This summer, I had the privilege of stepping away from my role as President & CEO of Horizon Foundation for a three-month sabbatical.
A message to the Maryland Philanthropy Network membership from our President and CEO Danista E. Hunte.
A message to the Maryland Philanthropy Network membership from our President and CEO Danista E. Hunte.
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View materials from Member-Sponsored Briefing: Funding Summer Programs in Baltimore.
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Join us for a collaborative conversation among Maryland Philanthropy Network Arts Funders focused on capital-related funding strategies, successes, challenges, and project highlights. This peer exchange is an opportunity to:
Significant changes are being made that affect the landscape of grantmaking and public policy with direct impacts to the sector in our region and communities they serve. Building on several years of collaboration, join Maryland Philanthropy Network and Virginia Funders Network for a gathering of funders from across the region. This will be an opportunity to convene and connect around the current environment impacting nonprofits and communities, what funders are working on, and how funders are responding to this moment.
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View materials from Arts Funders Coffee and Conversation - July 2025.
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We are a membership association striving to add value and capacity for our members, a network connecting a growing community of donors across Maryland and a partner with nonprofits and community leaders working to advance the impact of the social
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Maryland Philanthropy Network’s Behavioral Health Workgroup is pleased to host J.D. Merrill, Deputy Chief of Staff and Philanthropic Partnership and Sara Whaley, Executive Director of Overdose Response with the Mayor's Office to share an update on the Opioid Restitution Advisory Board, funding priorities, and the status of the request for proposals that will be announced soon.
Maryland Philanthropy Network is located at 1600 W 41 Street, Suite 700, Baltimore, MD 21211 in Baltimore’s Hampden neighborhood.
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View materials from Housing Funder Huddle - October 2025.
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As part of the Bainum Family Foundation's Legacy programming, ACE Academy is working toward lasting impact through a two-step coaching model that supports leaders and sparks new perspectives within the Seventh-day
Baltimore’s Promise and Maryland Philanthropy Network welcome Trabian Shorters to facilitate a workshop on Asset-Framing, an award-winning cognitive framework coined by him in 2013 when he was Vice President of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Asset-Framing® helps social impact leaders to apply social psychology to achieve greater social impact without relying on fear or stigma to engage people.
In an environment of unprecedented challenges facing our region, the Greater Washington Community Foundation has remained steadfast in its commitment to convene, support, and advocate for the organizations that serve our communities every day.
Chrissy Thornton, President and CEO of Associated Black Charities, recently spoke with Kathleen McNally Durkin of The Arc Baltimore about the nonprofit’s 75‑year legacy of empowering individuals with developmenta

