The Baltimore Ravens High School Leadership Institute, a program built jointly by the Ravens and the T. Rowe Price Foundation, brings together high school students nominated by their schools.
The program, a joint effort of the Ravens and T. Rowe Price, has grown considerably since it first launched in 2019: by 2022, nearly 300 area high school students had completed it.
A Curriculum Built for Both City and County Classrooms
The institute's sessions cover four topics — “Lead Yourself,” “Lead Others,” “Lead Change,” and “Lead Community” — and include community engagement and leadership development, according to CBS News. Leadership consultancy ADDO developed the Baltimore Ravens Leadership Institute. The firm has also designed national youth leadership programs for Chick-fil-A and Coca-Cola, per Executive Speakers Bureau. The firm's name derives from the Latin word for inspire, and it specializes in leadership consulting and talent development.
Since its 2019 launch, the institute has expanded across public high schools in both Baltimore City and Baltimore County, according to a report from the Maryland Association of Counties. Its reach spans students in Baltimore City and Baltimore County.
Service Projects Follow the Classroom Sessions
In past program years, cohorts have paired the classroom modules with hands-on service work, including packaging 10,000 meal kits for Rise Against Hunger and assembling 2,000 care packages for local shelters such as Sarah's House and House of Ruth, according to Patch. Program leaders have emphasized those service activities during the program's final sessions as a way to translate leadership theory into real-world civic responsibility, the outlet reported.
The institute sits inside a much larger philanthropic footprint for the T. Rowe Price Foundation, which marked its 45th anniversary in 2026 after distributing more than $204 million in direct grants and matching contributions since its founding in 1981, according to T. Rowe Price.
A Broader Pattern of Ravens Community Investment
The leadership institute is not the Ravens' only pathway for local students. The Ravens Foundation separately awards annual $5,000 renewable college scholarships to high school seniors in Baltimore City, Baltimore County, and Carroll County, with the Ravens Scholars program providing up to $20,000 over four years based on academic achievement and community service, according to NFL.com.
Hoodline previously reported that the Ravens and CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield deepened a 20-year bond earlier this month, expanding their Huddle Up for Health initiative with $80,000 in grants to Baltimore career coaching and reentry nonprofits and opening M&T Bank Stadium space for community programming. Taken together, the leadership institute's eighth-year kickoff and that CareFirst expansion reflect how the franchise continues to lean on its stadium and corporate partnerships to reach students and civic groups across the Baltimore region.
