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A Conversation with Dr. Karen Salmon, Maryland’s State Superintendent of Schools
Friday, June 12, 2020 at 09:00 to 10:00 AM

Maryland Philanthropy Network is pleased to host Dr. Karen Salmon, State Superintendent of Schools, for a briefing about philanthropy’s role moving forward followed by discussion. Dr. Salmon will address questions such as the availability of state funding to address the digital divide, contingency plans should the pandemic return full force in the next school year and how MSDE is thinking about the community schools strategy in reconstruction and redesign.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Education Funders
Topic: 
Focus on City Schools
Funding Area: 
Education
Transformational Capacity Building
Release Date: 
08/25/2020

Nonprofits that serve communities of color struggle to survive because of systemic racial disparities and biases. To surmount these challenges, we recommend seven approaches that have emerged from our work with these communities.

Reducing Bias in Decision-Making and Grant Awards
Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at 01:00 to 02:30 PM

Join PEAK Grantmaking's President and CEO, Satonya Fair, for a discussion to help grantmakers understand what we're doing that might be systematically putting certain organizations and projects at a disadvantage, without meaning to. We'll also identify how we can work proactively to level the playing field, or even improve the chances, for organizations and leaders that have been historically disenfranchised.

Event type: 
Grantmaking Practice
Audience: 
All Funders
Grants Managers/Administrators
Members Only
Topic: 
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Grantmaking Strategy & Tools
The Schools our Children Deserve
Thursday, October 22, 2020 at 11:30 to 01:00 PM

Maryland Philanthropy Network's Education Funders Affinity Group invites you to hear from Dr. Khalilah Harris, Managing Director of K-12 Education Policy for the Center for American Progress, and Joseph Kane, Chair of the Parent and Community Advisory Board (PCAB) of Baltimore City. Dr. Harris will begin with a primer on the gaps in federal funding and the impact on Maryland’s public schools. Dr. Harris and Mr. Kane will then engage in a conversation discussing a vision for redesigning schools that moves beyond safety precautions to a system of education that makes it possible for all children to thrive.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Education Funders
Members Only
Funding Area: 
Education
Mask Art To Raise Money For Baltimore Artists, LGBTQ Fund
Release Date: 
10/27/2020

Maskerade Baltimore, a virtual silent auction and mask design competition to raise awareness and funds for issues facing the LGBTQ community in Baltimore, will be hosted starting next week on November 7. Marylanders have grown accustomed to wearin

2020 Howard County Human Rights Award Recipients Named
Release Date: 
10/29/2020

The Howard County Human Rights Commission has announced that Jumel Howard, Erika Strauss Chavarria and The Horizon Foundation are the recipients of the 2020 Human Rights Awards during a virtual awards ceremony Oct

The Shifting Landscape of Corporate Social Responsibility
Thursday, April 15, 2021 at 11:00 to 12:00 PM

Businesses large and small will be critical partners as the world continues to heal from the global pandemic and its economic impacts. The field of corporate philanthropy will shift and adapt to make the most of limited resources of human and financial capital to help communities in their back yard and beyond. Maureen Flynn from Changing Our World - a consulting company dedicated to helping the private sector act as a force for public good - will moderate a discussion with Mateus Baptista, Deputy Director at Panasonic, and Michele Mehaffy, Consumer Affairs Manager at Wegmans, about how this work continues to evolve to meet community need.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Corporate Funders
Members Only
Funding Area: 
Corporate Social Responsibility
‘A moment of real change’ at Md. Philanthropy Network
Release Date: 
04/07/2021

Maggie Osborn, a 30-year veteran of the philanthropic sector, will join the Maryland Philanthropy Network as the next CEO of the organization, which represents 115 foundations and other member organizations around the state.

Goldseker Foundation 2020 Annual Report
Release Date: 
04/29/2021

The Goldseker Foundation works in partnership with the city’s civic leadership, a well-established nonprofit sector, and a growing community of entrepreneurs to serve the Baltimore community, through grantmaking primarily in the areas of community

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