Maryland Philanthropy Network’s Community Investment Affinity Group is pleased to host Alice Kennedy, Commissioner of Baltimore City’s Department of Housing and Community Development for a conversation about the Department’s work to improve the quality of life for all Baltimore City residents by revitalizing and redeveloping communities and promoting access to quality affordable housing opportunities in safe, livable neighborhoods. We’ll hear the status of DHCD's aspirational and comprehensive Framework for Community Development, various approaches to address residential vacant properties and the availability of quality affordable housing. We’ll also discuss the role that funders could play in addressing the issue of neighborhoods impacted by high levels of vacancy and disinvestment.
Maryland Philanthropy Network along with our peers with the Mid Atlantic Regional Partnership are excited to share this great opportunity for learning and engagement with our philanthropic peers across networks. Reimagine, a regional funding collaborative housed at the Greater Washington Community Foundation is hosting a free five-session funder learning series focused on deepening participants’ understanding of and comfort with community-led systems change work that transforms our economic system.
On Saturday, July 7, downtown Westminster will host its first LGBTQ+ pride event, as the Westminster Pride Festival fills the 200 block of East Main Street between Church and Court Streets.
Foundations, governments, and crowdfunding platforms show how Opportunity Zones can live up to their promise of making investors money while helping struggling communities across the United States.
Maryland’s community foundations understand the full lifecycle of a robust crisis response—from deploying immediate relief aid to recovery. As expert place-based givers, our
The Robert W. Deutsch Foundation welcomes George Hopkins as Director of Community Innovations.
Community and Philanthropy Investing Together
A networking event and keynote address hosted by the Maryland Philanthropy Network
Please join The Abell Foundation, Maryland Philanthropy Network, The Annie E.
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield will contribute $2 million to area nonprofits serving the needs of communities during t
Philanthropy is crucial in maintaining a strong and equitable democracy. Such a democracy creates a culture of civic participation which enables communities to utilize collective power to shape systems and structures.
The COVID-19 Emergency Response Fund, a coordinated fund established by the Greater Washington Community Foundation, has issued new investments of $2.8 million as part of phase two of rapid response grantmaking.
Think about a city’s digital future, and the conversation has typically turned to technical topics — internet of things, sensors, automated functions.
Even the best-intentioned philanthropies can’t support what they don’t see.
In 1971, On Lok — a family of community-based nonprofits in the San Francisco Bay Area — piloted a program for Chinese Americans who needed nursing home care but wished to age at
Maryland’s Montgomery and Prince George’s counties share deep ties, with residents regularly crossing county lines to shop, dine and work.
In 2011, Susan Purnell conceived of a philanthropic idea to amplify the lives of local women and girls by starting a fund and asking each member to donate $1,000.
The application for Open Society Institute-Baltimore’s 2018 cohort of Community Fellows is now available. Applications are due by 5:00pm on Monday, March 5, 2018.
Maryland Philanthropy Network is pleased to host our annual Responsive Philanthropy in the Black Community (RPBC) Training.
Learning Objectives:
Participants will:
The Community Foundation of Anne Arundel County announce the recipients of the 2023 Celebration of Philanthropy Awards.
Join us for a conversation with Cabinet Secretary Jacob "Jake" Day of the State Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD).