In central Maryland and across the state and country, the number of COVID-19-infected citizens continues to rise.
Please join the Prenatal to Five Impact Collaborative for their second meeting to learn about Maryland State Department of Education’s Prenatal to Eight Strategic Plan and about the three year grant from Pritzker Foundation for Prenatal-to-Three efforts statewide and what role there is for private philanthropy in those efforts.
Under fire from Baltimore-area bus riders, business leaders, politicians, parents and advocates, the Hogan administration on Wednesday canceled its p
For months, as the Covid-19 pandemic continued and intensified, early care and education providers in the District and across the country wondered how they were going to survive.
Clear evidence exists that reading proficiently by third grade is a powerful determinant of achievement and high school graduation and yet there are millions of American children that do not meet this critical benchmark.
Baltimore’s work inspired by the national Campaign for Grade-Level Reading has begun!
Join us to learn about the Maryland Suspension Representation Project's work to reconnect students with school and needed supports, hear how this can improve school systems and reduce school push-out and racial disparities in discipline, and share your ideas for keeping students in school.
Eight finalists have been selected from a pool of over 20 to vie for $100,000 in prizes in the Maryland Institute College of Art's third annual UP/Start Venture Competition.
Maryland Philanthropy Network is pleased to be partnering with EPIP on this conference by serving on the planning committee.
All arts and culture funders are invited to hear Nicholas Cohen, Executive Director, Maryland Citizens for the Arts, share findings from their research and to join in a discussion about the implications of these findings as well shifts in funding and support for the arts throughout Maryland and in Baltimore specifically. We’ll provide ample time for all participants to deepen collaboration by sharing information, current opportunities, lessons learned and queries about supporting the arts in Maryland.
The Mayor’s Office of Employment Development (MOED) has launched a new storytelling campaign, Work.Better.Together, to help all Baltimore City residents secure
Newly released data from the U.S. Census Bureau reveal a major public policy success. The nation’s child poverty rate dropped by half in 2021, from an estimated 10% in 2020 to a historic low of 5%.
T. Rowe Price Foundation President John Brothers saw firsthand how the collapse of a nonprofit incubator can decimate the goals of dozens of entrepreneurs.
All Maryland Philanthropy Network members are invited to join Julia Baez and Bridget Blount of Baltimore’s Promise, Talib Horne, Ilene Berman, and Mildred Johnson of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, and Margaret Flynn-Khan of Mainspring Consulting to hear about and discuss plans to map funds supporting services for youth in the age range of 14-24 in Baltimore, with a focus on analyzing how investments align to priorities set by young people through the Youth Grantmaking Initiative.
This one-hour webinar will offer a high-level overview of recent trends and best practices for foundation governance.
This one-hour webinar will offer a high-level overview of employment law trends and best practices for foundations. Attorneys from the Labor & Employment and Nonprofit & Tax-Exempt Organizations groups of Dentons, the world’s largest global law firm, will present practical tips for small- and mid-size foundations with regard to employment and workplace issues. Drawing from both national trends in the industry and the impact of the pandemic and social change, topics will include: social media policies; remote and hybrid work considerations; job descriptions and changes with hiring practices; and independent contractor agreements.
Americans don’t understand philanthropy, and the sector’s own messaging is a big part of the problem. The Council on Foundation's new report with the Center for Public Interest Communications, is the largest study to date on philanthropy and its narratives. The report shares science-backed strategies from their research that build understanding and trust.
According to national data from the Annie E.
What Grantees Want Funders to Know is a new case study from the Asset Funders Network
On March 26, 2024, Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed as the result of a container ship striking one of its main supports.