Beverly White-Seals, president and CEO of the Community Foundation of Howard County, will be recognized as a “Bridge of Hope” at JustLiving Advocacy’s Bridges of Hope Community Leadership Luncheon
Open Society Institute-Baltimore (OSI) is thrilled to announce the launch of Blueprint for Baltimore: 2020 and Beyond, a collaborative effort to create a community-driven agenda for Baltimore and hold the city’s leaders a
The Maryland Chamber of Commerce and the Baltimore Business Journal will present its business philanthropy awards to three Maryland businesses from noon to 2 p.m. Friday at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel.
Edgar Villanueva, vice president of programs and advocacy at the Schott Foundation for Public Education and author of Decolonizing Wealth, and Hilary Giovale, community organizer and philanthropist, share an ancestral bond that is far from unique,
In recent years a growing number of foundations have fastidiously articulated new program goals to support people of color, people who are LBGTQ, people with low incomes, and others facing barriers to progress. But Jara Dean-Coffey says something huge is missing from all of those equity efforts — a rethinking of the way foundations measure success.
Eric Ward, who is African American, is an expert on white nationalism. He worked in foundations for seven years, including a three-year stint as a program officer at the Ford Foundation.
This session will now be virtual out of precaution related to COVID-19. We apologize for any inconvenience.
What can over a million teachers tell funders about the needs of schools? No one has greater insight into the needs of students and schools than teachers.
The Funders' Network for Smart Growth and Livable Communities (TFN) is proud to announce our 2020 PLACES Fellows— 16 exemplary leaders in philanthropy, including MPN member Talib Horne, director of Baltimore Civic
Hundreds of people filled hearing rooms and rallied in Annapolis on Monday as the General Assembly took the unusual step of convening a joint hearing of four House and Senate committees, which, in the next seven weeks, will determine the fate of a
On March 11th, the World Health Organization announced that the CoronaVirus, COVID-19, is a global pandemic. With this news it is easy and also legitimate for us to feel stress, concern, and even fear.
In this time, more than ever, our local businesses need the community’s support. It may feel like a conflicting message, we’re being told to stay home and to interact with local businesses, but both are incredibly important.
As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to disrupt all sectors of society, nonprofits stand to play central roles in local and national efforts to support and assist those in need.
An outline of a potential school day was drawn from interviews with more than 20 education leaders determining what reopened schools might look like come fall.
THE CORONAVIRUS has thrown many of the ills of American society into sharp relief: slow decision-making, inequality and a safety-net full of holes. A superpower that should have been well prepared to fight the pandemic is floundering instead.
Coastal Hospice has been awarded a $2,ooo dollar Emergency Response Grant for Personal Protection Equipment.
Please join us together with OSI-Baltimore, Black Girls Vote, No Boundaries Coalition, and Baltimore Votes for a virtual roundtable about opportunities for funders to support a strong civic participation culture in Baltimore.
In April, Exponent Philanthropy and PEAK Grantmaking each fielded a survey to see how their respective communities of funders were responding to the impact of COVID-19 on their communities, grantees, and internal

