Nonprofit + Small Business Resources
At this Focus on City Schools (FOCS), City Schools' Christopher R. Won, Director of Research Services, and Michael Haugh, Program Evaluator Title 1, will share more about how the Elementary and Secondary Education Act's new requirements and City Schools' procurement guidelines might affect your grantees.
The Abell Foundation and the local Neighborhood Impact Investment Fund will contribute $5 million toward a new program to assist startups in needy Baltimore communities.
Maryland Philanthropy Network business and corporate members are invited to learn about its new School-Centered Neighborhood Investment Initiative with Director Lisa Hodges.
This new report highlights ongoing initiatives to create jobs through economic inclusion in Baltimore. Through interviews, it documents best practices and finds that the strategies create benefits for individuals, businesses and institutions.
This new report highlights ongoing initiatives to create jobs through economic inclusion in Baltimore. Through interviews, it documents best practices and finds that the strategies create benefits for individuals, businesses and institutions. The report calls for broader participation by businesses and institutions as well as people-focused investments and policies.
This report explores food procurement processes in state and private higher educational institutions in Baltimore and identifies a range of strategies to more fully realize local purchasing power. The report recommends actions to support local minority business enterprises and small businesses, modifications to procurement processes, and outlines legislative opportunities to connect state agency and institutional purchasing power to businesses in targeted reinvestment areas. Many of the recommendations are applicable not just to food but other services and commodities as well.
PLEASE NOTE: This program was originally scheduled for May 12. One of the greatest values of Maryland Philanthropy Network membership is colleagues you meet and the relationships you build with them.
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact in Baltimore, prominent local businesses and non-profit organizations are collaborating to help address the food insecurity of Baltimore City children, families and communities.
Baltimore’s anchor institutions and other businesses recently made news with results from inclusive hiring and purchasing initiatives Hopkins BLocal and the Baltimore Integration Partnership. These large businesses and partnerships show the potent
Outgoing city councilman and incoming comptroller Bill Henry has tapped two top staffers for when he takes office in December, and has also selected a who’s-who of Baltimore business and nonprofit leaders to help steer the office’
Maryland Philanthropy Network business and corporate members are invited to join us for the final Roundtable gathering of the year.
As business leaders, we strongly support the Kirwan Commission legislation that would dramatically improve education practice, funding and accountability in
Maryland.
When James Wahls came to the Annie E.
Inside Baltimore’s Reginald F. Lewis Museum, the legacy of one of America’s most influential Black entrepreneurs comes alive through an unprecedented exhibition.
It’s Black Business Month and the state is placing the spotlight on Maryland’s Black-owned businesses. WJZ’s Amy Kawata spoke to two popular businesses on why it’s so important to support them, especially now.
Howard Bank announced Tuesday it will host its “Keep It Local” contest for the second consecutive year to support small businesses in and around the Baltimore region. The goal is to recognize and support a local small business for its extraordinar
One Salisbury business was congratulated for their efforts to be more environmentally friendly. On Wednesday, Mayor Jake Day visited the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore to award them a Green Business Certification.