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02/05/2020
The 2020 session of Maryland’s General Assembly is in full swing.
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04/27/2020
THE CORONAVIRUS has thrown many of the ills of American society into sharp relief: slow decision-making, inequality and a safety-net full of holes. A superpower that should have been well prepared to fight the pandemic is floundering instead.
Tuesday, December 03, 2019 at 12:00 to 01:30 PM
Moving the Needle. Changing Systems. Giving Collaboratives. Impact Investing. Being able to see the impact of giving is a priority for this next generation of donors.
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12/02/2019
Through the Peace and Security Funding Index, Candid and the Peace and Security Funders Group aim to illuminate the field of peace and security grantmaking and provide a nuanced understanding of the issues and strategies peace and security funders support.
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01/14/2020
Across our field, in politics, in business, and in our communities, Americans are questioning the very nature of philanthropy and probing its core value.
Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at 01:00 to 02:30 PM
Join PEAK Grantmaking's President and CEO, Satonya Fair, for a discussion to help grantmakers understand what we're doing that might be systematically putting certain organizations and projects at a disadvantage, without meaning to. We'll also identify how we can work proactively to level the playing field, or even improve the chances, for organizations and leaders that have been historically disenfranchised.
Tuesday, December 05, 2017 at 01:00 to 02:30 PM
Join us as we celebrate the top resources from across the youth philanthropy field.
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Tuesday, November 01, 2016 at 09:00 to 10:00 AM
The behind the scenes orchestration of managing and administering grants is often as varied as the grantmaking organizations themselves.
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Thursday, April 15, 2021 at 11:00 to 12:00 PM
Businesses large and small will be critical partners as the world continues to heal from the global pandemic and its economic impacts. The field of corporate philanthropy will shift and adapt to make the most of limited resources of human and financial capital to help communities in their back yard and beyond. Maureen Flynn from Changing Our World - a consulting company dedicated to helping the private sector act as a force for public good - will moderate a discussion with Mateus Baptista, Deputy Director at Panasonic, and Michele Mehaffy, Consumer Affairs Manager at Wegmans, about how this work continues to evolve to meet community need.
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The Maryland Aging Innovations Group of Maryland Philanthropy Network (MPN) facilitates its members’ in-depth exploration of issues and impact on targeted community concerns in the field of aging. This group engages MPN members and non-profit and community leaders across multiple sectors working together to improve the quality of life for older adults in Maryland.
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.
Wednesday, April 03, 2024 at 01:00 to 02:00 PM
Fusion Partnerships is a grassroots fiscal sponsor that is co-led, has a consensus driven board structure, and ensures governance by those impacted by that governance that exists to work toward social jus
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CHANGING THE FUTURE
Stepping Toward Equity…
In recent years, foundations and other funding institutions across the nation have turned their attention to the concept of incorporating a “DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion),” “REI Racial Equity and Inclusion),” “REEI (Racial and Ethnic Equity and Inclusion),” or “Healing and Reconciliation” Lens in their grantmaking processes.
Not discussed as often is the analytical frame that undergirds these marketing terms; the “change” the institutional funding entity is trying to address: expanding “diversity” — a more...
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03/19/2019
[Women's Philanthropy Institute in partnership with the YWCA and Facebook] celebrated the official launch of the I Am A Philanthropist campaign with a series of stories on Refinery29.
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06/12/2019
The Horizon Foundation has appointed Anne Brinker as its new chief operating officer.
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08/08/2019
When one of the air-conditioning units failed in late July, the Community Foundation of Washington County MD Inc. came up with the funding to replace the unit.
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12/30/2019
Concerns about tainted money, undue pressure on fundraisers, the inequality gap, and the role of philanthropy in fixing democracy are among the issues we covered in the past year that will continue as major forces in the year ahead.
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03/02/2020
In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, community and individual resiliency can be actively promoted by philanthropy and others in the social sector.
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05/22/2020
CLLCTIVLY launches a no-strings-attached micro-grant to support Black-led and Black-owned organizations on the frontlines— serving children and families who have become even more economically vulnerable as a result of COVID-19.
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02/01/2022
Danielle Torain joins Sloane Brown to talk about her first two years as director of Open Society Institute Baltimore, and how COVID-19, issues of racial equity and new motherhood have affected that role.