e-news

SEPT 2020

Weinberg Foundation and State of Maryland renew Deeply Affordable Housing Program bringing total Foundation commitment to $7 million
Baltimore Library Project celebrates grand openings of two newly renovated school libraries
Meet the investment professionals who guide the Foundation's growth for giving
Shanah Tovah! Happy New Year!
Biennial Community Gathering postponed until November 2021
More than $22 million in recent new grants announced

Weinberg Foundation and State of Maryland renew Deeply Affordable Housing Program

The State of Maryland recently announced a renewal of the “Affordable Rental Housing Opportunities for People with Disabilities” initiative. This collaborative effort, overseen jointly by the Departments of Disabilities (MDOD), Housing and Community Development (DHCD), and Health (MDH) will finance the creation of affordable and integrated community living opportunities statewide for low-income people with disabilities of designated populations with outstanding service needs.

Baltimore Library Project celebrates grand openings of two newly renovated school libraries

The Weinberg Foundation, and its more than 30 Library Project partners, are celebrating the 16th and 17th school libraries renovated as part of the Baltimore Elementary and Middle School Library Project. The library at Maryland School for the Blind will be completed in the fall of 2020 with Fallstaff Elementary Middle’s library slated for the spring of 2021.

Meet the investment professionals who guide the Foundation's growth for giving

The Weinberg Foundation may be best known for its grants serving people experiencing poverty. But, in simplest terms, those grants would not be possible without carefully managed investments that fuel the engine of giving.

In 2014, as part of a comprehensive strategy to professionalize and maximize organizational performance and efficiency, the Foundation launched an internal investment team, employing a chief investment officer as well as managing director of investments. In addition, the Board approved an investment advisory committee (IAC), consisting of two Board members, two Foundation staff, and now has grown to include four external members, to oversee Foundation investment activities across all asset classes.

Foundation commits $3.7 million to support education and civic initiatives in Stockton, CA

Hope can be as humble as a wish or as bold as an expectation. And in times such as we have experienced this year, it is what we must rest upon; it is what unites us and moves us forward.

Biennial Community Gathering postponed until November 2021

At a time when so many organizations are facing enormous challenges—and in light of uncertainties regarding the course of the virus itself—we feel it only appropriate to pause and look forward with hope to 2021.

More than $22 million in additional new grants announced

The Weinberg Foundation recently approved more than 47 grants totaling $22 million supporting the areas of Housing, Health, Jobs, Education, and Community Services. This does not include COVID-19 emergency grants, which are updated regularly on our website.

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