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08/18/2019
The Community Foundation of Washington County MD Inc. elected Ed Lough and Sabina Spicher as its two newest board of trustee members at a recent board meeting.
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09/24/2019
The Daily Record has named Celeste Amato, President and CEO of Maryland Philanthropy Network, one of Maryland’s 2019 Most Admired CEOs. Al Hutchinson, Visit Baltimore, Carmel Roques, Kesw
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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.
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10/23/2019
With millions of Americans wrestling with financial insecurity, the Wells Fargo Foundation today announced $5.4 million in grants to nine organizations that help struggling households manage their finances, reduce debt, improve cr
Wednesday, July 08, 2020 at 12:00 to 12:00 AM
Please join us for the 2020 Community Foundation Peer Retreat to build and strengthen relationships across Maryland's community foundations! Together, as the Maryland Community Foundations Association (MCFA), we speak with one voice in promoting philanthropy to benefit towns, cities and rural areas across the state. Community Foundations specialize in helping individuals, families and businesses plan and carry out their charitable giving; and in building endowments to serve their regions' changing needs.
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Tuesday, February 18, 2020 at 12:00 to 01:30 PM
Join us for a briefing on the tightening eligibility requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the impact of these changes on Marylanders as well as the response from advocates, providers, and state/local government.
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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.
Monday, March 30, 2020 at 05:00 to 07:00 PM
This event has been canceled due to low registration. We're sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.
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02/10/2020
Amanda Cage, previously of the Chicago Cook Workforce Partnership, will lead the organization’s work around good jobs, economic stability for all, and frontline worker advancement.
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04/29/2020
The nationwide misalignment between the science of how to teach children to read and how reading is actually taught in most schools has been in the news for more than a year.
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04/08/2020
One of the most important policies shaping the future of the nonprofit world was passed by Congress last month: the $2 trillion Cares Act.
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05/12/2020
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06/08/2020
Tonia Wellons was named permanent CEO of the Greater Washington Community Foundation on April 2
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06/08/2020
For John Brothers, the death of a black man at the hands of police in Minneapolis has been felt personally. Brothers, president of the T.
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07/30/2020
The pandemic is shifting our lives increasingly online, but virtual working, learning, and job-seeking platforms do not accommodate everyone. Almost half of low-income adults do not have home broadband services or access to a traditional computer. People with digital literacy and access are at a significant advantage.
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07/15/2020
From 2007 to 2017, a troubling trend emerged: the homeownership rate in Baltimore City fell from 51% to 47%, and the Black homeownership rate sank to 42%.
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08/09/2020
The Community Foundation of Anne Arundel County’s (CFAAC) Celebration of Philanthropy is going to be a little different this year.
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09/30/2020
Under fire from Baltimore-area bus riders, business leaders, politicians, parents and advocates, the Hogan administration on Wednesday canceled its p
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10/02/2020
The Building Movement Project’s report, On the Frontlines: Nonprofits Led by People of Color Confront COVID-19 and Structural Racism, shines a spotlight on how 2020’s social upheavals are affecting people of color-led (POC) nonprofit organizations and their communities, programs, leadership, and financial sustainability. The report also provides recommendations to strengthen these nonprofits, leaders of color, and their communities well beyond the crisis response and recovery period and for decades to come.
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10/23/2020
Maryland residents’ enrollment in federal food assistance programs has increased sharply since the COVID-19 pandemic started in March, according to a report that Maryland Hunger Solutions released Wednesday.