Four years after launching an impact investing fund aimed at making loans to local community groups, Baltimore Community Foundation is growing this part of its portfolio further as giving remains high.
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 T. Rowe Price Foundation has announced $6.5 million over three years in grants in support of Baltimore nonprofits.
The Greater Washington Community Foundation is excited to announce $910,000 in grants awarded through its Sharing Community Funds this past cycle.
A new partnership to address homelessness in Baltimore will grow the city’s supply of affordable housing with services to help people remain stable.
The Health Equity Fund at the Greater Washington Community Foundation has announced $25.8 million in multiyear investments in five transformative projects foc
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.
After nearly four decades of leadership, Abell President Robert C. Embry Jr. has announced his plan to retire. Bob’s legacy in Baltimore is almost impossible to overstate.
Beverly White-Seals took her current position as president and CEO of the Community Foundation of Howard County in 2012 after a long career as an attorney, including 20 years with The Rouse Company. Born and raised in Washington, the 67-year-old recently shared some tidbits about her life — including her polished dance moves and love of sushi.
A full day professional development workshop for Mid-Atlantic grantmakers taught by our region's experienced practitioners! Presented by Maryland Philanthropy Network every year.
This full-day professional development workshop for grantmakers is taught by the region's experienced practitioners and is designed for trustees and staff of foundations, giving circles and corporate giving, individuals who are exploring how to organize significant charitable giving, and beginning and intermediate grantmakers.
This peer group is focused on best practices and emerging opportunities in the field of health, including the social determinants of health and behavioral health. Group meetings provide opportunities for funders to learn about key issues including government policy impacts, share grantmaking priorities, explore shared interests with other stakeholders including policymakers/public agency staff, and engage in aligned or collaborative grantmaking.
The driving question in Wilnelia Rivera’s work is “What makes women of color successful?”
The Community Foundation of Anne Arundel County (CFAAC) has announced $162,250 in grants awarded through its Fund for Anne Arundel to six local nonprofit organizations that provide opportunities for children living in Anne Arundel County to be hea
Nonprofits that serve communities of color struggle to survive because of systemic racial disparities and biases. To surmount these challenges, we recommend seven approaches that have emerged from our work with these communities.
The pandemic brought a lot of the systemic disparities that exist in society in stark relief, from digital access to education and health.
Maskerade Baltimore, a virtual silent auction and mask design competition to raise awareness and funds for issues facing the LGBTQ community in Baltimore, will be hosted starting next week on November 7. Marylanders have grown accustomed to wearin
The Daily Record has named Nikki Highsmith Vernick, Horizon Foundation, Franklyn Baker, United Way of Central Maryland, and Shanaysha Sauls, Baltimore Community Foundation, Maryland’s 2021
Baltimore Seniors & Housing Collaborative would like to finish this challenging year on a positive note by sharing what we have been able to accomplish to overcome the deep-seated housing disparities created through decades of Baltimore’s red-lining practices which were then exacerbated by the pandemic. All are welcome and invited to present. Our friends from Weinberg Foundation, Comprehensive Housing Assistance, Inc (CHAI) and Civic Works will kick us off!