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10/26/2021
The Daily Record has named Shanaysha M. Sauls, Baltimore Community Foundation, among the 28 honorees of Maryland’s 2021 Most Admired CEOs.
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10/27/2021
After years of complaints that public education is underfunded, Maryland schools will see an unprecedented influx of cash in the coming years, $3 bil
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11/12/2021
Michael Bloomberg’s philanthropy group is giving nearly $4 million to Baltimore's Promise, a nonprofit that supports city youth from childhood to adulthood and into their careers.
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01/04/2022
Even the best-intentioned philanthropies can’t support what they don’t see.
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06/07/2021
Community foundations continue to have more interest in responsive investing and are looking to increase exposure in private investments while decreasing exposure to hedge funds and fixed income, according to a new survey.
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03/10/2022
Donors are joining hands at a pace we have never seen before — a trend that seems poised to continue to unlock billions more dollars in the coming years. Prompted in large part by the desire by many donors and grant makers to find more effective ways to advance equity in the United States and around the world, these collaboratives could show the way to unlocking greater giving to support social justice. And they could lead to a shift in how philanthropic dollars are distributed — most of these collaboratives are led by people of color and others who have direct experience navigating an unequal world.
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03/23/2022
As a child, whether she knew it or not, Becki Kurdle was making mental notes that would help lead her to her love of giving and helping others. Her parents’ volunteerism left an indelible impression on her.
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05/31/2022
Four years after launching an impact investing fund aimed at making loans to local community groups, Baltimore Community Foundation is growing this part of its portfolio further as giving remains high.
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06/30/2022
There was a time, not so very long ago, when Baltimore seemed to be turning a corner, with a relatively affluent metro area, new development, and rising incomes during the 2000s.
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07/13/2022
In May, the PEAK Rocky Mountain and PEAK Northern California chapters hosted a panel discussion where grants professionals shared how their respective organizations are operationalizing the principles of trust-bas
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07/14/2022
Maryland Nonprofits is excited to share the names of the 50 frontline, essential nonprofit workers who received a Service with Distinction Award including Maryland Philanthropy Network member Joyce
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07/25/2022
Mental health, affordable housing and disparities related to diversity are the top three needs facing Frederick County, according to a study commissioned by The Community Foundation of Frederick County.
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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.
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07/22/2022
Black women philanthropists are essential to the growth of the philanthropic space and yet are often sidelined.
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08/17/2022
Between May 2020 to May 2021, Funders Together to End Homelessness (Funders Together) embarked on a strategic planning process in collaboration with Wayfinding Partners.
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09/26/2022
Ten Baltimore organizations each received $25,000 to continue their work supporting Black residents in the Baltimore area.
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12/21/2022
The $1.7 trillion spending package President Biden signed into law shortly before the New Year left the biggest item on charities’ legislative agenda out in the cold.
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01/01/2023
In philanthropy, it’s often assumed that the more money you spend, the bigger the impact you can have.
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04/03/2023
Most grant makers would agree, at least in principle, that helping nonprofits build organizational capacity is an important role for philanthropy.