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Like Learning A Language: Bringing the Voices Behind Baltimore’s Permitting and Grantmaking Systems into Conversation

Release Date:

12/07/2022

The Morehead-Cain Scholarship at UNC at Chapel Hill has a Civic Collaboration Summer for rising sophomores, and five scholars were assigned to work with Maryland Philanthropy Network and the Middendorf Foundation. This study looks to explore both the permit and grant processes from the perspectives of nonprofit organizations, foundations, and the Baltimore City Government. By interviewing various stakeholders, the scholars gained insight and understood just how complex these processes were. All sides provided their experiences, which led the scholars to develop key takeaways and recommendations to create a more efficient system.

Members' Memo | November 15, 2023

Release Date:

11/15/2023

A message to the Maryland Philanthropy Network membership from our President and CEO Danista E. Hunte.

Early Education Data Collaborative

Wednesday, June 27, 2018 at 12:00 to 01:30 PM

The Early Education Data Collaborative was created to follow early childhood trajectories of children born to Baltimore City residents. Join us to hear from a panel of collaborative members. They will share research and data they've collected and learned to date as a member of the collaborative.

Event type:

Community Issues

Audience:

Education Funders

Members Only

Funding Area:

Education: Early childhood

Tour of National Park Service Historic Preservation Training Center

Thursday, May 31, 2018 at 10:00 to 01:30 PM

Join members of the Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative on a visit to the National Park Service Historic Preservation Training Center in Frederick, MD to learn about opportunities to help entry level construction workers build careers in the maintenance and preservation of historic properties.

Event type:

Site Visit

Audience:

All Funders

Workforce Development Funders

Topic:

Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative

Funding Area:

Employment/job training

Employment/Workforce development

Washington Grantmakers - Planning for Impact

Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 09:00 to 01:00 PM

Organized by our colleagues at Washington Grantmakers, this grantmaking practice workshop may be of interest. Cost: $125.

Is your foundation making the difference you thought it would?

Event type:

Grantmaking Practice

Audience:

All Funders

Topic:

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

ALICE® (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) in Maryland

Tuesday, April 25, 2017 at 09:30 to 11:00 AM

Have you met ALICE^®? ALICE is an acronym for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed.

Event type:

Community Issues

Audience:

Basic Human Needs Funders

Members Only

Funding Area:

Basic Human Needs

Effective Consulting Partnerships to Philanthropy

Wednesday, December 09, 2015 at 02:00 to 03:00 PM

Foundations encourage partnerships among grantees, but great partnerships also take place among consultants to foundations. In this webinar, you’ll explore the realm of consultant partnerships, discover the forms those philanthropy-consulting partnerships take, and learn about their benefits and inherent challenges. Our presenters also will explain what foundations most need to know about initiating and supporting philanthropy-consulting partnerships.

Event type:

Webinar/Teleconference

Audience:

All Funders

Topic:

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Bainum Family Foundation Appoints Jacquelyn Davis as New CEO and President

Release Date:

04/24/2019

For the first time in the 50-year history of the Bainum Family Foundation, an executive outside of the founding family will lead the day-to-day operations of the Bethesda-based charitable foundation.

POSTPONED | Member-Sponsored Briefing: Catchafire

Friday, October 25, 2019 at 10:30 to 11:30 AM

This program has been POSTPONED and will be rescheduled. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Event type:

Member Sponsored Briefing

Audience:

Members Only

Topic:

Technical Assistance & Capacity Building

New Resource Provides Expert Guidance on Advancing Comprehensive School Mental Health Systems

Release Date:

09/18/2019

Positive mental health can have a significant impact on a child’s academic performance and overall well-being. A national team of mental health experts, including the Bainum Family Foundation, today released a new resource that calls for:

The Role of Philanthropy in Advancing Equity in the Arts

Release Date:

10/07/2019

By expanding support to arts and cultural organizations in diverse neighborhoods, funders can provide a missing ingredient in the effort to advance equity.

Why JP Morgan Chase is 'playing the long game' in Cherry Hill

Release Date:

01/17/2020

JPMorgan Chase & Co. wants to set an example for companies across the U.S. that Baltimore is a city on the rise.

More Foundations Are Opting Out of Perpetuity—So What?

Release Date:

01/21/2020

Among the many trends in giving we have seen advancing over the last decade is a shift toward entertaining shorter time frames for the philanthropic spending of personal fortunes. Now, a new report from Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors suggests the number of time-limited foundations, sometimes referred to as “spend-down foundations,” is gaining on those organized to give in perpetuity.

360 Degree Choice of Direction

Release Date:

01/23/2020

From the top floor of Hotel Revival, I marveled at a sunny 360-degree view of Baltimore. Directly south along the water I could see Port Covington, a former industrial area being redeveloped into a new metro ecosystem.

A Simple, Low-Cost Way for Nonprofits and Foundations to Curb the Coronavirus Crisis

Release Date:

03/31/2020

As the coronavirus spread endangers millions of lives around the globe, nonprofits and foundations are scrambling to find the best ways to help.

Resilience at Work: How Nonprofits Adapt to Disruption. How Funders Can Help.

Release Date:

04/15/2020

The decision to spend down all the assets of the S. D. Bechtel, Jr. Foundation was made in 2008, creating significant opportunities as well as some real challenges.

Influential Marylander 2020 Profile | Celeste Amato

Release Date:

05/07/2020

As president of the Maryland Philanthropy Network, a statewide, Baltimore-based association that represents some 130 organizations, Celeste Amato helps manage some $9 billion in charitable assets.

Baltimore Sun looks to non-profit status to stay afloat amid coronavirus threat

Release Date:

05/12/2020

The Baltimore Sun has just won the Pulitzer prize for local reporting, despit

Abell report: City government could play greater role in expanding internet access

Release Date:

05/12/2020

With the COVID-19 pandemic highlighting the city’s persistent problems with internet access, Baltimore City government could play a greater role in expanding technology to low-income homes and training residents how to use it, according to

It is Our Duty to Care: Prioritizing Child Care in Maryland

Tuesday, June 23, 2020 at 01:00 to 02:00 PM

Join us for a conversation with Laura Weeldreyer, Executive Director of Maryland Family Network, and some of our region’s child care providers to shed light on how national predictions are playing out in Maryland. Participants will learn how to support the safe, responsible re-opening of child care across the state, as well as how we rebuild a stronger and more sustainable industry made for all children and their caregivers.

Event type:

Community Issues

Audience:

All Funders

Education Funders

Topic:

Public/Private Partnership

Funding Area:

Advocacy

Behavioral Health

Children's and Youth Services

Economic Development