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National Alliance on Mental Illness Workshop: In Our Own Voice
Friday, April 29, 2022 at 09:00 to 10:30 AM

Maryland Philanthropy Network is pleased to host this In Our Own Voice workshop, in partnership with the Baltimore affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) to understand the experience of mental health issues from people with lived experience. NAMI Metropolitan Baltimore’s In Our Own Voice aims to change attitudes, assumptions, and stereotypes by describing the reality of living with mental illness. People with mental health conditions share their powerful personal stories in this presentation. We will be joined in this session by Kerry Graves, Executive Director of NAMI Metropolitan Baltimore. 

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
All Funders
Behavioral Health Funders
Health Funders
Funding Area: 
Behavioral Health
Health Access and Care
Baltimore Summer Funding Collaborative: Understanding the Summer Learning Ecosystem
Wednesday, June 08, 2022 at 10:00 to 11:30 AM

Join us for a conversation with the leadership of the Baltimore Summer Funding Collaborative where we will learn how the Collaborative is thinking about their work, hear updates on what was funded and not funded in the latest grant cycle, key them

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Education Funders
Members Only
Funding Area: 
Education
Education: Out-of-school time
Growing Opportunities in Family Child Care: Supporting Small Business Owners & Solutions to the Child Care Crisis
Wednesday, June 22, 2022 at 02:00 to 03:00 PM

In 2021, Maryland passed legislation that set up the Growing Opportunities in Family Child Care (GOFCC) program to provide targeted support for individuals to open a registered (licensed) family child care program. During this meeting, Laura Weeldreyer and Lacey Egerton from Maryland Family Network will present details about GOFCC, an implementation grant process, and how the initiative contributes an important solution to help address the child care crisis.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Members Only
Prenatal to Five Affinity Group
Workforce Development Funders
Funding Area: 
Children's and Youth Services
Education: Early childhood
Employment/Workforce development
Families and Children
Maryland Community Foundations Association Quarterly Meeting – August 2022
Monday, August 01, 2022 at 12:00 to 02:00 PM

Together, as the Maryland Community Foundations Association (MCFA), we speak with one voice in promoting philanthropy to benefit towns, cities and rural areas across the state. Community Foundations specialize in helping individuals, families and businesses plan and carry out their charitable giving; and in building endowments to serve their regions' changing needs. Please join us for the MCFA Quarterly Meeting to connect with peers and share best practices.  

Event type: 
Network Building
Audience: 
MCFA
Topic: 
Grantmaking Strategy & Tools
Fundamentals of the Maryland Total Cost of Care Model and Current Priorities
Thursday, September 08, 2022 at 10:00 to 11:30 AM

Please join the Health Funders Affinity Group to learn about the Fundamentals of the Maryland Total Cost of Care Model and Current Priorities. Experts will provide an overview of the Maryland Total Cost of Care Health Model and the efforts and challenges of hospital and non-hospital systems to transition from the hospital-based All-Payer Model to Maryland’s unique model for health care financing and health delivery system reform. This Model supports public and private sector investment in community health, behavioral health, and initiatives that address disparities.  The presenters will also discuss ways that philanthropic organizations can contribute to create a healthier population in Maryland.  

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Health Funders
Members Only
Funding Area: 
Health Access and Care
Arts Funders Peer Learning Exchange
Thursday, March 02, 2023 at 03:00 to 04:30 PM

Over 300 arts organizations, hundreds of independent artists, and millions of Marylanders benefit from strong, statewide investment in the nonprofit arts sector. Sustained growth in funding means arts communities throughout Maryland can continue to cultivate robust impactful programming, providing a high quality of life to all residents. 

Join Maryland Philanthropy Network for a peer learning exchange for arts and culture funders. Discuss trends you and other funders are seeing and dig into exciting projects folks are funding. We encourage you to prepare to share a link, video, or another example of the project with the group.

Event type: 
Network Building
Audience: 
Arts Funders
Members Only
Funding Area: 
Arts/Culture/Humanities
All In to Prevent and End Homelessness: A Conversation with United States Interagency Council on Homelessness
Tuesday, April 11, 2023 at 01:00 to 02:00 PM

Funders Together to End Homelessness – Baltimore is hosting a special conversation with Jeff Olivet, Executive Director of the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) and Dr. Joe Savage, Regional Advisor for USICH, about the newly released federal strategic plan to prevent and end homelessness, “All In.” This new plan establishes a goal to reduce homelessness by 25% by the end of 2025. This is an opportunity to learn together about the plan and understand how it connects with local priorities and investments. Irene Agustin, Director of the Mayor’s Office of Homeless Services and Janice Miller, Chair of the Continuum of Care, will provide insight about how the plan will affect work in Baltimore to make homelessness rare and brief.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
All Funders
Basic Human Needs Funders
Community Investment Funders
Workforce Development Funders
Topic: 
Conversations with Leaders
Funding Area: 
Housing and Homelessness
Introduction to Feedback for Nonprofits and Funders
Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 02:00 to 03:30 PM

Join Maryland Philanthropy Network and the T. Rowe Price Foundation for this 90-minute virtual session that will provide an introduction to gathering, interpreting, and acting on feedback from those at the heart of your work and an overview of why listening and acting on feedback is important to ethical, equitable, and well-run organizations.

Event type: 
Grantmaking Practice
Audience: 
All Funders
Executive Leadership
Nonprofit Staff/Grantseekers
Topic: 
Evaluation
Grantmaking Strategy & Tools
Transparency
Maryland Legal Services Corporation at 40 – The FY22 Annual Report
Release Date: 
03/02/2023

In FY 2022, having weathered 40 years of financial ups and downs, national and international hardships, and a global pandemic, Maryland Legal Services Corporation made grant awards totaling over $22.5 million to 37 organizations – including all of the first four.

Impact investing benefits Baltimore; we need more of it | GUEST COMMENTARY
Release Date: 
05/15/2023

What if I told you that, just as there are renewable energy sources, there is a renewable financial resource — and it’s already quietly making progress possible? Impact investing, which generates financial returns alongside positive social change, is proving a valuable tool for spurring large scale, inclusive economic growth and creating income and wealth for residents. Impact investments can take the form of low-interest loans, venture capital or municipal bond investments, for example, all with the goal of addressing critical social needs.

Funders Together to End Homelessness – Baltimore July Meeting
Thursday, July 20, 2023 at 01:30 to 03:00 PM

The purpose of Funders Together to End Homelessness Baltimore (FTEHB) is to bring private and public funders together to focus on structural and racial inequities related to housing instability, homelessness, and supportive services, and to prevent and end homelessness in the Baltimore region.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
All Funders
Basic Human Needs Funders
Community Investment Funders
Workforce Development Funders
Topic: 
Grantmaking Strategy & Tools
Funding Area: 
Housing and Homelessness

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