The Baltimore Health Corps launched this week to train and hire unemployed city residents to work in neighborhoods hit hardest by COVID-19. The initiative is seeking to hire 300 people to perform roles including contact tracing, public health educ
Independent Sector regularly releases Health of the U.S. Nonprofit Sector reports – an evolving and growing resource of data, analysis, and recommendations about key areas powering more than 1.8 million U.S. nonprofits.
Independent Sector regularly releases quarterly and annual reports that serve as an evolving and growing resource of data, analysis, and recommendations about key areas powering more than 1.8 million U.S. nonprofits. This most recent report provides an analysis of data highlighting the nonprofit economy and human capital. Recommendations cover research, practice, and policy.
With millions of Americans wrestling with financial insecurity, the Wells Fargo Foundation today announced $5.4 million in grants to nine organizations that help struggling households manage their finances, reduce debt, improve cr
Jamye Wooten, founder of CLLCTIVLY, a Baltimore-based social change organization that mobilizes resources for Black-led organizations, lost his sister to cancer at the age of 53.
On May 19th, advocates, public health, and foundation people came together to share concerns related to the intersection of environment and health. The Maryland Philanthropy Network Green Funders hosted a meeting with Dr.
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The success of family philanthropy is dependent on the willingness of the family to embrace an ecosystem of partners. A terrific example of a family philanthropy that uses an ecosystem approach in its work is the Bainum Family Foundation. By understanding and embracing the roles each stakeholder must play to achieve meaningful societal change, families, staff members, grantees, and community members can better experience stronger relationships, establish clear lines of accountability, employ equitable practices, and learn from each other, making for lasting impact.
Charitable giving in the U.S. topped $400 billion in 2017. And more than half of American households give annually—more than vote in presidential elections.
Do you ever go to a meeting and wonder why you came? Do your philanthropy meetings lack the fun and energy that keep people engaged and ready to participate? If so, this session might be for you.
In late 2020, there was much talk about how the world of philanthropy was being upended by the confluence of historic events, namely COVID-19 and the Black Lives Matter movement in the U.S. Based on research commissioned by Spring Strategies in January 2022, this article from Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy identifies four emerging phenomena that resulted from what have been recognized as the dual crises of unaddressed systemic racism and a global pandemic.
How should philanthropy support young people in this perilous time in U.S. history? The confluence of a global pandemic, an economic crisis, and a nationwide call for racial justice will fundamentally alter the lives of all American learners.
There’s a well-known verse among the faith-based community, that “Faith can move mountains”.
The Women’s Giving Circle of Howard County had a wonderful night celebrating women, community, and Black Philanthropy Month on August 1 at the Women's Giving Circle of Howard County's Black Philanthropy Month Happy Hour at The 3rd. The WGC is proud to continue support for Black Philanthropy Month, which is observed every August. The primary aims of BPM are informing, involving, inspiring and investing in Black philanthropic leadership to strengthen African-American and African-descent giving in all its forms, for the benefit of our planet, our communities, our organizations and our lives.
The Women's Giving Circle of Howard County is proud to continue support for Black Philanthropy Month (BPM), observed every August.
The Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) has recently updated its definition of philanthropic effectiveness with input from its staff, board, and community, to share with the sector. CEP believes that effectiveness requires the
Black women philanthropists are essential to the growth of the philanthropic space and yet are often sidelined.
THE CORONAVIRUS has thrown many of the ills of American society into sharp relief: slow decision-making, inequality and a safety-net full of holes. A superpower that should have been well prepared to fight the pandemic is floundering instead.
In late March, three members of the Baltimore Community Foundation’s Development and Donor Services team traveled to Atlanta for
