On March 26, 2024, Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed as the result of a container ship striking one of its main supports.
BGE is joining with Exelon and Constellation to donate $175,000 to Maryland relief organizations including the United Way of Central Maryland, the Maryland Food Bank
Life has taken a drastic, unexpected turn.
In the midst of an unprecedented public health crisis, Mark and Susan Butt have come forward in a big way to provide funding to help The Community Foundation of Frederick County respond to emergency needs related to COVID-19.
Join us to learn how COVID-19 and the Census Bureau’s adjusted operational timeline are impacting 2020 Census outreach and about creative approaches to reach historically undercounted communities and how census engagement can support long-term capacity building.
Chesapeake Charities’ fifth annual Celebration of Charity recognizes local heroes during the pandemic and is set for Nov. 19 at the Chesapeake Bay Beach Club in Stevensville.
So far this year we've heard from a number of public health experts and local leaders at the forefront of the COVID-19 vaccine efforts across the state as well as funders who have taken up advocacy efforts to support this huge undertaking during these bi-weekly calls. Join your Maryland Philanthropy Network colleagues for a chance to reflect on our recent COVID-19 programs, discuss actions you've taken, outstanding questions you may have, and to continue to process how philanthropy can best support communities in this particularly challenging time.
In the past decade, corporate change management experts seized upon an international, public health practice – positive deviance – identifying the people already doing things different and better and encouraging others to copy them. Please join y
Due diligence, a term borrowed from business and finance, is the process through which a grantmaker learns more about a nonprofit's financial and organizational health, but also if a potential grant fits the grantmaker's mission and goals.
The oil spill disaster in the Gulf Coast is one of the most significant threats to the environment our country has faced in decades. It has the potential to devastate fragile coastal communities and ecosystems beyond repair, easily making it far worse than the Exxon Valdez disaster of 1989.
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Maryland’s state budget is a critical policy document that not only reflects our state's values, but also determines future economic opportunities and outcomes for all Marylanders.
Join Maryland Philanthropy Network's Green Funders Affinity Group to learn more about two recent action-oriented reports on climate change efforts in Maryland. Participants will also have an opportunity to discuss with grantmaking colleagues what are they are doing and can do in the climate mitigation and climate justice space. Through the conversation, we’ll lift up issues for further learning and potential collaboration in the environmental grantmaking space.
The Wyncote Foundation recently released a report on recent digital media efforts during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Part of what makes Frederick County unique is its mix of charming small towns and Main Streets, rural farmlands, and bustling city centers.
Rural America faces a barrage of structural challenges. Please join Grantmakers of Western Pennslyvania as Joelle Cook and Chris Carlson from the nonprofit consulting firm FSG lead participants in a discussion of their report, Rural America: Philanthropy’s Misunderstood Opportunity for Impact.
Today, Mayor Brandon M.
Join Maryland Philanthropy Network for a conversation with Shamiah Kerney, Chief Recovery Officer for the Mayor’s Office of Recovery Programs. Ms. Kerney will share updates on successes to date, the anticipated transition away from American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding, and the timeline for potential alignment between city government and philanthropy to continue resources for communities. This will be an opportunity to learn about the tools and resources available to help you stay abreast of ARPA Impact Indicators, recovery reports and resources, and the recovery data dashboard that pulls all the pieces together.
Enterprise Community Partners (Enterprise) announced the recipients of the 2024 Thome Aging Well Innovation grants.
The path to a fulfilling and well-paying career in Baltimore may not run through a college.
The transformation of the national political landscape poses an array of challenges and threats for communities and grantees, who are facing the abrupt loss of federal funding, immigration enforcement policies that harm vulnerable communities, and politically motivated investigations and litigation targeting nonprofits. Join Maryland Philanthropy Network staff and your philanthropic peers for a webinar led by Georgetown University Center for Public & Nonprofit Leadership and United Philanthropy Forum's State + Local Advocacy Alliance. This webinar will explore ways that funders can support grantees and protect communities through state and local advocacy strategies.