As a follow-up to the State of Fiscal Sponsorship br
What are you eating for dinner?
Maybe you’ve been too busy to get to the store this week, or you don’t feel like cooking and there are so many restaurants to choose from.
Literacy remains one of the priority areas for the current administration for Baltimore City Schools. Ms. Janise Lane will return to present the latest Baltimore City Schools’ Literacy Plan for the 2017-2018 school year.
Based on a rigorous assessment of anchor strategies and 125 arts and culture organizations in 57 U.S.
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.
Picking up on work started in 2020 by Maryland Philanthropy Network, and funded by several of our members, consultant team Jonalyn Denlinger and Erika Seth Davies have been mapping Baltimore’s fiscal sponsorship landscape. Through conversations and interviews with funders, fiscal sponsors, and fiscally sponsored organizations in Baltimore, as well as national players in the fiscal sponsor ecosystem, the project prioritized and centered the needs of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC)-led organizations and social entrepreneurs in assessing the effectiveness of the current nonprofit ecosystem and fiscal sponsor landscape. Join members of Maryland Philanthropy Network to learn about the findings of the landscape assessment; best practices and gaps in the system; and recommendations for short-term and long-term strategies for addressing the findings. We’ll take time to discuss about how funders might contribute to building an equitable fiscal sponsorship ecosystem.
Join us for a conversation with the leadership of the Baltimore Summer Funding Collaborative where we will learn how the Collaborative is thinking about their work, hear updates on what was funded and not funded in the latest grant cycle, key them
This September, the American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM) welcomes only its second director in its 30+-year history with the appointment of Jenenne Whitfield by the Board of Directors to succeed Founder, Director and Primary Curator Rebecca Alban Hoffberger. Join the Arts Funders Affinity Group for a conversation with Ms. Whitfield to learn about her vision for AVAM, the current state of the museum, and other pertinent issues. Funders of arts and culture will have the opportunity to build relationships with one another and share their interests as well.
CLLCTIVLY is proud to announce the second cohort of the Drs.
James Wahls, founder of the Revolve Fund, fiscally hosted at Maryland Philanthropy Network, explains how recoverable grants expand capital access for marginalized entrepreneurs.
Grantmakers commonly invest time developing and strengthening relationships with their grantees and community-based partners in their fields of interest.
This program was originally scheduled for November 20, 2017.
On June 6, Baltimore City announced a month-long request for proposal (RFP) period for the first round of disbursements from the $12 million Baltimore Children and Youth Fund. Attendees will learn more about the priority investment areas, grant review process, and public engagement throughout the process from members of the planning team representing Frontline Solutions, UPD Consulting and Associated Black Charities.
Join us for an in-depth conversation regarding two recent reports focused on career pathways and readiness for Baltimore City students. Our guests include:
Maryland Philanthropy Network’s Member Directory for Grantseekers
The directory is your local resource to the specific interests and contacts at private foundations and corporate giving programs in central Maryland – including private foundations that do not review proposals. Members of the Maryland Philanthropy Network' provide their own information to simplify your grant research. The directory does not rely on public databases.
In the spring of 2017, Maryland State Department of Education draf its Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) plan for implementation. This plan will impact K-12 education in our state for the next 4-8 years, at minimum. Join a panel of ESSA experts to gain a national perspective of ESSA, understand models and approaches of others states and learn about the progress within Maryland.
2025 is a big year for long-time Baltimore resident Chrissy Thornton. She’s turning 50, and the organization she’s led for more than two years turns 40.
As part of their commitment to equity, The Libra Foundation takes grantee feedback seriously. Find out how they narrow the power gap by listening deeply to grantee partners to guide their work.
Two important plans are working their way through Baltimore City’s Planning Department.
Join Maryland Philanthropy Network for an update from the Governor’s Office for Children about the effort to end child poverty in Maryland through the ENOUGH Initiative. Members will learn about progress made in ENOUGH sites across the state. In addition, members will learn about the state effort to map public and private investments in children, youth, and families in Maryland.

