Earlier this month, the Horizon Foundation communications team, Cat Harmon and Kerry Darragh, flew off to Kansas City to join ComNet24, the annual nationwide conference for communications professi
On September 26th, Baltimore Community Foundation welcomed supporters, fundholders, and community partners to our downtown offices for the launch of Community Connections, a new networking series designed to foster intimate discussion, le
Join Maryland Philanthropy Network to learn about an emerging Nonprofit Loan Fund for Baltimore area nonprofit organizations. The T. Rowe Price Foundation, the Annie E.
Join Maryland Philanthropy Network for a funder debrief conversation about the Historic Plan to Address Vacant Properties in Baltimore Neighborhoods. An initial briefing was held on September 23, 2024 and a follow up conversation was held on December 6, 2024. Funders will work together to determine ways they would like to be part of the Vacants/Reinvest Baltimore work in an ongoing way, the structure for their participation, and how they would like to be supported going forward.
A new book titled “Participatory Grantmaking in Philanthropy: How Democratizing Decision-Making Shifts Power to Communities,” includes trenchant analysis, case studies penned by leaders at participatory grantmaking practitioners, and evidence-based approaches in areas ranging from climate justice to disability rights.
As a follow-up to the State of Fiscal Sponsorship br
The State legislature was busy this session crafting a balanced budget and addressing revisions to the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future 10-year reform plan. Join Maryland Philanthropy Network’s Education Funders and Prenatal to Five Affinity Groups and Rachel Hise, Executive Director of the Maryland Department of Education’s Accountability and Implementation Board, to learn about recent legislative changes that impact the Blueprint and what they mean for implementation.
Many funders are exploring ways to support nonprofit organizations during a time of uncertainty and changes to the Federal and State funding landscapes.
Please note: this session is now fully virtual.
Please join Maryland Philanthropy Network’s Green Funders Affinity Group for a legislative debrief of the 2025 Maryland General Assembly session. Josh Tulkin from the Maryland Chapter of Sierra Club, Kim Coble from Maryland League of Conservation Voters, Emily Scarr from the Maryland Public Interest Research Group (MaryPIRG), and Emily Ranson from Clean Water Action will share their perspectives on the implementation and lessons learned from recent legislation, offering a glimpse into the legislative progress and challenges expected in the future.
Join Maryland Philanthropy Network for the Baltimore Vacants Workgroup meeting to discuss Reinvest Baltimore,
All funders interested in housing justice and homelessness prevention are welcome to attend this huddle!
Join Maryland Philanthropy Network's Education Funders Affinity Group for our annual conversation with Dr. Sonja Santelises, Chief Executive Officer of Baltimore City Public Schools. This will be an opportunity for Dr. Santelises to brief our membership on the State of City Schools, answer questions from members, share priorities for the 2025-26 school year, and for members to share interests in supporting public education in Baltimore.
Welcome to the latest episode of Around the Table with Beth H. Goldsmith, a series dedicated to exploring the issues that matter most to the Baltimore Jewish community.
Maryland is home to a diverse array of parenting programs—each designed to support healthy child, parent, and family development in different ways. In this joint program of the Prenatal to Five and Education Funders Affinity Groups, funders will get a clear picture of the statewide landscape and learn how early childhood parenting supports directly influence children’s learning journeys, beginning at birth.
The Green Funders Affinity Group is spending the year focused on the environment and human health. in March, we welcomed Ken Cook, co-founder and president of the Environmental Working Group.
T. Rowe Price Group Inc. is the latest company to step up and support Ellicott City.
The Baltimore money manager's charitable foundation is donating $20,000 that will be split evenly between the Community Foundation of Howard County and the United Way of Central Maryland’s ECStrong Fund.
The Woodside Foundation and the Caplis Family Fund invite grantmakers who manage or fund private scholarship programs, to be aware of the practice of scholarship award displacement.
Ashley Berner’s new book, Pluralism and American Public Education: No One Way to School, argues t
Over the past 40 years, the United States has resettled more than three million refugees. In response to the Syrian refugee crisis, the U.S. government has agreed to increase its refugee resettlement quota from 70,000 annually to 80,000 in 2016 and 100,000 in 2017.

