The number of working African American business owners in the United States plummeted more than 40 percent as the coronavirus shut down much of the economy — a far steeper drop than other racial groups experienced, according to an analysis confirming fears the pandemic would deepen inequalities in the business world.
United Way of Central Maryland Thursday announced it received a $150,000 grant from Truist Financial Corporation for the nonprofit’s COVID-19 Community Fund to support people and organizations in need during the pandemic.
Whenever classes return to school buildings, they’re likely to be very different than the day students walked out so suddenly in March.
Maryland Philanthropy Network is pleased to host Dr. Karen Salmon, State Superintendent of Schools, for a briefing about philanthropy’s role moving forward followed by discussion. Dr. Salmon will address questions such as the availability of state funding to address the digital divide, contingency plans should the pandemic return full force in the next school year and how MSDE is thinking about the community schools strategy in reconstruction and redesign.
White people aren’t inherently bad or broken. We are humans, born into and conditioned by a toxic culture of whiteness.
What will the business community do this time?
T. Rowe Price Group Inc. is donating $2 million to organizations fighting racial injustice.
At the Frederick Rescue Mission Thursday, local food banks met to receive $5,000 from the Ausherman Family Foundation.
In response to the ongoing mental health challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Horizon Foundation recently awarded over $56,000 in new grants to 25 community organizations to launch projects to mitigate the negative effec
The twin crises of pandemic and recession are straining the region’s philanthropies and could force as many as a third of nonprofits to close or merge before the economy recovers, according to top executives in the sector.
Fewer than a third of Paycheck Protection Program loans of at least $150,000 in Baltimore went to areas of the city where minorities make up the majority of the population — and most of those loans didn't go to Black-owned businesses, a Baltimore
Almost half of the licensed daycare providers in Prince George’s County, Maryland, were forced to close their doors since the pandemic began.
The Community Foundation of Anne Arundel County (CFAAC) has announced $162,250 in grants awarded through its Fund for Anne Arundel to six local nonprofit organizations that provide opportunities for children living in Anne Arundel County to be hea
The Fulton Forward Foundation recently donated $75,000 to the Washington County COVID-19 Emergency Assistance Fund. The fund is a campaign organized by the Community Foundation and United Way of Washington County.
Washington, DC - Mary’s Center announced today a partnership with five foundations to establish and administer the D.C.
Last fall, Nica Vasquez wondered how she could start volunteering in her community.
New incentives and flexible loans aren't enough to reverse a falling rate of homeownership in Baltimore's Black community because many families find it too difficult to overcome systemic racism and inequities, says a new report by the Baltimore-ba
A day after a deadly explosion leveled three homes in Northwest Baltimore, people from far-away counties and neighboring states arrived at the blast
Nonprofits that serve communities of color struggle to survive because of systemic racial disparities and biases. To surmount these challenges, we recommend seven approaches that have emerged from our work with these communities.
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield invested $1 million in the distribution of care packages including masks, hand sanitizer and no-touch tools for high-risk members in Maryland, the District of Columbia and northern Virginia.
