By leveraging their grantmaking, local knowledge, and personal relationships, family foundations and fund holders are uniquely positioned to influence public policy.
Due diligence, a term borrowed from business and finance, is the process through which a grantmaker learns more about a nonprofit's financial and organizational health, but also if a potential grant fits the grantmaker's mission and goals.
Much of the funding that we do as grantmakers is based on the knowledge and expertise of the adults who educate our children, yet little is known about what students experience on a day-to-day basis.
High levels of unemployment, rising foreclosures and an uneven housing market continue to threaten the gains made in revitalizing many Baltimore neighborhoods.
The Green Funders will meet to review our work to date on Water and Food, and to develop future topics. Allen Hance and Rebecca Ruggles will report on a recent small group discussion about Green Jobs and the opportunity to coordinate with the Wor
Over the course of this decade, two economic downturns translated into a significant rise in poverty, across the country.
Senior home repair programs in Baltimore are growing and experimenting with new approaches to senior health and neighborhood revitalization.
One of the greatest values of Maryland Philanthropy Network membership is colleagues you meet and the relationships you build with them.
In recent years, Baltimore City Schools has considerably expanded its choice offerings, including the creation of many new charter and transformation schools.
Maryland Philanthropy Network invites you to hear directly from six Baltimore City Department Leaders about their 2011 budgets and priorities.
