Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski on Tuesday announced the launch of the Baltimore County COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund, which he says will support residents and promote public health during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Community Foundation of Anne Arundel County (CFAAC) established the Community Crisis Response Fund in 2018 to provide flexible financial a
An outline of a potential school day was drawn from interviews with more than 20 education leaders determining what reopened schools might look like come fall.
COVID-19 is bearing down on communities of color with intense disproportional impacts that are felt both economically and physically.
Nine Baltimore nonprofits will receive a cut of a $4 million commitment from JPMorgan Chase to tackle the city’s vacant housing crisis and form a working group that meets regularly to share ideas.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation is pleased to release its 36th KIDS COUNT® Data Book!
Nonprofit advocacy is vital to advancing the mission of every organization, so it’s essential to spend time engaging on the issues that matter. It’s not just our constitutional right and civic duty but also our obligation to the missions and communities we hold so dear.
During this crisis, local philanthropy has an essential role to play in bolstering a pillar of their local economies: child care.
The head of a Baltimore nonprofit implores grant makers to stop asking him to tell his story about the night he was shot and nearly died.
ALICE is an acronym for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed.
With more than 466,000 Marylanders food insecure , does it matter where the food is grown or whether it is processed or fresh? We will discuss what the research says about the quality/quantity debate, what efforts are being made in Maryland to address food quality and quantity; and what can be done to achieve more of both.
As business leaders, we strongly support the Kirwan Commission legislation that would dramatically improve education practice, funding and accountability in
Maryland.
Please join the Green Funders Affinity Group for a combination Legislative Debrief and update about implementation of the Climate Solutions Now Act.
Wells Fargo is providing $500,000 grant to help Jubilee Baltimore implement the Central Baltimore Partnership's plan for revitalizing six cit
The Annie E. Casey Foundation's 2019 KIDS COUNT® Data Book, just released, brings good news!
The unemployment rate is very high and millions report that their households did not get enough to eat or are not caught up on rent payments.
In an effort to combat the COVID-19 pandemic – and to comply with state and local governmental stay-at-home orders – virtually all nonprofits across the country closed their offices in March and required their employees to work remotely.
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield, a not-for-profit and the largest health care company in the mid-Atlantic region, has been named by the Ethisphere Institute as one of the “World’s Most Ethical Companies” in 2021.
The Rockefeller Foundation is investing $20 million in a new initiative focused on improving Covid-19 vaccine access and equity that is set to roll out in Baltimore and four other pilot cities.
Open Society Institute (OSI) Baltimore was recently awarded a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation to pilot strategies to close the vaccination gaps among communities of color, which have been disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Join this conversation with Scott Nolen, director of the Addiction and Health Equity program at OSI-Baltimore to discuss the Equity-First Vaccination Initiative, what we currently know about vaccine decision-making, and to talk about opportunities to leverage or pool our resources to ensure that every Baltimore resident has meaningful access to empirically accurate information and vaccination plan that suits their needs. Jennifer White of the Horizon Foundation will present on findings from a national study on COVID vaccine decision making in communities of color including local findings from Howard County.
