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Thursday, July 16, 2020 at 09:00 to 10:30 AM
Join us for a conversation that will discuss the Baltimore Education Research Consortium (BERC)’s decade long study of post-secondary educational and workforce outcomes of Baltimore City high school graduates and the recent publication of the Baltimore College Fact Book. The conversation will also focus on the work of BERC over the last 14 years and opportunities for continued impact with the recent expansion of the consortium to include 10 new Maryland colleges and universities.
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09/25/2025
Philanthropy has always excelled when it listens, learns, and evolves to meet the needs of the communities it serves. In recent years, lean funders have increasingly recognized that racial equity is not an optional add-on to their work; it is central to their mission regardless of the focus area. Exponent Philanthropy's 2025 publication, “Racial Equity in Lean Foundations: Staying the Course Toward Inclusive Philanthropy,” delves into how foundations are incorporating racial equity into their work to drive better decisions, achieve more equitable outcomes, and amplify their philanthropic impact.
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View materials from "Philanthropy and Racial Equity: White Privilege and Power"
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View Materials for "Rising Leaders Roundtable: Racial Equity Accountability Tools"
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11/07/2025
Individualized youth internships are keeping students at Del Norte High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on track to achieve academic and career goals.
Program Resources from Conversation with Maryland Department of Health Secretary Laura Herrera Scott
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View program resources from Conversation with Maryland Department of Health Secretary Laura Herrera Scott.
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View Materials from Maryland Community Foundations Association Quarterly Meeting – April 2021
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05/23/2018
Baltimore Community Foundation (BCF) Investment Committee and its Impact Investment Subcommittee announced Invest for More, a new impact investing program making focused, carefully selected investments into companies, organizations, and funds with the intention of generating a measurable, beneficial social impact in our Baltimore region, as well as a financial return.
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03/20/2018
Many of us working to identify good strategies and support effective programs understand the great importance of involving communities in informing and implementing our work.
Tuesday, October 18, 2022 at 01:00 to 02:00 PM
Over the last two decades, waves of immigrants have made rural communities their homes. This shift, however, has not been easy, with some communities experiencing racist, anti-immigrant backlash. Join this webinar to learn from three organizers and movement builders about how they are fighting back against discrimination and the exploitation of immigrant communities while building immigrant and worker power in rural areas.
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees is hosting this program in partnership with Maryland Philanthropy Network, Forefront, SoCal Grantmakers, and Neighborhood Funders Group - Integrated Rural Strategies Group and Midwest Organizing Infrastructure Funders.
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The Maryland Community Foundations Association (MCFA) connects and promotes community foundations as a form of philanthropy benefitting towns, cities and rural areas across our state. This group convenes in support of their shared missions and focus on helping individuals, families and businesses plan and carry out their charitable giving; and in building endowments to serve their regions' changing needs.
Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 10:30 to 12:00 PM
Maryland’s public health policy cuts across all sectors: housing, transportation, education, public works, planning, and community development, and renewed investment in public health is critical to ensure the strength and vitality of all of these sectors. Please join Maryland Philanthropy Network and our distinguished experts for a discussion on how we can collaborate and support a coordinated, equity-focused advocacy agenda to create change in the funding appropriations for public health infrastructure at the state and local levels.
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View materials from Supporting Baltimore Students to and through College.
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04/02/2015
Updates from the Baltimore Integration Partnership, a project hosted by the Maryland Philanthropy Network.
Tuesday, December 05, 2017 at 12:00 to 01:30 PM
This program is a follow up from the October 11th Reactions and Reflections: City Schools Blueprint Lunchtime
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There is great interest among grantmakers in demographic data, but no consensus or shared purpose yet on what data should be collected and how it should be used. This preliminary research on demographic data collection serves to create a baseline understanding of where the field is in demographic data collection that covers both the process of data collection and current use of demographic data.
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Thursday, August 08, 2019 at 12:00 to 02:00 PM
Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative (BWFC) meets each month.
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Thursday, September 12, 2019 at 12:00 to 02:00 PM
Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative (BWFC) meets each month.
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Thursday, October 10, 2019 at 12:00 to 02:00 PM
Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative (BWFC) meets each month.
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