It is my privilege to present Family League’s 2024 Annual Report, a testament to our unwavering commitment to creating equitable opportunities for all Baltimoreans. This year’s theme—”Doing What Matters” reflects not just our Annual Meeting focus, but the strategic intentionality that guides every dollar invested, every partnership forged, and every family served across our city.
Transformation Through Strategic Action
Our work is anchored in the Transformation 2024 Framework and inspired by our mission. Both in complimentary fashion guided our $19 million investment across a diverse portfolio, supporting 84 funded partners and reaching more than 14,000 children, youth, and adults citywide. The results speak volumes: 275+ families supported through home visiting services, 3,400 students engaged in high-quality Outof-School time programming, and 16,490 pounds of fresh produce distributed to address food insecurity. Behind these numbers are real stories of transformation families finding stability, children becoming kindergarten-ready, and communities developing resilience.
Innovation that Amplifies Impact
As we strengthen the systems that support funded partners and families, we’ve taken strides in enhancing our operational infrastructure. The launch of our INSIGHT Intelligence platform a comprehensive data management system years in development has revolutionized how we collect, analyze, and leverage information across our partner network. Meanwhile, our Data and Evaluation team has enhanced our Results-Based Accountability, with partner satisfaction soaring to 94%, up from 80% in FY23. And our Grants and Contracts team streamlined operations through portfolio-specific contracting templates that accelerate service delivery.
As you explore this report, you’ll discover the detailed accomplishments of our eight program areas and administrative departments. Each page represents our collective effort to dismantle systemic barriers that limit possibilities for Baltimore’s children, families, and communities.
Cover Page A Great Day for Learning (2019) by Megan Lewis. Pages 2 and 3 Banner Neighborhoods Community Corporation murals (2007).
With gratitude and determination, Deamune A. Millard President & CEO
As Baltimore’s Local Management Board (LMB), Family League is charged with bringing the right partners to the table to make strategic, coordinated investments in programs that provide equity for all Baltimoreans.
Doing What Matters—Family League operates as a distinctive nonprofit intermediary, orchestrating a thriving intervention ecosystem that maximizes impact across the city. As Baltimore’s designated LMB since 1991, we channel and braid diverse funding streams federal, state, city, and private into coordinated strategies that address complex challenges. This unique positioning allows us to bridge gaps between funders and community-based organizations, ensuring resources reach those most in need while maintaining rigorous accountability for outcomes that no single entity could achieve along in the city. The Transformation 2024 Framework represents our strategic roadmap forward. Visualized as a house, this framework places our mission as the foundation, supporting three essential pillars. These pillars uphold our priority areas of cradle to career education, healthy families, economic secure families, and safe and thriving communities—all supporting our bold goal of equity for all Baltimoreans.
THE BOLD GOAL
TRANSFORMATION 2024 FRAMEWORK
Equity for all Baltimoreans
PRIORITY RESULTS AREAS
Cradle to Career Education
Healthy Families
Economic Secure Families
Safe and Thriving Communities
STRATEGIC PILLARS
Programming and Grantmaking Coalition and Collaboration Policy Advocacy and Systems-level Work
FOUNDATION
League’s Mission
Family
PROGRAM PORTFOLIO
Family League invested $19 million across the portfolio in 2024, creating measurable impact citywide. Major investments included $12 million for School Age and High School Programs serving 3,400+ students, more than $6 million for Early Childhood Programs supporting 275+ families, and a quarter million for Food Access initiatives. Our annual report features eight program areas:
ENOUGH INITIATIVE ADAPTIVE VILLAGE
SCHOOL READINESS B’MORE FOR HEALTHY BABIES
COMMUNITY SCHOOLS OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
COMMUNITY BASED PROGRAMMING INTERAGENCY INITIATIVES
Current page Love in Search of a Word (2011) by Joel Bergner. Pages 6-8 Our Hope (2019) by LaToya Peoples.
ENOUGH INITIAIVE Collaborated with the Governor's Office for Children to advance Maryland's groundbreaking ENOUGH initiative. As Baltimore City's Local Management Board, we mobilized community expertise to support this $20 million anti-poverty strategy. Our crosssector collaboration identified eligible high-need communities and positioned Baltimore to effectively leverage state resources, addressing generational poverty and creating sustainable pathways to economic mobility for children and families.
ADAPTIVE
VILLAGE Strengthened our partnership with Morgan State University's Center for Urban Health Equity to reimagine the Adaptive Village grantmaking process. By integrating our Community Advisory Board with the Center's health equity research, we created a robust framework for investing in grassroots solutions. Since 2022, this collaborative initiative has channeled $290,000 to community organizations addressing critical health inequities in Baltimore's vulnerable neighborhoods.
SCHOOL READINESS Invested $570,000 in Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) efforts across three site locations—Park Heights, Cherry Hill, and East Baltimore serving 109 parents, with 100% reporting kindergarten preparedness. Early Childhood Advisory Council partnered with Strategic Thinking for Social Change (STSC) and the Baltimore Education Research Consortium (BERC) to conduct an analysis on Baltimore’s early childhood landscape and provide an inclusive family engagement strategy. Family League funded partner, Improving Education enhanced their All Children Ready program by partnering with five Head Start sites, providing targeted support and capacity building for early learning staff.
B’MORE FOR HEALTHY BABIES Experienced growth with home visits, serving over 275 families and continued housing support services. The initiative successfully implemented innovative enhancements to the Healthy Families America model while increasing lactation support through community-based training programs. Also, B’More for Healthy Babies Communities continued their vital community engagement across areas of east and west Baltimore.
COMMUNITY
SCHOOLS/OUT-OF-SCHOOL TIME Invested over $5.3 million in high-quality
Out-of-School Time (OST) that took place in Community Schools, supporting 3,400+ students with year-round academic enrichment, nutritious meals, and diverse programming, Summer initiatives ($1.5 million) served 1,676 youth across 36 programs in 18 zip codes with 86% attendance. Provided professional development to 150+ Community School Coordinators through multi-day institutes, aligning all training with recognized industry standards and facilitating Baltimore City Community Schools Steering efforts.
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Delivered and facilitated research-derived workshops to over 400 participants throughout the year, supporting Baltimore’s diverse community needs at no cost. The OST Summer Institute equipped site managers with leadership training through specialized professional development trainings, while collaborations with City Schools developed competency frameworks for Community School Coordinators. Professional development offerings expanded to include diverse topics such as CPR certification, authentic family engagement, and the Youth Program Quality Intervention Framework to enhance program quality across Baltimore.
COMMUNITY BASED PROGAMMING Invested $1.5 million across 26 community organizations for summer funding in 2024, serving youth in 18 zip codes with a strategic focus on older teens. Programs spanned arts, STEM, career readiness, and social-emotional learning, with 70% of funded organizations being minority-owned or led. Additional initiatives included a $150,000 Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) grant to support innovative programs in two Community Schools, Black Yield Institute’s distribution of 16,490 pounds of fresh produce, and a Baltimore Recreation and Parks partnership engaging over 2,300 youth.
INTERAGENCY
INITIATIVES Coordinated care across juvenile justice, social services, education, and housing systems involving $3.5 million in investment dollars. Programs included Family Connections Baltimore achieving 100% family satisfaction, KEYS Empowers providing mental health services to 32 youth, Thriving Youth Programs serving 162 at-risk youth, and the Family Recovery Program supporting 42 parents with an 86% sobriety rate. The Baltimore City Local Care Team processed hundreds of historical case files while preparing their inaugural 5-Year Report.
DATA & EVALUATION
Strengthened our Results-Based Accountability framework in 2024, elevating our capacity to monitor performance across all funded initiatives. The Data and Evaluation Team completed comprehensive analysis of our annual Funded Partner Surveys, revealing significant improvements in partner satisfaction—with 94% reporting being satisfied or very satisfied, up from 80% in FY23. This data-driven approach enabled us to identify strengths and growth opportunities while providing targeted feedback to each department through executive summaries and team-specific reports, followed by structured meaning-making sessions to translate findings into action.
Enhanced Partner Year-Over-Year Satisfaction: 91% Recommend Family League Funding Support to Others and 94% Were Either Very Satisfied or Satisfied with Team Member Service Delivery
Strengthening Partnerships and Inclusion: Family League’s FY23-24 Partners reveal 91% of grantees would recommend our funding, up from 87% last year, underscoring our commitment to grantee support and impact new data tools also align with inclusive U.S. Census standards, empowering partners with user-friendly, updated performance measures.
Satisfaction Soars: In FY24, 94% of funded partners reported being satisfied or very satisfied, a significant increase from 80% in FY23—reflecting Family League's commitment to enhancing support and collaboration.
Measuring what matters—we transform numbers into knowledge that strengthens communities.
We redesigned data collection tools with user-friendly interfaces and inclusive Census Bureau standards. This empowered our 84 partners to demonstrate impact, with 91% now recommending our funding support.
In FY24, 6% identified as “Neither Satisfied nor Dissatisfied” and 0% as “Very Dissatisfied. In FY23, 5% identified as “Very Dissatisfied.”
INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY
Successfully launched the organization’s INSIGHT Intelligence platform. Years in development, this Salesforce-based system—whose name stands for Intelligent Nonprofit System for Gathering, Harnessing, and Transforming Data is fundamentally reimagining how Family League collects, analyzes, and leverages information across the organization’s funded partner network. The platform consolidates business functions including fund management, payment processing, program oversight, workflow approvals, professional development tracking, and relationship management into a single, intuitive interface.
INSIGHT Intelligence connects systems, people, and data to directly improve community outcomes.
For our funded partners, this transformation eliminates cumbersome Excel trackers and manual reporting processes, replacing them with real-time data access and streamlined reporting capabilities that enhance both accountability and strategic decision-making.
FINANCIALS
SUPPORTERS & FUNDED PARTNERS
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Baltimore City Health Department
Baltimore City Public Schools
Baltimore Civic Fund
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
Computer Services Unlimited
Constellation Energy
Dawn Firstaetter
Enterprise Community Partners
Governor’s Office for Children
Hoffberger Foundation
Joshua Sharfstein
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Maryland Department of Human Resources
Maryland State Development of Education
Maryland Department of Human Resources
Mayor’s Office
Mindie Flamholz
Morgan State University Foundation
PNC Bank
Sherman Family Foundation
Sinai Hospital of Baltimore
State of Maryland
Sue Ann’s Office Supply
The Davis Family Foundation
The Woodard-Romero Family Gift Fund
United Way of Central Maryland
University of Maryland Baltimore
Wardell Waters
YMCA of Central Maryland
GOVERNANCE & LEADERSHIP
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Nancy Kay Blackwell, Chair
Dr. Barry Solomon, Secretary
Nicole Earle, Treasurer
Ramsey Harris
Ben Perez
Dr. Joshua Sharfstein
Ex-Officio Members
Anjelene Branch, Department of Juvenile Services
Dr. Debra Brooks, Mayor’s Office of Children & Family Success
Tina Hike-Hubbard, Baltimore City Public Schools
Charles Jackson, Baltimore City Health Department
Demaune A. Millard, Family League
Corine Mullings, Baltimore City Department of Social Services
Lynn Mumma, Behavioral Health Systems Baltimore
COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD LEADERSHIP TEAM
Joshua Bailey
Lacey Benton
Russell Bunn
Angela Cole
Carla Hall
Yolanda Jiggetts
LaToya Nettles
Roxanne Perryman
Nicholas Rogers
Larry Simmons
Devan Southerland
Chaunna Watson
Jarren Williams
Wynisha Witt
Demaune A. Millard, President & CEO
Jonathan Carter, Chief of Staff
Keianna Thompson, Chief Financial Officer
Dara Gray, Senior Director of Innovation & Technology
Jenee Tucker, Senior Director of Community Impact
Melissa Moore, Senior Director of Community Impact
Charles Staffard, Senior Director of People & Culture
