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07/14/2025
For over three decades, Rachael's Women's Center was more than just a day shelter—it was a lifeline.
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09/11/2024
Each year brings new opportunities for the Baltimore Community Foundation (BCF) to grow its presence and increase its positive impact in Baltimore City and Baltimore County. In 2023, after a period of significant growth at the foundation and after the intensity of the first couple of years of the COVID-19 pandemic had passed, the foundation turned its focus inward to develop and launch Inspire, its new strategic plan.
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06/23/2025
The Baltimore City Early Care and Education Landscape Analysis was commissioned by the Baltimore City Early Childhood Advisory Council (ECAC) and funded by a grant from the Maryland State Department of Education through the Family League of Baltimore City. Additional funding from members of the Prenatal to Five Impact Collaborative at Maryland Philanthropy Network supported editing and design. The Fund for Educational Excellence and the Family League of Baltimore provided project coordination, leadership, and guidance throughout.
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04/23/2018
Recently, I had the opportunity to participate in a thought-provoking, poignant and powerfully packaged event hosted by the Maryland Philanthropy Network for Baltimore Area Grantmakers (Maryland Philanthropy Network). This event included a discussion by Kevin Shird and Nelson Malden, authors of the recently published book The Colored Waiting Room: Empowering the Original and the New Civil Movements followed by a panel discussion on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
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11/13/2013
Baltimore Integration Partnership stakeholders gathered last week with Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake at the Chesapeake Restaurant to celebrate all the work and accomplishments that have moved forward over the last three years.
The Maryland Environmental Health Network was a project of Maryland Philanthropy Network for ## years with the goal of promoting the elimination of exposures to environmental threats to improve human health.
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05/04/2022
Michael Bigley is the Director of the Venable Foundation, one of the largest law firm foundations in the country. A key aspect of his work has been to increase public awareness of Venable’s funding opportunities and diversify the grantee docket. As we transition back to more face-to-face activities in the future, Michael looks forward to meeting new MPN colleagues and discovering how philanthropy can address systemic issues present in our communities together.
CHANGING THE FUTURE
Stepping Toward Equity…
In recent years, foundations and other funding institutions across the nation have turned their attention to the concept of incorporating a “DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion),” “REI Racial Equity and Inclusion),” “REEI (Racial and Ethnic Equity and Inclusion),” or “Healing and Reconciliation” Lens in their grantmaking processes.
Not discussed as often is the analytical frame that undergirds these marketing terms; the “change” the institutional funding entity is trying to address: expanding “diversity” — a more...
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06/02/2021
This Memorial Day, I reflected on a message Tony Banout, Senior Vice-President of Interfaith Youth Core, shared in which he stated, "Hopeless remembrance too
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07/19/2013
The Maryland Philanthropy Network’ Diversity and Inclusion Committee, has compiled this list of top picks for your summer reading.
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07/09/2019
In 2010, the Horizon Foundation staff took a routine look at local health data and noticed some troubling trends. Data indicated that most deaths in our community were related to heart disease, cancer, stroke, and/or diabetes.
Thursday, April 08, 2021 at 10:45 to 02:30 PM
Join nonprofit leaders, board members, staff members, volunteers, and people interested in learning more about nonprofits at the 2021 Frederick Nonprofit Summit! Keynote speaker Vu Le is a nationally recognized blogger of NonprofitAF. His talk will stretch current practices in the nonprofit sector and explore how to move toward the future. Vu Le’s talk will stretch current practices in the nonprofit sector and explore how to move toward the future. A diverse group of panelists will take a deeper dive into equity, governance, and leadership.
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04/03/2024
A message to the Maryland Philanthropy Network membership from our President and CEO Danista E. Hunte.
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01/01/2025
Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi, co-founder of the Mizrahi Family Charitable Fund, shares thoughts on the climate, environment, and hopes for the new year in Maryland Matters.
This report documents the experiences, successes and lessons learned during the Learning and Action Agenda Project, an effort to provide local grantmakers with information and strategies around issues of importance to the Casey Foundation —particularly around the Foundation’s Family Economic Success framework — and to motivate them to take action on those issues within their own communities and networks.
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01/27/2014
In November 2013 we held an inspirational evening showcasing individual stories of generosity and service.
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01/08/2014
Last month we held an inspirational evening showcasing individual stories of generosity and service.
Thursday, September 14, 2017 at 12:30 to 02:00 PM
Thank you for your interest in this program and the work we do at the Maryland Philanthropy Network. This program is canceled and we apologize for any inconvenience.
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We are a statewide membership association representing around 110 private and community foundations, intermediaries, corporations, donor advised funds, and public charities.