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State Legislative Recap & Dialogue: Accomplishments & Implications for Early Childhood - May 2024
Tuesday, May 14, 2024 at 12:00 to 01:30 PM

Significant gains to the Child Care Scholarship Program and advancements for mixed delivery systems and family child care settings are headlines from this year's legislative session. The Prenatal to Five Affinity Group will be joined by Beth Morrow, Director of Public Policy for the Maryland Family Network (MFN), for a legislative recap and time to talk about the opportunities to seize and challenges that remain. Join us virtually on May 14 from 12:00 - 1:30 pm.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Prenatal to Five Affinity Group
Funding Area: 
Education: Early childhood
Families and Children
Green Funders Legislative Debrief
Wednesday, June 12, 2024 at 10:00 to 11:30 AM

Please join Maryland Philanthropy Network’s Green Funders Affinity Group for a Legislative Debrief to understand the political forces shaping Maryland’s environmental policy and the legislative progress expected in the future. Speakers from the Maryland League of Conservation Voters, Sierra Club’s Maryland Chapter, and The Nature Conservancy’s Maryland/DC Chapter will provide an overview of outcomes from this year’s Maryland General Assembly, particularly around the groups top priorities of infrastructure deployment and environmental/climate justice.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
All Funders
Green Funders
Topic: 
Public Policy
Funding Area: 
Advocacy
Danista E. Hunte Named President and CEO of Maryland Philanthropy Network
Release Date: 
09/19/2023

The Board of Directors of Maryland Philanthropy Network is pleased to announce the appointment of Danista E. Hunte as its next President and CEO, effective October 11, 2023. Danista brings with her a wealth of experience spanning over three decades in the philanthropic and non-profit sector. She most recently served as the Executive Director of Child First Authority in Baltimore and prior to that was Vice President of Community Investment for the Baltimore Community Foundation.

Baltimore City Policing: Priorities for Reform
Tuesday, November 19, 2019 at 12:00 to 01:30 PM

Please join the Maryland Philanthropy Network’s Health Funders for a conversation about alternative policing strategies for behavioral health. We will receive an overview of the behavioral health components of the Consent Decree, and discuss the potential alternatives needed in the system of care to promote diversion. We will hear from Crista Taylor, President and CEO of Behavioral Health System Baltimore, Terry Hickey, from the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, and Lieutenant Colonel Monique Brown of the Baltimore City Police Department’s Neighborhood Patrol Division – the CPIC leaders.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Behavioral Health Funders
Health Funders
Members Only
Topic: 
Legal Issues
Public/Private Partnership
Funding Area: 
Behavioral Health
Criminal Justice
Health Access and Care
Public Safety/Violence Prevention
Strategic Philanthropy for a Complex World
Release Date: 
05/06/2020

To solve today’s complex social problems, foundations need to shift from the prevailing model of strategic philanthropy that attempts to predict outcomes to an emergent model that better fits the realities of creating social change in a complex wo

Prenatal to Five Affinity Group

The Prenatal-to-Five (PN-5) Affinity Group was created to help funders who are interested in supporting expectant parents, and children from birth through age five and their families improve their grantmaking by learning more about initiatives, educational research, and best practices.

Health Grantmaking Priorities: A Conversation with Secretary Josh Sharfstein and Mark Luckner
Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 03:30 to 05:00 PM

Maryland Philanthropy Network members work to improve health outcomes for Marylanders through strategic investments in the context of a seven billion dollars annual state budget for public health. On May 26, welcome back Dr. Joshua M.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Health Funders
Members Only
Topic: 
Conversations with Leaders
Funding Area: 
Health Access and Care
Mobility & Aging in Rural America: The Role for Innovation: An Introduction for Funders
Knowledgebase

This publication provides a wealth of background and program ideas for improving rural mobility through existing and emerging technology. It offers insights about what’s already working and what is possible from the perspective of providers and thought leaders. It is a general introduction tailored for funders but useful for anyone. It does not require a background in technology or aging.

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Resource type: 
KB Submission
Publication
Topic: 
Grantmaking Strategy & Tools
Funding Area: 
Aging
Audience: 
Aging/Older Adults Funders
Stepping Up
Release Date: 
04/06/2020

To my community foundation colleagues, 

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