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2021 Giving Circle Gathering: We’re all in this Together
Thursday, December 02, 2021 at 11:00 to 12:30 PM

Giving circle leaders are invited to the twelfth annual Giving Circle Connector Gathering. The dozens of giving circles in our region will gather virtually to connect and learn from one another about a variety of issues important to giving circles. This year's theme will be “We’re all in this Together” with a special presentation by Sara Lomelin, Executive Director of Philanthropy Together focused on leading a movement to diversify and democratize philanthropy and support Race Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion work within giving circles.

Event type: 
National Event
Audience: 
Giving Circles
Topic: 
Grantmaking Strategy & Tools
Summer Learning Helps to Build Vital Skills
Release Date: 
07/14/2011

For many of us, summer vacation is synonymous with summer camp or afternoons spent poolside. However, the summer months should also be a time for children to build upon the academic skills they have gained during the school year.

INVOLVING THE PUBLIC SECTOR, POLICYMAKERS
Release Date: 
07/01/2012

Grantmakers commonly invest time developing and strengthening relationships with their grantees and community-based partners in their fields of interest.

HUNGER HAS DIRE CONSEQUENCES FOR US ALL
Release Date: 
06/04/2012

What are you eating for dinner?

Maybe you’ve been too busy to get to the store this week, or you don’t feel like cooking and there are so many restaurants to choose from.

GRANTS HELP DRIVE CHANGE IN CITY SCHOOLS
Release Date: 
03/26/2012

Nationally, 22 percent of all foundation grants invest in quality private and public education, which makes education second only to health as a grantmaking area.

UNITED WAY CAMPAIGN RESULTS OFFER HOPE
Release Date: 
04/23/2012

It’s been some time since nonprofits have had something to cheer about. They have been hit hard by proverbial one-two punches.

Grantmaker's Fundamentals Series | Part 1: The Philanthropic Ecosystem
Thursday, March 31, 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. Session 1 will cover the philanthropic ecosystem. Participants will get to know one another, locate their own foundation or giving program within the broader context of philanthropy, and reflect on their organizations’ areas of interests and goals, as well as ways to communicate with potential grantees and partners.

Event type: 
Grantmaking Practice
Audience: 
All Funders
Grants Managers/Administrators
Topic: 
Grantmaking Strategy & Tools
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
Foundations on the Hill 2023
Monday, February 27, 2023 at 12:00 to 12:00 AM

Foundations on the Hill (FOTH) is a multi-day event that brings together foundation leaders, grantmakers, and regional associations from across the country to DC for meetings with Congress about key issues of importance to foundations and philanthropy. The next Foundations on the Hill will take place Monday, February 27, 2023 to Wednesday, March 1, 2023. 

Event type: 
National Event
Audience: 
Members Only
Policy Staff
Topic: 
Public Policy
Accessibility

Maryland Philanthropy Network values the perspectives and contributions of all people and seeks to incorporate the viewpoints of diverse communities in our work.

Member Sponsored Briefing: Talk and Walk: An Update on the Baltimore Greenway Trails
Friday, September 20, 2024 at 10:00 to 12:00 PM

Join us to learn more about the status of the 35-mile Baltimore Greenway Trail Network and to hear from those working to complete the trail. Panelists will share the value of the trail for transportation, recreation and neighborhood connectivity.

Event type: 
Member Sponsored Briefing
Audience: 
All Funders
Community Investment Funders
Green Funders
Health Funders
Funding Area: 
Community Development/Neighborhoods
2010 Floods in Pakistan

In the last week of July 2010, torrential rains caused devastating floods in large parts of Pakistan.  The floods have affected more than 20 million people (more than 10 per cent of the total population). Devastating communities throughout the country, in an area of at least 160,000 square kilometres — larger than England — the floods killed more than 1,700 people, and damaged or destroyed nearly 1.9 million homes.*

Please let us know how you are engaged in relief efforts....

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Resource type: 
ABAG Resource Page
Topic: 
Grantmaking Strategy & Tools
Funding Area: 
Disaster Relief

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