For 40 years, Enterprise Community Partners made a good home possible for the millions of families without one. When there wasn’t a path forward, they built one.
The $1.7 trillion spending package President Biden signed into law shortly before the New Year left the biggest item on charities’ legislative agenda out in the cold.
In FY 2022, having weathered 40 years of financial ups and downs, national and international hardships, and a global pandemic, Maryland Legal Services Corporation made grant awards totaling over $22.5 million to 37 organizations – including all of the first four.
Join Maryland Philanthropy Network and the T. Rowe Price Foundation for this 90-minute virtual session that will provide an introduction to gathering, interpreting, and acting on feedback from those at the heart of your work and an overview of why listening and acting on feedback is important to ethical, equitable, and well-run organizations.
Please join Maryland Philanthropy Network’s Workforce Affinity Group to hear outcomes from the 2023 Maryland state legislative session. This will include a discussion around specific bills related to Maryland’s workforce and quality jobs, the public safety net, financial education, asset building, and consumer protections. Our speakers will share information and insights about bills that passed as well as those that did not quite make it this year. We will be joined by representatives from the CASH Campaign of Maryland, Public Justice Center, Economic Action Maryland, and the Job Opportunities Task Force.
In 2023, nearly 7,900 Baltimore City youth applied to YouthWorks to gain summer employment experience, and some 500 businesses, agencies and nonprofits
As wildfires blaze in Hawaii, taking lives and displacing people from their homes, a Baltimore charity with strong ties to the state is worried about its workers there and bracing for damage to real estate it owns.
Reeling from the news of the attack on Israel, grant makers with close ties to the country pledged to help in its defense and to back efforts to provide humanitarian assistance in the face of war.
Collected through FOMR data, surveys, and interviews with members, this report from Exponent Philanthropy centers on the relevance of racial equity to their members’ mission as well as their board and staff demographics.
The success of family philanthropy is dependent on the willingness of the family to embrace an ecosystem of partners. A terrific example of a family philanthropy that uses an ecosystem approach in its work is the Bainum Family Foundation. By understanding and embracing the roles each stakeholder must play to achieve meaningful societal change, families, staff members, grantees, and community members can better experience stronger relationships, establish clear lines of accountability, employ equitable practices, and learn from each other, making for lasting impact.
Please join Maryland Philanthropy Network's Health Funders Affinity Group for an update on health issues in this year’s legislative session.
The T. Rowe Price Foundation has announced $6.5 million over three years in grants in support of Baltimore nonprofits.
Fusion Partnerships is a grassroots fiscal sponsor that is co-led, has a consensus driven board structure, and ensures governance by those impacted by that governance that exists to work toward social jus
The Greater Washington Community Foundation is excited to announce $910,000 in grants awarded through its Sharing Community Funds this past cycle.
Only about 40% of Baltimore public school graduates enroll in college, and many of them will not complete a four-year degree.
It’s time for Maryland Philanthropy Network’s peer learning exchange for arts and culture funders! This year, we’ll gather over a cuppa for a lightly structured peer-to-peer exchange on a handful of topics, including the Maryland State Arts Council's new Arts Capital grant program. We’ll also discuss some group “business” like the possibility of doing a comprehensive grant survey. We encourage you to bring your burning questions, strategic ponderings or interesting projects to raise with the group.
It’s time for Maryland Philanthropy Network’s peer learning exchange for education funders! Sarah Manekin, Program Director for U.S.
Earlier this month, the Horizon Foundation communications team, Cat Harmon and Kerry Darragh, flew off to Kansas City to join ComNet24, the annual nationwide conference for communications professi
A new resource provides an overview of The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation’s grantmaking in the Baltimore community.

