40 Years of Philanthropy: Celebrating our MPN Community
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09/11/2020
The Baltimore Sun is pleased to introduce you to the 2020 Baltimore Sun Business and Civic Hall of Fame inductees. This group is the fifth to be recognized for achievements in business, philanthropy, public service, education, the arts, and more.
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10/31/2022
Kelly Medinger, our most trusted and valued Executive Director of the Knott Foundation for the last decade, has shared her intentions to resign from her post, effective December 31, 2022. Her unwavering dedication to our mission, her institutional knowledge of our Foundation, her keen understanding of family dynamics, and her strong team-building with our executive staff have all contributed greatly towards the growth, focus, and stability of our Catholic family foundation. The Knott Foundation's Board of Trustees is seeking a new Executive Director, who will succeed our current Executive Director upon her departure at the end of 2022.
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03/10/2022
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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09/17/2013
Updates from the Baltimore Integration Partnership, a project hosted by the Maryland Philanthropy Network.
Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at 01:30 to 03:00 PM
The philanthropic sector must understand the necessity for advocacy and public policy as a core element in their grantmaking for real impact. Join Maryland Philanthropy Network and our speakers to learn about navigating advocacy in the philanthropic landscape and how foundations take on advocacy efforts as well as explore how funders support advocates that are important especially considering current events.
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Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at 09:30 to 11:00 AM
The Maryland Philanthropy Network is pleased to host Dr. Sonja Santelises, Chief Executive Officer of the Baltimore City Public School System, for an annual conversation with the CEO of Baltimore City Schools.
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Wednesday, April 20, 2011 at 02:00 to 03:30 PM
Baltimore Area Grantmakers welcomes Morgan State University President David Wilson for a conversation on shared aspirations for higher education and for our community. Dr.
Thursday, September 22, 2016 at 01:30 to 03:00 PM
The Maryland Philanthropy Network is pleased to host Dr. Sonja Santelises, Chief Executive Officer of the Baltimore City Public School System.
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04/03/2020
For a city that faces so many perpetual challenges with equity, economic and otherwise, Baltimore has no shortage of business owners, administrators, nonprofit leaders and other professionals who have made diversity and inclusion part of their mis
Thursday, August 20, 2020 at 01:30 to 03:00 PM
Maryland Philanthropy Network is pleased to host Dr. Sonja Santelises, Chief Executive Officer of the Baltimore City Public School System. Dr. Santelises will discuss the plan for the upcoming school year and highlight how philanthropy can best support the District’s re-opening plan.
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10/08/2021
In part two of PEAK Grantmaking's series focused on risk, finances, and compliance, author Josh Abel uses a case study of a homeless shelter run by volunteers and operated on a very small annual budget to explain how key tax details can have a hug
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02/15/2024
The Foundation Operations and Management Report from Exponent Philanthropy is the only resource of its kind for foundations operating with few or no staff.
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08/15/2024
More than a million dollars was raised over 24 hours by a social change organization based in Baltimore.
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06/09/2025
The Annie E. Casey Foundation is pleased to release its 36th KIDS COUNT® Data Book!
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06/09/2025
The annual Annie E. Casey Foundation report found higher graduation rates and lower childhood poverty. However, more teens are not in school or working.