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POSTPONED: Maryland Philanthropy Network Open House
Thursday, June 09, 2022 at 04:00 to 06:00 PM

After a delay of 27 months, we are pleased to finally host an open house for members at our office space in Baltimore’s Hampden neighborhood! Our customized 4,000-square-foot office features a polished and comfortable conference room (twice the size as our old one), casual meeting areas, an open kitchen, and over 100 feet of gallery space. During the open house, we invite you to tour our offices and convening spaces, experience our first art installations - The Photographer is Listening by Edwin Remsberg and Positive Connection by G.M. Webb, all while enjoying light fare with friends and colleagues as we establish the new center for philanthropy in Maryland.

Event type: 
Network Building
Audience: 
All Funders
Members Only
Advancing Equity

We value racial equity as an organizational operating principle and are committed to continued learning on issues related to race, equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Safeguarding Homeownership from the Impacts of COVID-19
Thursday, June 30, 2022 at 09:30 to 11:00 AM

Join the Community Investment Affinity Group to hear about the issues and implications of declining homeownership in Maryland and Baltimore, as well as efforts to blunt the pandemic’s impact on homeownership. Participants will leave with a greater understanding of what investments, connections, and elements are needed, where funder’s interests are, and possible roles for philanthropy.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Community Investment Funders
Members Only
Topic: 
COVID-19
Funding Area: 
Community Development/Neighborhoods
Housing and Homelessness
What if Philanthropy Celebrated Black Abundance?
Wednesday, September 28, 2022 at 02:00 to 03:00 PM

As many grassroots groups have pointed out over decades, philanthropy, as an institution, is complicit in anti-Blackness. As funders, we can begin to remedy philanthropy’s unjust practices, policies, and outcomes through our explicit and intentional actions. Abundance is a movement in philanthropy to change practice, policy, mindsets, and ways of being to support Black people and communities. Join the session to hear how funders are taking action towards Abundance, and learn how you can be a part of the movement.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Members Only
Topic: 
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Social Isolation and Loneliness Forum
Wednesday, September 30, 2020 at 03:00 to 05:15 PM

Join Maryland Philanthropy Network's Affinity Group on Aging for a special virtual forum highlighting research on the health impact of social isolation and loneliness among Older Adults contributing to higher rates of mortality, depression, and cognitive decline.

Event type: 
Community Issues
Audience: 
Aging/Older Adults Funders
Members Only
Topic: 
COVID-19
Funding Area: 
Behavioral Health
Health Access and Care
Older Adults
Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative Signs onto National Good Jobs Statement
Release Date: 
12/20/2022

The Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative recently signed onto a national statement on good jobs. The broadly shared, widely endorsed definition of what constitutes a good job was released by the Good Jobs Champions Group, convened by the Families and Workers Fund and the Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program, in October 2022. Signed by over 100 leaders from business, labor, policy, philanthropy, academia, and workforce development it represents a historic step forward toward a future in which all work is valued; no one working full-time lives in or near poverty; companies and workers thrive alongside each other; and diverse talent is never overlooked.

11 Trends in Philanthropy for 2023: Anticipate and Embrace What’s Next
Release Date: 
01/18/2023

The philanthropic sector is an ecosystem: a web of interdependent actors, infinitely variable, striving constantly to build something greater than the sum of its parts. Philanthropy is also getting organized and reorganized. Funding collaboratives, unionized labor, new governance structures — individual actors are making moves, coming together to cause change on a broader scale. As ideas and methods gain attention, they introduce yet more dynamism to the environment. Today, we see this push-pull at work. In 2023 and beyond, we’ll see how it plays out. Check out the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy's 11 Trends in Philanthropy for 2023 Report to help you anticipate and embrace what’s next.

Baltimore Youth Initiative Issues Grants to 10 Organizations
Release Date: 
02/15/2023

Baltimore’s Promise, in part­ner­ship with the Annie E. Casey Foun­da­tion and the Har­ry and Jeanette Wein­berg Foun­da­tion, recent­ly announced a pack­age of 10 grants total­ing rough­ly $525,000 through its Youth Grant­mak­ers Ini­tia­tive. The effort, which fea­tured a group of 15 Bal­ti­more-area youth and young adults between the ages of 16 and 25 in promi­nent design and deci­sion-mak­ing roles, grant­ed funds to 10 local orga­ni­za­tions.

Baltimore philanthropist and businessman Sheldon Goldseker remembered as honest, humble
Release Date: 
10/23/2023

Sheldon Goldseker, a Baltimore real estate executive and the founding chairman of a foundation that has given millions of dollars to hundreds of local institutions, was remembered this week as a generous, community-minded leader who pursued the betterment of Baltimore without seeking the limelight. He died Friday at 82.

Disaster Grantmaking

Maryland Philanthropy Network is committed to supporting the coordination and education of the Maryland philanthropic sector to effectively prepare for, respond to, and recover from a major local disaster.

11 Trends in Philanthropy for 2025: Anticipate and Embrace What’s Next
Release Date: 
01/15/2025

The ninth annual report on trends in philanthropy from the Dorothy A. Johnson Center for Philanthropy aims to help fundraisers, grantmakers, donors, consultants, and more anticipate and prepare for what's next in our field. Five years since the COVID-19 pandemic reshaped our daily lives and presented us with challenges unlike any we’d faced before. Half a decade later, we’re left to reflect on how much has truly changed — and what remains the same.

Evidence of Racial Bias in Home Appraisals in the Baltimore Metropolitan Area
Release Date: 
03/04/2025

Racial bias in home appraising can harm individuals by making home purchases more expensive or refinancing unattainable, but when compounded on the community level, it can have profound impacts on minority communities’ ability to build wealth. Using newly available federal data, this report finds evidence of systemic appraisal bias that undervalues homes in predominantly Black communities in Baltimore City and the surrounding counties.

Maryland Philanthropy Network’s Member Directory for Grantseekers

The directory is your local resource to the specific interests and contacts at private foundations and corporate giving programs in central Maryland – including private foundations that do not review proposals. Members of the Maryland Philanthropy Network' provide their own information to simplify your grant research. The directory does not rely on public databases.

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