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Reimagining Child Care: Insights and Ideas from the WeVision EarlyEd Initiative
Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 12:00 to 01:30 PM

All MPN members are invited to join the Prenatal-to-Five (PN-5) Affinity Group for a conversation featuring the Bainum Family Foundation's WeVision EarlyEd Initiative, which is a catalyst for making the ideal child care real — as defined by those closest to the system: families, educators and administrators. WeVision EarlyEd is designed to guide necessary conversations and test ideal solutions, beginning with the District of Columbia and then influencing other communities across the nation. Attendees will learn details about the initiative, insights and ideas captured thus far, the Foundation’s investments to begin to test ideal solutions, as well as future plans.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Education Funders
Prenatal to Five Affinity Group
Funding Area: 
Education: Early childhood
Families and Children
Conversation with Secretary Jacob R. Day, Maryland Department of Housing & Community Development
Monday, March 04, 2024 at 01:45 to 02:45 PM

2024 promises to be a big year for housing policy in the State of Maryland with implications for the next several years. Join us for a conversation with Jacob R. (Jake) Day, Maryland Secretary of Housing & Community Development, to learn about his vision for the department under the Moore-Miller administration and key priorities. This will also be an opportunity for MPN members to share information about what they see in communities, their priorities, along with ideas for working together with state leaders to ensure safe, affordable, and supportive housing for all Marylanders.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Community Investment Funders
Members Only
Topic: 
Conversations with Leaders
Public Policy
Public/Private Partnership
Funding Area: 
Community Development/Neighborhoods
Housing and Homelessness
Workforce Community Conversation: Dialogue Between Grantees and Funders
Thursday, March 21, 2024 at 03:00 to 05:00 PM

This Workforce Community Conversation will create a space of honest conversation between funders and workforce development organizations to advance a shared sense of mutual understanding, accountability, and possibility.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
All Funders
Workforce Development Funders
Topic: 
Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative
Funding Area: 
Employment/Workforce development
Shaping our Shared Future: A Child Poverty Summit
Thursday, June 13, 2024 at 09:30 to 01:30 PM

Please join Maryland Philanthropy Network and William Julius Wilson Institute at Harlem Children’s Zone for a gathering of Maryland leaders to celebrate the passage of the historic ENOUGH Act.  Learn directly from Maryland Governor Wes Moore and state and national leaders about Maryland's groundbreaking approach to addressing economic mobility and join forces with leaders committed to economic mobility and moving the needle for children in Maryland.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Members Only
Topic: 
Public Policy
Funding Area: 
Children's and Youth Services
Families and Children
Briefing on Historic Plan to Address Vacant Properties in Baltimore Neighborhoods
Monday, September 23, 2024 at 08:30 to 10:00 AM

In 2023, Mayor Brandon Scott, BUILD, and the Greater Baltimore Committee formed an agreement to end the crisis of vacant and abandoned properties in Baltimore City over the next 15 years. This partnership is committed to a “whole blocks” approach that will leverage an estimated $3 billion in public investment — including $300 million in private and philanthropic contributions — to bring an additional $5 billion in private investments to neighborhoods across Baltimore. We invite business and philanthropic leaders to a briefing about this strategy. The session will highlight specific areas where expertise and resources from the business and philanthropic communities can support a historic public-private partnership to eliminate vacant housing and build safe, stable neighborhoods where all city residents can thrive. 

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Members Only
Funding Area: 
Community Development/Neighborhoods
Housing and Homelessness
Conversation with Tonya R. Miller Hall, Senior Advisor of Arts & Culture for Baltimore City
Tuesday, October 15, 2024 at 09:30 to 11:00 AM

Join the Arts Funders Affinity Group for a conversation with Tonya Miller Hall, Senior Advisor of Arts & Culture for Baltimore City. We’ll learn about her role and the City's strategy around arts and culture broadly, and the Office’s connection and collaboration with community, other agencies, and institutions. 

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Arts Funders
Members Only
Topic: 
Conversations with Leaders
Funding Area: 
Arts/Culture/Humanities
Climate Resiliency and Its Impact on Residents’ Health
Monday, December 02, 2024 at 01:30 to 03:00 PM

Join Maryland Philanthropy Network's Health Funders Affinity Group and Green Funders Affinity Group as they host Ben Zaitchik, PhD, chair and professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Johns Hopkins University, who will give an update on the promising work of the Baltimore Social-Environmental Collaborative. Two years into a five-year, $25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, Dr. Zaitchik and his team of researchers are aiming to create Baltimore as one of the world’s most climate resilient cities.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Green Funders
Health Funders
Members Only
Funding Area: 
Community Development/Neighborhoods
Disaster Preparedness
Environment/Sustainability
Health Access and Care
The Changing Landscape of Arts Funding
Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 01:00 to 02:30 PM

This Arts Funders Affinity Group meeting will feature remarks by Nicholas Cohen, Executive Director of Maryland Citizens for the Arts and Steven Skerritt-Davis, Executive Director of the Maryland State Arts Council followed by Q&A and discussion providing members a chance to voice their concerns, share updates on their priorities, and discuss any shifts in funding allocations. We invite all funders who care about a strong, vibrant arts and culture sector to this opportunity to exchange perspectives about the arts landscape. 

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Arts Funders
Members Only
Funding Area: 
Arts/Culture/Humanities
Baltimore Youth Initiative Issues Grants to 10 Organizations
Release Date: 
02/15/2023

Baltimore’s Promise, in part­ner­ship with the Annie E. Casey Foun­da­tion and the Har­ry and Jeanette Wein­berg Foun­da­tion, recent­ly announced a pack­age of 10 grants total­ing rough­ly $525,000 through its Youth Grant­mak­ers Ini­tia­tive. The effort, which fea­tured a group of 15 Bal­ti­more-area youth and young adults between the ages of 16 and 25 in promi­nent design and deci­sion-mak­ing roles, grant­ed funds to 10 local orga­ni­za­tions.

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