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A New Year's Resolve: For Climate and Maryland
Release Date: 
01/01/2025

Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi, co-founder of the Mizrahi Family Charitable Fund, shares thoughts on the climate, environment, and hopes for the new year in Maryland Matters.

Racial Equity in Lean Foundations: Closing the Gap Between Intention and Impact
Release Date: 
08/16/2022

Collected through FOMR data, surveys, and interviews with members, this new report from Exponent Philanthropy centers on the relevance of racial equity to their members’ mission, as well as board and staff demographics. The report also describes how racial equity relates to good governance, grantmaking, and investment practices.

Baltimore's School-Centered Neighborhood Investments: An Analysis of the Implementation and Emerging Outcomes of the 21st Century School Building Program
Release Date: 
11/02/2020

Maryland Philanthropy Network’s (MPN) School-Centered Neighborhood Investment Initiative (SCNII) funded a research team to conduct an initial analysis that sought to document the 21CSBP’s implementation process, understand the complex relationships among responsible agencies, and explore the implementation and emerging outcomes of the program in three neighborhoods. Their recent report attempts to answer the question what is – and what should be – the role of a “community school?"

Grantmaker's Fundamentals Series | Part 3: Nonprofit Finance
Thursday, May 19, 2022 at 09:30 to 11:30 AM

All grantmakers are invited to participate in this four-part professional development series taught by our region's experienced practitioners, presented by Maryland Philanthropy Network. Session Three will cover understanding nonprofit financial statements with Jennifer Pedroni, Director at BDO FMA. Participants will learn how to read and understand budgets and financial statements to assess the health of an organization.  They will also learn what questions to ask and understand how to interpret the numbers based on a nonprofit organization's age, mission, or funding streams.

Event type: 
Grantmaking Practice
Audience: 
All Funders
Grants Managers/Administrators
Topic: 
Grantmaking Strategy & Tools
Nonprofit Financials
Report Finds Scant Funding for Disability Rights and Social Justice — and Points the Way Forward
Release Date: 
04/26/2023

“Foundation Giving for Disability: Priorities and Trends”, a rigorous new study commissioned by the Disability & Philanthropy Forum, is the first study of its kind to map philanthropic giving for disability causes. The report goes beyond big-picture dollar figures to point out key imbalances within philanthropy, most notably the minuscule amount of support and action to advance social justice for people with disabilities across the spectrum of funding. 

Census citizenship question hurts equity efforts
Release Date: 
08/07/2018

Social movements require bold responses, especially when government policy would directly discriminate against classes of people. We are active in our fight for equity, and we can be active in this battle over the Census question, writes Horizon Foundation CEO and Maryland Philanthropy Network Board Member Nikki Highsmith Vernick.

Key Bridge Relief and Recovery Efforts
Release Date: 
03/28/2024

The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed after being struck by the 984-foot-long cargo ship, the Dali, early in the morning on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. As we do during times of disaster, Maryland Philanthropy Network will serve as a clearinghouse for resources and information about relief and recovery efforts. This page will be updated as new information is received, so please check it regularly. 

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