Maryland Philanthropy Network members are invited to a briefing by the Baltimore City Public Schools Food and Nutrition Services Team and Maryland’s farms to schools lead about the current state of food and nutrition in City Schools and efforts to transform into a system that delivers healthier, more nutritious and tasty food to its 85,000 students.
When was the last time you had a lengthy, honest and open conversation with someone you didn’t know well? Or even better -- with someone who you assumed held a whole different world view than your own.
Baltimore City Public Schools (City Schools) has requested an opportunity to provide a briefing to Maryland Philanthropy Network members on its new strategic plan prior to the Board of School Commissioners vote on November 10.
Baltimore’s new mayor, Bernard C. “Jack” Young (D), announced his executive team Friday afternoon. Some worked for his predecessor, former mayor Catherine E.
An unusual collaboration among news guilds, two local foundations, and other investors would transform the famed Baltimore Sun newspaper into a nonprofi
When James Wahls came to the Annie E.
You are invited to join Maryland Philanthropy Network for an in-depth conversation with Jason Perkins-Cohen about the Baltimore Health Corps (COVID-19 Contact Tracing program.) This call will be to learn more about how the Contact Tracer program w
The Baltimore Food Hub is designed to plant a new economic engine in East Baltimore, creating a center for commercial and community activity.
One of the Maryland Philanthropy Network’s key roles is to connect philanthropy with policymakers and public officials and we are pleased to welcome Catherine E. Pugh, Mayor of Baltimore City for a conversation with our membership.
Each year brings new opportunities for the Baltimore Community Foundation (BCF) to grow its presence and increase its positive impact in Baltimore City and Baltimore County. In 2023, after a period of significant growth at the foundation and after the intensity of the first couple of years of the COVID-19 pandemic had passed, the foundation turned its focus inward to develop and launch Inspire, its new strategic plan.
Maryland Philanthropy Network Members consistently note the impact of housing affordability and stability on many other grantmaking issue areas.
“You neglect yourself when you don’t have that one secure place,” said an individual describing the experience of avoiding taking medications while living in a homeless shelter. “If I have medications that maybe I don’t want folks to see, that ma
This program will explore innovative models that bridge secondary education to college and careers within a high school model.
In February, when the Open Society Institute – Baltimore announced its closure, MPN committed to convene members to discuss the implications.
A night of food, fellowship and philanthropy. Guests at the Community Foundation of Howard County’s Annual Dinner & Celebration of Philanthropy enjoyed a cocktail hour to mingle and network at the Turf Valley Resort.
In January 2011 the Center for Adolescent Health at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health documented 640 unaccompanied homeless youth in Baltimore based upon a one day “census.” However, this is certainly an undercount as it is only
Join us and Junior Achievement's 3DE Schools for a deeper conversation on their innovative program at the request of several members.
According to Chapin Hall, 1 in 10 young adults — or 3.5 million people in the United States between the ages of 18 and 25 — experience some form of homelessness.
Join Maryland Philanthropy Network's Affinity Group on Aging for their 2nd annual convening to learn together and celebrate the year's accomplishments with festive food and drink.
