Stories of Impact
We are proud of the work that we and our grantees are doing to make a difference in our community. See below for some highlights.
Grantee Spotlights
Growing in advocacy with Marcus Alston
“I felt like it was my calling and my purpose in life to help the younger version of myself.” For Marcus Alston, improving awareness and access to mental health services for young people is personal[...]
“Hello” Grantee spotlight: SAILS and Community Development Network of Maryland
The Horizon Foundation’s new strategic plan that launched earlier this year brought a lot of change. For the first time in 25 years, the Foundation updated its mission, vision and values to represent a bold[...]
Spotlight: Handing over the mic with CASA
Grantee spotlight: Handing over the mic with CASA Trent Leon-Lierman has been working in the immigrants’ rights movement since 2004, including as a volunteer in Arizona that provided food and water to migrants crossing the[...]
Spotlight: Creating healthier choices with Alice Harris
As a dedicated Howard County educator for many years, Alice Harris has a passion for helping young people and their families. Working on health issues may not have been her focus from the start, but[...]
Grantee spotlight: The kids aren’t alright. Tiffani Peguese is trying to change that.
Tiffani Peguese didn’t set out to be an advocacy leader. As an educator in the Howard County Public School System (currently the Black Student Achievement Program (BSAP) Liaison and DEI Liaison), her focus was always[...]
