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Prenatal to Five Affinity Group Networking & Happy Hour
Thursday, December 11, 2025 at 04:30 to 06:30 PM

Join Maryland Philanthropy Network’s Prenatal to Five Affinity Group for its second peer meet up! We will meet in MPN's large conference room for the first hour with time to discuss the key opportunities and challenges in our work and share about activities each member is prioritizing in their organization. Then, we’ll continue the conversation and relationship building at UNION Craft Brewing for informal, in-person networking. We look forward to winding down the year with you!

Event type: 
Network Building
Audience: 
Prenatal to Five Affinity Group
Green Funders Peer Learning Exchange
Wednesday, September 07, 2022 at 12:30 to 02:00 PM

Join Maryland Philanthropy Network for a peer learning exchange for funders supporting environmental and sustainability issues in Maryland! We take some time to integrate our learnings, share what we are thinking about and focusing on, and discuss our plans for the coming year. Lightly structured, these peer-to-peer exchange events are designed to integrate and learn from others in philanthropy through facilitation of the following: strategy sharing and exchange of ideas around what other funders are working on, stimulating new ways of thinking by sharing learnings and creating an environment conducive to discovery among the community of funders, and relationship building.

Event type: 
Network Building
Audience: 
Green Funders
Members Only
Members' Memo | August 27, 2025
Release Date: 
08/27/2025

A message to the Maryland Philanthropy Network membership from our President and CEO Danista E. Hunte.

Column Ends, but Let Stories of Giving Go On
Release Date: 
12/04/2012

In 2001, we approached The Daily Record about increasing coverage of the nonprofit sector. Eleven years and 260 columns later, I find myself writing the final column.

Equity in ESSA, A Primer on the New No Child Left Behind
Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at 09:30 to 11:00 AM

In the spring of 2017, Maryland State Department of Education draf its Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) plan for implementation. This plan will impact K-12 education in our state for the next 4-8 years, at minimum. Join a panel of ESSA experts to gain a national perspective of ESSA, understand models and approaches of others states and learn about the progress within Maryland.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Education Funders
Members Only
Topic: 
Public Policy
Funding Area: 
Education: K-12
2025 Annual Member Gathering
Wednesday, September 17, 2025 at 09:30 to 01:30 PM

The 2025 Annual Member Gathering is sold out! If you are interested in attending, please add your name to the waitlist, and we will contact you if space opens up. Maryland Philanthropy Network’s Annual Member Gathering is an opportunity for members to connect, rejuvenate, and celebrate as a philanthropic community. In response to the enthusiastic request from our members, we are excited to offer additional in-person networking opportunities during this year’s all-member convening.

Event type: 
Conference
Audience: 
All Funders
For Grantseekers: A Program Officer's Guide to Proposal Writing (3/8/2019)
Friday, March 08, 2019 at 08:00 to 11:30 AM

Presented by a program officer who reviews hundreds of proposals each year, the Maryland Philanthropy Network invites new grant proposal writers to a step-by-step presentation to writing a full proposal grantmakers will want to receive. You will hear the “never ever do this” and the “be sure to do that”. This is a great workshop for grantseekers new to the field. The agenda includes additional information on preparing to write, stewarding a funder relationship, and presenting your budget. 

Based on the resources available at www.marylandphilanthropy.org/grantwriting and current insights from local foundation program officers.

Event type: 
Professional Development
Audience: 
Nonprofit Staff/Grantseekers
Topic: 
Fundraising
For Grantseekers: A Program Officer's Guide to Proposal Writing (9/27/2019)
Friday, September 27, 2019 at 08:00 to 11:30 AM

Presented by a program officer who reviews hundreds of proposals each year, the Maryland Philanthropy Network invites new grant proposal writers to a step-by-step presentation to writing a full proposal grantmakers will want to receive. You will hear the “never ever do this” and the “be sure to do that”. This is a great workshop for grantseekers new to the field. The agenda includes additional information on preparing to write, stewarding a funder relationship, and presenting your budget. 

Event type: 
Professional Development
Audience: 
Nonprofit Staff/Grantseekers
Topic: 
Fundraising
Evaluate, Invest in Advocacy, and Shrink the Change
Release Date: 
07/09/2019

In 2010, the Horizon Foundation staff took a routine look at local health data and noticed some troubling trends. Data indicated that most deaths in our community were related to heart disease, cancer, stroke, and/or diabetes.

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