Maryland women’s giving circles host national philanthropy conference in Baltimore

Buffy Beaudoin-Schwartz wants the local business community to understand one thing about the recent women’s giving network national conference in Baltimore. “That was a big deal,” said Beaudoin-Schwartz, executive director of the Women’s Giving Circle of Howard County. She said about 325 attendees took part in the seminars and networking at the Philanos PowerUP!: The Spark Igniting Collaboration conference.

“We had eight different regional and local giving circles, and two philanthropic networks, represented under one roof,” she said. They included DMV Collective Giving Network, Giving Together of Greater Washington, Many Hands DC, Maryland Philanthropy Network, Women’s Giving Circle Harford County, Baltimore Women’s Giving Circle and Anne Arundel Women Giving Together, along with Beaudoin Schwartz’s Howard County-based organization.

Philanos, a women’s giving network, has about 90 affiliates and typically brings philanthropy professionals together every 18 months. However, due to the pandemic, the recent meeting was the organization’s first event since February 2020 in Seattle. Philanos targeting the local market was also noteworthy because the Baltimore-Washington region “has many long-tenured giving circles,” said Beaudoin-Schwartz, “and a long, rich history of philanthropic cooperative and partnership.”

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Source: Business Monthly