Today, CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield (CareFirst) announced its new initiative, "Care, delivered," a $5 million public-private sector philanthropic endeavor that will distribute personal protective equipment (PPE) at no-cost to healthcare and soci
Morgan State University received $1 million from Bank of America as a part of the corporation’s $25 million initiative to promote high-demand job skills among Black and Latino students.
Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr.
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In central Maryland and across the state and country, the number of COVID-19-infected citizens continues to rise.
For those of us working in HIV philanthropy, advocacy, and research, it’s impossible to ignore the parallels be
This new national research report from the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy, Colmena-Consulting, and Philanthropy Together explores the transformative impact of collective giving on philanthropy. The report underscores collective giving groups’ role in reshaping philanthropic practices, fostering social connections, and amplifying the voices of marginalized communities.
In 2023, the Annie E.
Grant-making is a large part of the Community Foundation’s role.
The United Way of Central Maryland and the Horizon Foundation awarded four winners a total of $60,000 at the 2019 Changemaker Challenge event Tuesday at the Kossiakoff Center at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab in Laurel.
Robert C. Embry Jr. is best known in Maryland as the longtime president of the Abell Foundation, where he has been fighting to improve the lives of all state residents, especially the disenfranchised, since 1987.
The United Way of Frederick County has announced the launch of an emergency relief fund with the backing by community philanthropists [the Ausherman Family Foundation, Community Foundation of Frederick Cou
As Americans buckle down for at least another month of social distancing and sheltering in place, more than 200 U.S.
The first quarter of 2020 was one of the all-time worst for the global economy. U.S. stock indices closed on March 31 having lost a fifth of their value over three months, and markets around the world posted similarly deep losses.
To solve today’s complex social problems, foundations need to shift from the prevailing model of strategic philanthropy that attempts to predict outcomes to an emergent model that better fits the realities of creating social change in a complex wo
Please join The Community Foundation of Frederick County on Nov. 19 at 3 p.m. for the premiere of #NothingStopsPhilanthropy, a short and exciting video about how we, together, made great things happen in Frederick County in fiscal year 2020.
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.
Join the Education Affinity Group for a follow-up program to learn about outcomes from this year's state legislative session.
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.
This 60-minute call is to discuss the role that the Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative can play over the next weeks/months during the COVID-19 crisis.
