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How Place-Based Funders Build Better Community Partnerships

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01/13/2022

When place-based funders from 12 regions across the country formed a learning group in 2020, chronicled in this five-part series, they shared practical, tactical steps to grapple with a range of thorny questions. When they turned to engaging stakeholders, the funders focused on three core challenges to building community partnerships.

Resources from Housing Funder Huddle - November 2025

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Growing Philanthropy Through Giving Circles: Lessons Learned from Start Up to Grantmaking

This report written by Tracey Rutnik and Buffy Beaudoin-Schwartz at the Maryland Philanthropy Network in 2003 highlights how today's donors want an engaging philanthropic experience - and how despite the tight economy, donors are opening their checkbooks and their schedules to participate in giving circles.

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Program Resources from Maryland Climate Partners Coalition Update on the Implementation of the Climate Solutions Now Act

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Family-Engaged Case Planning A Practice Guide For Transforming Juvenile Probation

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02/18/2022

Resources from Intergenerational Transfer of Wealth: Review of Trends from Across the Country

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Program Resources from Fundamentals of the Maryland Total Cost of Care Model and Current Priorities

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Soros in Baltimore: Lessons From 20 Years of Place-Based Giving

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10/02/2019

Place-based giving has long been a cornerstone of the American philanthropic tradition.

Program Resources from Funders Together to End Homelessness – Baltimore Meeting – March 2024

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Resources from Member Discussion with Open Society Institute - Baltimore

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Resources from The Science of Reading in Maryland

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Education: Literacy

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Program Resources from The Accomplishments & Future of the B'More for Healthy Babies Initiative

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Resources from ENOUGH Update Meeting

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Program Resources from Focus on City Schools: Older Youth Literacy

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Resources from Reducing Health Inequities in West Baltimore: RICH 2.0 Collaborative

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Program Resources from Focus on City Schools: On Track to Graduate Framework and Strategies

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Program Resources from Prenatal to Five Impact Collaborative November 2020 Meeting

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Program Resources from Seniors & Housing Collaborative: Health and Housing

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Program Resources from A Conversation with Dr. William Kirwan, Chair of Commission on Innovation & Excellence in Education

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Reimagining The Work: What Emerged from My Experience as a Baltimore Corps Fellow

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05/10/2022

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