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Responding to Extremism -- New Thinking about Norms and Trust
Tuesday, June 07, 2022 at 01:00 to 02:00 PM

In the wake of rising domestic extremism, hate-fueled attacks, and global attention to the atrocities in Ukraine, Tigray, and China, how should funders respond? Join us for a conversation with Dr. David Frey, Founding Director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the United States Military Academy, West Point about understanding, preventing, and responding to extremism, and empowering individuals, communities and organizations as they chart new paths forward.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
All Funders
Funding Area: 
Public Safety/Violence Prevention
Grantmaker's Fundamentals Series | Part 4: Maximizing Grant Impact
Thursday, June 16, 2022 at 09:30 to 11:30 AM

All grantmakers are invited to participate in this four-part professional development series taught by our region's experienced practitioners, presented by Maryland Philanthropy Network. This session will cover maximizing grant impact, managing your grant portfolio, and continuing to learn. Participants will learn to connect capacity building, advocacy, grantee engagement, and diversity/inclusion to effectiveness and identify leadership roles in philanthropy beyond delivering dollars. Participants will also discuss grant monitoring, evaluation, and closure, and discover additional resources for ongoing development.

Event type: 
Grantmaking Practice
Audience: 
All Funders
Grants Managers/Administrators
Topic: 
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Evaluation
Grantmaking Strategy & Tools
Leadership Development
Public Policy
Food for Health at all Ages
Thursday, December 01, 2022 at 10:00 to 11:30 AM

Please join Maryland Philanthropy Network’s Aging Innovations and Health Funders Affinity Groups a conversation about the development and implementation of local programs that align with the national strategy announced at the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health. We will learn about the healthcare infrastructure Maryland is developing that includes dietary screening, diagnosis and billing codes, and staff protocols for prescribing diet interventions.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Aging/Older Adults Funders
Health Funders
Members Only
Funding Area: 
Aging
Food/Food Systems
Health Access and Care
Hunger and Nutrition
The Alarming Rates of Older Adult Homelessness
Monday, May 20, 2024 at 01:30 to 03:00 PM

Join Maryland Philanthropy Network’s Funders Together to End Homelessness Baltimore and Aging Innovations’ Seniors and Housing Collaborative to explore the causes and consequences of homelessness and housing instability, and efforts to prevent and end homelessness and ameliorate the effects of homelessness and housing instability on health. 

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Aging/Older Adults Funders
Funders Together to End Homelessness Baltimore
Members Only
Seniors & Housing Collaborative
Funding Area: 
Housing and Homelessness
Older Adults
Members' Memo | April 3, 2024
Release Date: 
04/03/2024

A message to the Maryland Philanthropy Network membership from our President and CEO Danista E. Hunte.

Members' Memo | May 29, 2024
Release Date: 
05/29/2024

A message to the Maryland Philanthropy Network membership from our President and CEO Danista E. Hunte.

Fall 2024 Workforce Community Conversation Series on Transportation Barriers to Work: In-Person Dialogue Between Grantees and Funders
Thursday, December 05, 2024 at 01:00 to 03:00 PM

This program is at capacity and is no longer accepting registrations. Please add your name to the waitlist, and we will contact you if space opens up.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Members Only
Workforce Development Funders
Topic: 
Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative
Funding Area: 
Employment/Workforce development
A New Year's Resolve: For Climate and Maryland
Release Date: 
01/01/2025

Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi, co-founder of the Mizrahi Family Charitable Fund, shares thoughts on the climate, environment, and hopes for the new year in Maryland Matters.

Ten Essential Questions for Philanthropic Grant-Making, Policies, and Practices

CHANGING THE FUTURE

Stepping Toward Equity…

In recent years, foundations and other funding institutions across the nation have turned their attention to the concept of incorporating a “DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion),” “REI  Racial Equity and Inclusion),” “REEI (Racial and Ethnic Equity and Inclusion),” or “Healing and Reconciliation” Lens in their grantmaking processes.

Not discussed as often is the analytical frame that undergirds these marketing terms; the “change” the institutional funding entity is trying to address: expanding “diversity” — a more...

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Publication
Topic: 
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Grantmaking Strategy & Tools
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All Funders
Partnering for Impact: Combining National Knowledge with Regional Leverage for Local Impact

This report documents the experiences, successes and lessons learned during the Learning and Action Agenda Project, an effort to provide local grantmakers with information and strategies around issues of importance to the Casey Foundation —particularly around the Foundation’s Family Economic Success framework — and to motivate them to take action on those issues within their own communities and networks.

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ABAG Publication
Topic: 
Grantmaking Strategy & Tools
Audience: 
All Funders
21st Century Civic Infrastructure: An Opportunity for 21st Century Grantmaking
Thursday, November 12, 2015 at 03:00 to 04:00 PM

Join Jill Blair and Malka Kopell, authors of the Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions’ recent publication, “21st Century Civic Infrastructure: Under Construction”, to discuss what 21st century civic infrastructure could accomplish if we built it with intention. Share with colleagues when you have seen and supported a 21st century effort – or why you haven’t!

Event type: 
Webinar/Teleconference
Topic: 
Grantmaking Strategy & Tools
Social Sector
Tina Hike-Hubbard Joins Baltimore Schools
Release Date: 
02/12/2019

Tina Hike-Hubbard will join City Schools’ leadership team as chief communications and community engagement officer, effective March 25. In this new role, Ms.

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