In Fall 2023, Goodwill Industries of the Chesapeake opened the Baltimore Excel Center High School, a school designed to provide residents aged 21 and older the opportunity to receive a tuition-free high school diploma along with access to post-secondary education and careers. Please join the Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative and the Maryland Philanthropy Network's Workforce Funders Affinity Group to tour the school and learn more about the Excel model.
60 years after Brown vs the Board of Education, American public schools are more segregated today than in 1968. In the state of Maryland, 9 out of every 10 black Maryland students and 8 out of every 10 Latino students attends a majority-minority school. 1 of every 4 black Maryland students attends a school that is 99-100% minority. Segregating poor, minority children in high poverty schools increases educational inequities.
View materials from "Funders Together to End Homelessness – Baltimore Meeting (4/17/20)"
In July 2018, Dr. Donna Hargens became the Superintendent for Archdiocese of Baltimore Catholic Schools. She heads 44 schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s nine jurisdictions, including Baltimore City and Baltimore County.
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View materials from "Funders Together to End Homelessness – Baltimore Meeting (05-29-2020)"
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This report by the Funders’ Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities examines the potential of anchor institutions hold to create lasting and sustainable change—and illustrates how funders are working with anchor institutions to create healthier, more equitable, and economically vibrant places to live and work.
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After a robust conversation on Closing the Vaccination Gaps in Our Communities earlier this month.
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The Baltimore City Sustainability Plan which came out in early 2009 catalogues the City's manyenvironmental and urban greening initiatives.
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Program Resources for A Conversation with Dr. Karen Salmon, Maryland’s State Superintendent of Schools
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View materials from "Book Discussion with Ashley Berner: Pluralism and American Public Education"
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View materials from Health Services Cost Review Commission on Community Supported Programs and Reporting.
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Maryland Philanthropy Network is pleased to welcome Elaine Carroll as Program Manager for the Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative! Working with the Director of the BWFC, Linda Dworak, Elaine will facilitate the formation and implementation of the new Baltimore Climate and Infrastructure Workforce Hub (The Hub).
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View materials from Member Sponsored Briefing | Capital Grantmaking: Lessons from the Field of Education.
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View Materials from Health Funders Legislative Debrief
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Four local philanthropies have announced new emergency funds and actions to support community members affected by COVID-19.
Fall of 2010, when we first announced Baltimore as one of five sites selected to remake America's great urban places and reconnect residents to economic opportunity, I declared that there was no more important work that we could undertake.
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In October of 2019, Maryland Philanthropy Network hosted an engaging conversation about supporting an Innovative and Inclusive Arts Community. Building on that conversation and contemplating the challenges the pandemic brought on the arts community, join Maryland Philanthropy Network's Arts Funders Affinity Group to revisit and deepen your understanding of what’s happening to support leaders of color in the arts and creative economy in Maryland.