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

Power Inside

Since it’s inception in Spring 2001, Power Inside has served over 3,000 women at the Baltimore Women’s Detention Center (WDC) providing support groups, case management, harm reduction, crisis intervention and advocacy.    www.powerinside.org

Baltimore Community School Connections

Baltimore Community School Connections offers technical assistance, facilitation and organizing support for Baltimore City schools moving to become community school models as means to enhance academic achievement, physical, mental and social health of children and families. www.baltimoreconnections.org

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.

Dance Girls of Baltimore

Dance Girls of Baltimore is a mentoring program for pre-adolescent girls, using dance, music, drumming and meditation.  The program is currently taught in area school for 3rd through 5th grade and the girls participate in creating a city wide dance team and performances. 

Open Society Institute- Community Fellows Network

Management of a meeting, exhibition and performance space for the Baltimore Community Fellows network.

Altered “I”/Altared Eye

Altered “I”/Altared Eye is a bimonthly journal whose goal is to present and share visual arts and creative writing of the mentally challenged as an outlet for expression,  opportunity for healing and better  understanding of the challenges faced by those dealing with mental health issues.           

 Baltimore Yoga for Youth

Baltimore Yoga for Youth is a school based educational program that teaches yoga techniques to students and teachers as a way to gain calmness, relaxation, and mental clarity   www.baltimoreyogavillage.com

Red Emmas 2640Project

Red Emmas  2640 project,  is a partnership between Red Emma's and St. John's United Methodist Church in Charles Village, where both parties are cooperating to restore the (beautiful) building at 2640 St. Paul St. and to put this building to work as a space for social justice organizing and independent culture.  Like most big projects, this is going to take a lot of money and a lot of work - if you're able to offer either, please drop us a line at 2640@redemmas.org      www.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

Ingoma Foundation

The Foundation will initiate and support works and actions to address systemic oppression globally and at home.   www.collectivecry.com

Parents with Power

Parents with Power’s vision is to create opportunities for increased parental involvement in Baltimore City Public Schools by providing services and opportunities to eliminate barriers that affect parents ability to be involved in their child’s educational journey.   www.pwpinfo.org

             Families Against Injustice

Families Against Injustice provides support and mentoring for prisoners and their familiy members through advocacy and direct services. 

       Forrest Street City Farm

A collaboration with residents of the Brentwood Village Neighborhood to convert a vacant lot into a sustainable organic vegetable garden, social place and educational park.  All food grown will be given away for free                        Generations for Peace and Democracy

GPD's mission is to build a progressive, intergenerational and diverse network of activists, organizers and artists ithin a community of mutual support and culture of hope to promote peace, justice, democracy and environmental sustainability in Baltimore. 

                         Emerging Women’s Program

Promotes healthy happy and fulfilling lives for women through a structured socialized mentoring program for young females, ages 14-19 who are at risk or in danger of being suspended or expelled from school.

Baltimore Racial Justice Action

BRJA’s mission is to work actively to dismantle racism with a focus on filling what is perceived as a social gap that cries out for a strong white antiracism voice.

A Grandmother’s Pilgrimage

A Grandmother’s Pilgrimage offers a variety of community programs that include African American history through interactive storytelling, mentoring for youth, academic appreciation classes, health and wellness workshops for women and summer programs and field trips for youth. 

Families of Prisoners Coalition

Families of Prisoners Coalition is established to promote the just treatment of impacted prisoner's families, prisoners and previously incarcerated individuals to encourage the development of reentry based collaboration, and act as a voice for family members and the issues they face.

The CLEAR Project

The Community Leadership Education for Asylees and Refugees (CLEAR) is designed to enhance the ability of asylees and refugees to make informed choice about their healthcare, initiate health education on topics identified as problems by the community and nurture training of community health care workers. www.theclearproject.org

Culture Works and West Baltimore Cultural Space 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.

Kinetic Institute for Faith, Culture, Activism

Kinetic Institute is a research and resource center whose mission is to develop and disseminate new ideas that strengthen church and community with the tools and skills to pursue justice.  www.faithinmotion.net

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 Green Map

Baltimore Green Map encourages the discovery, use and stewardship 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

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 teaching mindfulness-based practices. 

Juvenile Justice Advocacy 101

Friends of the Homeless

Friends of the Homeless provide donations of food, clothing, and blankets for the homeless on the streets of Washington DC. 

Upcoming and recent 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-coordinated 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

Maryland Restorative Justice Initaitive Inaugural Seminar - May 14, 2008

MRJI's mission is to advocate and promote humane and sensible criminal justice and sentencing policies for those incarcerated long-term in Maryland prisons.  This seminar will bring together members of the three branches of Maryland government, along with advocates, family members, and professionals to foster conversations and build policies for grassroots and policy organizing in 2009.

African American Maritime Life and Culture on the 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.....

Food for Life 

Food for Life is a curriculum based cooking and nutrition education program taught in the classroom with the goals of improving health, achievement and school food. Students are also engaged in school gardens, mural and art related projects, culinary after school clubs, and monthly community dinners.  This program is funded by the BCPSS school system in Hampstead Hill Academy and the Stadium School.  www.foodstudies.org

                                  Justice Maryland

Justice Maryland is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that seeks to coordinate its efforts into a centralized and powerful grassroots voice that advocates for a fair and equitable system of law along the full continuum from arrest to release.   www.justicemaryland.org

Baltimore Reach

Baltimore REACH is a consortium of safety net community based health and social service organizations dedicated to Baltimore's urban poor.   It provides an internship program for students after their first year of medical school to work in an intensive pre-clinical internship at one or more of our community based organization. This initiative consists of eight weeks of direct service; specialized curricula on vulnerable populations including the working poor and those with HIV/AIDS; a collective research project; and mentoring by health professionals including physicians, nurses, and social workers.   www.baltimorereach.org