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03/19/2020
Lauren Smith’s opinion article, How to Help the Most Vulnerable Through the Pandemic, made an important point about a focus on equity in philanthropy’s r
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05/05/2020
Howard Bank announced Tuesday it will host its “Keep It Local” contest for the second consecutive year to support small businesses in and around the Baltimore region. The goal is to recognize and support a local small business for its extraordinar
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05/25/2020
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.
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05/26/2020
Whenever classes return to school buildings, they’re likely to be very different than the day students walked out so suddenly in March.
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06/19/2020
T. Rowe Price Group Inc. is donating $2 million to organizations fighting racial injustice.
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06/26/2020
At the Frederick Rescue Mission Thursday, local food banks met to receive $5,000 from the Ausherman Family Foundation.
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07/17/2020
What a year to task ourselves with whittling down a shortlist of award-worthy companies and nonprofits based on their philanthropy and good deeds around Baltimore.
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08/03/2020
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.
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07/31/2020
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
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07/06/2020
As we contend with two seismically important events — the Covid -19 pandemic and the uprisings over police brutality and systemic racism — foundations and nonprofits need to work harder than ever to build trust in their programs and policies.
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07/06/2020
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.
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07/09/2020
Washington, DC - Mary’s Center announced today a partnership with five foundations to establish and administer the D.C.
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07/30/2020
Maryland’s state schools superintendent announced on July 22 that schools should set a goal of returning students to classrooms by the end of the yea
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07/14/2020
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
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08/11/2020
A day after a deadly explosion leveled three homes in Northwest Baltimore, people from far-away counties and neighboring states arrived at the blast
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08/18/2020
Buried under the flood of information about the coronavirus pandemic and the country’s economic struggles was news of a policy switch that puts the a
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08/17/2020
Appeals of rulings by the Small Business Administration could add months to businesses’ efforts to see their Paycheck Protection Program loans forgiven.
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10/14/2020
Calvin Butler took the mantle as the new chairman of the Greater Baltimore Committee on Wednesday and outlined his vision for how the business advocacy organization will "evolve" and become more of a leader in addressing racial in
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10/12/2020
The coronavirus pandemic has pushed many people into a new workplace exclusively at home, while others go into the office one or two days a week. Some essential employees are always at the office, but the number of employees in a workspace has dr
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10/22/2020
When the pandemic began, BEACON House, Inc., a Hagerstown nonprofit dedicated to providing STEAM education to low-income and minority students, lost not only most of its revenue streams but also the school buildings out of which it operated its be