As COVID-19 continues to challenge jobs throughout Maryland, The Light House is experiencing the ripple effect of unemployment in Anne Arundel County.
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.
This program has been postponed. A new date and time will be provided soon. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Maryland’s Arts & Entertainment (A&E) Districts are charged with developing and promoting community involvement, tourism, and revitalization through tax-related incen
Join the Arts Funders Affinity Group for a conversation with Mark Hanson, President & CEO and Jonathon Heyward, incomin
Outgoing city councilman and incoming comptroller Bill Henry has tapped two top staffers for when he takes office in December, and has also selected a who’s-who of Baltimore business and nonprofit leaders to help steer the office’
Neighborhood change is a critical issue for Baltimore, a city that is seeing strong revival in some areas and continuing decline in others, a city that is both racially and economically polarized.
Jamye Wooten, founder of CLLCTIVLY, a Baltimore-based social change organization that mobilizes resources for Black-led organizations, lost his sister to cancer at the age of 53.
A Qualified Charitable Distribution (“QCD”) is a useful tool if you’ve reached the age of 70 ½ and want to give to a designated, field-of-interest, scholarship, or unrestricted fund at The Community Foundation of Frederick County.
Hosted and presented by United Philanthropy Forum and Council on Foundations in partnership with Independent Sector, Foundations on the Hill is the premier public policy conference uniting the philanthropic sector to strengthen our collective voice on Capitol Hill. With a new Congress set to begin and transformative tax reform legislation on the horizon, #FOTH25 arrives at a crucial time for our sector. Key issues affecting the future of the sector will be at the forefront of legislative discussions. Your voice and experience are essential in shaping policies that strengthen our sector's ability to serve communities effectively.
Join Maryland Philanthropy Network and co-host Robert W. Deutsch Foundation for a funder conversation designed to investigate the possibility of establishing a Digital Equity Fund for Baltimore. We’ll be joined by guest speakers who will share their experiences related to Digital Equity Funds, as well as help us better understand the potential for federal funding for local projects.
Join Maryland Philanthropy Network for the first in a two-part series on the teacher pipeline. The onslaught of the pandemic has created a crisis in the classroom with school systems at-risk of losing educators.
Join Maryland Philanthropy Network for a conversation with communication peers in philanthropy to discuss the Council on Foundations and the Center for Public Interest Communications' report, Philanthropy’s New Voice: Building Trust With Deeper Stories and Clear Language. Together we will discuss key takeaways from the report and save time for some open peer discussion and networking around current dilemmas and recent success stories.
Join Maryland Philanthropy Network for the second of a three-part series on community schools. Part II will focus on Intermediaries and the role they play in facilitating the implementation of Community Schools. We will be joined by the following community school leaders: Chief Tina Hike-Hubbard of Baltimore City Schools,; Khalilah Slater Harrington, Chief Program Officer, Family League of Baltimore; and Dr. Ingrid Williams-Horton, Director of Community Schools, Prince George’s County Public Schools.
Maryland Philanthropy Network is currently not accepting new applicants for fiscal hosting. We believe Maryland communities deserve a strong fiscal hosting ecosystem that supports innovation, centers grassroots leadership,
Racial bias in home appraising can harm individuals by making home purchases more expensive or refinancing unattainable, but when compounded on the community level, it can have profound impacts on minority communities’ ability to build wealth. Using newly available federal data, this report finds evidence of systemic appraisal bias that undervalues homes in predominantly Black communities in Baltimore City and the surrounding counties.
The affordable housing crisis isn’t new. It isn’t even an “emerging” crisis.
The Baltimore Health Corps launched this week to train and hire unemployed city residents to work in neighborhoods hit hardest by COVID-19. The initiative is seeking to hire 300 people to perform roles including contact tracing, public health educ
Tonia Wellons is the president and CEO of the Greater Washington Community Foundation (GWCF), the largest public foundation in the greater Washington, D.C., metropolitan area.
The Donor Advised Fund Research Collaborative (DAFRC) is a consortium of academic and nonprofit researchers.