Maryland officials will launch a one-stop, preregistration web portal soon for people looking to book COVID-19 immunization appointments at the state
The global reach of Covid and its staying power both as a killer disease and an economic menace attracted a philanthropic response of $20.2 billion last year, more than double the amount given to the previous top 10 disasters combined, according to preliminary estimates released Wednesday. For many nonprofit leaders, however, the true measure of philanthropy’s response to both the pandemic and the racial-justice uprisings that followed the killing of George Floyd in May will be in whether foundations and other donors continue the less restrictive approaches to grant making they adopted during the pandemic’s early weeks.
A major change is coming to the local leadership team of the biggest bank in Maryland. Sabina Kelly, Bank of America's market president for Greater Maryland since 2016, will retire at the end of March after a 41-year banking career.
Please join The Abell Foundation, Maryland Philanthropy Network, The Annie E.
Mary Ann Scully, the chairman and CEO of Howard Bank, was honored Thursday as Industrialist of the Year by Baltimore Museum of Industry.
Youth and young adults in low-income families often lack access to activities — academic, recreational, enrichment or work experience — that keep them engaged over the summer. In 2016, nine organizations — the Abell Foundation, Annie E.
Baltimore medical device company Harpoon Medical’s acquisition earlier this month was a windfall for The Abell Foundation, one of its early investors.
Words have power. Too often today, they are being used to tear us down and apart, making us feel helpless and defenseless. Alternatively, words can build us up, strengthen us and give us the ability to move forward together, constructively.
With the American Rescue Plan allocating hundreds of billions of dollars across the country, it is essential for state and local governments to set up community investment boards (CIBs) that strengthen public-private partnerships and advance equit
Empowered Women Make it Happen. At this year’s YWCA National Capital Area luncheon, they will gather virtually to honor four phenomenal women, who educated, fed, guided and advocated for communities as we all navigated a global pandemic.
The United Way of Central Maryland announced Tuesday it will expand the Strategic Targeted Eviction Prevention (STEP) Program to serve residents in Baltimore City as well as Baltimore, Harford, and Howard counties as the national
The Chesapeake Bay Trust announced a $65,000 Green Streets, Green Jobs, Green Towns grant to the City of Annapolis for the design and construction of much-needed improvements to Hawkins Cove in Eastport.
Maryland Philanthropy Network recently spoke with The Chronicle of Philanthropy about changes to MPN's physical space, communications, and programs to be more welcoming to disabled people.
The Baltimore Community Foundation (BCF) announced $1 million in grants to 20 nonprofits providing programs or services that directly support the resiliency of majority-Black communities in targeted neighborhoods of West and Northwest Baltimore.
The Daily Record has named Nikki Highsmith Vernick, Horizon Foundation, among the 28 honorees of Maryland’s 2021 Most Admired CEOs.
The Daily Record has named Shanaysha M. Sauls, Baltimore Community Foundation, among the 28 honorees of Maryland’s 2021 Most Admired CEOs.
After years of complaints that public education is underfunded, Maryland schools will see an unprecedented influx of cash in the coming years, $3 bil
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.
Even the best-intentioned philanthropies can’t support what they don’t see.
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.