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POSTPONED | 2020 Community Foundations Peer Retreat

Wednesday, July 08, 2020 at 12:00 to 12:00 AM

Please join us for the 2020 Community Foundation Peer Retreat to build and strengthen relationships across Maryland's community foundations! Together, as the Maryland Community Foundations Association (MCFA), we speak with one voice in promoting philanthropy to benefit towns, cities and rural areas across the state. Community Foundations specialize in helping individuals, families and businesses plan and carry out their charitable giving; and in building endowments to serve their regions' changing needs.

Event type:

Network Building

Audience:

MCFA

Members Only

Baltimore Community Foundation moving to new Midtown development

Release Date:

06/27/2019

A Mediterranean restaurant, retail and new offices for the Baltimore Community Foundation will open up as part of a new hub in Midtown by the end of the year.

France-Merrick Foundation Annual Report 2019

Release Date:

11/25/2019

From France-Merrick Foundation's first grant in 1960 to the present, they have been able to fund numerous remarkable organizations in the community.

COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONS PLAY VITAL LOCAL ROLES

Release Date:

11/18/2011

These are difficult times for many in our community. Unemployment remains high, paychecks don’t go very far, and every day it seems another public service is being curtailed in the interest of budget cuts.

France-Merrick Foundation 2024 Annual Report

Release Date:

10/15/2024

The France-Merrick Foundation is pleased to share its 2024 Annual Report: Investing in Collaboration, Community, and Charm!

Taking a Stand: A Growing Trend for Foundation Leaders?

Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at 02:30 to 03:30 PM

NCRP Executive Director Aaron Dorfman will lead a discussion with three leaders in the philanthropic sector who have shifted their organizations from the role of funder and convener towards a more active and vocal role as partner and advocate.

Event type:

Webinar/Teleconference

Audience:

Members Only

Topic:

Public Policy

Funding Area:

Advocacy

Baltimore Community Foundation moving to new Midtown development

Release Date:

06/27/2019

A Mediterranean restaurant, retail and new offices for the Baltimore Community Foundation will open up as part of a new hub in Midt

Community Foundation seeks nominations for People’s Choice Awards

Release Date:

09/06/2019

The Community Foundation of Washington County MD, Inc. is seeking nominations for its 20th annual People’s Choice Awards.

Talking Shop: Grantmaker Perspectives on Foundation Annual Reports

Thursday, June 16, 2011 at 09:00, 2011 to 10:30 AM

Join colleagues for a discussion about the value of producing foundation annual reports.

Event type:

Audience:

Topic:

Grantmaking Strategy & Tools

France-Merrick Foundation 2022 Annual Report

Release Date:

10/27/2022

The France-Merrick Foundation's annual grantee listing varies significantly from year to year and yet each cohort speaks to the collection of issues the foundation cares about and represents the type of organizations and projects

4 Ways Foundations Can Help Strengthen Nonprofits

Release Date:

04/03/2023

Most grant makers would agree, at least in principle, that helping nonprofits build organizational capacity is an important role for philanthropy.

Weinberg Foundation donates $850K to wildfire-ravaged Hawaii

Release Date:

08/10/2023

As wildfires blaze in Hawaii, taking lives and displacing people from their homes, a Baltimore charity with strong ties to the state is worried about its workers there and bracing for damage to real estate it owns.

Trump’s Racist Tweets Prompt Foundations to Speak Out

Release Date:

07/31/2019

Foundation and nonprofit leaders have been stepping forward in recent days to denounce racist tweets from Donald Trump.

Harford Coronavirus: Foundation To Aid Residents, Nonprofits

Release Date:

03/19/2020

An organization in Harford County is preparing to help those affected by the new coronavirus.

Foundations Respond to Crisis: Toward Greater Flexibility and Responsiveness?

Release Date:

12/15/2020

In light of the crises of 2020—a global health pandemic and resulting economic crisis, which have exacerbated long-standing inequities in our society, as well as a nationwide reckoning with anti-Black racism—nonprofits and funders alike have calle

How Foundations Can Foster Diversity and Inclusion

Release Date:

11/04/2021

2017 Data and Trends for Small-Staffed Foundations

Wednesday, June 28, 2017 at 09:00 to 11:30 AM

Please join Maryland Philanthropy Network and Exponent Philanthropy members for an engaging conversation with Ruth Masterson on data and trends in giving, salaries, investing, and much more in foundations that operate with few or no staff.

Event type:

Grantmaking Practice

Audience:

Members Only

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.

More Foundations Are Opting Out of Perpetuity—So What?

Release Date:

01/21/2020

Among the many trends in giving we have seen advancing over the last decade is a shift toward entertaining shorter time frames for the philanthropic spending of personal fortunes. Now, a new report from Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors suggests the number of time-limited foundations, sometimes referred to as “spend-down foundations,” is gaining on those organized to give in perpetuity.

3 Ways Foundation Heads Can Lead on Racial Equity

Release Date:

10/10/2019

Support projects that alleviate economic and social inequality by addressing their root causes, educate staff members, and change organization culture.

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