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The Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative is a group of private and public funders established to support the alignment and pooling of resources around common workforce development goals and strategies. The BWFC is hosted by Maryland Philanthropy Network and is a signed partner of Shift Work Forward (formerly known as the National Fund for Workforce Solutions).
Tuesday, December 02, 2025 at 02:00 to 03:30 PM
Maryland Philanthropy Network’s Health Funders Affinity Group is pleased to host Maryland Department of Health’s Deputy Secretary Perrie Briskin, Healthcare Financing and Medicaid Director, and Maryland Department of Human Services Assistant Secretary for Programs Larry Handerhan for a conversation on strategies the Departments are taking to mitigate effects of recent federal changes. It is estimated that 175,000 Marylanders are at risk of losing health insurance coverage, and loss of up to $27 million in Directed Payments is projected beginning in 2027 — a significant concern given how these funds support essential programs like Medicaid, AHEAD, and related transformation initiatives.
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03/19/2019
[Women's Philanthropy Institute in partnership with the YWCA and Facebook] celebrated the official launch of the I Am A Philanthropist campaign with a series of stories on Refinery29.
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03/01/2024
Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi, co-founder of the Mizrahi Family Charitable Fund, recently penned a guest commentary published in Maryland Matters advocating for the passage of the Responding to Emergency Needs
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View materials from "Funders Together to End Homelessness – Baltimore Meeting - March 2020".
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View materials from "A Conversation with Dr. Sonja Santelises, CEO of Baltimore City Schools 2020".
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The Democracy Collaborative’s report Anchor Collaboratives: Building Bridges with Place-Based Partnerships and Anchor Institutions discusses the role of anchor institutions and collaboratives in leveraging the power of their economic assets to address social and economic disparities and to revitalize local communities.
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View materials form "Reframing Aging: A Generation’s Work".
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08/09/2024
“In the U.S., Black women are three to four times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women.
View materials from Maryland Philanthropy Network 2023 Group Leaders Meeting.
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View materials from "Green Funders Peer Learning Exchange".
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View Materials from "A Guidebook for Equity - Chicago Beyond’s Why Am I Always Being Researched?"
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View Materials from Maryland Community Foundations Association Quarterly Meeting – April 2021
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08/22/2022
We Give Black Fest raised more than $233,000 over the weekend for local Black-led organizations.
Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 02:00 to 03:30 PM
Join Maryland Philanthropy Network and Maryland Nonprofits for a joint member convening to learn about federal policy impacts on nonprofits and perspectives around the philanthropic response. Grounded in a spirit of solidarity, this convening will feature a presentation by Candid researcher Anna Koob who will share important new research on nonprofits’ financial resiliency and foundation funding trends in recent years for Maryland as well as across the nation.
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Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 02:00 to 03:30 PM
As funders across the state navigate decision-making in the current funding environment, the appraisal of nonprofit organizations’ financial health and fiscal stewardship holds new importance. Join the Baltimore Community Foundation and Maryland Philanthropy Network for a funder-to-funder discussion about assessing nonprofit organizations’ financial health.
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View materials from "Why Strategic Philanthropy (Almost) Always Involves Advocacy"
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