We live in unsettling times, as federal job losses and benefit cuts are causing financial distress. Many Marylanders are scrambling to make ends meet, and many urgently need assistance putting food on the table.
Youth justice systems are changing to better support young people. The Annie E. Casey Foundation has released tools to help local systems improve.
The Community Foundation of Howard County was proud to be represented at the recent Philanos PowerUP!
SECU MD Foundation, an independent nonprofit affiliated with SECU, has been awarded a prestigious Diamond Award in Website Redesign by the America’s Credit Unions organization.
Please join the Prenatal to Five and Education Funders Affinity Groups for a legislative debrief unpacking highlights from Maryland’s latest legislative session. The conversation will explore how legislative outcomes related to the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future and early childhood affect prenatal through secondary education and related supports for children’s behavioral health, child care providers, students and families.
As our network continues to explore how our individual and collective support can fit together to yield the greatest impact, we invite members to join us and keynote speaker Rev. Dr. Starsky Wilson, President and CEO of the Children’s Defense Fund, for Maryland Philanthropy Network's 2024 Annual Gathering, "Inspiring Bold Philanthropy for Maryland’s Youth and Families."
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.
Six years ago, the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s staff was 58 percent white. Today, that figure is 43 percent.
Just the facts folks! A business meeting for BNC members to discuss the 2011 budget, committees, and schedules. BNC members are encouraged to stay for a luncheon session (12:00 to 1:30) immediately following, open to all Maryland Philanthropy Ne
On June 6, Baltimore City announced a month-long request for proposal (RFP) period for the first round of disbursements from the $12 million Baltimore Children and Youth Fund. Attendees will learn more about the priority investment areas, grant review process, and public engagement throughout the process from members of the planning team representing Frontline Solutions, UPD Consulting and Associated Black Charities.
[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.
The Horizon Foundation has appointed Anne Brinker as its new chief operating officer.
Every year, Open Society Institute – Baltimore releases an Impact Report to show the impact [their] work is having in Baltimore and the region, along with a list of [their] grants and donations, and a summary of our financial data.
The United Way of Central Maryland and the Horizon Foundation awarded four winners a total of $60,000 at the 2019 Changemaker Challenge event Tuesday at the Kossiakoff Center at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab in Laurel.
Robert C. Embry Jr. is best known in Maryland as the longtime president of the Abell Foundation, where he has been fighting to improve the lives of all state residents, especially the disenfranchised, since 1987.
Concerns about tainted money, undue pressure on fundraisers, the inequality gap, and the role of philanthropy in fixing democracy are among the issues we covered in the past year that will continue as major forces in the year ahead.
In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, community and individual resiliency can be actively promoted by philanthropy and others in the social sector.
With seed funding from a cross-section of philanthropic organizations, grants from the Baltimore Small Business Support Fund will help the organizations build capacity. The groups will also form a cohort to share best practices.

