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Shine a Light: The Role of Consultants in Fostering a Learning Culture at Foundations

Wednesday, November 04, 2015 at 12:00 to 01:00 PM

Why do foundations use consultants? Noticeably absent on the list of reasons is learning – yet learning is a particularly important attribute for foundations that grapple with complex issues in dynamic environments. This webinar will help you understand how to be more explicit about the value of fostering a learning culture in your foundation within the context of any consulting engagement, & will enable both you and your consultant partners to more proactively strive for & achieve learning.

Event type:

Webinar/Teleconference

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Members Only

Topic:

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Shifting Power through Participatory Grantmaking

Tuesday, September 10, 2019 at 01:30 to 04:30 PM

Are you interested in participatory grantmaking but don’t know where to start? Are you curious about giving the communities you serve decision-making power?

Event type:

Grantmaking Practice

Audience:

Members Only

Topic:

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

Nonprofit View: Community Foundation of Carroll County making a difference, with scholarships, homeschool center, more

Release Date:

08/05/2019

Some of you, dear readers, will remember a time, not so long ago, when summers were lazy, hazy and slow. There seemed to be an endless string of days at the beach or the mountains, or Grandma’s house. Not so anymore.

Community Foundation welcomes two new board members

Release Date:

08/18/2019

The Community Foundation of Washington County MD Inc. elected Ed Lough and Sabina Spicher as its two newest board of trustee members at a recent board meeting.

Frederick County Gives: The challenging, rewarding world of grant-making

Release Date:

10/27/2019

Grant-making is a large part of the Community Foundation’s role.

Carroll volunteers working to restore cemetery for black veterans, ‘make amends’ for vandalism, decay

Release Date:

11/01/2019

Just over a decade after the conclusion of the American Civil War, six black Union Army veterans ⁠— Reuben Walker, David Ireland, William Adams, Lewis Dorsey, William Massey and Samuel Bowens ⁠— established the Ellsworth Cemetery on

Szymanski: Evolution of Community Foundation shows the ‘magic of Carroll County’

Release Date:

01/18/2020

Carroll County is a community on fire — a fire of love and concern and giving, lots of giving. It nearly makes me cry whenever I stop to think about the depth of what goes on this little county, yet so many have no idea.

Community collaborative supports COVID-19 emergency relief campaign

Release Date:

03/24/2020

Life has taken a drastic, unexpected turn.

Informational Session on Baltimore's Arts and Cultural Institutions, with Michael Kaiser

Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at 02:00 to 03:00 PM

Please join the Baltimore Community Foundation and Maryland Philanthropy Network with special guest Michael Kaiser, Chairman of the

Event type:

Community Issues

Audience:

Arts Funders

Members Only

Funding Area:

Arts/Culture/Humanities

Maryland, U.S. are realizing that day care is an economic problem, not a women’s issue. That was before the pandemic.

Release Date:

10/22/2020

Shanea Napper’s distress is evident in every line of the email she sent to Baltimore Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young.

Chesapeake Charities announces honorees for annual Celebration of Charity

Release Date:

10/30/2020

Chesapeake Charities’ fifth annual Celebration of Charity recognizes local heroes during the pandemic and is set for Nov. 19 at the Chesapeake Bay Beach Club in Stevensville.

COVID-19 pandemic strains Maryland groups helping homeless

Release Date:

11/19/2020

Maryland's Vulnerability to Flooding

Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at 01:00 to 03:00 PM

National coastal flooding expert, Professor Sam Brody, of Texas A & M, returns to Baltimore on April 26 to continue our examination of how floo

Event type:

Community Issues

Audience:

Green Funders

Members Only

Funding Area:

Environment/Sustainability

Closing the Vaccination Gaps in Our Communities

Thursday, June 03, 2021 at 01:00 to 02:00 PM

Open Society Institute (OSI) Baltimore was recently awarded a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation to pilot strategies to close the vaccination gaps among communities of color, which have been disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Join this conversation with Scott Nolen, director of the Addiction and Health Equity program at OSI-Baltimore to discuss the Equity-First Vaccination Initiative, what we currently know about vaccine decision-making, and to talk about opportunities to leverage or pool our resources to ensure that every Baltimore resident has meaningful access to empirically accurate information and vaccination plan that suits their needs. Jennifer White of the Horizon Foundation will present on findings from a national study on COVID vaccine decision making in communities of color including local findings from Howard County.

Event type:

Community Issues

Audience:

All Funders

Basic Human Needs Funders

Education Funders

Health Funders

Topic:

COVID-19

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Funding Area:

Health Access and Care

Viewpoint: Covid-19 response offers insight into future of local philanthropic giving

Release Date:

11/05/2021

A recent report from the Bloomberg School of Health found that Baltimore fared better than most cities during the COVID-19 pandemic in cases of illness, mortality and vaccination rates. Baltimore City Health Commissioner Dr.

Evans, Mills, Nelson, Whited join Community Foundation Board of Directors

Release Date:

12/30/2021

The Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore recently announced that Robin Evans, Tyrone Mills, Melody Nelson and Sonya Whited have joined the Foundation’s Board of Directors.

How Foundations Can Foster Diversity and Inclusion

Release Date:

11/04/2021

‘We Hear You Baltimore’ expands access to hearing care for older adults | GUEST COMMENTARY

Release Date:

05/06/2022

As we age, our hearing declines and, for many, it can decline significantly. Almost all of us will experience hearing loss to some degree as we age.

Centering Race and Disability in Closing the Racial Wealth Gap

Release Date:

05/26/2022

Race and disability are inextricably linked. In the United States, 61 million adults, or 26 percent of the adult population, have a disability.

Diane Bell-McKoy departs Associated Black Charities after 16 years

Release Date:

06/06/2022

Diane Bell-McKoy, an outspoken advocate for Baltimore's Black community as leader of Associated Black Charities, has left the nonprofit after 16 years.

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