In the 2021-22 school year, only one in three fourth graders in the United States was reading at grade level, only one in four eighth graders was proficient in math, and rates of chronic absence had skyrocketed.
Maryland Philanthropy Network Key Public Policy Updates – January 2019
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A message to the Maryland Philanthropy Network membership from our President and CEO Danista E. Hunte.
Tis page is a curated set of information to help MPN members track news, resources, and actions they can take related to federal policy changes.
Our Neighborhood Grants Program offers funding for projects that help neighborhoods in Baltimore City and Baltimore County become and remain safe, vibrant, clean and green, and to be supporters and champions of their local schools.
Some of you, dear readers, will remember a time, not so long ago, when summers were lazy, hazy and slow. There seemed to be an endless string of days at the beach or the mountains, or Grandma’s house. Not so anymore.
Please join the Prenatal to Five Impact Collaborative for their second meeting to learn about Maryland State Department of Education’s Prenatal to Eight Strategic Plan and about the three year grant from Pritzker Foundation for Prenatal-to-Three efforts statewide and what role there is for private philanthropy in those efforts.
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Howard County funders are coordinating to rapidly raise funds and deploy critical resources to nonprofits in Howard County through HoCoRespond.com, with the goal of raising $100,000 in the next 10 days.
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View materials from "Baltimore Children and Youth Fund Update"
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Join Maryland Philanthropy Network’s Emergent Philanthropy Roundtable, to discuss chapters 3-5 Darren Walker’s book, From Generosity to Justice: A New Gospel of Wealth. Bring your questions, your favorite quotes, or just a curious attitude. If you're not able to read the book but would love the opportunity to wrestle with ways to transform grant practices to achieve a more just and equitable world, you are encouraged to join as well!
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View program resources from Foundations 101 and Maryland's Philanthropic Landscape.
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View materials from "Foundations 101 and Maryland's Philanthropic Landscape".
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View program resources from Conversation with Maryland Department of Health Secretary Laura Herrera Scott.
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Program materials from "The State of School Food in Baltimore City, 2016 Edition"
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View materials from "The Green Network Plan and Sustainability in Baltimore"
Join members of the Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative on a visit to the National Park Service Historic Preservation Training Center in Frederick, MD to learn about opportunities to help entry level construction workers build careers in the maintenance and preservation of historic properties.