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Beyond Business as Usual: Supporting Advocacy in Times of Socio-Political Change
Thursday, May 22, 2025 at 10:00 to 11:30 AM

Join Maryland Philanthropy Network for a conversation with sector leaders including guests from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, CLLCTIVLY, and Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle to discuss advocacy and the role of philanthropy. This program will explore challenges and opportunities around growing a grantmaking infrastructure for policy and systems reform advocacy including community-led movements. Members will learn about what’s needed in the space, reimagining philanthropy, strategies that work, and the urgency of the moment in the current political climate.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
All Funders
Members Only
Topic: 
Democracy and Social Sector
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Grantmaking Strategy & Tools
Public Policy
Funding Area: 
Advocacy
Civil Rights and Social Justice
Nonprofit Infrastructure
Health Equity Grantmaking Practices: A Roundtable Discussion
Wednesday, March 04, 2020 at 10:00 to 11:30 AM

This year, Maryland Philanthropy Network’s Health Funders will be conducting a series of programs exploring Social Determinants of Health topics, to better understand the roles of all funder groups in advancing health equity.

Event type: 
Grantmaking Practice
Audience: 
All Funders
Topic: 
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Funding Area: 
Behavioral Health
Capacity Building
Civil Rights and Social Justice
Health Access and Care
Hunger and Nutrition
Poverty
Race, Equity, and Social Determinants of Health
Friday, February 28, 2020 at 12:00 to 01:30 PM

Access to stable housing, food quality, social support networks, and other social factors are critical in shaping health outcomes. These factors are known as social determinants of health and they are rooted in unjust systems.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
All Funders
Health Funders
Topic: 
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Funding Area: 
Basic Human Needs
Civil Rights and Social Justice
Community Development/Neighborhoods
Health Access and Care
Housing and Homelessness
Keeping Kids in School: The Equity Issue of Suspensions
Tuesday, July 10, 2018 at 12:00 to 01:30 PM

Join us to learn about the Maryland Suspension Representation Project's work to reconnect students with school and needed supports, hear how this can improve school systems and reduce school push-out and racial disparities in discipline, and share your ideas for keeping students in school.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Education Funders
Members Only
Funding Area: 
Children's and Youth Services
Civil Rights and Social Justice
Education
Families Funding Change: How Social Justice Giving Honors Our Roots and Strengthens Communities
Thursday, November 12, 2015 at 12:00 to 01:30 PM

In this special, family foundation trustee- and staff-only event, we’ll explore strategies family foundations can take to engage more deeply in grantmaking that builds toward long-term social change. The webinar will draw from case studies highlighted in NCRP’s new Families Funding Change report, as well as the real life experiences of family members and trustees who have made the transition toward social justice giving.

Event type: 
Webinar/Teleconference
Audience: 
Family Foundation
Topic: 
Grantmaking Strategy & Tools
Funding Area: 
Civil Rights and Social Justice
Maryland Legal Services Corporation 2023 Annual Report
Release Date: 
04/03/2024

The Maryland Legal Services Corporation, established in 1982 by the Maryland General Assembly and distributes funds from the Interest on Lawyer Trust Accounts (IOLTA) program and other s

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