Today, Baltimore City Mayor Jack Young announced new relief for child care providers. Grant funding will be available to help them recover from the financial hit of being closed and operating under limited capacity.
The Baltimore Banner selected 15 community leaders as its 2025 Emerging Leaders honorees, who will be recognized at an event in May.
Laurie Latuda Kinkel will kick off our Sharing Session by talking about the Baltimore Community Foundation’s new strategic plan and current priorities. Following that, participants will share with one another their current projects and grantmaking, as well as questions/struggles.
Baltimore Seniors & Housing Collaborative would like to finish this challenging year on a positive note by sharing what we have been able to accomplish to overcome the deep-seated housing disparities created through decades of Baltimore’s red-lining practices which were then exacerbated by the pandemic. All are welcome and invited to present. Our friends from Weinberg Foundation, Comprehensive Housing Assistance, Inc (CHAI) and Civic Works will kick us off!
This event is sponsored by Kaiser Permanente, member of the Maryland Philanthropy Network.
Racial bias in home appraising can harm individuals by making home purchases more expensive or refinancing unattainable, but when compounded on the community level, it can have profound impacts on minority communities’ ability to build wealth. Using newly available federal data, this report finds evidence of systemic appraisal bias that undervalues homes in predominantly Black communities in Baltimore City and the surrounding counties.
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Please join your colleagues as we wrap up our 2017 Impact Investing series, in partnership with Mission Investors Exchange.
This final workshop will be focused on measuring your impact!
In philanthropy, it’s often assumed that the more money you spend, the bigger the impact you can have.
The Prenatal to Five Impact Collaborative (PN-5 Impact Collaborative) meets each month.
Seeking ways to maximize the social and economic returns of their place-based impact investments, foundations, CDFIs, private investors, and others are turning to collaboration.
This event has been canceled to offer the group an opportunity to recharge and rejoin in the Fall with new and greater energy.
The Prenatal to Five Impact Collaborative (PN-5 Impact Collaborative) meets each month.
Community leaders from around the Lower Shore last released the findings of the Strengthening Communities Nonprofit Impact Report.
The Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) will be receiving $500 M for early childhood from the American Recovery Plan.
The idea behind the Community Foundation of Harford County (CFHC) is simple: to build a substantial, permanent fund from contributions both large and small and use the income it generates to meet Harford County’s current and future charitable need
The Prenatal to Five Impact Collaborative is a peer group focused on learning together about the needs of pregnant women and families with children up to age 5 and how to best support them. This meeting will discuss advocacy and the roles philanthropy can play in systems change work. We’ll be hearing from Sara Watson who authored the Bainum Family Foundation Brief: “Creating Change Through Policy Advocacy”. We’ll also be hearing from Beth Morrow and Laura Weeldreyer about Maryland Family Network’s Early Childhood legislative priorities.
The Prenatal to Five Impact Collaborative (PN-5 Impact Collaborative) meets each month.
The Prenatal to 5 Impact Collaborative will be meeting with Steven Hick