Join the Maryland Philanthropy Network's Public Policy Committee to discuss the 2020 Public Policy priorities and develop an advocacy strategy.
Out of an abundance of caution, we have decided to postpone this program. We apologize for any inconvenience.
This program has been postponed out of precaution related to COVID-19. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Join us for a conversation about food access and innovative transit practices in South Baltimore. We will discuss the opportunities for addressing access issues in the South Baltimore region, understand the vision and goals for the South Baltimore Lyft Grocery Access Program, and gather suggestions on what the pilot program evaluation should capture.
Access to stable housing, food quality, social support networks, and other social factors are critical in shaping health outcomes. These factors are known as social determinants of health and they are rooted in unjust systems.
This webinar is an opportunity for members to learn more about the Expanding the Bench (EBT) initiative. EBT is based on the belief that learning and evaluation have the power to shape policy, programs, and practice and that evaluators from diverse communities increase the likelihood that methods, analyses, and interpretation benefit the communities they serve.
Join us for a briefing on the tightening eligibility requirements for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the impact of these changes on Marylanders as well as the response from advocates, providers, and state/local government.
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Program Resources for Building Baltimore’s Talent Pipeline, at Scale, for the Future, and NOW
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. wants to set an example for companies across the U.S. that Baltimore is a city on the rise.
Carroll County is a community on fire — a fire of love and concern and giving, lots of giving. It nearly makes me cry whenever I stop to think about the depth of what goes on this little county, yet so many have no idea.
Among the many trends in giving we have seen advancing over the last decade is a shift toward entertaining shorter time frames for the philanthropic spending of personal fortunes. Now, a new report from Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors suggests the number of time-limited foundations, sometimes referred to as “spend-down foundations,” is gaining on those organized to give in perpetuity.
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Program resources from "Funders Together to End Homelessness – Baltimore Meeting - January 2020"
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Unlike the public bathrooms, dark alleys and vacant rowhomes where addicts furtively conduct their business, the facility’s atmosphere would be welco
The most important way to improve Baltimore neighborhoods, according to respondents in the Blueprint for Baltimore survey, is by creating safer streets.
In recent years a growing number of foundations have fastidiously articulated new program goals to support people of color, people who are LBGTQ, people with low incomes, and others facing barriers to progress. But Jara Dean-Coffey says something huge is missing from all of those equity efforts — a rethinking of the way foundations measure success.
For February 2020, Baltimore magazine published a special edition celebrating leaders of positive change in Baltimore - Baltimore GameChangers.
Across our field, in politics, in business, and in our communities, Americans are questioning the very nature of philanthropy and probing its core value.
Our sector’s addiction to intellectualizing, equivocating, risk-avoiding, and time-wasting is lethal, and there are few places where this is more present than within philanthropy.
The Abell Foundation and the local Neighborhood Impact Investment Fund will contribute $5 million toward a new program to assist startups in needy Baltimore communities.
Out of an abundance of caution, we have decided to postpone this program. We apologize for any inconvenience.
