Join Maryland Nonprofits for a session that will bring together a variety of perspectives to discuss what the decennial census means for the nonprofit sector and our role in ensuring an accurate count.
At the Maryland Philanthropy Network, we believe that authentic relationships between nonprofit organizations and funders are key to sustainable social change.
Maryland Philanthropy Network has partnered with Maryland Nonprofits to host a Legislative Briefing for many years. This is your opportunity to learn what other funders and nonprofits will be working on, policy issues affecting nonprofits, how the legislature will function, how you can be an effective advocate in the coming year, and how to access opportunities for your organization. During this virtual convening, you will hear from public officials, the incoming administration, and leading nonprofit advocates.
Join Maryland Philanthropy Network’s Health Funders Affinity Group and presenters Shannon Hall, J.D., Executive Director of the Community Behavioral Health Association (CBH), and Brett Beckerson, MSW, Senior Director, Public Policy and Advocacy National Council of Mental Wellbeing, to share their efforts to bring high-quality, integrated mental health and substance use care to Maryland residents through Community Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHC). Learn about the complexities of an organization becoming a CCBHC and how philanthropy can assist them in the process.
The board and staff of MPN have begun their strategic work to define our path forward and to determine our core pillars of work.
Join Maryland Nonprofits for a phone call with Maryland Senators, Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen. The Senators will speak about the CARES Act and aspects of the legislation nonprofits would like to hear about.
Are you drowning in paperwork and distracted from purpose?
How about your grantees?
Monthly meeting of the Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative.
Monthly meeting of the Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative.
I had the great pleasure of working with Maryland Philanthropy Network on the Next Generation Project this winter. Working closely with Betsy and Adam, I served as overall project manager. It was a wonderful way to connect my experience with Maryland Philanthropy Network as member of a local family foundation and my work as a social enterprise consultant.
Maryland Philanthropy Network invites the staff and board members of nonprofit 501(c)3 organizations and social enterprises to our recurring program on foundations and the broader landscape of philanthropy in Maryland. This learning opportunity is most appropriate to new grantseekers and to nonprofit organizations in Baltimore and central Maryland. The webinar provides basic knowledge of foundations and other grantmakers and resources for finding funders/funding opportunities.
Ashley Berner’s new book, Pluralism and American Public Education: No One Way to School, argues t
Maryland Philanthropy Network members are invited to read, The Alternative: Most of What You Believe About Poverty Is Wrong, by Mauricio Lim Miller and join us for a discussion
Join Maryland Philanthropy Network's Education Funders Affinity Group to learn more about the Science of Reading movement broadly and the critical elements for effective implementation. We’ll also learn from the co-directors of the Maryland Initiative for Literacy and Equity about the key findings and recommendations from their comprehensive review of literacy instruction in public school districts across the state, and from Maryland READS about their work to support, advocate for, and amplify change initiatives throughout Maryland focused on meaningful Science of Reading reforms.
In the last five to 10 years, it would seem as though Baltimore is finally emerging (at least economically) — from its slow, multi-decade decline.
Join Maryland Philanthropy Network and our speakers for an overview of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to contextualize the ways funds are being disbursed, including the $350 billion in State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF). Drawing on ideas found in this Philanthropy News Digest article by Darius Graham of the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, we’ll discuss how a greater understanding of priorities and processes in a community can help with allocating SLFRF in ways that inform grantmaking. We will conclude with a dynamic panel discussion with our partners on how funders can support nonprofits, provide community input about public dollars, and address any potential funding gaps.
The Bainum Family Foundation announced a $100 million commitment to funding early childhood issue areas over the next five years — the largest single commitment in the foundation’s 56-year history. With this investment, the Foundation is doubling down on its mission to create lasting systems change for the well-being of children and families.
