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Philanthropy and nonprofits

    Gov. Wes Moore celebrated Volunteer Maryland’s 30th anniversary during an AmeriCorps service event at the Baltimore Community ToolBank in Baltimore City on March 17, 2023.
    Maryland nonprofits and volunteers ‘devastated’ after AmeriCorps abruptly ends service
    The Trump administration’s dismantling of AmericCorps leaves volunteers without work and Maryland community programs in a lurch.
    President Trump has asked the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to cease federal funding to NPR and PBS.
    Trump signs executive order directing federal funding cuts to PBS and NPR
    President Donald Trump signed an executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR as he alleged “bias” in the broadcasters’ reporting.
    The encampment in Brooklyn Park features several tents in circle with Pam Macapagal's shelter in the center.
    Twice as many Baltimoreans needed an emergency shelter in the last 2 years
    The number of people using Baltimore’s emergency shelter system for overnight stays has doubled in the last two years, the latest city data shows.
    The Jhpiego headquarters in the Fells Point neighborhood of Baltimore. The organization began cutting jobs Thursday.
    Johns Hopkins aid groups to lay off more than 2,000 amid Trump cuts
    Jhpiego and the Center for Communication Programs, global aid groups affiliated with Johns Hopkins University, have begun layoffs and a reorganization as millions in federal funding from USAID is cut off.
    1199SEIU Senior Policy Analyst Loraine Arikat speaks during a 2023 kickoff event for With Us for Us, a coalition seeking to increase what nonprofits pay the city each year for services.
    A coalition is trying to get Baltimore’s biggest nonprofits to pay the city more
    Advocates are backing a City Council bill that would create a task force to help renegotiate Baltimore's PILOT with nonprofits.

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    An open house event for the "Concept House" near Towson in November 2024.
    The house that Second Chance built — for its founder
    Second Chance, a nonprofit, helped transform its founder Mark Foster’s Baltimore County $375,000 property, and then bought it from him for $1.5 million.
    The Jhpiego headquarters in the Fells Point neighborhood of Baltimore, Md.
    Johns Hopkins University president forecasts possible cuts after Trump directives
    In a letter to campus, Johns Hopkins University President Ron Daniels appears to brace the campus for cuts.
    Carmen Del Guercio, the outgoing CEO of Maryland Food Bank.
    Maryland Food Bank CEO proud of impactful and ‘neighbor-centered’ work as he steps down
    After eight years of serving at the helm of an organization that distributes 52 million pounds of food annually, Carmen Del Guercio is stepping down as CEO of Maryland Food Bank.
    Mandy Memmel, owner of Hon's Honey Marketplace, is photographed inside her shop in Curtis Bay, Md. on February 7, 2025.
    Hon’s Honey: Curtis Bay business buzzes with local women workers
    The Well offers clothing, food, supplies and a mentorship program for women and teens.
    WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 07: A worker removes the U.S. Agency for International Development sign on their headquarters on February 07, 2025 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) abruptly shutdown the U.S. aid agency earlier this week leaving thousands unemployed and putting U.S. foreign diplomacy and aid programs in limbo.
    Trump wants to cut humanitarian aid. These Maryland groups could suffer.
    More than 100 groups and contractors will be affected by cuts at USAID, a review by the Baltimore Banner shows.

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    The Catholic Relief Services headquarters in Baltimore on Thursday, February 6, 2025.
    Another Baltimore-based global aid group faces cuts: Catholic Relief Services
    Catholic Relief Services may be the next Baltimore-based humanitarian aid group to face major cuts as the Trump administration’s DOGE slashes USAID funding.
    Katie Curran O'Malley is the executive director of the Women's Law Center of Maryland.
    How Katie Curran O’Malley plans to keep fighting for women in the Trump era
    As executive director the Women’s Law Center of Maryland, Katie Curran O’Malley has the unprecedented task of guiding the 53-year-old organization through uncertain territory.
    Daniel Taylor of the Baltimore Development Corp. led a walking tour of the Superblock in December. Later this year, he'll take on a new role as president of the Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore.
    Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore names new president
    Dan Taylor, a longtime executive at the Baltimore Development Corp., will take over as president of the Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore later this year.
    WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 24: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the press as he prepares to depart the White House aboard Marine One on January 24, 2025 in Washington, DC. The president is traveling to North Carolina, California, Nevada and Florida over the weekend.
    What we know about Trump’s federal spending freeze and its impact on Marylanders
    What we know about President Donald Trump’s temporary pause on federal spending and its impact on Marylanders.
    Laurie Schwartz will retire this June after leading the Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore for 20 years.
    After a career spent making Baltimore better, Waterfront Partnership president retires
    Laurie Schwartz will retire on June 30 as president of the Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore, a role she has held since the nonprofit’s creation in 2005.

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