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05/13/2019
In the past few months, there [has] been some critical feedback for philanthropy. The criticisms are not new.
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05/05/2023
A message to the Maryland Philanthropy Network membership from our Interim President and CEO Kevin McHugh.
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11/18/2011
These are difficult times for many in our community. Unemployment remains high, paychecks don’t go very far, and every day it seems another public service is being curtailed in the interest of budget cuts.
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03/21/2011
In spite of gains over the recent decades, inequities in income, employment, educational attainment, housing and business ownership rates persist between African-American and white communities at both the national and local levels.
Monday, August 04, 2025 at 01:00 to 02:00 PM
Join Maryland Philanthropy Network for an update from the Governor’s Office for Children about the effort to end child poverty in Maryland through the ENOUGH Initiative. Members will learn about progress made in ENOUGH sites across the state. In addition, members will learn about the state effort to map public and private investments in children, youth, and families in Maryland.
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Monday, December 02, 2024 at 01:30 to 03:00 PM
Join Maryland Philanthropy Network's Health Funders Affinity Group and Green Funders Affinity Group as they host Ben Zaitchik, PhD, chair and professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Johns Hopkins University, who will give an update on the promising work of the Baltimore Social-Environmental Collaborative. Two years into a five-year, $25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, Dr. Zaitchik and his team of researchers are aiming to create Baltimore as one of the world’s most climate resilient cities.
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09/17/2013
Updates from the Baltimore Integration Partnership, a project hosted by the Maryland Philanthropy Network.
Monday, June 12, 2017 at 01:00 to 02:30 PM
Civic Works' Baltimore Center for Green Careers has a new initiative underway!
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Tuesday, November 01, 2016 at 09:00 to 10:00 AM
The behind the scenes orchestration of managing and administering grants is often as varied as the grantmaking organizations themselves.
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Tuesday, December 04, 2018 at 12:00 to 01:30 PM
A year ago, representatives from CASEL, The Collaborative for Academic, Social, Emotional Learning, and Baltimore City Schools shared data from CASEL's then-recent social and emotional landscape analysis of City Schools. We learned about the anticipated partners and programs to support student needs, support systems and SEL curriculum, and development of school-based and district-level staff. Join us to learn about the implementation of those programs and additional programs to support student wholeness in the district.
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Thursday, July 09, 2020 at 03:30 to 05:00 PM
All funders are welcome to join the Seniors and Housing Collaborative to hear about housing models that coordinate the resources of social-service agencies, community health providers and nonprofit housing organizations to support older adults who choose to live independently at home.
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Wednesday, May 24, 2023 at 09:30 to 11:00 AM
Maryland Philanthropy Network is committed to helping our members learn to practice philanthropy in service of equity and justice. Community-Centric Fundraising (CCF) is a movement aspiring to transform fundraising and philanthropy so that they are co-grounded in racial and economic justice. CCF invites fundraisers and funders to examine the problematic philosophies and practices we've been upholding.
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06/28/2023
A message to the Maryland Philanthropy Network membership from our Interim President and CEO Kevin McHugh.
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01/03/2024
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10/26/2023
Maryland Philanthropy Network (MPN) is focused on funders in Maryland, and we know we live in an interconnected world where our network reaches out across the globe supporting communities near and far. We have members who are grieving, who are leading and/or supporting relief efforts, and others who aren’t sure how to engage yet. For times like these, we want to take a moment to share how MPN can help you navigate this current crisis.
Wednesday, March 07, 2018 at 12:00 to 01:30 PM
In 2008, City Schools adopted a model for school budgeting called “fair student funding” to put as many dollars as possible directly in schools, whose communities know best what their students need. According to City Schools, a number of changes have occurred since then.
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Wednesday, September 27, 2017 at 12:00 to 03:30 PM
Low math and literacy skills disqualify many men and women from training programs that provide occupational skills needed to acquire family sustaining employment.
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at 09:00 to 10:30 AM
How do you engage city residents to volunteer to confront Baltimore's challenges and serve vulnerable people throughout the city? To help 60,000 Baltimoreans sustain recovery from drugs and alcohol abuse? To repurpose 14,000 vacant lots?
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at 12:00 to 01:30 PM
This program has been canceled. We apologize for any inconvenience.
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05/07/2019
The Bainum Family Foundation has named Sara Watson, Ph.D., as its Senior Director, Policy — a new role for the Foundation that reflects its evolving work in creating sustainable, systemic change for young children in the District of Columbia and b