The Baltimore Community Foundation has awarded $245,000 in grants to 21 local nonprofits focused on educational programs.

Providing our youth with excellent educational choices and after-school enrichment options is essential to building the next generation of productive workers, homeowners, citizens, and taxpayers, Baltimore Community Foundation CEO Tom Wilcox said in a statement.

Pathways Hospice Foundation has received a grant of $34,345 from the Yahoo! Employee Foundation, a corporate advised fund of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. The grant will support the home health and hospice agency’s 24-hour nursing team, the “Dream Team”, which provides telephone consultations and home visits within five Bay Area counties.

The Parkersburg Area Community Foundation (PACF) and the Regional Affiliate Foundations of Doddridge, Ritchie, Jackson, Mason Counties and the Little Kanawha Area (Wirt/Calhoun) is currently accepting applications for grants for the fall cycle of its Community Action Grant Program.

Applications must be postmarked by Sept. To be eligible for a grant from the Parkersburg Area Community Foundation, either the applicant or program to be funded must be located in the Foundation's 11 county geographic service area Wood, Wirt, Doddridge, Ritchie, Pleasants, Roane, Calhoun, Gilmer, Jackson and Mason counties in West Virginia and Washington County, Ohio.

The Bridgeport Public Education Fund has received a $25,000 grant from the Fairfield County Community Foundation for its college bound program, Mentoring for Academic Achievement and College Success (MAACS).

The mentoring program pairs college students from Fairfield University, Sacred Heart University and the University of Bridgeport with students from the three Bridgeport public high schools.