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The Baltimore Ravens All Community Team Foundation serves as a separate non-profit entity of the team's community outreach efforts. In addition to Ravens appearances and in-kind donations, the foundation provides support to Baltimore area non-profit organizations. Ravens players are also active in the community through individual foundations of their own.
The Ravens All Community Team Foundation (RACTF) annually awards youth football grants to nonprofit programs in the state of Maryland. In our commitment to enhance the quality of youth football, the Baltimore Ravens will provide grants for new football equipment and apparel to teams that demonstrate outstanding programs and have a positive impact on their communities.
The grant serves as a pipeline between the Ravens and youth football teams to promote, improve and facilitate the healthy development of youth in the community. Each team will be able to utilize its grant to purchase different equipment and apparel ranging from uniforms and helmets to flag football sets and blocking shields. Applications are available March 15 – April 30 each year.
2011 Ravens Youth Football Grant Recipients:
The Baltimore Ravens established this scholarship program to enable local youth to continue their education on a collegiate level. The team has a long-standing history of service to local communities, and this fund will support those who do the same. In addition, this renewable scholarship will be based on financial need and academic achievement. The $5,000 scholarship is renewable, and open to high school seniors who attend Baltimore City, Baltimore County or Carroll County public high schools. Applicants must also be U.S. citizens or permanent residents.
2011 Ravens Scholars
The Ravens Plan in Motion project provides grants of up to $5,000 to qualifying nonprofit organizations that create and/or continue programs or projects promoting physical fitness and nutrition education. Applications are accepted annually between April 1-May 31.
The Ravens All Community Team Foundation is committed to increasing physical activity among area youth and has designed this grant program to encourage healthy youth activities. The RACTF will consider funding requests that meet the criteria listed below:
The following are examples of grants made through the Ravens Plan in Motion project from 2007-2011: Police Athletic League mountain biking program, which promotes physical activity and leadership skills; Scholarship classes through Camp Soveya, a three-week camp for girls that strives to promote healthy lifestyles; Funding the Patterson Area Elementary Soccer League for three Baltimore schools, which includes instruction and competition; and Expanding the physical education and health curriculum at The Seed School of Maryland, which includes the development of an intramural program. Creative ideas, including enhancements to existing programs, are encouraged.
2011 Ravens Plan in Motion Grant Recipients:
The Baltimore Ravens have announced the release of the official Ravens license plate, offered by the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration. More than 3,000 plates are currently on the street, resulting in a $120,000 donation to the team foundation.
The Ravens All Community Team Foundation (RACTF) is the team’s charitable arm committed to encouraging and enabling the healthy development of youth in Baltimore and other parts of Maryland. Recent foundation projects include the renovation of the football stadium at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute and the playground at Collington Square School in north Baltimore City. In July, the foundation also distributed $100,000 in grants to area nonprofits to increase youth physical activity and nutrition education. Ravens license plates cost $55, which includes the $25 MVA fee and a $30 tax-deductible gift to the Ravens All Community Team Foundation.
Boys Hope Girls Hope - Boys Hope Girls Hope helps academically capable and motivated children in need to meet their full potential and become men and women for others by providing value-centered, family-like homes, opportunities and education through college.
Bridges at St. Paul’s School – Bridges at St. Paul’s School is an academic and cultural enrichment program for Baltimore City youth that enables long-term student success inside and outside of school. Baltimore City students enter Bridges as early as the summer after third grade and stay involved in programming (various summer, school time and mentoring opportunities) through the end of high school.
Paul's Place Outreach Center - A full service facility which serves the residents of "Pig Town," in southwest Baltimore. Programs and services include a hot lunch program, women's and men's support groups, an after school program and a clothing bank.
St. Vincent's Center - A residential group home for children with serious behavioral, psychiatric and/or emotional problems. The majority of children referred to St. Vincent's have suffered trauma related to child abuse and neglect.
