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Thursday, January 20, 2022 at 11:00 to 12:30 PM

Join Maryland Philanthropy Network and our speakers for an overview of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) to contextualize the ways funds are being disbursed, including the $350 billion in State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF). Drawing on ideas found in this Philanthropy News Digest article by Darius Graham of the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, we’ll discuss how a greater understanding of priorities and processes in a community can help with allocating SLFRF in ways that inform grantmaking. We will conclude with a dynamic panel discussion with our partners on how funders can support nonprofits, provide community input about public dollars, and address any potential funding gaps.

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Advocacy

Baltimore Digital Equity Coalition’s 2021 Annual Report

Release Date:

01/04/2022

The Baltimore Digital Equity Coalition’s 2021 Annual Report highlights the progress they made in 2021. Some of that progress is easy to see, such as the number of issues resolved from callers to the BDEC Tech Support Hotline — Baltimore’s first-ever tech support hotline. Their progress also serves as a reminder of what is still left to do.

BDEC was launched in 2020 amidst the Covid-19 pandemic with the resolve to close the digital divide in Baltimore City. That remains their focus today, and we will work collaboratively to do so through four main goals:

Access to Devices;
Greater Internet Connectivity;
Digital Skills Training and Technical Support; and
Advocacy.

The Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore Names New Board Members

Release Date:

01/07/2022

The Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore recently announced Robin Evans, Tyrone Mills, Melody Nelson and Sonya Whited have joined the foundation’s Board of Directors.

Program Resources for Prenatal-to-Five Affinity Group Meeting - January 2022

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How Place-Based Funders Build Better Community Partnerships

Release Date:

01/13/2022

When place-based funders from 12 regions across the country formed a learning group in 2020, chronicled in this five-part series, they shared practical, tactical steps to grapple with a range of thorny questions. When they turned to engaging stakeholders, the funders focused on three core challenges to building community partnerships.

Grant Makers Can Advance Equity by Revealing ‘Invisible’ Communities

Release Date:

01/04/2022

Even the best-intentioned philanthropies can’t support what they don’t see.

How Foundations Can Foster Diversity and Inclusion

Release Date:

11/04/2021

COVID-19 Jobs Update December 2021 | A final update on the nonprofit jobs recovery

Release Date:

01/11/2022

In their continuing effort to track the ongoing impact of the coronavirus pandemic on nonprofit employment, the Center for Civil Society Studies Archive reports their estimates of COVID-induced nonprofit job losses through December 2021, as reflec

CFHoCo Did You Know Historic Athol Manor Renovation and Restoration

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12/29/2021

On the December 29ths episode of CFHoCo Did You Know, the Community Foundation of Howard County’s director of development, marketing and communications, Dan Flynn, spoke with Erik Dahlen, a construction Superintendent at Har

Koe Murphy Appointed to Board of Trustees for the Horizon Foundation

Release Date:

01/11/2022

The Horizon Foundation has announced the appointment of financial expert Sekou “Koe” Murphy to its board of trustees.

Opportunity for change: Maryland evictions task force calls for rent court reforms

Release Date:

01/05/2022

Building a robust access to counsel program for Marylanders facing eviction will take money — perhaps around $30 million per year — and a commitment to reshaping rent court proceedings, a new report argues.

A Model for Systemic Change: Baltimore City Gap Analysis Implementation Plan to Reduce Over Policing

Thursday, March 10, 2022 at 10:00 to 11:30 AM

In April 2017, the City of Baltimore entered into a consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to address findings related to the Baltimore Police Department’s patterns and practices. Since then, Baltimore City, Baltimore Police Department and multiple partners have come together to map out steps needed to make meaningful and sustainable change. Join Maryland Philanthropy Network’s Health Funders Affinity Group and the Affinity Group on Aging to learn how Baltimore City is transforming the landscape of behavioral health crisis response and providing the tools necessary to reduce unnecessary police interaction with people with mental illness and substance use disorder.

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Aging/Older Adults Funders

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Aging and Older Adults

Behavioral Health

Health Access and Care

Program Resources from Baltimore Together: Creating Inclusive Economic Growth

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Youth-led Participatory Grantmaking

Friday, February 11, 2022 at 09:00 to 10:30 AM

All Maryland Philanthropy Network members are invited to join Julia Baez and Janelle Gendrano of Baltimore’s Promise, Sara Cooper of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, and Youth Advisors Cesia Calero and J’Naya Harris to hear about and discuss the Youth and Young Adult Grantmaking Initiative, a new participatory and collaborative funding opportunity. This youth-led grantmaking structure enables young people to allocate resources that directly impact themselves and their peers. It also incorporates capacity building, coaching, technical assistance, and compensation for Youth Grantmakers.

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All Funders

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Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Meet The Funders – Closing the Funding Gap for Black-Led Nonprofits

Friday, February 25, 2022 at 09:30 to 11:00 AM

According to a new study published in May 2020 by Bridgespan and Echoing Green, Racial Equity in Philanthropy: Closing the Funding Gap<

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Networking

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Nonprofit Staff/Grantseekers

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Conversations with Leaders

Program Resources from What Funders Need to Know about ARPA

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Maryland Philanthropy Network's Elisabeth Hyleck Selected for the Council on Foundations' Career Pathways 2022 Cohort

Release Date:

01/24/2022

Elisabeth Hyleck, Director of Programs and Partnerships for Maryland Philanthropy Network, was selected to participate in the Council of Foundations Career Pathways Program in 2022.

Program Resources for Arts Grantmakers’ Changes in Practice and Sharing Session

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Statewide Perspectives on Community Schools: Part 3 – Practitioners

Tuesday, February 08, 2022 at 02:30 to 04:00 PM

Join Maryland Philanthropy Network for the final session in our three-part series on community schools. Part III will focus on practitioners and the role they play in facilitating the implementation of Community Schools.

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Education Funders

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Program Resources from Focus on City Schools: School Choice

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