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Focus on City Schools: Older Youth Literacy
Tuesday, July 26, 2022 at 01:30 to 02:30 PM

Join Maryland Philanthropy Network's Education Funders Affinity Group to hear from leaders of Baltimore City Public Schools about strategies and emerging models they are engaging to improve older youth literacy. They will be joined by Theme Reads, a program at the Success for All Foundation in partnership with Johns Hopkins University, who will share information about their model for working with older students, what’s unique about working with high school students, how their work differs from traditional models, their work with Baltimore City Schools, and program outcomes. This session begins a series of upcoming conversations for the fall focusing on high school age youth.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Education Funders
Members Only
Topic: 
Focus on City Schools
Funding Area: 
Education
Education: Literacy
Was 2020 a Turning Point for Global Philanthropy? Yes and No.
Release Date: 
07/27/2022

In late 2020, there was much talk about how the world of philanthropy was being upended by the confluence of historic events, namely COVID-19 and the Black Lives Matter movement in the U.S. Based on research commissioned by Spring Strategies in January 2022, this article from Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy identifies four emerging phenomena that resulted from what have been recognized as the dual crises of unaddressed systemic racism and a global pandemic.

Members' Memo | September 2021
Release Date: 
08/25/2021

Maryland is changing – bringing new possibilities, diverse people, and a shifting economy. This is a moment when we are ahead of many parts of the country, and it is to our advantage to reimagine our state for the future.

Introduction to Feedback for Nonprofits and Funders
Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 02:00 to 03:30 PM

Join Maryland Philanthropy Network and the T. Rowe Price Foundation for this 90-minute virtual session that will provide an introduction to gathering, interpreting, and acting on feedback from those at the heart of your work and an overview of why listening and acting on feedback is important to ethical, equitable, and well-run organizations.

Event type: 
Grantmaking Practice
Audience: 
All Funders
Executive Leadership
Nonprofit Staff/Grantseekers
Topic: 
Evaluation
Grantmaking Strategy & Tools
Transparency
Impact investing benefits Baltimore; we need more of it | GUEST COMMENTARY
Release Date: 
05/15/2023

What if I told you that, just as there are renewable energy sources, there is a renewable financial resource — and it’s already quietly making progress possible? Impact investing, which generates financial returns alongside positive social change, is proving a valuable tool for spurring large scale, inclusive economic growth and creating income and wealth for residents. Impact investments can take the form of low-interest loans, venture capital or municipal bond investments, for example, all with the goal of addressing critical social needs.

Funders Together to End Homelessness – Baltimore July Meeting
Thursday, July 20, 2023 at 01:30 to 03:00 PM

The purpose of Funders Together to End Homelessness Baltimore (FTEHB) is to bring private and public funders together to focus on structural and racial inequities related to housing instability, homelessness, and supportive services, and to prevent and end homelessness in the Baltimore region.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
All Funders
Basic Human Needs Funders
Community Investment Funders
Workforce Development Funders
Topic: 
Grantmaking Strategy & Tools
Funding Area: 
Housing and Homelessness
Funders Together to End Homelessness – Baltimore September Meeting
Thursday, September 14, 2023 at 09:00 to 10:30 AM

The purpose of Funders Together to End Homelessness Baltimore (FTEHB) is to bring private and public funders together to focus on structural and racial inequities related to housing instability, homelessness, and supportive services, and to prevent and end homelessness in the Baltimore region.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
All Funders
Basic Human Needs Funders
Community Investment Funders
Workforce Development Funders
Topic: 
Grantmaking Strategy & Tools
Funding Area: 
Housing and Homelessness
Funders Together to End Homelessness – Baltimore October Meeting
Thursday, October 05, 2023 at 09:00 to 10:30 AM

The purpose of Funders Together to End Homelessness Baltimore (FTEHB) is to bring private and public funders together to focus on structural and racial inequities related to housing instability, homelessness, and supportive services, and to prevent and end homelessness in the Baltimore region.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
All Funders
Basic Human Needs Funders
Community Investment Funders
Workforce Development Funders
Topic: 
Grantmaking Strategy & Tools
Funding Area: 
Housing and Homelessness
Funders Together to End Homelessness – Baltimore November Meeting
Thursday, November 09, 2023 at 09:00 to 10:30 AM

This meeting is now being held fully remote from Zoom. We apologize for any inconvenience. 

The purpose of Funders Together to End Homelessness Baltimore (FTEHB) is to bring private and public funders together to focus on structural and racial inequities related to housing instability, homelessness, and supportive services, and to prevent and end homelessness in the Baltimore region.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
All Funders
Basic Human Needs Funders
Community Investment Funders
Workforce Development Funders
Topic: 
Grantmaking Strategy & Tools
Funding Area: 
Housing and Homelessness
Health Funders Affinity Group

This peer group is focused on best practices and emerging opportunities in the field of health, including the social determinants of health and behavioral health. Group meetings provide opportunities for funders to learn about key issues including government policy impacts, share grantmaking priorities, explore shared interests with other stakeholders including policymakers/public agency staff, and engage in aligned or collaborative grantmaking. 

World Environment Day 2024: Celebrating our G3 Fund Grantees
Release Date: 
06/05/2024

First recognized by the United Nations in 1973, June 5 marks World Environment Day. In honor of this occasion, the Bainum Family Foundation celebrates the remarkable work of its grantees in one of its Legacy Programs, the G3 Fund.

Education Funders Affinity Group

This peer group supports a broad range of programming and convening to explore education investment opportunities, educational research findings, best practices, and advocates for related public policy.

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