Release Date:
01/19/2025
In times of challenge, uncertainty or transition, community foundations can bring people together for a common cause: the community.
Site Search
Release Date:
02/27/2025
A Qualified Charitable Distribution (“QCD”) is a useful tool if you’ve reached the age of 70 ½ and want to give to a designated, field-of-interest, scholarship, or unrestricted fund at The Community Foundation of Frederick County.
Release Date:
03/29/2025
While the public may recognize nonprofits’ inspiring missions and enjoy their positive community impact, they often don’t see that the daily inner workings of running a nonprofit are demanding and complex.
Thursday, July 10, 2025 at 09:00 to 10:30 AM
Please note: this session is now fully virtual.
Convened by Maryland Philanthropy Network’s Funders Together to End Homelessness – Baltimore, all funders interested in housing justice and homelessness prevention are welcome to attend this huddle! Lightly structured as a peer-to-peer exchange, we encourage you to bring your burning questions, strategic ponderings, or interesting projects to raise with the group.
Event type:
Audience:
Funding Area:
Thursday, July 31, 2025 at 02:00 to 03:30 PM
Join Maryland Philanthropy Network and Maryland Nonprofits for a joint member convening to learn about federal policy impacts on nonprofits and perspectives around the philanthropic response. Grounded in a spirit of solidarity, this convening will feature a presentation by Candid researcher Anna Koob who will share important new research on nonprofits’ financial resiliency and foundation funding trends in recent years for Maryland as well as across the nation.
Event type:
Audience:
Topic:
Funding Area:
Release Date:
06/26/2025
From feeding families to delivering critical care, nonprofits step up every day to protect and save lives in ways most of us never see.
Release Date:
08/26/2025
In early 2025, nonprofits across the Greater Washington, DC region faced a perfect storm: sudden funding losses, rising demand for services, and deep uncertainty. A July survey of more than 240 local nonprofits found 38% had lost federal funding. Yet, far more, 61%, reported being affected by policy changes overall, showing the impact goes well beyond federal grant dollars. In response, the Greater Washington Community Foundation launched the Community Resilience Initiative to help nonprofits continue their work without disruption. From the outset, the initiative was anchored in flexibility, collaboration, and data. Based on insights from the survey and ongoing conversations with nonprofits, three things became clear early on.
Release Date:
09/23/2025
The DMV is suffering an economic crisis eerily reminiscent of factories shuttering across the Midwest during the 1980s.
Release Date:
10/20/2025
Child poverty in the U.S. has surged, nearly tripling from 5% in 2021 to 13% in 2024. This dramatic increase follows the expiration of pandemic-era economic policies and rising prices that have strained family budgets nationwide.
Tuesday, May 02, 2023 at 01:00 to 02:30 PM
Concerns about adolescent mental health and substance use have increased recently, particularly in light of gun violence and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Event type:
Topic:
Funding Area:
Wednesday, November 13, 2024 at 10:00 to 11:00 AM
Join Maryland Philanthropy Network's Education Funders Affinity Group to learn more about the Science of Reading movement broadly and the critical elements for effective implementation. We’ll also learn from the co-directors of the Maryland Initiative for Literacy and Equity about the key findings and recommendations from their comprehensive review of literacy instruction in public school districts across the state, and from Maryland READS about their work to support, advocate for, and amplify change initiatives throughout Maryland focused on meaningful Science of Reading reforms.
Subscribe to Philanthropy News Online
Friday, June 15, 2018 at 08:00 to 11:30 AM
Presented by a foundation program officer who reviews hundreds of proposals each year and a nonprofit expert with decades of finance experience, the Maryland Philanthropy Network invites new and experienced grant proposal writers to a workshop on nonprofit budgeting. Presented by Lara Hall, Senior Program Officer, Blaustein Philanthropic Group and Nancy Hall, President of 501c3 Solutions.
Event type:
Audience:
Topic:
Release Date:
03/03/2017
In November 2013 we held an inspirational evening showcasing individual stories of generosity and service.
Release Date:
02/12/2014
In November 2013 we held an inspirational evening showcasing individual stories of generosity and service.
Release Date:
01/15/2014
In November 2013 we held an inspirational evening showcasing individual stories of generosity and service.
Release Date:
01/08/2014
Last month we held an inspirational evening showcasing individual stories of generosity and service.
Release Date:
01/08/2014
Last month we held an inspirational evening showcasing individual stories of generosity and service.
Release Date:
10/04/2012
It's hard to believe that the insights and observations of 26-year-old Alexis de Tocqueville recorded in 1831 are still relevant.
Release Date:
06/04/2012
What are you eating for dinner?
Maybe you’ve been too busy to get to the store this week, or you don’t feel like cooking and there are so many restaurants to choose from.