Over the course of a year, Philanthropy New York's Leadership Transitions Funders Group has engaged a group of NYC-based funders in building a community of practice. The goal has been to strengthen funder practices around supporting nonprofits going through leadership transitions and to more broadly address transition patterns or moments as they arise within the movements/fields we support.
What we’ve learned about funder behavior and funder practices transcends the space of supporting leadership transitions. In other words, adopting holistic funding practices and supporting organizational capacity strengthens the nonprofit sector, period.
The Multisector Plan on Aging Stakeholders Workgroup shares their expertise and knowledge in assisting Maryland Department of Aging with the development of a Maryland State Multisector Plan for Aging (MPA).
All MPN members are invited to join the Prenatal-to-Five (PN-5) Affinity Group for a conversation featuring the Bainum Family Foundation's WeVision EarlyEd Initiative, which is a catalyst for making the ideal child care real — as defined by those closest to the system: families, educators and administrators. WeVision EarlyEd is designed to guide necessary conversations and test ideal solutions, beginning with the District of Columbia and then influencing other communities across the nation. Attendees will learn details about the initiative, insights and ideas captured thus far, the Foundation’s investments to begin to test ideal solutions, as well as future plans.
An effort to combat generational poverty and to foster economic mobility for residents living at or below the poverty line is coming to Prince George’s County.
Maryland is taking a meaningful step toward expanding economic opportunity for children and families.
In 2018, the Weinberg Foundation launched the Baltimore City Community Grants program, a unique funding opportunity exclusively for small grassroots nonprofits.
Today, Mayor Brandon M. Scott announced the first round of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) grant awards from the Mayor’s Office of Recovery Programs to nonprofit organizations.
Every day we show the world who we are through what we choose to wear. Color, cut and clothing choice are extremely personal forms of self-expression.
Affordable housing is essential for healthy, thriving communities. It supports family stability and neighborhood well-being.
Frustratingly, foreclosure remains a persistent problem for residents of Central Maryland, especially Baltimore City.
A city of neighborhoods defined by compass points, Baltimore is known for its unique culture, but more widely for drugs and violence.
In recognition of this focus and the desire to align funding around housing stability, Maryland Philanthropy Network members, many of whom are part of the Basic Human Needs Affinity Group decided to transform into a new group comprised of private and public funders, currently called Funders Together to End Homelessness – Baltimore.
Join us for a presentation by Dr. Andre Perry, author of Know Your Price: Valuing Black Lives and Property in America’s Black Cities. Dr. Perry will be joined by Stephanie Smith, Baltimore City’s Assistant Director for Equity, Engagement and Communications and Maryland State Delegate, to discuss how government, corporate, non-profit, and philanthropic sectors in the Baltimore region could restore value to communities by adopting a new paradigm for determining and building value and wealth in Baltimore’s Black communities.
Four members of Maryland Philanthropy Network's Funders Together to End Homelessness - Baltimore sit on the Baltimore City Continuum of Care (CoC) Resource Allocation Committee including Erin O'Ke
Foundations on the Hill (FOTH) is hosted by the Forum of Regional Maryland Philanthropy Networks of Grantmakers, in partnership with the Alliance for Charitable Reform and Council on Foundations.
Philanthropy California is an alliance of Northern California Grantmakers, Southern California Grantmakers, and Catalyst of San Diego and Imperial Counties.

