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05/15/2025
A group of leaders from across the area were honored as The Baltimore Banner's third class of Emerging Leaders including Molly Doran from The Aaron Straus and Lillie Straus Foundation; Brian Gerardo
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07/01/2025
A conversation with David London, Director of the William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund
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08/21/2025
BCF President & CEO Shanaysha Sauls shares a heartfelt reflection on the late Mark Fetting, a rare civic leader whose vision, candor, and deep commitment shaped Baltimore and BCF in lasting ways.
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01/14/2020
Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service (MVLS), the largest provider of pro bono civil legal services to low-income Marylanders, today announced a generous grant from the Venable Foundation to support its Human Traffic
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05/12/2020
Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at 10:00 to 11:30 AM
Join Maryland Philanthropy Network for the first of a three-part series on community schools. To start our series, Dr. Mavis Sanders, Senior Research Scholar of Black Children and Families at Child Trends, a national think tank, will share research perspectives related to implementation and accountability of K-12, full-service community schools. We will also hear from Ellie Mitchell, Executive Director of the Maryland Out of School Time Network, who will share state policy perspectives and a systems overview of community schools.
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10/28/2024
Maryland Nonprofits, which represents over 1,800 member organizations and advocates on behalf of 40,000 nonprofits across the state, has unveiled a new comprehensive brand as part of its mission to strengthen Maryland’s nonprofit sector.
Maryland Philanthropy Network’s Member Directory
MPN's Online Member Directory is your local resource to the specific interests and contacts at private foundations and corporate giving programs in Maryland – including private foundations that do not review proposals. Members of Maryland Philanthropy Network provide their own information to simplify your grant research. The directory does not rely on public databases.
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01/21/2011
Congress is back to work and, candidly, the nonprofit sector is nervous.
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09/22/2021
The board and staff of MPN have begun their strategic work to define our path forward and to determine our core pillars of work.
Tuesday, January 24, 2023 at 02:00 to 03:00 PM
Join Maryland Philanthropy Network, Technology Association of Grantmakers (TAG) Executive Director, Chantal Foster, and TAG Survey Committee Member, Tess Hanrahan of the Hewlett Foundation, for this interactive webinar that will explore key findings and trends from TAG's 2022 State of Philanthropy Tech survey just in time for your 2023 planning. Now in its third version, this report compiles results from 277 grantmaking organizations throughout North America, the EU, and UK to better understand the technology environment, practices, and perceptions in philanthropy. The findings are fascinating!
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11/06/2023
Adapted from remarks by Crickett Woloson, past co-chair of the Racial Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (or REDI) Committee of the Baltimore Women’s Giving Circle and trustee of The Elbow Fund, delivered at the Philanos POWER UP Conference "Stepping into Trust-Based Philanthropy" session on November 6, 2023. The session offered a chance for philanthropy peers to share learnings from shifts they've made to their grant processes. For the BWGC, the Grants Lab offered an opportunity to rethink, try, adjust, and try again.
We are a statewide membership association representing around 110 private and community foundations, intermediaries, corporations, donor advised funds, and public charities.
Tuesday, October 11, 2016 at 09:30 to 11:00 AM
In the spring of 2017, Maryland State Department of Education draf its Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) plan for implementation. This plan will impact K-12 education in our state for the next 4-8 years, at minimum. Join a panel of ESSA experts to gain a national perspective of ESSA, understand models and approaches of others states and learn about the progress within Maryland.
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03/23/2021
Maryland Philanthropy Network's Housing Funders Affinity Group mobilizes its members to use philanthropy’s voice, influence, and financial capital to end homelessness by creating and advancing lasting solutions that are grounded in racial and housing justice (housing affordability, tenant rights, and eviction prevention).
Thursday, November 17, 2016 at 01:30 to 03:00 PM
In July, Sagamore Development Corporation and the South Baltimore Six (SB6) Coalition announced a long-term investment partnership and community benefits agreement.
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Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at 09:00 to 10:30 AM
As a follow-up to a conversation begun at the Baltimore City Leaders Budget Briefing, please join Molly McGrath, Director of Baltimore City Department of Social Services, and Karen Sitnick, Director of Baltimore City Mayor's Office of Employment D
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Monday, March 20, 2017 at 12:00 to 12:00 AM
Foundations on the Hill (FOTH) is hosted by the Forum of Regional Maryland Philanthropy Networks of Grantmakers, in partnership with the Alliance for Charitable Reform and Council on Foundations.
Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at 12:00 to 01:30 PM
When the power goes out, where do city residents go to refrigerate medications or charge a cell phone? If school is closed for a heat wave, where do city children get their meals? At the Door in East Baltimore, battery storage is being added to
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