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During her inaugural address in December 2011, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake proposed an ambitious goal to grow the city by 10,000 households over 10 years.
The Maryland Environmental Health Network was a project of Maryland Philanthropy Network for ## years with the goal of promoting the elimination of exposures to environmental threats to improve human health.
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Join Maryland Nonprofits for a session that will bring together a variety of perspectives to discuss what the decennial census means for the nonprofit sector and our role in ensuring an accurate count.
Maryland Philanthropy Network is pleased to announce the formation of the Prenatal to Five Impact Collaborative (PN-5 Impact Collaborative). This group is for funders interested in learning together about the needs of pregnant women and families with children up to age 5 and how to best support them.
The aged homeless population is growing rapidly and will continue to grow for the next decade. Please Maryland Philanthropy Network’s Baltimore Seniors & Housing Collaborative for a discussion on forecasts of the aged homeless population; projected costs associated with the use of shelter, health care, and long-term care by this aged homeless population; proposed housing and service intervention models matched to the varying level of housing and services needs of these subgroups; and potential service cost reductions associated with housing interventions.
The Daily Record has announced its 2023 Influential Marylanders, honoring 52 recipients who are leaving their mark throughout the state. The list of honorees includes five Maryland Philanthropy Network members, two of whom are currently serving on our Board of Directors.
Please join Maryland Philanthropy Network and William Julius Wilson Institute at Harlem Children’s Zone for a gathering of Maryland leaders to celebrate the passage of the historic ENOUGH Act. Learn directly from Maryland Governor Wes Moore and state and national leaders about Maryland's groundbreaking approach to addressing economic mobility and join forces with leaders committed to economic mobility and moving the needle for children in Maryland.
In 2023, Mayor Brandon Scott, BUILD, and the Greater Baltimore Committee formed an agreement to end the crisis of vacant and abandoned properties in Baltimore City over the next 15 years. This partnership is committed to a “whole blocks” approach that will leverage an estimated $3 billion in public investment — including $300 million in private and philanthropic contributions — to bring an additional $5 billion in private investments to neighborhoods across Baltimore. We invite business and philanthropic leaders to a briefing about this strategy. The session will highlight specific areas where expertise and resources from the business and philanthropic communities can support a historic public-private partnership to eliminate vacant housing and build safe, stable neighborhoods where all city residents can thrive.
To assist with informing the network and the collective discussion about the ongoing philanthropic response to recent federal policy decisions, Maryland Philanthropy Network will host regular virtual meetings in the coming months to bring the latest news and to create an information exchange opportunity for members. Join MPN staff and your philanthropic peers to share updates, nonprofit support strategies underway within the network, where you need support, and any questions for your peers in the context of the changing political environment.
The Horizon Foundation and Women’s Giving Circle of Howard County have released a groundbreaking report examining Black women's experiences, challenges, and contributions in nonprofit leadership roles in Howard County. The report “Elevating to Evolve: Stories of Wisdom, Excellence and a Call for Change from Black Women Nonprofit Leaders in Howard County” sheds light on the unique journeys of these leaders and calls for actionable steps toward greater equity and inclusion.
A message to the Maryland Philanthropy Network membership from our President and CEO Danista E. Hunte.
All donors want to know that their investment is making a difference. And we certainly should be channeling more of our scarce charitable resources into what we know gets better results.
Nonprofits and foundations must share stories of their successful strategies to address community needs. This is the message Mark Sedway delivered to members of the Maryland Philanthropy Network at our recent annual meeting.
Neighborhood change is a critical issue for Baltimore, a city that is seeing strong revival in some areas and continuing decline in others, a city that is both racially and economically polarized.
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View materials from Conversation with Dr. Sonja Santelises, CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools.
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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.

