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Bridging Practice to Lead Forward: An Invitation from the Leadership Transitions Funders Group
Thursday, June 15, 2023 at 02:00 to 03:30 PM

Over the course of a year, Philanthropy New York's Leadership Transitions Funders Group has engaged a group of NYC-based funders in building a community of practice. The goal has been to strengthen funder practices around supporting nonprofits going through leadership transitions and to more broadly address transition patterns or moments as they arise within the movements/fields we support. 
What we’ve learned about funder behavior and funder practices transcends the space of supporting leadership transitions. In other words, adopting holistic funding practices and supporting organizational capacity strengthens the nonprofit sector, period.  

Event type: 
Grantmaking Practice
Audience: 
All Funders
Topic: 
Nonprofits
Member Sponsored Briefing: Youth Grantmakers Focus on Economic Mobility
Friday, April 14, 2023 at 01:30 to 03:00 PM

Youth Grantmakers (YG) is a permanent, youth-led grantmaking body through which private and public youth-serving resources can flow. Baltimore’s Promise serves as the organizational home for this initiative working with local Funders and youth themselves to create a pooled grantmaking model. This intergenerational, grantmaking model has been developed in partnership with older youth from Baltimore City ages 16-24 as the inaugural cohort of YGs. 

According to the Baltimore City Youth Opportunities Landscape, only 9% of youth opportunities are available to youth ages 16-24 who have graduated high school or are not in school or working.  Therefore, in response to the overwhelming need for more opportunities, this first cycle of grantmaking distributed $525,000 in resources to support 10 youth-serving organizations providing economic opportunity and mobility programming for Baltimore City older youth ages 16-24.  

Event type: 
Member Sponsored Briefing
Audience: 
All Funders
Education Funders
Workforce Development Funders
Funding Area: 
Capacity Building
Children's and Youth Services
Education
Employment/Workforce development
Financial Literacy and Asset Building
Demystifying Trust-Based Philanthropy Session #2: Does Unrestricted Funding Automatically Make a Funder Trust-Based?
Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 03:00 to 05:00 PM

This is the second session of a 6-part webinar series on Demystifying Trust-Based Philanthropy focused on addressing common questions, clarifying misconceptions, and exploring ways to overcome obstacles in implementing trust-based philanthropy. In this session, we’ll unpack the difference between unrestricted funding that is deployed in a trust-based way, and what it looks like when it’s not. We’ll also share case studies from funders who have shifted from project-specific to majority unrestricted funding, as well as those who have embedded trust-based values within semi-restricted grants. Participants can expect to gain greater clarity on the philosophy behind unrestricted funding in a trust-based context, and strategies for aligning trust-based values with the way grants are structured and deployed.

Event type: 
Grantmaking Practice
Audience: 
All Funders
Topic: 
Grantmaking Strategy & Tools
40 Years of Philanthropy: Celebrating our MPN Community
Friday, September 29, 2023 at 09:00 to 12:00 PM

This year Maryland Philanthropy Network is reuniting for our first in-person meeting since 2019 to celebrate our 40th Anniversary! MPN members are invited to join us for a morning of reconnection, celebration, and updates on the vibrant activities of our network. We are excited to have Susan Taylor Batten, president and chief executive officer of ABFE: A Philanthropic Partnership for Black Communities, as our keynote speaker to inspire and challenge us as we continue working together for an equitable and just Maryland.

Event type: 
Conference
Audience: 
All Funders
Topic: 
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Conversation with Raphael López, Secretary of the Maryland Department of Human Services
Friday, January 19, 2024 at 01:00 to 02:30 PM

This meeting has been postponed. A new date and time will be provided soon. We apologize for any inconvenience. 

Join us for what is sure to a be a stimulating and inspiring conversation with Cabinet Secretary Raphael López leading Maryland’s Department of Human Services. Learn about his vision for the department, key priorities, the current opportunity for systems change in our state, and how to work better together to support Maryland communities. Given the intersectional nature of the issues, all MPN members are encouraged to attend.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
All Funders
Members Only
Topic: 
Public Policy
Public/Private Partnership
How Baltimore is Improving Sports Access for Children
Release Date: 
04/09/2024

Baltimore has a rich history of developing its children and communities through sports – from the childhood of Babe Ruth to the proliferation of recreation centers in the 1960s and ‘70s, from the rise of decorated Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps to

Public Policy

Maryland Philanthropy Network seeks to grow and support our members capacity to engage in public policy.

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