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07/23/2025
In order to better understand the experiences of the communities they aim to support, foundations and nonprofits often try to get close to them, build trust and rapport, and learn from their perspectives.
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06/10/2019
Maryland lawmakers passed a sweeping education package in the latest General Assembly session and recently identified a work group whose task will be to find a way to pay for it.
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10/02/2019
A growing number of grant makers of all ideologies see restoring constructive dialogue among citizens and fairness at the ballot box as vital to their cause.
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04/28/2020
The Baltimore City Health Department is working closely with some of the largest local players in the health care industry to track and share data that could prove critical in the city's fight against Covid-19.
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10/12/2020
The coronavirus pandemic has pushed many people into a new workplace exclusively at home, while others go into the office one or two days a week. Some essential employees are always at the office, but the number of employees in a workspace has dr
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06/30/2022
There was a time, not so very long ago, when Baltimore seemed to be turning a corner, with a relatively affluent metro area, new development, and rising incomes during the 2000s.
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07/09/2018
The gymnasium at Reginald F. Lewis High School was filled Saturday with people with ideas on how to improve the lives of Baltimore’s young people.
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06/18/2019
The racial wealth gap has been a widely acknowledged phenomenon in the academic and policy realms for years, and has become an important issue in the run-up to the 2020 election.
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01/13/2022
When place-based funders from 12 regions across the country formed a learning group in 2020, chronicled in this five-part series, they shared practical, tactical steps to grapple with a range of thorny questions. When they turned to engaging stakeholders, the funders focused on three core challenges to building community partnerships.
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11/07/2025
Individualized youth internships are keeping students at Del Norte High School in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on track to achieve academic and career goals.
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02/10/2020
What can over a million teachers tell funders about the needs of schools? No one has greater insight into the needs of students and schools than teachers.
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11/05/2019
Childhood trauma causes serious health repercussions throughout life and is a public health issue that calls for concerted prevention efforts.
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05/01/2020
For those of us working in HIV philanthropy, advocacy, and research, it’s impossible to ignore the parallels be
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06/25/2025
For many Baltimore parents, child care can be out of reach, with potentially significant consequences for their child’s development and their own careers.
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09/22/2020
This Bainum Brief highlights 10 ways foundations can engage in policy advocacy, with examples from many funders, including the Bainum Family Foundation, across an array of topics. It also provides lessons learned to make the best use of scarce resources and maximize the chances of success.
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10/29/2020
Childhood hunger was a problem in Maryland long before the coronavirus pandemic hit, and it’s no secret that the ongoing economic crisis has made the situation much more dire for many families.
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12/18/2023
Buffy Beaudoin-Schwartz wants the local business community to understand one thing about the recent women’s giving network national conference in Baltimore.
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06/26/2019
Data continues to come in to confirm a disturbing trend in our country: growing inequities in who is giving to charity and who is benefiting from it.
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10/02/2019
Place-based giving has long been a cornerstone of the American philanthropic tradition.