Please join the Maryland Philanthropy Network staff and nonprofit and funder colleagues for a coffee and donut celebration on June 29 from 8:30-10:00 am. Drop in Open Works for Greenmount Coffee Lab's refreshments and good conversation about how to build connections in our sector.
The Community Foundation of Washington County MD Inc. elected Ed Lough and Sabina Spicher as its two newest board of trustee members at a recent board meeting.
Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service (MVLS), the largest provider of pro bono civil legal services to low-income Marylanders, today announced a generous grant from the Venable Foundation to support its Human Traffic
As the coronavirus spread endangers millions of lives around the globe, nonprofits and foundations are scrambling to find the best ways to help.
In the midst of an unprecedented public health crisis, Mark and Susan Butt have come forward in a big way to provide funding to help The Community Foundation of Frederick County respond to emergency needs related to COVID-19.
In the past five months that have seemed like an eternity, philanthropy has faced a reckoning on the deep racial inequities that plague society and our institutions at all levels.
Please join The Community Foundation of Frederick County on Nov. 19 at 3 p.m. for the premiere of #NothingStopsPhilanthropy, a short and exciting video about how we, together, made great things happen in Frederick County in fiscal year 2020.
Open Society Institute (OSI) Baltimore was recently awarded a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation to pilot strategies to close the vaccination gaps among communities of color, which have been disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Join this conversation with Scott Nolen, director of the Addiction and Health Equity program at OSI-Baltimore to discuss the Equity-First Vaccination Initiative, what we currently know about vaccine decision-making, and to talk about opportunities to leverage or pool our resources to ensure that every Baltimore resident has meaningful access to empirically accurate information and vaccination plan that suits their needs. Jennifer White of the Horizon Foundation will present on findings from a national study on COVID vaccine decision making in communities of color including local findings from Howard County.
Baltimore County Executive Johnny Olszewski Jr.
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.
The philanthropic sector faced massive shifts over the past two years. The pandemic prompted some funders to increase payouts and loosen — or entirely lift — grant restrictions, while the racial reckoning forced many to confront the imminent need to shift power dynamics, increase internal diversity, and act with intention to support organizations led by and serving people of color.
Diane Bell-McKoy, an outspoken advocate for Baltimore's Black community as leader of Associated Black Charities, has left the nonprofit after 16 years.
Join Maryland Philanthropy Network's Health Funders Affinity Group and Green Funders Affinity Group as they host Ben Zaitchik, PhD, chair and professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Johns Hopkins University, who will give an update on the promising work of the Baltimore Social-Environmental Collaborative. Two years into a five-year, $25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, Dr. Zaitchik and his team of researchers are aiming to create Baltimore as one of the world’s most climate resilient cities.
In times of challenge, uncertainty or transition, community foundations can bring people together for a common cause: the community.
Are you curious what happened during Maryland’s legislative session for financial literacy and asset building? What’s the story on the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau? What d
Baltimore City Public Schools are back in session Aug. 29. Across the city, students are getting ready for a new year at their neighborhood school, a charter school, a specialized high school or a transformation school.
Please join the Behavioral Health Funders for a conversation with Crista Taylor, the new President and CEO of Behavioral Health Systems Baltimore (BHSB). Since 201
One of the greatest values of Maryland Philanthropy Network membership is colleagues you meet and the relationships you build with them.
On Tuesday, July 24, 2018, 9:00 - 9:20 AM, Shanaysha Sauls, BCF's President & CEO, will tell us about BCF's strategic plan. She'll dive into how BCF will be approaching engagement, fundraising and grantmaking three and a half years.
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There is great interest among grantmakers in demographic data, but no consensus or shared purpose yet on what data should be collected and how it should be used. This preliminary research on demographic data collection serves to create a baseline understanding of where the field is in demographic data collection that covers both the process of data collection and current use of demographic data.
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