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Eastport Civic Association
P.O. Box 3539
Annapolis, MD 21403
eca@eastportcivic.org
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ECA Grant Recipients


Grant award funds are made available through the generosity of our membership and from the proceeds from the Home and Garden tour.


​The Committee used the grant guidelines and ECA mission statement as a basis for making their decision. The Committee also took into consideration the history of support that ECA had with organizations.  While this relationship does not guarantee funding, the committee did consider the commitment and successful outcomes that organizations had made in Eastport over the years.  


SPRING 2021

The ECA awarded 10 grant totaling $5,000 in the Spring 2021 cycle.  The organizations that received the grants are:


  1. Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay - $500 for creation and printing of Green Tours in Eastport, rain barrels, and signage.
  2. Annapolis Maritime Museum and Park - $500 for the Box of Rain Summer Maritime Program for students.
  3. Creating Communities - $500 for Outdoor Arts Program to purchases arts supplies, PPE supplies, healthy snacks and mentors.
  4. Eastport Fire Dept. - $500 for payments for the pumper and apparatus upgrades.
  5. Eastport United Methodist Church - $500 to purchase collapsible grocery hand carts for the family to take home the food from the Food Pantry.
  6. Live Water Foundation -$500 for the Junior Wai Koa Youth Program to support in pool and in-the creek water sports activities.
  7. Marshall Hope Corporation - $500 to purchase milk, eggs, and butter for the Eastport families.
  8. Seeds for Success - $500 for the Summer Reading Program to provide books, transportation, materials, and book consult with an educator or a librarian.
  9. Start the Adventure In Reading (STAIR) - $500 for 2 hour per week tutoring to second graders below the grade level. 
  10. Street Angels - $500 for mobile nursing support to provide one time health assistance, well care check, distribute hygiene and safe sex

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SPRING 2020

The ECA awarded 5 grants totaling $7,500 in the Spring 2020 Grant cycle.  The organizations that received the grants are:

  1. Annapolis Maritime Museum grant of $750 for restoring four Chesapeake workboat models for the new permanent exhibition "Our Changing Waterfront"
  2. Charting Careers award of $1,000 for the costs associated with providing tutors and mentors for middle school studies to determine their needs and provide applicable goods and services
  3. Eastport Elementary grantof $2,250 for two basketball hoops for the new basketball court for use by students and the Eastport Community
  4. ​Seeds 4 Success award of $2,000 for backpacks and school supplies for the fall season.
  5. Start the Adventure in Reading (STAIR) grant of $1,500 for materials, books, and supplies for tutoring/reading buddies program.


Fall 2019

The ECA awarded 4 grants of $5,130 in the Fall 2019 Grant cycle.  The organization that received the grants are:

  1. Annapolis Maritime Museum grant of $830 to support a production of a 2-5 minute documentary that will be a permanent exhibit.
  2. Eastport Fire Dept. award of $500 for purchasing equipment.
  3. Seeds for Success grant of $2,000 to support a full time Program Manager.
  4. Spa Creek Conservatory award of $1,500 to support the Eastport 2019 Water Report. 


SPRING 2019

The ECA awarded 8 grants totaling $7,370 in the Spring 2019 Grant cycle.  The organizations that received the grants are:

  1. Annapolis Maritime Museum - $500 to support a temporary exhibit "A Single Goal:  The Art of Trumpy Yacht Building" which runs from April 16 through June 15. The exhibit focuses on the craftsmanship of these distinctive yachts.
  2. Back Creek Conservancy/Severn River Association - $545 to support the maintenance and the purchase of calibration fluids and buffers for their water testing.
  3. Charting Careers, Inc. - $500 to support the Create Your Story Program, a program that serves 15 8th-12th grade students a parent/caregiver from impoverished communities.  Create Your Story addresses barriers through services and opportunities designed to help the youth be successful in high school and tackle achievable college and/or career plans.
  4. Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating - $1,250 for a two day sailing camp for 18 kids who come from low income families - many who live in Eastport.  The camp introduces the kids to sailing and teach them team building skills.
  5. Eastport Elementary School PTA - $2,500 to support their Play Eastport, a capital campaign, to purchase new playground equipment and a comprehensive green space restoration at the school.  ECA is pleased to be a Founding Sponsor for PlayEastport.
  6. Eastport Volunteer Fire Company - $500 towards their new engine, which will be delivered late summer or early autumn 2019.
  7. Peninsula Athletic League (PAL) - $500 to replace football helmets with the latest technology.
  8. Start The Adventure in Reading (STAIR) - $1,075 for books for their program.  STAIR focuses on imporving readings skills for low income students who reside in Eastport.

FALL 2018

The ECA awarded 5 grants totaling $7,395 in the Fall of 2018. The organizations that received the grants are:

  1. Annapolis Maritime Museum - $500 to fund gangway building and personal device storage units for the Skipjack Wilma Lee
  2. S.T.A.I.R. - $760 for materials for the Eastport Community Center program
  3. Seeds4Success - $1,500 toward program costs for the Academic and Career Exploration Club for low income high school students
  4. St. Luke's Episcopal Church - $2,500 for plantings along the trails that are part of the filtration system for stormwater management
  5. Eastport Elementary School - $1,635 for new curtains in the gym/auditorium


SPRING 2018

The ECA awarded 8 grants totaling $9,350 in the Spring of 2018. The organizations that received the grants are:

  1. Annapolis Police Department - $1,000 for summer camp programs
  2. Family Night Partners - $500 for family night dinners are Eastport Terrace/Harbor House
  3. Seeds4 Success - $1,000 for Eastport Boys club collaborative summer programming
  4. Box of Rain - $1,500 part-time master’s level mentor coordinator to support New Navigating Futures mentoring program
  5. Eastport Volunteer Fire Company - $1,000 toward the purchase of new equipment (hook and ladder truck)
  6. S.T.A.I.R. - $1,000 Materials for summer reading enrichment program
  7. Annapolis Maritime Museum and Park - $2,000 for an exhibit on maritime history and heritage
  8. Eastport Elementary School - $1,350 to send 4 students to summer camp at Arlington Echo


FALL 2017

The ECA awarded 4 grants totally $4,410 to local community organizations in the Fall 2017 grants cycle:

  1. Annapolis Police Department - $500 for a culturally-based youth mentoring program
  2. Eastport Elementary School - $1,000  for headphones for students
  3. STAIR - $1,000 to cover materials, supplies, and administrative costs for the STAIR site at Eastport Community Center
  4. Seeds 4 Success - $1,500 for its pilot Eastport Boys Club Program


SPRING 2017

The ECA awarded 8 grants - a total of $9,025 - to local community organizations in the Spring 2017 grant cycle.  

  1. Annapolis Maritime Museum - $1,500 in support of Tides and Tunes Summer Concert Series
  2. Back Creek Conservancy - $735 to cover the cost of USCG gear for the Conservancy’s launch
  3. Box of Rain - $2,500 in support of a Program Outreach Assistant position that provides employment and training to a Box of Rain teen
  4. Center of Help (Centro de Ayuda) - $1,000 for work to provide assistance to low income Hispanic/ Latino families living in Eastport
  5. Eastport Elementary - $1,300 to send four students to Arlington Echo Summer Camp, a week long residential camp
  6. Eastport Volunteer Fire Co. - $1,000 toward payment to retire debt used to purchase the Advanced Life Support Medic Unit in 2016
  7. Seeds4Success - $750 to cover the cost of staff supervision to coordinate Seeds4Sucess students attending a summer program at the Anne Arundel County library
  8. S.T.A.I.R. (Start the Adventure in Reading) - $240 for education materials and backpacks to be awarded to S.T.A.I.R. participants