Philanthropy and nonprofits

Montgomery County’s Toys for Tots was in desperate need of a warehouse, and they finally got one.

The billionaire philanthropist has given $50 million to Bowie State University, the historically Black university’s largest gift in school history.

On Veterans Day, hundreds of dignitaries, politicians, and servicemen and servicewomen dedicated the park to veterans and steelmaking heritage.

Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott’s second gift to Morgan State University, $63 million, came as a surprise.

The president and CEO of the National Aquarium in Baltimore, John Racanelli, is retiring “by the end of the year,” aquarium officials said Thursday.

In a new court filing, an appraiser for Second Chance says the IRS is waging a “scorched earth assault” on the Baltimore-based nonprofit that sells secondhand furniture and building supplies.

In the 15 years since its founding, Volo Sports has grown to be the largest provider of social sports in the nation. And the company’s nonprofit arm, launched in 2015, has grown too.

Fagan Harris will return to the nonprofit sector where he had spent all of his career before joining Wes Moore’s administration.

Ellicott City Partnership has parted ways with its executive director Sharon Christiansen at a time of significant consequence for the historic Main Street.

Congress passed the Recissions Act of 2025, guaranteeing the end of federal funding of public media and putting local stations in a financial predicament.

The grant will support The Banner’s mission to deliver high-impact, nonprofit journalism.

At ARPA funding dries up, many nonprofits have also been socked by the loss of other federal dollars slashed under the Trump administration.

The Baltimore Banner will use artificial intelligence to better classify content and analyze audience feedback.

A federal lawsuit filed by Second Chance reveals that the Baltimore nonprofit and its founder, Mark Foster, are under IRS scrutiny.

Please join us in welcoming these young journalists to our newsroom.

The Banner receives News Organization of the Year (Division A) and 18 Best in Show, 14 first-place and 25 second-place awards.

Each honoree was selected from a pool of community nominations by a committee of local leaders.

The Abell Foundation contributes $16 million to causes each year, and Embry has guided that giving.

The Trump administration’s dismantling of AmericCorps leaves volunteers without work and Maryland community programs in a lurch.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order aiming to slash public subsidies to PBS and NPR as he alleged “bias” in the broadcasters’ reporting.