In this time, more than ever, our local businesses need the community’s support. It may feel like a conflicting message, we’re being told to stay home and to interact with local businesses, but both are incredibly important.
As the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to disrupt all sectors of society, nonprofits stand to play central roles in local and national efforts to support and assist those in need.
The Community Foundation of Anne Arundel County (CFAAC) established the Community Crisis Response Fund in 2018 to provide flexible financial a
An outline of a potential school day was drawn from interviews with more than 20 education leaders determining what reopened schools might look like come fall.
THE CORONAVIRUS has thrown many of the ills of American society into sharp relief: slow decision-making, inequality and a safety-net full of holes. A superpower that should have been well prepared to fight the pandemic is floundering instead.
An unusual collaboration among news guilds, two local foundations, and other investors would transform the famed Baltimore Sun newspaper into a nonprofi
Coastal Hospice has been awarded a $2,ooo dollar Emergency Response Grant for Personal Protection Equipment.
New research shows that well-meaning efforts have not closed disparities. We need grant makers to do more to help nonprofits run by people of color build sustained support to meet the challenges ahead.
In April, Exponent Philanthropy and PEAK Grantmaking each fielded a survey to see how their respective communities of funders were responding to the impact of COVID-19 on their communities, grantees, and internal
The Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore just donated $5,000 to make sure hospitality workers get the training they need to keep them safe during the pandemic.
How should philanthropy support young people in this perilous time in U.S. history? The confluence of a global pandemic, an economic crisis, and a nationwide call for racial justice will fundamentally alter the lives of all American learners.
More than 1 out of every 100 Americans have now been vaccinated against the novel coronavirus, the virus that has overturned life as we know it for nearly a year. In the D.C. region, more than 200,000 people have gotten shots.
In part two of PEAK Grantmaking's series focused on risk, finances, and compliance, author Josh Abel uses a case study of a homeless shelter run by volunteers and operated on a very small annual budget to explain how key tax details can have a hug
Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 194,000 in September, and the unemployment rate fell by 0.4 percentage point to 4.8 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.
David Gilmore, deputy chief investment officer of The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Inc., Owings Mills, Md., will assume the role of chief investment officer effective Sept. 1, said a news release Monday.
Historically Black colleges and universities, including Howard, got a five-year pledge to build wealth and empowerment within the Black community.
Adults over the age of 65 have been significantly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, causing communities to struggle with myriad challenges related to the shortcomings of health services and social supports for older adults.

