No Boundaries Coalition is a community-based advocacy group that provides social services such as offering youth programs, promoting healthy produce, and improving relations with local police in Baltimore, Maryland. ^{1 2}

From 2016 to 2023, No Boundaries Coalition received 11 grants totaling $685,000 from George Soros’s Open Society Foundations, which included a $200,000 grant and a $150,000 grant in 2023. ³

Activities and History

According to its website, No Boundaries Coalition began following a series of “Boundary Block Parties” in the Eutaw Place neighborhood within Central-West Baltimore in 2008. After several more block parties, by 2010 the No Boundaries Coalition was formed. ⁴

No Boundaries Coalition is a community advocacy group in central-west Baltimore that claims to, “address racial and economic segregation by breaking down barriers and fostering commUNITY.” ⁴ It has four areas of focus: “advocacy,” “health and food justice,” “civic culture,” and “youth organizing. ⁵

No Boundaries Coalition’s advocacy campaigns claim to focus on public safety and engagement with local law enforcement by calling for increased police patrols in west-central Baltimore neighborhoods. The Coalition also hosts an annual National Night Out block party to promote public safety. ⁶

As part of its health and food justice programs, No Boundaries Coalition provides pop-up produce markets that employ food advocates. This comes from claims that in Central-West Baltimore there are 10 stores to purchase hard liquor for every one store to purchase fresh produce. ⁶

As part of its civic culture programs, No Boundaries Coalition conducts voter engagement and census awareness outreach services. ⁶

As part of its youth organizing programs, No Boundaries Coalition runs the No Boundaries Youth Organizers (NbYO) to teach youth aged 13 to 19 leadership skills as well as service-learning opportunities and scholarships. Partners of NbYO include Truth to Power and ACLU Maryland. ²

According to its annual report, No Boundaries Coalition also conducts monthly yoga classes, a quarterly forum with the city councilmembers representing central-west Baltimore, a three-days-a-week fresh produce market, and a 12-week culinary workforce development program. ²

People

The executive director of No Boundaries Coalition is Ashaiah Parker. Parker also works in public affairs at Funk & Bolton, and is a member of the board for Bikemore and Live Baltimore. ⁷

The Deputy Director of No Boundaries Coalition is Nabeehah Azeez. Azeez is also the owner of BluePrint Identity Services and was previously a home health aide and a probation and parole assistant for the Missouri Department of Corrections. ⁸

The Chair of the Board of No Boundaries Coalition is Christina Ramsey. ⁴

Financials

According to tax filings, in 2022 No Boundaries Coalition reported revenue of $1,704,411, expenses of $1,608,989, and assets of $1,078,233. That year, the organization spent $468,443 on sponsoring advocacy of race and class equality in central west Baltimore, $338,583 on leadership and youth programs, and $167,118 on workforce development programs. Of its revenue, $1673,742 was received through gifts, grants and other contributions. ¹

In 2022, No Boundaries Coalition received grants from Abell Foundation, Annie E. Casey Foundation, Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts, Baltimore Community Foundation, Byrne Baltimore Collaborative, Clayton Baker Trust, Energy Foundation, France-Merrick Foundation, Johns Hopkins University Innovation Fund, Lockhart Vaughan Foundation, the Baltimore Mayor’s Office of Recovery Programs, Open Society Institute (also known as the Open Society Foundations) Baltimore, The Fund for Change, T. Rowe Price Foundation, and West Baltimore Renaissance Foundation. ²

From 2016 to 2023, No Boundaries Coalition received 11 grants totaling $685,000 from George Soros’s Open Society Foundations, including a $200,000 grant and a $150,000 grant in 2023. ³

According to its annual report, No Boundaries Coalition received over 85% of its 2023 income from foundation grants, nearly 6% from individual donors, and 4% from corporate donations. ²

1. Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax (Form 990). No Boundaries Coalition Inc. 2022.
2. “No Boundaries Coalition of Central West Baltimore Annual Report 22-23.” No Boundaries Coalition. Accessed October 10, 2024. https://noboundariescoalition.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Annual-Report-2023-V4.pdf.
3. “Awarded Grants: No Boundaries Coalition, Inc.).” Open Society Foundations. Accessed October 10, 2024. https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/past?filter_keyword=Project%20on%20Middle%20East%20Democracy&page=2.
4. “About Us.” No Boundaries Coalition. Accessed October 10, 2024. https://noboundariescoalition.com/about-us/.
5. “No Boundaries Coalition.” No Boundaries Coalition. Accessed October 10, 2024. https://noboundariescoalition.com/.
6. “What We Dd.” No Boundaries Coalition. Accessed October 10, 2024. https://noboundariescoalition.com/what-we-do/.
7. “Ashaiah Parker (She/Her).” LinkedIn. Accessed October 10, 2024. https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashiah-parker-mpa-8b914260/.
8. “Nabeehah Azeez.” LinkedIn. Accessed October 10, 2024. https://www.linkedin.com/in/nabeehahazeez/.