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2023 Grantmaker Salary and Benefits (GSB) Survey Now Open
Release Date: 
03/27/2023

The Council on Foundations’ 2023 Grantmaker Salary and Benefits Survey is now open and your participation is needed. Maryland Philanthropy Network is once again partnering with COF to encourage our members to participate. Members who complete the survey receive a FREE copy of the national report—a $499 value! Since 1980, the Grantmaker Salary and Benefits Report has provided the sector with the most comprehensive data on staff composition and compensation in the United States. Grantmakers rely on this annual report to inform budgeting, talent recruitment and retention strategies, and personnel policies and practices.

Impact investing benefits Baltimore; we need more of it | GUEST COMMENTARY
Release Date: 
05/15/2023

What if I told you that, just as there are renewable energy sources, there is a renewable financial resource — and it’s already quietly making progress possible? Impact investing, which generates financial returns alongside positive social change, is proving a valuable tool for spurring large scale, inclusive economic growth and creating income and wealth for residents. Impact investments can take the form of low-interest loans, venture capital or municipal bond investments, for example, all with the goal of addressing critical social needs.

ALICE and the Benefits Cliff: The Challenges facing Maryland’s Working Families
Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at 11:00 to 12:30 PM

Have you met ALICE®? ALICE is an acronym for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed. The earnings of Maryland ALICE individuals and families are not enough to support a “survival budget” that is more than twice the Federal Poverty Level (FPL). Join us to hear about ALICE in Maryland, the findings from these reports, and discuss the implications in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and its devastating economic impact on our residents.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Funding Area: 
Basic Human Needs
Employment/Workforce development
Families and Children
Member Engagement Committee

Responsible for identifying and recruiting new members and developing strategies for retaining existing members. Members are asked to take on limited individual recruitment assignments.

Members’ Interns Philanthropy Breakfast
Wednesday, June 22, 2011 at 09:00 to 10:30 AM

Interns working at Maryland Philanthropy Network member foundations and corporations are invited to learn more broadly about the world of philanthropy and to share their summer experiences and impressions with their peers.

Event type: 
Network Building
Audience: 
Interns
Members' Memo | October 2021
Release Date: 
10/20/2021

Thank you to the 79 members who responded to our member survey, the first in many years but not the last.

Member Program Summaries

Our experienced staff bring together local, regional and national experts to deepen member knowledge, offer new perspectives and support informed and effective grantmaking.  Our well-curated content is most frequently delivered in-person but membe

Members' Memo | July 2021
Release Date: 
06/30/2021

Since the whole country is thinking about infrastructure, I thought I would as well. It is not sexy, nobody likes to fund it, but just like our country’s infrastructure, if you let it go, eventually it crumbles.  

Members' Memo | September 2021
Release Date: 
08/25/2021

Maryland is changing – bringing new possibilities, diverse people, and a shifting economy. This is a moment when we are ahead of many parts of the country, and it is to our advantage to reimagine our state for the future.

Member Sponsored Briefing: Talk and Walk: An Update on the Baltimore Greenway Trails
Friday, September 20, 2024 at 10:00 to 12:00 PM

Join us to learn more about the status of the 35-mile Baltimore Greenway Trail Network and to hear from those working to complete the trail. Panelists will share the value of the trail for transportation, recreation and neighborhood connectivity.

Event type: 
Member Sponsored Briefing
Audience: 
All Funders
Community Investment Funders
Green Funders
Health Funders
Funding Area: 
Community Development/Neighborhoods
Member Sponsored Event: Extending Impact of Workforce Development with Integrated Service Delivery
Thursday, February 02, 2017 at 01:00 to 04:00 PM

Evidence from programs across the country suggests that outcomes for workforce development programs can be significantly improved by integrating a suite of additional financial stability services such as benefits screening, financial education, cr

Event type: 
Member Sponsored Briefing
Audience: 
Members Only
Workforce Development Funders
Funding Area: 
Employment/Workforce development

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