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Community Investment Funders Affinity Group

This peer group is focused on exploring opportunities to strategically allocate and align community development resources in Baltimore City and the surrounding region.  The group builds relationships among Maryland Philanthropy Network members interested in neighborhood and community development; shares information, research and ideas for impact and leverage.

This affinity group has its origins in the Baltimore Neighborhood Collaborative, a 17 year Maryland Philanthropy Network funder collaboration pooling grant resources in support of community capacity and development that concluded in 2014.

Member Leadership: Vacant

Staff Contact: Elisabeth Hyleck

Safeguarding Homeownership from the Impacts of COVID-19
Thursday, June 30, 2022 at 09:30 to 11:00 AM

Join the Community Investment Affinity Group to hear about the issues and implications of declining homeownership in Maryland and Baltimore, as well as efforts to blunt the pandemic’s impact on homeownership. Participants will leave with a greater understanding of what investments, connections, and elements are needed, where funder’s interests are, and possible roles for philanthropy.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Community Investment Funders
Members Only
Topic: 
COVID-19
Funding Area: 
Community Development/Neighborhoods
Housing and Homelessness
The Increasing Crisis of Aging Homelessness
Tuesday, February 02, 2021 at 03:30 to 05:00 PM

The aged homeless population is growing rapidly and will continue to grow for the next decade. Please Maryland Philanthropy Network’s Baltimore Seniors & Housing Collaborative for a discussion on forecasts of the aged homeless population; projected costs associated with the use of shelter, health care, and long-term care by this aged homeless population; proposed housing and service intervention models matched to the varying level of housing and services needs of these subgroups; and potential service cost reductions associated with housing interventions.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Aging/Older Adults Funders
Basic Human Needs Funders
Community Investment Funders
Funding Area: 
Community Development/Neighborhoods
Housing and Homelessness
Older Adults
Baltimore’s School-Centered Neighborhood Investments: An Analysis of the 21st Century School Building Program
Thursday, December 10, 2020 at 03:00 to 04:30 PM

Maryland Philanthropy Network’s School-Centered Neighborhood Investment Initiative funded a research analysis of the 21st Century School Buildings Program efforts. All MPN members are invited to hear from the research team: Ariel H. Bierbaum, MCP, PhD; Erin O’Keefe, MPP; and Alisha Butler, MA; about the report’s findings and the overarching questions they raise about the 21CSBP. These questions bridge their findings with the current context and aim to prompt reflection and additional conversations about the 21CSBP in the face of the “dual pandemics” of COVID-19 and systemic racism in the United States.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Community Investment Funders
Education Funders
Topic: 
School Centered Neighborhood Investment Initiative
Funding Area: 
Community Development/Neighborhoods
Rebranding Baltimore: A Consultative Session with Visit Baltimore
Friday, December 13, 2019 at 09:30 to 11:00 AM

Visit Baltimore is working on a comprehensive rebrand of its organization as well as a national marketing campaign to reintroduce Baltimore to travelers. The agency is also beginning to conceptualize a civic pride campaign that will encourage city residents and those who live in the surrounding five counties to act as ambassadors for Baltimore.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
All Funders
Community Investment Funders
Corporate Funders
Funding Area: 
Community Development/Neighborhoods
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