Michael Sarbanes, a leading voice in educational transformation, has been appointed the inaugural executive director of the George and Betsy Sherman Center beginning June 23, 2025.
A message to the Maryland Philanthropy Network membership from our President and CEO Danista E. Hunte.
The Robert W. Deutsch Foundation welcomes George Hopkins as Director of Community Innovations.
Please note: this program is now fully virtual.
In September 2021, Baltimore City Public Schools announced it had been chosen as participants in The Wallace Foundation’s Equity-Centered Pipeline Initiative. Join Maryland Philanthropy Network’s Education Funders Affinity Group to learn more about how City Schools has embedded the work to strengthen and sustain principal pipelines and how these initiatives are developing principals who can advance their vision of equity and contribute to the academic success of students.
Realizing the purchasing power of anchor institutions to support local businesses and in turn create jobs is the focus of this new report, Authored by Karp Resources, the report explores food procurement processes in anchor institutions, and identifies a range of strategies to more fully realize local purchasing power. The report recommends actions to support local minority-owned and small businesses, modifications to procurement processes, and outlines legislative opportunities to connect purchasing power to businesses in reinvestment areas. Many of the recommendations are applicable not...
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View materials from "A Conversation with Dr. Sonja Santelises, CEO of Baltimore City Schools"
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View Materials for "Countdown to the Census: What Maryland Could Lose and Opportunities for a Complete Count."
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Program Resources for Enhancing the Civic Participation Capacity in Baltimore: A Roundtable Discussion.
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View program resources from Focusing on Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health Efforts in Maryland - January 2024.
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Updates from the Baltimore Integration Partnership, a project of the Maryland Philanthropy Network.
Maryland Philanthropy Network is pleased to host our annual Responsive Philanthropy in the Black Community (RPBC) Training, in partnership with the Maryland Philanthropy Network of Black Foundation Executives (ABFE).

