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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.

Summer Reading List
Release Date: 
07/19/2013

The Maryland Philanthropy Network’ Diversity and Inclusion Committee, has compiled this list of top picks for your summer reading.

Strengthening Baltimore's Workforce: Reflections and Lessons Learned

For over a decade, members of the Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative (BWFC) have supported a growing number of industry focused workforce development initiatives, and the outcomes are notable. Through these efforts, previously unemployed residents are getting industry recognized certifications and jobs with career advancement opportunities at impressive rates. This report highlights several of these initiatives and offers recommendations on how they can be expanded.

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Baltimore Integration Partnership
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Program Resources from Building a Statewide, Multi-Racial Coalition for Prenatal to Three Year Olds: Maryland’s Pritzker Planning Grant

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View program resources from Building a Statewide, Multi-Racial Coalition for Prenatal to Three Year Olds: Maryland’s Pritzker Planning Grant.

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Education: Early childhood
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Prenatal to Five Affinity Group
Baltimore Small & African American-Owned Business Development Ecosystem

This report explores food procurement processes in state and private higher educational institutions in Baltimore and identifies a range of strategies to more fully realize local purchasing power. The report recommends actions to support local minority business enterprises and small businesses, modifications to procurement processes, and outlines legislative opportunities to connect state agency and institutional purchasing power to businesses in targeted reinvestment areas. Many of the recommendations are applicable not just to food but other services and commodities as well. 

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Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative Signs onto National Good Jobs Statement
Release Date: 
12/20/2022

The Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative recently signed onto a national statement on good jobs. The broadly shared, widely endorsed definition of what constitutes a good job was released by the Good Jobs Champions Group, convened by the Families and Workers Fund and the Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program, in October 2022. Signed by over 100 leaders from business, labor, policy, philanthropy, academia, and workforce development it represents a historic step forward toward a future in which all work is valued; no one working full-time lives in or near poverty; companies and workers thrive alongside each other; and diverse talent is never overlooked.

Philanthropic Paths: An Exploratory Study of the Career Pathways of Professionals of Color in Philanthropy

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Low levels of diversity in the senior ranks of foundations have proven to be a stubborn challenge for the field of philanthropy.  A report by Forward Change takes an important step toward a deeper understanding of the career pathways of professionals of color in philanthropy—how they enter foundations, how they advance across their careers, and what factors affect their advancement within the sector.

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Leadership Development
Horizon Foundation Announces Three New Trustees
Release Date: 
01/22/2018

The Horizon Foundation has announced three new members to its board of trustees: Jonathan Ilsong Ahn, Esq., an attorney and Korean American community leader; Catherine Hamel, president of Gilchrist Hospice Care; and Brian Hepburn, MD, executive director of the National Maryland Philanthropy Network of State Mental Health Program Directors. 

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