyreader.org

Baltimore Racial Justice Action

Baltimore Racial Justice Action works to dismantle racism with the shared philosophy of the recognition and acceptance of the interconnectedness of all oppression. To this end the white members commit to taking the lead in addressing racism, with support from and being accountable to the members of color. 410.327.0134

antiracismclass@yahoo.com

www.baltimoreracialjusticeaction.org  (Under construction)

BMore Clubhouse

Bmore Clubhouse is based on a national “clubhouse” model where people living with persistent mental illness can come to rebuild their lives through workforce development, relationship building, education, and a sense of belonging, rather than services and treatment. http://www.bmoreclubhouse.org  410.727.2030

Circle of Restorative Initiatives for Maryland

The Circle of Restorative Initiatives for Maryland is a statewide network that promotes restorative justice principles, practicies and initiatives for communities, individuals, institutions and organizations.  for more information:  jlangdon@towson.edu

Clean Slate Maryland, Inc.

Clean Slate works with individuals to help expunge criminal charges from their records and support them in obtaining housing and/or employment.  We also advocate for change in Maryland's expungement law that better supports individuals in reentry.

443.912.3205  markm@re-entryguy.comwww.re-entryguy.com

CREATE Everyday Geniuses

(Cultivating & Realizing Everyone's Ability to Excel)

CREATE Everyday Geniuses' mission is to provide awareness of learning styles and differences so each child can discover how they learn best. CREATE facilitates workshops in schools.  www.EverydayGeniuses.org

Cromwell Valley Community Supported Agriculture Internship Program

The mission of Cromwell Valley Community Supported Agriculture is to serve and educate a diverse community through small-scale community supported agriculture.  Through the operation of our farm and related educational activities, we demonstrate and promote organic food production while providing fresh, local produce to our members.  The internship program provides participants with education and housing, with a view towards developing their skills as organic farmers.  www.cvcsa.org 410.825.4030

Culture Works Project

Culture Works seeks to develop arts initiatives and cultural assets within isolated communities to become a catalyst for change.  The West Baltimore Cultural Space Project addresses the reuse of unused public spaces that promote cultural/economic asset building in West Baltimore utilizing cultural organizing.  410-362-3588, ashleyisart@yahoo.com

Eric R. Villines Juvenile Justice Advocacy Institute

Eric R. Villines Advocacy Institute (ERVAI) provides training to parents, caregivers and professionals throughout the state of Maryland. Trainings are offered throughout the country, in the areas of Professional Parent Advocacy, Family Involvement in the DJS System, Navigating the Juvenile Justice System, Cultural Competency, Collaborating with Agencies Dedicated to Children's Mental Health, Understanding Childhood Mental Health Challenges, Special Education & The IEP Process, Professionalism & Communication Skills, Assertiveness, Conflict Resolution and Empowering vs. Enabling, etc.  www.diamondadvocateinstitute.org 1.800.485.8214 or 443.845.3116 www.ervjuvenilejustice.blogspot.com

Finding Our Wings Community Documentary Project

Friends of the Homeless

Friends of the Homeless provide donations of food, clothing, and blankets for the homeless on the streets of Washington DC.   202.364.0705  shayphred@aol.com

Gardenville Baseball League

Since 1959, the Gardenville Baseball League has provided youth in Baltimore opportunities to learn skills, integrity and leadership through baseball. Fusion is supporting their efforts to raise tax deductible donations to expand their program to over 300 youth for Summer 2010.  www.myspace.com/gardenvillegraysbaseball, gardenvillebaseballleague@hotmail.com

Hand In Hand Baltimore

Hand in Hand connects juvenile males sentenced as adults in Baltimore City Detention Center with mental health and rehabilitation services inside and upon release. info@handinhandbaltimore.org, www.handinhandbaltimore.org 410-929-0183

In the Meantime...Mentoring

I.T.M.M. provides group mentoring to pre-teen and teen males through workshops, field trips and leadership development.   410-340-2482, inthemeantimemntr@yahoo.com

Ingoma Foundation

Ingoma Foundation works to help formerly incarcerated unemployed and underemployed city residents break the cycle of poverty by supporting access to training, resources and opportunities of entrepreneurship and business ownership.   www.collectivecry.com

Living Legends: Safer Sex Boxers

Mandala Enterprise Corporation

The Maryland Restorative Justice Initiative of MEC's mission is to advocate and promote humane and sensible criminal justice and sentencing policies for those incarcerated long-term in Maryland prisons.  mrji4phases@yahoo.com  www.mandelaenterprises.org

Million Dollar Man Baltimore

Million Dollar Man provides a holistic approach to job retention skills for men in the re-entry and recovery community consisting of financial, personal, professional and spiritual (health/wellness) development. We provide interview suiting for men when they are job ready and provide suiting on a case by case basis to other men.

410.493.6395 info@milliondollar-man.org

www.milliondollar-man.org

Native American Art After School Program

The Native American After School Art Program (NAASAP) unites Native American youth and assists them in developing skills and perspectives that results in an increased knowledge and sense of pride in their cultural identity. Through community arts programming, youth become self-empowered to effect positive change in their own lives and in the Native American community of Baltimore.    410.245.4303  Ashley_minner@hotmail.com

www.naasap.org

New Lens

New Lens is a youth driven social justice organization working to assist youth in making art and media about often-underrepresented perspectives. The work is used to address systemic problems, facilitate dialogue, shift perspectives and stimulate action. rebeccayenawine@newlens.info   410.383.7200  www.newlens.info

Optimum World Communities

Making the Connection: Students, Schools & You! , a program of Optimum World Communities, Inc., is working with Edmondson Westside High School to facilitate sustainable community resources and partnerships to prepare students at Edmondson Westside High School for career and job readiness. 410.917.9162

pjjpaige@aol.com  www.optimumworld.org

Overcoming Poverty Together (OPT)

OPT's mission is to raise funds and provide organizational capacity building services to NGO's in the US and across the globe that are working to overcome poverty. 

Power Inside

Power Inside was founded in 2001. Our vision is one of safety, dignity, and justice for women and families in Baltimore. We provide support, advocacy, leadership development, and public education by and for women impacted by incarceration, street life and abuse. Power Inside works in jails, prisons, on the streets, and in our East Baltimore Office, 325 E 25th St.

  www.powerinside.org  410-889-8333

Regeneration Technologies

Regeneration Technologies Inc. is a non-profit computer services provider. Our mission is to create an opportunity for those who have recently been released from incarceration,through long duration trainings, to become skilled professionals with the life skills to maintain a desireable standard of living.   Dan Meisner   dsmeisner@gmail.com  410-916-4025

S.H.I.N.E.

S.H.I.N.E. is a facilitator-led, participant-based, personal, family and community building program that builds self-wareness and nurturing communication skills through eaching mindfulness-based practices.  S.H.I.N.E has worked with elders, youth and homeless women.

410.339.7607    abcshines@gmail.com

Talking Drums

The Talking Drums mission is to build cultural awareness, self-esteem, discipline, focus, and social skills for youth through drumming lessons, drum making and performance.  Children are taught various rhythms and drumming techniques on a variety of African drums.

Moziah Saleem  410-462-0862 or 443.850.5571 

         Trans-United

Trans-United supports the quality of life and health of transgendered individuals through advocacy, support and referrals to resources. It also seeks to unite all transgendered people to work together for change. 

410.332.0234 or 443.447.3238  trans.united@yahoo.com  Vine Corps

Vine Corp creates community life that fosters growth and becomes a transformational force in youths’ lives. With personally-tailored educational support and access to crucial experiences beyond the classroom, we guide families in choosing the best schools, activities and services for their children, helping them prioritize commitments and coordinate efforts to form a cohesive support system.  301.602.4315 chris.r.dwyer@gmail.com

 We Are Hip Hop Too

WAHHT empowers LGBT and queer born female Hip Hop, Soul, R&B, and Spoken Word artists through performance, bridging gaps and raising awareness . It addresses issues of inequality of women in hip hop and provides economic opportunity and artistic expression. www.wearehiphoptoo.com 410.419.2537

We Used to Scrub Our Steps

We Used to Scrub Our Steps is a documentary film project that seeks to look at the history of Baltimore communities through the eyes of elders and connect with young people through the art of filmmaking.    443-255-7848.

The WomanScope Media Project

The WomanScope Media Project gives underserved and underrepresented women, girls and community groups in Baltimore City, access to media and a "voice" for social justice, through the following media platforms: WomanScope News Online! and WomanScope News (print) as well as through video, and film creation, exhibition and distribution.  Our main value lies in opportunity for experiencing challenges and triumphs, share thoughts, feelings and ideas and through this, gain peace, healing and positive life changes while educating and engaging others.    443.759.5355

janleak9@aim.com womanscope@comcast.net

www.womanscope.com   

Writers in Baltimore Schools

Writers in Baltimore Schools brings literary and creative writing opportunities to Baltimore City middle school students through in-school, after school and summer creative writing workshops.  patrice.hutton@gmail.com

Events Fusion has sponsored...

Ladyfest Baltimore

 Ladyfest Baltimore is a grassroots, community-based movement created by and for women to present, celebrate, and encourage women's artistic, entrepreneurial, and cultural achievements. This one-time festival April 11-13, 2008 will feature a series of volunteer-oordinated events, including skill shares, workshops, speakers, music, visual/performance art, film, writings, and other forms of self expression.  The proceeds will be donated to Power Inside, a women-empowering organization in Baltimore. There will be numerous opportunities for people to organize, volunteer and participate.  www.myspace.com/ladyfestbmore

African American Maritime Life and Culture on he Chesapeake Bay

The goals of this conference is to bring together students, educators and other interested persons to highlight the ongoing discussions and contributions of African American maritime life, culture and history on the Chesapeake Bay.  Going beyond a strick academic exercise, the conference includes a Baltimore Harbor Tour and sailing lessons.  August 15-17, 2008.  www.AAmaritime.org

Past programs that have successfully moved on and running.....

Baltimore Area Association of Supportive Housing (BAASH)

Food for Life 

Baltimore REACH

Velocipede Bike Project www.velocipedebikeproject.org