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Donor Collaboratives Are a New Approach That Advances Equity and Efficiency
Release Date: 
03/10/2022

Donors are joining hands at a pace we have never seen before — a trend that seems poised to continue to unlock billions more dollars in the coming years. Prompted in large part by the desire by many donors and grant makers to find more effective ways to advance equity in the United States and around the world, these collaboratives could show the way to unlocking greater giving to support social justice. And they could lead to a shift in how philanthropic dollars are distributed — most of these collaboratives are led by people of color and others who have direct experience navigating an unequal world.

Report from the Cultural Data Project
Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at 12:00 to 01:30 PM

The annual economic impact of the arts in Baltimore is $148,000,000 and 18,200 volunteers annually volunteer to bring arts and culture activities to our community.  We know this and other arts information from the Maryland Cultural Data Project, a

Event type: 
Grantmaking Practice
Audience: 
Arts Funders
Grants Managers/Administrators
Members Only
Topic: 
Grantmaking Strategy & Tools
Information Technology
Funding Area: 
Arts/Culture/Humanities
Data-Driven Program Evaluation Hurts Equity Efforts, Say Critics
Release Date: 
01/16/2020

In recent years a growing number of foundations have fastidiously articulated new program goals to support people of color, people who are LBGTQ, people with low incomes, and others facing barriers to progress. But Jara Dean-Coffey says something huge is missing from all of those equity efforts — a rethinking of the way foundations measure success.

Breaking Down the Blueprint Bill
Release Date: 
02/18/2020

Hundreds of people filled hearing rooms and rallied in Annapolis on Monday as the General Assembly took the unusual step of convening a joint hearing of four House and Senate committees, which, in the next seven weeks, will determine the fate of a

Md. Legal Services reports nearly $7M drop, cites pandemic
Release Date: 
07/09/2020

Maryland’s chief provider of grants to groups offering free legal aid to low-income residents faces a nearly $7 million pandemic-driven shortfall, the executive director of the Maryland Legal Services Corp. said Thursday.

Closing the Vaccination Gaps in Our Communities
Thursday, June 03, 2021 at 01:00 to 02:00 PM

Open Society Institute (OSI) Baltimore was recently awarded a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation to pilot strategies to close the vaccination gaps among communities of color, which have been disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Join this conversation with Scott Nolen, director of the Addiction and Health Equity program at OSI-Baltimore to discuss the Equity-First Vaccination Initiative, what we currently know about vaccine decision-making, and to talk about opportunities to leverage or pool our resources to ensure that every Baltimore resident has meaningful access to empirically accurate information and vaccination plan that suits their needs.  Jennifer White of the Horizon Foundation will present on findings from a national study on COVID vaccine decision making in communities of color including local findings from Howard County.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
All Funders
Basic Human Needs Funders
Education Funders
Health Funders
Topic: 
COVID-19
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Funding Area: 
Health Access and Care
This Is What A Philanthropist Looks Like
Release Date: 
03/19/2019

[Women's Philanthropy Institute in partnership with the YWCA and Facebook] celebrated the official launch of the I Am A Philanthropist campaign with a series of stories on Refinery29.

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