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Growing Opportunities in Family Child Care: Supporting Small Business Owners & Solutions to the Child Care Crisis

Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at 02:00 to 03:00 PM

In 2021, Maryland passed legislation that set up the Growing Opportunities in Family Child Care (GOFCC) program to provide targeted support for individuals to open a registered (licensed) family child care program. During this meeting, Laura Weeldreyer and Lacey Egerton from Maryland Family Network will present details about GOFCC, an implementation grant process, and how the initiative contributes an important solution to help address the child care crisis.

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Community Issues

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Members Only

Prenatal to Five Affinity Group

Workforce Development Funders

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Children's and Youth Services

Education: Early childhood

Employment/Workforce development

Families and Children

New collaboration between 17 Baltimore businesses and non-profits provides over $1mn in contributions to address COVID-19 Food Insecurity for Baltimore City residents

Release Date:

03/27/2020

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact in Baltimore, prominent local businesses and non-profit organizations are collaborating to help address the food insecurity of Baltimore City children, families and communities.

Investing in the Future: A Q&A with Revolve Fund's James Wahls

Release Date:

07/28/2025

Some investors give money to a start-up with the hopes of recouping their investment with interest.

Exelon launches $20 million climate change investment initiative

Release Date:

09/25/2019

Exelon Corp.'s nonprofit foundation is launching a $10 million fund to invest in startups in six cities including Baltimore that are working on new technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate climate change.

Finalists Announced in MICA's 3rd Annual UP/Start Venture Competition

Release Date:

02/13/2018

Eight finalists have been selected from a pool of over 20 to vie for $100,000 in prizes in the Maryland Institute College of Art's third annual UP/Start Venture Competition.

Baltimore fund puts the health and wellness of Black Women Entrepreneurs first

Release Date:

12/03/2021

Jamye Wooten, founder of CLLCTIVLY, a Baltimore-based social change organization that mobilizes resources for Black-led organizations, lost his sister to cancer at the age of 53.

Baltimore Integration Partnership Update - January 2016

Release Date:

01/29/2016

Updates from the Baltimore Integration Partnership, a project hosted by the Maryland Philanthropy Network.

Baltimore Integration Partnership Update - May 2016

Release Date:

05/09/2016

Updates from the Baltimore Integration Partnership, a project hosted by the Maryland Philanthropy Network.

How TEDCO, Brown Advisory and other organizations support Maryland’s underrepresented founders

Release Date:

11/04/2021

Pitch Creator founder Jason Tagler spent months in Baltimore watching entrepreneurs struggle during pitch events. The prospective companies weren’t the problem — the issue was the delivery of the pitches.

A Roadmap for Anchor Institution Local Food Purchasing in Baltimore

Realizing the purchasing power of anchor institutions to support local businesses and in turn create jobs is the focus of this new report, Authored by Karp Resources, the report explores food procurement processes in anchor institutions, and identifies a range of strategies to more fully realize local purchasing power. The report recommends actions to support local minority-owned and small businesses, modifications to procurement processes, and outlines legislative opportunities to connect purchasing power to businesses in reinvestment areas. Many of the recommendations are applicable not...

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Baltimore Integration Partnership

Baltimore Integration Partnership Update - December 2017/January 2018

Release Date:

01/01/2018

Read the latest update from the Baltimore Integration Partnership, a project of the Maryland Philanthropy Network.

Baltimore Integration Partnership Update - October 2017

Release Date:

10/19/2017

Read the latest update from the Baltimore Integration Partnership, a project of the Maryland Philanthropy Network.

Program Resources from Baltimore Together: Creating Inclusive Economic Growth

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Program Resource

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Economic Development

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Community Investment Funders

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For Grantseekers: Budgeting 101

Friday, June 15, 2018 at 08:00 to 11:30 AM

Presented by a foundation program officer who reviews hundreds of proposals each year and a nonprofit expert with decades of finance experience, the Maryland Philanthropy Network invites new and experienced grant proposal writers to a workshop on nonprofit budgeting. Presented by Lara Hall, Senior Program Officer, Blaustein Philanthropic Group and Nancy Hall, President of 501c3 Solutions.

Event type:

Professional Development

Audience:

Nonprofit Staff/Grantseekers

Topic:

Nonprofit Financials

Foundations Provide Help for City Schools

Release Date:

08/11/2011

Baltimore City Public Schools are back in session Aug. 29. Across the city, students are getting ready for a new year at their neighborhood school, a charter school, a specialized high school or a transformation school.

Baltimore Integration Partnership Update - February 2017

Release Date:

02/28/2017

Update from the Baltimore Integration Parntership, a project hosted by the Maryland Philanthropy Network.

Program Resources from Investing in Quality Child Care: The Vital Role of Resource and Referral Services

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Education: Early childhood

Families and Children

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Prenatal to Five Affinity Group

Program Resources for Improving Job Retention: The Sustainable Workforce Model

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Employment/Workforce development

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Members Only

Workforce Development Funders

Anchor Collaboratives: Building Bridges With Place-Based Partnerships and Anchor Institutions

Knowledgebase

The Democracy Collaborative’s report Anchor Collaboratives: Building Bridges with Place-Based Partnerships and Anchor Institutions discusses the role of anchor institutions and collaboratives in leveraging the power of their economic assets to address social and economic disparities and to revitalize local communities.

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Anchor Institutions

Program Resources from Whole Blocks, Whole City: Reclaiming Vacant Property Throughout Baltimore Briefing

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