A group of eight funders in the Baltimore region announced today the COVID-19 Response Funding Collaborative of Greater Baltimore, a streamlined opportunity for nonprofit organizations to apply for funding to sustain, deepen, or p
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.
Join the Arts Funders Affinity Group for a conversation with Tonya Miller Hall, Senior Advisor of Arts & Culture for Baltimore City. We’ll learn about her role and the City's strategy around arts and culture broadly, and the Office’s connection and collaboration with community, other agencies, and institutions.
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View materials from "Informational Session on Baltimore's Arts and Cultural Institutions, with Michael Kaiser"
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Recognizing that a child’s early years are the most critical period for brain development and set the foundation for lifelong learning and achievement, the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future first pillar emphasizes equitable early education opportuni
Join the Arts Funders Affinity Group for a conversation with Mark Hanson, President & CEO and Jonathon Heyward, incomin
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.
J.C. Faulk founded Bmore Community Food (BCF) from his car, during the early days of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Join Maryland Philanthropy Network, the Abell Foundation, and the Middendorf Foundation for a joint program examining recent research on Baltimore City’s contracting, payment, and permitting processes and how delays in those processes negatively affect non-profits and the high-need communities they serve. At this briefing, you will hear from authors of the newly released Abell Report on the City’s contracting process and learn about the findings from a joint Middendorf/MPN study on the City’s permitting and grantmaking systems. The goals of the briefing are to share the scale and scope of the challenges, recommend changes, and discuss how funders can support the implementation of these changes in an effort to strengthen and support Baltimore’s non-profit sector.
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Vendor Fair Showcases Locally Made Food and Generates New Business Opportunities for Baltimore Enterprises
Buyers from major institutions will attend to connect with Baltimore food companies
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View materials from "A Conversation with Dr. Sonja Santelises, CEO of Baltimore City Schools 2020".
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View materials from "A Conversation with Crista Taylor, President & CEO of Behavioral Health Baltimore System"
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View materials from "Annual Conversation with Dr. Sonja Santelises, CEO of Baltimore City Public Schools 2022".
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All funders with an interest in environment, community greening, sustainability, climate change, and food systems are invited to join the Green Funders to brainstorm issues for 2018 programs and to share with colleagues their favorite projects and
Over 300 arts organizations, hundreds of independent artists, and millions of Marylanders benefit from strong, statewide investment in the nonprofit arts sector. Sustained growth in funding means arts communities throughout Maryland can continue to cultivate robust impactful programming, providing a high quality of life to all residents.
Join Maryland Philanthropy Network for a peer learning exchange for arts and culture funders. Discuss trends you and other funders are seeing and dig into exciting projects folks are funding. We encourage you to prepare to share a link, video, or another example of the project with the group.
Join Maryland Philanthropy Network for a peer learning exchange for funders supporting environmental and sustainability issues in Maryland! We take some time to integrate our learnings, share what we are thinking about and focusing on, and discuss our plans for the coming year. Lightly structured, these peer-to-peer exchange events are designed to integrate and learn from others in philanthropy through facilitation of the following: strategy sharing and exchange of ideas around what other funders are working on, stimulating new ways of thinking by sharing learnings and creating an environment conducive to discovery among the community of funders, and relationship building.
Join Maryland Philanthropy Network's Health Funders Affinity Group for a sharing session to learn how your peers are approaching their giving for 2025 and spotlight your takeaways from 2024 thus far. Together, we’ll reconnect with a focus on addressing health disparities across Maryland. Receive an update on the funders’ collaboration around birth equity, neighborhood nursing pilot, and mental/behavioral health initiatives. During this sharing luncheon, members are invited to update colleagues on your funding priorities and develop deeper partnerships to provide collective impact.
All Maryland Philanthropy Network members with interests in urban greening, climate change, community resiliency, conservation, environmental protection, and sustainability are invited to participate in this meeting.
