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Blueprint for Racial Equity in the Workplace and Beyond: Building a Just Future Together with Corporate Philanthropy
Tuesday, June 14, 2022 at 02:00 to 03:30 PM

During this interactive virtual session, corporate grantmakers are invited to hear from members of the Corporate Racial Equity Alliance design team and Sarah Keh at Prudential Financial, who will share examples and lessons learned from the company’s efforts to advance racial equity within Newark, where it is headquartered. In facilitated small group discussions, you will have a chance to reflect and brainstorm with regional peers.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Corporate Funders
Members Only
Topic: 
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Community Investment Affinity Group: Opportunity Zones in Maryland
Thursday, June 28, 2018 at 09:30 to 11:00 AM

When the nominations of 149 Opportunity Zones across Maryland were announced in April by the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development and the Maryland Department of Commerce, many across the state took notice. Join Maryland Philanthropy Network’s Community Investment Affinity Group to hear an overview of the program from Frank Dickson and Melissa Bondi.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
All Funders
Community Investment Funders
Members Only
Topic: 
Public/Private Partnership
Funding Area: 
Community Development/Neighborhoods
Baltimore Children and Youth Fund Update
Tuesday, June 12, 2018 at 09:30 to 11:00 AM

On June 6, Baltimore City announced a month-long request for proposal (RFP) period for the first round of disbursements from the $12 million Baltimore Children and Youth Fund. Attendees will learn more about the priority investment areas, grant review process, and public engagement throughout the process from members of the planning team representing Frontline Solutions, UPD Consulting and Associated Black Charities.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Members Only
Topic: 
Public/Private Partnership
Funding Area: 
Children's and Youth Services
Conversation with Tonya R. Miller Hall, Senior Advisor of Arts & Culture for Baltimore City
Tuesday, October 15, 2024 at 09:30 to 11:00 AM

Join the Arts Funders Affinity Group for a conversation with Tonya Miller Hall, Senior Advisor of Arts & Culture for Baltimore City. We’ll learn about her role and the City's strategy around arts and culture broadly, and the Office’s connection and collaboration with community, other agencies, and institutions. 

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Arts Funders
Members Only
Topic: 
Conversations with Leaders
Funding Area: 
Arts/Culture/Humanities
Focus on City Schools: Fair Student Funding and Budget Updates
Wednesday, March 07, 2018 at 12:00 to 01:30 PM

In 2008, City Schools adopted a model for school budgeting called “fair student funding” to put as many dollars as possible directly in schools, whose communities know best what their students need. According to City Schools, a number of changes have occurred since then.

Event type: 
Network Building
Audience: 
Education Funders
Members Only
Topic: 
Focus on City Schools
Funding Area: 
Education
Families Funding Change: How Social Justice Giving Honors Our Roots and Strengthens Communities
Thursday, November 12, 2015 at 12:00 to 01:30 PM

In this special, family foundation trustee- and staff-only event, we’ll explore strategies family foundations can take to engage more deeply in grantmaking that builds toward long-term social change. The webinar will draw from case studies highlighted in NCRP’s new Families Funding Change report, as well as the real life experiences of family members and trustees who have made the transition toward social justice giving.

Event type: 
Webinar/Teleconference
Audience: 
Family Foundation
Topic: 
Grantmaking Strategy & Tools
Funding Area: 
Civil Rights and Social Justice
On the Frontlines: Nonprofits Led by People of Color Confront COVID-19 and Structural Racism
Release Date: 
10/02/2020

The Building Movement Project’s report, On the Frontlines: Nonprofits Led by People of Color Confront COVID-19 and Structural Racism, shines a spotlight on how 2020’s social upheavals are affecting people of color-led (POC) nonprofit organizations and their communities, programs, leadership, and financial sustainability. The report also provides recommendations to strengthen these nonprofits, leaders of color, and their communities well beyond the crisis response and recovery period and for decades to come.

Youth-led Participatory Grantmaking
Friday, February 11, 2022 at 09:00 to 10:30 AM

All Maryland Philanthropy Network members are invited to join Julia Baez and Janelle Gendrano of Baltimore’s Promise, Sara Cooper of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, and Youth Advisors Cesia Calero and J’Naya Harris to hear about and discuss the Youth and Young Adult Grantmaking Initiative, a new participatory and collaborative funding opportunity. This youth-led grantmaking structure enables young people to allocate resources that directly impact themselves and their peers. It also incorporates capacity building, coaching, technical assistance, and compensation for Youth Grantmakers.

Event type: 
Grantmaking Practice
Audience: 
All Funders
Topic: 
Grantmaking Strategy & Tools
Briefing on Historic Plan to Address Vacant Properties in Baltimore Neighborhoods
Monday, September 23, 2024 at 08:30 to 10:00 AM

In 2023, Mayor Brandon Scott, BUILD, and the Greater Baltimore Committee formed an agreement to end the crisis of vacant and abandoned properties in Baltimore City over the next 15 years. This partnership is committed to a “whole blocks” approach that will leverage an estimated $3 billion in public investment — including $300 million in private and philanthropic contributions — to bring an additional $5 billion in private investments to neighborhoods across Baltimore. We invite business and philanthropic leaders to a briefing about this strategy. The session will highlight specific areas where expertise and resources from the business and philanthropic communities can support a historic public-private partnership to eliminate vacant housing and build safe, stable neighborhoods where all city residents can thrive. 

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Members Only
Funding Area: 
Community Development/Neighborhoods
Housing and Homelessness
A Peer Conversation about Grantee Data Collection
Wednesday, May 30, 2018 at 12:00 to 01:30 PM

Maryland Philanthropy Network members are invited to learn what their peers are doing (and why and how!) around requesting, collecting and reporting data from grantees. We’ll discuss how funders can drive values of equity and inclusion throughout the application process - including what we require from an organization as we make funding decisions. We’ll also discuss how well philanthropy is looking at ourselves.

Event type: 
Grantmaking Practice
Audience: 
Grants Managers/Administrators
Members Only
Topic: 
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Grantmaking Strategy & Tools
Health Grantmaking Priorities: A Conversation with Secretary Josh Sharfstein and Mark Luckner
Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 03:30 to 05:00 PM

Maryland Philanthropy Network members work to improve health outcomes for Marylanders through strategic investments in the context of a seven billion dollars annual state budget for public health. On May 26, welcome back Dr. Joshua M.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Health Funders
Members Only
Topic: 
Conversations with Leaders
Funding Area: 
Health Access and Care
Canceled | Maryland Philanthropy Network Exchange (04-16-2021)
Friday, April 16, 2021 at 11:00 to 12:00 PM

Since the beginning of 2021, we’ve experienced a significant drop in participation in MPN Exchanges. Therefore, we’ve decided to cancel this Exchange and will continue to create spaces for member sharing and collaboration. We apologize for any inconvenience this might cause.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
All Funders
Members Only
Topic: 
COVID-19
Grantmaking Strategy & Tools
Funding Area: 
Disaster Relief
Health Access and Care

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