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The Funders Network 25th Annual Conference
Monday, March 17, 2025 at 12:00 to 12:00 AM

The Funders Network (TFN) will host its 25th Anniversary Conference: Be Bold Together in Baltimore. TFN is a robust network of funders engaged in a broad spectrum of philanthropic work across North America, from small, rural community organizations to large urban foundations. Their Baltimore gathering will bring together place-based, regional and national funders to deepen their learning, share their strategies and broaden their professional networks. TFN’s equity-centered learning agenda is designed to inspire the bold philanthropic leadership, courageous action and meaningful collaboration needed to help unlock environmental, economic and racial justice. 

Event type: 
Conference
Audience: 
All Funders
Members Only
Justice Funding Lunch Discussion
Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at 12:00 to 01:00 PM

Advancing racial equity and supporting marginalized communities require intentional power shifting and the redistribution of wealth. Join the Rising Leaders for a brown bag discussion about strategies Maryland funders can use to promote systems of liberation in our communities.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Members Only
Rising Leaders
Topic: 
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Funding Area: 
Capacity Building
Economic Development
The Future of Police Reform in Baltimore City
Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at 12:00 to 01:30 PM

Police reform is an issue that intersects with nearly every focus issue of our philanthropic community. This is one in a series of programs that will engage community and justice professionals in deepening funder understanding of the reform processes underway, the barriers to reform and the potential impacts on the issues and investment areas that are the focus of our funding community.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Members Only
Funding Area: 
Public Safety/Violence Prevention
Preserving Through Crisis: The State of Nonprofits
Release Date: 
06/08/2021

Findings from a new survey conducted by the Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP) show that U.S. nonprofits faced major challenges but fared better than expected in 2020, thanks to an infusion of philanthropic and government funding. However, the data reveal concerning disparities in the experiences of women leading nonprofits and of nonprofits serving certain communities of color.

Column Ends, but Let Stories of Giving Go On
Release Date: 
12/04/2012

In 2001, we approached The Daily Record about increasing coverage of the nonprofit sector. Eleven years and 260 columns later, I find myself writing the final column.

Baltimore philanthropist and businessman Sheldon Goldseker remembered as honest, humble
Release Date: 
10/23/2023

Sheldon Goldseker, a Baltimore real estate executive and the founding chairman of a foundation that has given millions of dollars to hundreds of local institutions, was remembered this week as a generous, community-minded leader who pursued the betterment of Baltimore without seeking the limelight. He died Friday at 82.

2024 Rural Philanthropy Day
Wednesday, July 24, 2024 at 09:30 to 01:30 PM

Please join Maryland Philanthropy Network in partnership with the Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore for an exciting day of learning and networking with fellow philanthropic leaders. This half-day program will focus on the unique challenges and opportunities faced by grantmaking organizations and communities serving rural Maryland. We will learn from Dr. Yen Dang, Professor of the Rural Health Disparities Program at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, and Special Secretary Carmel Martin, Governor’s Office for Children. Gain insight and understanding regarding social determinants of health and Governor Moore's new place-based strategies associated with the E.N.O.U.G.H Act, which aims to reduce the causes of childhood poverty in communities across Maryland. Participants will then enjoy lunch and an engaging conversation with local voices to discuss shared goals around the racial, social, and economic inequities facing rural Maryland and how philanthropy might respond.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Members Only
Topic: 
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Public/Private Partnership
Funding Area: 
Economic Development
Families and Children
Poverty
Members' Memo | July 2021
Release Date: 
06/30/2021

Since the whole country is thinking about infrastructure, I thought I would as well. It is not sexy, nobody likes to fund it, but just like our country’s infrastructure, if you let it go, eventually it crumbles.  

Three Years Later, Funding Social Movements Matters More Than Ever (Two-Part Series)
Tuesday, June 13, 2023 at 02:00 to 03:30 PM

During the 2020 uprisings against anti-Black racism and amidst a global pandemic, every sector in the United States, including philanthropy, condemned systemic injustice and committed to implementing more equitable policies and practices within th

Event type: 
Grantmaking Practice
Audience: 
All Funders
Topic: 
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Grantmaking Strategy & Tools
Nonprofits
Reducing Health Inequities in West Baltimore: RICH 2.0 Collaborative
Wednesday, January 29, 2025 at 01:00 to 02:30 PM

Please join MPN Health Funders Affinity Group to learn from Dr. Yolanda Ogbolu, Dean of University of Maryland School of Nursing, about the West Baltimore Reducing Inequities in Cardiovascular and Mental Health Collaborative-Stronger Together (RICH 2.0) project. In addition to a multisector learning collaborative, interventions include a mobile health program, nurse-led clinics located in under-resourced communities, and a robust community outreach model that allows outreach workers to connect directly with clients to address the social barriers to health.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Health Funders
Members Only
Funding Area: 
Health Access and Care

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