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Asset Framing with Trabian Shorters
Tuesday, October 28, 2025 at 12:00 to 02:30 PM

Baltimore’s Promise and Maryland Philanthropy Network welcome Trabian Shorters to facilitate a workshop on Asset-Framing, an award-winning cognitive framework coined by him in 2013 when he was Vice President of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Asset-Framing® helps social impact leaders to apply social psychology to achieve greater social impact without relying on fear or stigma to engage people. 

Audience: 
All Funders
Topic: 
Grantmaking Strategy & Tools
Columbia Association Renews Partnership with Foundation for Community Grants Program
Release Date: 
10/06/2025

The Columbia Association (CA) and the Community Foundation of Howard County (CFHoCo) are proud to announce a new partnership to support the Howard County community through a significant grant initiative. This collaboration underscores the commitment of both organizations to promoting social welfare and addressing the needs of residents. Under the terms of the agreement, CA will provide CFHoCo with a grant of $125,000 to be distributed during the Community Foundation’s open Community Grants Program this year. 

Member Sponsored Briefing: Ensuring Every Maryland Family Has Food on the Table This Thanksgiving
Friday, November 21, 2025 at 12:00 to 01:00 PM

As Thanksgiving approaches, millions of families across the country are struggling to put food on the table. Please join us to learn how innovative technology can help Maryland families access and keep the food benefits they deserve.

Event type: 
Member Sponsored Briefing
Audience: 
Basic Human Needs Funders
Food System Funders
Members Only
Topic: 
Nonprofits
Funding Area: 
Food Access and Systems
Members' Memo | December 17, 2025
Release Date: 
12/17/2025

A message to the Maryland Philanthropy Network membership from our President and CEO Danista E. Hunte.

Assessing Nonprofit Financial Health: A Peer Conversation
Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 02:00 to 03:30 PM

As funders across the state navigate decision-making in the current funding environment, the appraisal of nonprofit organizations’ financial health and fiscal stewardship holds new importance.  Join the Baltimore Community Foundation and Maryland Philanthropy Network for a funder-to-funder discussion about assessing nonprofit organizations’ financial health.

Audience: 
Board & Trustees
Executive Leadership
Grants Managers/Administrators
Program Staff
Topic: 
Grantmaking Strategy & Tools
Nonprofit Financials
Nonprofit Groups Should Embrace Evaluation
Release Date: 
08/28/2011

All donors want to know that their investment is making a difference. And we certainly should be channeling more of our scarce charitable resources into what we know gets better results.

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.  

Members' Memo | September 22, 2021
Release Date: 
09/22/2021

The board and staff of MPN have begun their strategic work to define our path forward and to determine our core pillars of work.

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