Baltimore Area Grantmakers welcomes Morgan State University President David Wilson for a conversation on shared aspirations for higher education and for our community. Dr.
Baltimore City Community College students comprise 31 percent of all Baltimore City residents currently enrolled as undergraduates in Maryland. Students may pursue one of 35 degree and 31 certificate programs.
Baltimore’s new mayor, Bernard C. “Jack” Young (D), announced his executive team Friday afternoon. Some worked for his predecessor, former mayor Catherine E.
The Community Foundation of Howard County, which raises, manages and distributes funds to support Howard County nonprofits, named Jim Sanders to the foundation’s board of trustees.
From France-Merrick Foundation's first grant in 1960 to the present, they have been able to fund numerous remarkable organizations in the community.
The T. Rowe Price Foundation and nonprofit groups plan to open a center in downtown Baltimore to encourage entrepreneurship and financial health among low- and moderate-income residents.
Across the state of Maryland and beyond, the work of corporate grantmakers in the community is valuable to nonprofit organizations, corporate employees, and neighborhoods alike. Join us for a discussion with 3 corporations, T.
The Seniors and Housing Collaborative (S & HC) convenes stakeholders to develop strategies and invest resources to advance equity and systems change to impact older adults and people with disabilities’ well-being in the greater Baltimore region with a focus on housing.
In a pair of companion reports released today by the Abell Foundation, researchers from the University of Maryland examine the current state of police-community relations in Baltimore City and how certain initiatives could help to
To grow the workforce that will advance the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, foundations ought to bring back approaches they relied on decades ago.
As Americans buckle down for at least another month of social distancing and sheltering in place, more than 200 U.S.
The nation is once again at a critical point in the centuries-long struggle to live up to its founding ideals.
Disability is a relatively untapped area of investment for philanthropy, but one that offers promise of change and multiple avenues for donor impact.
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.
Within my first couple weeks of starting college, my Junior Advisor (Williams College’s student equivalent of a dorm parent) gathered a dozen of my “entry” mates for our Welcoming Williams session, which I now recognize was my first ever formal di
This article first examines the role of power in traditional private philanthropy before outlining current attempts at reform and discussing the importance of funding advocacy work.
Harvey Morton “Bud” Meyerhoff demanded the highest quality not only of himself, but those he came in contact with. It allowed him to sustain the Meyerhoff name in real estate, philanthropy and civic leadership.
According to national data from the Annie E.
The Jewish Women’s Giving Foundation (JWGF), a program of The Associated: Jewish Federation of Baltimore, has completed its most recent grantmaking cycle, awarding funding to seven impactful programs in Baltimore
This past summer, hosted five Morehead-Cain Scholars here in Baltimore for an eight-week study on capital grantmaking — the kind of philanthropy that funds construction, renovation, and equipment purchases fo

