In their continuing effort to track the ongoing impact of the coronavirus pandemic on nonprofit employment, the Center for Civil Society Studies Archive reports their estimates of COVID-induced nonprofit job losses through December 2021, as reflec
The France-Merrick Foundation's annual grantee listing varies significantly from year to year and yet each cohort speaks to the collection of issues the foundation cares about and represents the type of organizations and projects
The Baltimore Business Journal spotlights the next generation of Greater Baltimore business leaders. 40 people under the age of 40 who are making significant career achievements and demonstrating social responsibility. Congratulations to Sabrina Thornton, Creativity and Innovation Program Officer for the T. Rowe Price Foundation, who is included among this year's honorees!
The Annie E. Casey Foundation has announced a $3 million impact investment in the Renter Wealth Creation Fund, which aims to preserve affordable housing while helping renters build assets and savings.
When was the last time you had a lengthy, honest and open conversation with someone you didn’t know well? Or even better -- with someone who you assumed held a whole different world view than your own.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation recently released the 2025 edition of its KIDS COUNT Data Book, an annual report that tracks children's well-being across America.
Is there room for another entity to grapple with anti-Israel, anti-Jewish hate on the U.S. East Coast? The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore thinks so.
The Community Foundation of Frederick County is partnering with Frederick County to launch a new grant program called Frederick FEED: Food Equity and Emergency Distribution.
We are in a trifecta of crises that threatens our nation’s public health, economic security and democracy. Though this pandemic is new, racism and economic injustice are not. The pandemic has served to further reveal preexisting inequities in housing, education, health care, food security, policing and criminal justice, income and employment.
Maternal and child health has been in the news a lot recently, for all the wrong reasons. The maternal mortality rate in the United States is rising, and racial disparities are widening over time.
July is Disability Pride Month, marking the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
2025 is a big year for long-time Baltimore resident Chrissy Thornton. She’s turning 50, and the organization she’s led for more than two years turns 40.
The Robert W. Deutsch Foundation welcomes George Hopkins as Director of Community Innovations.
The earliest years of life — including the prenatal phase — lay the foundation for lifelong health and well-being. For all young children to thrive, they must live in a society that meets their needs from the very start.
By Adam Donaldson, Maryland Philanthropy Network Member Services Director
It could not be clearer in those moments how firmly engrained white supremacy is in all the structures of our nation. The response from law enforcement at the Capitol was unrecognizable from the over-policing that occurs in many of the communities we serve and represent. The upswell of white supremacists came from across our country and from nearly every community. We at Maryland Philanthropy Network stand with our colleagues and leaders across the country in calling for change. Our communities and our future depend on it.
Join Maryland Philanthropy Network and our speakers for an overview of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to contextualize the ways funds are being disbursed, including the $350 billion in State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF). Drawing on ideas found in this Philanthropy News Digest article by Darius Graham of the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, we’ll discuss how a greater understanding of priorities and processes in a community can help with allocating SLFRF in ways that inform grantmaking. We will conclude with a dynamic panel discussion with our partners on how funders can support nonprofits, provide community input about public dollars, and address any potential funding gaps.
Join Maryland Philanthropy Network’s Emergent Philanthropy Roundtable, to discuss Darren Walker’s book From Generosity to Justice: A New Gospel of Wealth. This peer discussion will focus on chapters six through eight which address valuing both expertise and experience, standing up and speaking out, and include conversations with Ai-jen Poo, President of National Domestic Workers Alliance, and Ken Frazier, former CEO of the pharmaceutical company Merck. Bring your questions, your favorite quotes, or just a curious attitude!
Join Maryland Philanthropy Network staff and your philanthropic peers for Economic Opportunity Funders' briefing on the new political environment and its impact on social policy. Together in Arlington, VA, and virtually, funders will network around, learn about, and discuss: what's at stake and in play at the federal and state levels; coordinated efforts underway to shape the budget and tax fights ahead; implications for philanthropy in the short and long term; and strategies for individual and collective action.
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