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2025 Health Legislative Debrief
Monday, April 28, 2025 at 11:00 to 12:30 PM

Please join Maryland Philanthropy Network's Health Funders Affinity Group for a debrief and information session on health issues in this year’s legislative session. Ashley Woolard, Attorney with the Public Justice Center, Vincent DeMarco, President of the Health Care for All! Coalition, and Dan Martin and Linda Raines with the Mental Health Association of MD (MHAMD) will share the outcomes of their advocacy work, overcoming the budget constraints, and what to prepare for next year’s session. 

Event type: 
Committee Meeting
Audience: 
Behavioral Health Funders
Health Funders
Members Only
Topic: 
Public Policy
Funding Area: 
Advocacy
Behavioral Health
Health Access and Care
The Marion I. & Henry J. Knott Foundation Leadership Transition
Release Date: 
03/27/2025

Kelley Q. Kilduff, a longtime friend of The Marion I. & Henry J.  Knott Foundation and our valued Executive Director, has submitted her resignation, and the Board has regretfully accepted it, effective March 14, 2025. As we navigate this transition, Kathleen McCarthy, the Foundation’s Program Director, will step into the role of Interim Executive Director. We appreciate your support and partnership during this period of change.

The Changing Landscape of Arts Funding
Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 01:00 to 02:30 PM

This Arts Funders Affinity Group meeting will feature remarks by Nicholas Cohen, Executive Director of Maryland Citizens for the Arts and Steven Skerritt-Davis, Executive Director of the Maryland State Arts Council followed by Q&A and discussion providing members a chance to voice their concerns, share updates on their priorities, and discuss any shifts in funding allocations. We invite all funders who care about a strong, vibrant arts and culture sector to this opportunity to exchange perspectives about the arts landscape. 

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Arts Funders
Members Only
Funding Area: 
Arts/Culture/Humanities
Member Update Meeting: Federal Policy Impacts
Thursday, April 24, 2025 at 10:00 to 11:30 AM

To assist with informing the network and the collective discussion about the ongoing philanthropic response to recent federal policy decisions, Maryland Philanthropy Network will host regular virtual meetings in the coming months to bring the latest news and to create an information exchange opportunity for members. Join MPN staff and your philanthropic peers to share updates, nonprofit support strategies underway within the network, where you need support, and any questions for your peers in the context of the changing political environment.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
All Funders
Members Only
Topic: 
Public Policy
Supporting an Innovative and Inclusive Arts Community: Lessons from the Field
Thursday, October 17, 2019 at 12:00 to 02:00 PM

The arts in Maryland provide countless opportunities for learning, cultural enrichment, and community impact. Major cultural institutions and burgeoning small and mid-sized cultural institutions are working to be relevant and attractive to diverse audiences, while oftentimes vying for the same limited resources.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Arts Funders
Members Only
Topic: 
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Funding Area: 
Arts/Culture/Humanities
Responding to the crisis before us
Release Date: 
03/18/2020

The financial, emotional, and physical toll that the COVID-19 health pandemic has put on our country can’t be overstated. This is a time for federal policymakers to come together – using every policy lever possible, every public resource available

Effective Change Requires Proximate Leaders
Release Date: 
10/02/2020

Leaders who arise from the communities and issues they serve have the experience, relationships, data, and knowledge that are essential for developing solutions with measurable and sustainable impact. 

2010 Gulf Coast Oil Spill

The oil spill disaster in the Gulf Coast is one of the most significant threats to the environment our country has faced in decades. It has the potential to devastate fragile coastal communities and ecosystems beyond repair, easily making it far worse than the Exxon Valdez disaster of 1989.

For more information or questions, please contact Elisabeth Hyleck, Director of Learning and Engagement.

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Resource type: 
ABAG Resource Page
Topic: 
Grantmaking Strategy & Tools
Funding Area: 
Disaster Relief
Intersection of Neighborhood Development and Student Achievement
Tuesday, December 13, 2016 at 09:30 to 11:00 AM

Join us on December 13th to hear from Cheryl Knott of the Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance (BNIA) as they overlay data as it relates to School Centered Neighborhood Investment (SCNI) and student outcomes for Baltimore City children.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Community Investment Funders
Education Funders
Members Only
Topic: 
School Centered Neighborhood Investment Initiative
Funding Area: 
Community Development/Neighborhoods
Education
Member Sponsored Briefing: University of Maryland Baltimore CURE Scholars Program
Friday, December 02, 2016 at 01:00 to 02:30 PM

Dr. Jay Perman, President of University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB), will host a luncheon to brief Maryland Philanthropy Network members on the UMB CURE Scholars Program, an initiative to connect West Baltimore youth with careers in medicine up to and including physicians and researchers.

Event type: 
Member Sponsored Briefing
Audience: 
Members Only
Funding Area: 
Education: Higher education

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