the PNC Tennis Classic Fund at BCF

The Baltimore Community Foundation receives the proceeds from Pam Shriver’s annual Tennis Classic, and administers the grants made from the Tennis Classic Fund. The Tennis Classic Fund is one of more than 500 different charitable funds administered by BCF, which raises, manages and distributes funds for charitable purposes in the Greater Baltimore region.

BCF is the third largest grantmaker among Maryland ’s charitable foundations. In 2007, BCF distributed $30 million to hundreds of nonprofit organizations in the Baltimore region and beyond. With assets of $193 million, BCF comprises more than 500 different charitable funds.

BCF helps individuals, families and organizations carry out their charitable plans, with the common goal of improving the quality of life in the greater Baltimore region, today and for generations to come. To donors, BCF offers a complete toolkit for charitable giving, expert assistance in learning more about the causes they care about, and the opportunity to join others with similar interests to learn and give together. To the community at large, BCF offers a permanent, growing source of grant monies, as well as a common meeting ground and leadership on important issues in our region.

In addition, BCF provides grantmaking oversight for two independent foundations, the William G. Baker Jr. Memorial Fund and the Leonard and Helen R. Stulman Charitable Foundation.

Founded in 1972, the Baltimore Community Foundation is governed by a 30- member board of trustees, made up of a cross section of Baltimore’s business, civic and philanthropic leaders.

For more information about the Baltimore Community Foundation, contact:
Gigi Casey Wirtz
Director of Communications
Telephone: 410-332-4172, ext. 180
E-mail: gwirtz@bcf.org

Click here for a printable version of the
PNC Tennis Classic Fund at BCF (.pdf)

Since being established in 1992, the Tennis Classic Fund at BCF has awarded grants to numerous nonprofit organizations, some of which are listed here.

Advocates for Children and Youth, Inc.
American Cancer Society - South Atlantic
Audubon Maryland-DC
Augustan Lutheran Church
Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, Inc.
Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks
Baltimore Ed Waters Track & Field Alliance Club
Baltimore Educational Scholarship Trust
The Baltimore Metropolitan Urban Tennis Association
Baltimore Museum of Industry
Baltimore Museum of Art
Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts
Baltimore Police Community Fund
Baltimore Police Athletic League, Inc.
Baltimore Police Foundation Fund
Baltimore Reads, Inc.
Baltimore Sports for Girls
Baltimore Station
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Believe in Tomorrow National Children's Foundation
Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Central Maryland
Billie Jean King Foundation
Boy Scouts of America Council
Boys and Girls Club of Central Maryland
Business Volunteers Unlimited Maryland
Campaign For Our Children
Carroll Child Care Centers
CASA of Anne Arundel County
Chesapeake Habitat for Humanity
Children's Hospital
Children's Scholarship Fund of Baltimore
Civic Works, Inc.
CollegeBound Foundation
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Maryland Chapter
Downtown Partnership of Baltimore, Inc.
Dwight A. Mosley Memorial Fund
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation
Enoch Pratt Free Library
The Enterprise Foundation
Family & Children's Services of Central Maryland
The Family Tree
First Coast Tennis Foundation
Fore Baltimore Foundation
Fund for Educational Excellence
Girl Scouts of Central Maryland
Greater Baltimore Tennis Patrons Association
Harbel Housing Partnership Program
Harford Road Partnership
Inner City Tennis
International Medalist Association, Inc.
International Tennis Hall of Fame
Irvine Natural Science Center
Kennedy Krieger Institute
Kids Stuff Foundation
U.S. Lacrosse, Inc.
The League for People with Disabilities
The Learning Bank Adult Literacy Program
Learning, Inc.
Lifesongs for AIDS, Inc.
Living Classrooms Foundation
Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Mid-Atlantic
Maryland Food Bank
The Maryland Mentoring Partnership
Maryland Zoological Society
Mercy Medical Center
Mid-Atlantic Tennis Foundation
National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship
National Multiple Sclerosis Society-Maryland Chapter
Parks & People Foundation
Port Discovery: The Children's Museum
POSSE Foundation, Inc.
Primary Primates
Ravens Foundation for Families, Inc.
Reading By 9 Fund
Safe and Sound Baltimore's Campaign for Children and Youth
The Silver Lining Foundation
Special Olympics Maryland, Inc.
St. Ignatius Loyola Academy
Student Sponsor Partners
Suited to Succeed
Sylvan Beach Foundation
Teach For America - Baltimore
Tenacity
TurnAround, Inc.
United Cerebral Palsy of Central Maryland
University of Maryland Medical System
USA Tennis Foundation
Village Learning Place, Inc.
The Walters Art Gallery
Wildlifeline
Women's Sports Foundation
YMCA of Central Maryland
The Youth Outreach Foundation