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Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative Monthly Luncheon - January 2023

Thursday, January 12, 2023 at 12:00 to 02:00 PM

Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative (BWFC) meets each month. The Collaborative is a group of private and public funders committed to advancing equity, job quality and systems change efforts that lead to family-sustaining wages, strengthened communities and a vibrant local economy. BWFC members actively fund workforce development, are willing to co-invest, are committed to tracking outcomes and sharing investment data, and work together to improve workforce systems.

Event type:

Committee Meeting

Audience:

Members Only

Workforce Development Funders

Topic:

Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative

Funding Area:

Employment/Workforce development

Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative Releases New Strategic Framework

Release Date:

01/09/2023

The Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative (BWFC) at Maryland Philanthropy Network is thrilled to launch its new strategic and operating framework. This document sets forth a new vision, mission, and set of values. It recognizes the rich history of the BWFC dating back to 2006 and then sets forth a new set of strategic principles, pillars, and tactics for the future. This framework also lays out a plan for how the Collaborative is structured to operate.

Funders' Reception for Shanaysha Sauls, President and CEO, Baltimore Community Foundation

Thursday, April 19, 2018 at 04:00 to 06:00 PM

Please join The Abell Foundation, Maryland Philanthropy Network, The Annie E.

Event type:

Network Building

Audience:

Members Only

The Principles of Community Centric Fundraising: Implications for Funders

Wednesday, October 04, 2023 at 01:00 to 02:15 PM

Maryland Philanthropy Network is committed to helping our members learn to practice philanthropy in service of equity and justice. Community-Centric Fundraising (CCF) is a movement aspiring to transform fundraising and philanthropy so that they are co-grounded in racial and economic justice. CCF invites fundraisers and funders to examine the problematic philosophies and practices we've been upholding.

Event type:

Grantmaking Practice

Audience:

All Funders

Topic:

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Fundraising

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Supporting Bipartisan Policies to Tackle the National Housing Supply Shortage

Release Date:

05/05/2025

Across the nation, American families continue to grapple with an

Foundation Statements on Racial Violence and Injustice: In support of Asian American Pacific Islanders

Release Date:

03/19/2021

Ongoing incidents of tragedy and heartbreak have continued to put a spotlight on the harsh realities that our country must confront.

Maryland lawmakers file ‘groundbreaking,’ expensive bill for sweeping overhaul of state’s public schools

Release Date:

02/06/2020

Maryland lawmakers filed a “groundbreaking” but expensive 199-page bill Thursday that would mean a sweeping overhaul of the state’s public schools ―

Coggins: When Teachers Have to Be CFOs — Online Classroom Fundraising Speaks Volumes About Inequitable Resources in Our Nation’s Schools

Release Date:

04/29/2020

The nationwide misalignment between the science of how to teach children to read and how reading is actually taught in most schools has been in the news for more than a year.

Green Funders Peer Learning Exchange with the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation

Thursday, April 27, 2023 at 01:00 to 02:30 PM

Join Maryland Philanthropy Network for a peer learning exchange for environmental/sustainability funders. We’re pleased to be joined by Program Officer, Deborah Philbrick of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, who will speak with us about their Climate Solutions grantmaking. The goal of this “Big Bets” portfolio is to ensure that the Earth stays well below a two-degrees Celsius temperature increase to avoid catastrophic global effects. Hear about how this international funder thinks about its approach, priorities, and what they are learning. We’ll then discuss trends and opportunities you and other funders are seeing.

Event type:

Community Issues

Audience:

All Funders

Green Funders

Funding Area:

Environment/Sustainability

Experts Say Solving Baltimore Students’ Transit Issues Requires More Data, Funding

Release Date:

05/13/2025

Local transportation and education experts say Baltimore City’s student transit issues can be solved by prioritizing student data and putting money where the needs are.

Announcement of Ending of Basic Human Needs Affinity Group & Formation of Funders Together to End Homelessness

Release Date:

01/10/2019

In recognition of this focus and the desire to align funding around housing stability, Maryland Philanthropy Network members, many of whom are part of the Basic Human Needs Affinity Group decided to transform into a new group comprised of private and public funders, currently called Funders Together to End Homelessness – Baltimore.

Maryland math problem: How to pay for ambitious education plan

Release Date:

06/10/2019

Maryland lawmakers passed a sweeping education package in the latest General Assembly session and recently identified a work group whose task will be to find a way to pay for it.

What Might Schools Look Like Next Fall?

Release Date:

05/07/2020

Protective films around bus drivers, temperature checks at schoolhouse doors, playgrounds marked with social distancing markers.

Enhancing the Civic Participation Capacity in Baltimore: A Roundtable Discussion

Friday, June 26, 2020 at 01:30 to 03:00 PM

Please join us together with OSI-Baltimore, Black Girls Vote, No Boundaries Coalition, and Baltimore Votes for a virtual roundtable about opportunities for funders to support a strong civic participation culture in Baltimore.

Event type:

Community Issues

Audience:

All Funders

Topic:

Democracy and Social Sector

Funding Area:

Civic Engagement

Baltimore GameChangers

Release Date:

01/28/2020

For February 2020, Baltimore magazine published a special edition celebrating leaders of positive change in Baltimore - Baltimore GameChangers.

Baltimore’s Digital Divide: Gaps in Internet Connectivity and the Impact on Low-Income City Residents

Click here to view and download the full report.

A new analysis of American Community Survey (ACS) data shows that large numbers of Baltimore households lack two essential tools for getting online: wireline broadband service at home and computer...

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Resource type:

Publication

Topic:

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Information Technology

Funding Area:

Science and Technology

Big-name local backers give $5M to GreenLight Fund to address city's social needs

Release Date:

02/10/2021

More than 80 local investors and philanthropic organizations have pledged support for a new $5 million funding effort that will aim to address major social challenges in Baltimore.

Member Office Hours with Open Society Institute - Baltimore

Thursday, June 29, 2023 at 01:00 to 02:30 PM

In February, when the Open Society Institute – Baltimore announced its closure, MPN committed to convene members to discuss the implications.

Event type:

Community Issues

Audience:

All Funders

Topic:

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Nonprofits

Funding Area:

Capacity Building

Nonprofit Infrastructure

Literacy Tutoring for Baltimore: What we know, where we are, and how to move forward

Release Date:

03/01/2021

Baltimore Cultural Institutions: A Collaborative Approach to Shared Challenges

Tuesday, January 28, 2020 at 03:00 to 04:30 PM

Our cultural institutions are struggling to overcome the negative narrative that surrounds Baltimore and the very real impact it has on attendance and financial support. Even as our institutions are striving to be increasingly intentional in thei

Event type:

Community Issues

Audience:

Arts Funders

Members Only

Funding Area:

Arts/Culture/Humanities

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