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Community Resiliency Centers in Action
Tuesday, August 20, 2024 at 11:00 to 12:30 PM

During this meeting, Erica Pinket, the new Climate and Resilience Planner with the Baltimore City Office of Sustainability in the Department of Planning will share her vision for supporting and building Community Resiliency Center Hubs and the very relevant heat mitigation practices they are implementing. Jeff Griffin, Executive Director of the Franciscan Center, and Eli Allen and Simon Zimmer with Civic Works will talk about their successful and sometimes challenging efforts to build infrastructure, purchase and maintain essential equipment and supplies, and obtain financial support as Resiliency Hub operators.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Aging/Older Adults Funders
Members Only
Funding Area: 
Aging
Housing and Homelessness
Older Adults
Education Funders Summer Learning Peer Exchange and Happy Hour
Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 03:00 to 05:00 PM

Join other education funders for a peer-to-peer exchange that will focus on grantmaking for summer learning. We encourage you to bring your burning questions, strategic ponderings, or interesting projects to raise with the group. Then, from 4:00 – 5:00PM, we’ll continue conversation and relationship building at UNION Craft Brewing. 

Event type: 
Committee Meeting
Audience: 
Education Funders
Members Only
Funding Area: 
Children's and Youth Services
Education
Education: Out-of-school time
Maryland Philanthropy Network Launches RFP for Website Redesign
Release Date: 
11/25/2024

Maryland Philanthropy Network is requesting proposals from vendors to execute the design phase of a comprehensive Drupal website rebuild. MPN's website is a multi-purpose digital hub for numerous stakeholders including grantmaking organizations and philanthropic leaders, policymakers, nonprofit organizations, and other community members and interested users. Responses must be received no later than 5:00 PM ET on Friday, January 17, 2025.

Funder Debrief from the December 2024 Vacants Presentation by the Baltimore City Department of Housing and Community Development
Wednesday, January 15, 2025 at 10:00 to 11:30 AM

Join Maryland Philanthropy Network for a funder debrief conversation about the Historic Plan to Address Vacant Properties in Baltimore Neighborhoods. An initial briefing was held on September 23, 2024 and a follow up conversation was held on December 6, 2024. Funders will work together to determine ways they would like to be part of the Vacants/Reinvest Baltimore work in an ongoing way, the structure for their participation, and how they would like to be supported going forward.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Members Only
Funding Area: 
Community Development/Neighborhoods
Housing and Homelessness
Conversation with Alyssa Lord, Deputy Secretary for Behavioral Health at the Maryland Department of Health
Thursday, May 01, 2025 at 12:00 to 01:30 PM

Maryland Philanthropy Network’s Behavioral Health Workgroup is pleased to host Deputy Secretary Alyssa Lord for lunch and an informal conversation on her efforts to work collaboratively across local, city, state,

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
All Funders
Behavioral Health Funders
Health Funders
Members Only
Topic: 
Conversations with Leaders
Public/Private Partnership
Funding Area: 
Behavioral Health
Children's and Youth Services
Health Access and Care
Substance Abuse Treatment
Education Funders Peer Exchange and Happy Hour - June 2025
Thursday, June 05, 2025 at 03:00 to 05:00 PM

It’s time for Maryland Philanthropy Network’s peer learning exchange for education funders! This lightly structured peer-to-peer exchange will focus on your grantmaking in the current context. We encourage you to bring your burning questions, strategic ponderings, or interesting projects to raise with the group. From 4:00 – 5:00 PM, we’ll continue conversation and relationship building at UNION Craft Brewing.

Event type: 
Network Building
Audience: 
Education Funders
Funding Area: 
Education
Foundations on the Hill 2023
Monday, February 27, 2023 at 12:00 to 12:00 AM

Foundations on the Hill (FOTH) is a multi-day event that brings together foundation leaders, grantmakers, and regional associations from across the country to DC for meetings with Congress about key issues of importance to foundations and philanthropy. The next Foundations on the Hill will take place Monday, February 27, 2023 to Wednesday, March 1, 2023. 

Event type: 
National Event
Audience: 
Members Only
Policy Staff
Topic: 
Public Policy
Food Quantity vs. Quality - Do We Have to Choose?
Thursday, May 10, 2012 at 12:00 to 01:30 PM

With more than 466,000 Marylanders food insecure , does it matter where the food is grown or whether it is processed or fresh? We will discuss what the research says about the quality/quantity debate, what efforts are being made in Maryland to address food quality and quantity; and what can be done to achieve more of both.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Green Funders
Members Only
Funding Area: 
Food/Food Systems
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
Education
Employment/Workforce development
Families and Children
Health Access and Care
Baltimore Seniors and Housing Collaborative | Taking Care of Our LGBTQ Elders
Thursday, November 05, 2020 at 03:30 to 05:00 PM

All funders are welcome to join the Seniors & Housing Collaborative to learn about Chase Brexton and SAGE’s innovative multi-disciplinary health equity programs serving LGBTQ people over 50 and those aging with HIV. With housing as a frame, we’ll hear about their comprehensive primary and behavioral health care services, affordable housing options, and training about how to provide welcoming and affirming care and services. 

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Aging/Older Adults Funders
Funding Area: 
LGBTQ
Older Adults
Focus on Tutoring Programs: Part I - Literacy
Tuesday, June 29, 2021 at 02:00 to 03:30 PM

Join Maryland Philanthropy Network’s Education Funders Affinity Group for a two-part series on tutoring programs. The first discussion will take place with three of Baltimore’s largest tutoring providers focused on literacy. We'll be joined by Lindsay Sullivan, Amplify; Rudi Zellman, The Literacy Lab; and Jeffrey Zwillenberg, Reading Partners. Come learn about what is happening with literacy tutoring programs, what those programs looked like before the pandemic and going forward, possibilities around what’s needed to scale those programs, and ways that philanthropy can help.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Education Funders
Members Only
Topic: 
Focus on City Schools
Funding Area: 
Education
Education: Literacy
Early Childhood Partnership Opportunity with Maryland State Department of Education: Baltimore & Statewide
Tuesday, November 07, 2023 at 12:00 to 01:30 PM

Join the Prenatal-to-Five (PN5) Affinity Group to learn about a strategic new partnership with the Maryland State Department of Education that is relevant to the successful implementation of the Blueprint for Maryland's Future. Martha Holleman of Strategic Thinking for Social Change will share a draft scope of work for a child care supply and demand study and Laura Weeldreyer of Maryland Family Network will provide a broader contextual lens, which helps illustrate how the supply and demand study is an integral component of implementing the Blueprint for Maryland's Future.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Education Funders
Prenatal to Five Affinity Group
Funding Area: 
Education: Early childhood
Families and Children
DCA Together Relief Fund Latest Updates and Impact
Release Date: 
04/01/2025

Our hearts continue to go out to the families impacted by the tragic midair collision on January 29 that claimed the lives of all 67 passengers, service members, and crew.

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