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Environment/Sustainability

Green Funders

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Whole Blocks, Whole City: Reclaiming Vacant Property Throughout Baltimore Briefing

Thursday, May 04, 2023 at 11:00 to 12:30 PM

Baltimore has long faced a crisis of vacant and abandoned homes, which makes communities less safe and hurts families’ ability to build wealth through homeownership.

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Community Investment Funders

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Public/Private Partnership

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Community Development/Neighborhoods

Health Funders Mental & Behavioral Health Sharing Session

Friday, April 28, 2023 at 02:00 to 03:30 PM

Please join the Health Funders Affinity Group for an open, in-person forum to share the current mental health programs you are supporting and those about which you are interested in learning more with the potential outcome to work collectively on projects.

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Health Funders

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Health Access and Care

2023 Budget and Tax Briefing: What’s at Stake and in Play at the Federal and State Level

Thursday, April 20, 2023 at 09:00 to 05:30 PM

Public Policy Event: Maryland Philanthropy Network is a local host organization in partnership with Economic Opportunity Funders (EOF)

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Program Resources from Seniors & Housing Collaborative Digital Equity Workgroup Meeting-March 2023

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Seniors & Housing Collaborative

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Older Adults

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Program Resources from Focus on City Schools: On Track to Graduate Framework and Strategies

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Focus on City Schools

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Education Funders

Program Resources from Building a Statewide, Multi-Racial Coalition for Prenatal to Three Year Olds: Maryland’s Pritzker Planning Grant

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Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

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Education: Early childhood

Families and Children

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Education Funders

Prenatal to Five Affinity Group

Health of the U.S. Nonprofit Sector Quarterly Review

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03/27/2023

Independent Sector regularly releases Health of the U.S. Nonprofit Sector reports – an evolving and growing resource of data, analysis, and recommendations about key areas powering more than 1.8 million U.S. nonprofits.

4 Ways Foundations Can Help Strengthen Nonprofits

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04/03/2023

Most grant makers would agree, at least in principle, that helping nonprofits build organizational capacity is an important role for philanthropy.

2023 Grantmaker Salary and Benefits (GSB) Survey Now Open

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03/27/2023

The Council on Foundations’ 2023 Grantmaker Salary and Benefits Survey is now open and your participation is needed. Maryland Philanthropy Network is once again partnering with COF to encourage our members to participate. Members who complete the survey receive a FREE copy of the national report—a $499 value! Since 1980, the Grantmaker Salary and Benefits Report has provided the sector with the most comprehensive data on staff composition and compensation in the United States. Grantmakers rely on this annual report to inform budgeting, talent recruitment and retention strategies, and personnel policies and practices.

The Alvin and Fanny B. Thalheimer Foundation is sunsetting after 65 years of grant making largely in the Baltimore area leaving a legacy of philanthropic giving of over 55 million dollars.

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03/31/2023

After almost 65 years of making grants in the Baltimore area and elsewhere the Alvin and Fanny B. Thalheimer Foundation will spend down its remaining funds.

Prince George’s County Council adopts pilot for universal income

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04/04/2023

An effort to combat generational poverty and to foster economic mobility for residents living at or below the poverty line is coming to Prince George’s County.

New Baltimore City school board member takes seat

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03/15/2023

Baltimore City’s newest school commissioner, Khalilah Slater Harrington, took her seat on the board of education Tuesday.

Program Resources from Governance, Legal Trends, and Best Practices: A Review for Funders

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

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Governance

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Grants Managers/Administrators

Executive Leadership

Members' Memo | April 6, 2023

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04/06/2023

A message to the Maryland Philanthropy Network membership from our Interim President and CEO Kevin McHugh.

Health Equity, Access, and Affordability in Maryland

Tuesday, May 09, 2023 at 11:00 to 12:30 PM

How can we build a better and more equitable health care system? Join the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), Maryland Philanthropy Network’s Health Funders and Public Policy Committee, and leading advocates working to advance health equity in Maryland as we discuss state and local initiatives to expand health care coverage, improve health care quality, address disparities in health outcomes, and make prescription drugs more affordable.

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Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Health Funders

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Public Policy

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Health Access and Care

Introduction to Feedback for Nonprofits and Funders

Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 02:00 to 03:30 PM

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.

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Grantmaking Practice

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Nonprofit Staff/Grantseekers

Executive Leadership

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Evaluation

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Transparency

Enterprise Closes $190.2M Fund to Promote Economic Mobility

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03/30/2023

NEW YORK - Enterprise Community Partners (Enterprise) today announced the closing of the Equitable Upward Mobility Fund (EUMF), a $190 million Low-Income Housing Tax Credit fund designed specifically to support economic mobility with a focus on ra

Workplace and Employment Law Trends for 2023: A Review for Funders

Thursday, May 25, 2023 at 02:00 to 03:00 PM

This one-hour webinar will offer a high-level overview of employment law trends and best practices for foundations. Attorneys from the Labor & Employment and Nonprofit & Tax-Exempt Organizations groups of Dentons, the world’s largest global law firm, will present practical tips for small- and mid-size foundations with regard to employment and workplace issues. Drawing from both national trends in the industry and the impact of the pandemic and social change, topics will include: social media policies; remote and hybrid work considerations; job descriptions and changes with hiring practices; and independent contractor agreements.

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Grantmaking Practice

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