Philanthropy and nonprofits

The Community Action Council of Howard County secured a $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to revitalize housing units.

The Arts Council of Anne Arundel County and Visit Annapolis want to turn a tiny speck of donated land into a performing arts and conference center.

Baltimore salvage store Second Chance faces a federal lawsuit that alleges the nonprofit committed wage theft against dozens of workers.

Architectural salvage store Second Chance is growing its footprint in South Baltimore and hoping to replicate its showroom and programs in Philadelphia.

Fitzsimmons-Peters died July 9 from post-delivery complications, just days after giving birth to Josie, her second child and only daughter. She was 34. Josie is healthy, her family said.

Horseshoe crab blood is a vital part of the pharmaceutical industry — but this nonprofit group says Maryland obfuscates how it regulates their harvest.

Nominations closed after May 15.

Mr. Trash Wheel, the googly-eyed, solar-powered trash interceptor who sits where the Jones Falls meets the Inner Harbor, has been gobbling garbage for 10 years.

In addition to waiving fees, BARCS will have an “adopt-a-thon” this weekend.

Ninety-nine percent of Goucher College students get financial aid or scholarships of some kind, its president said.

Nominate someone for the 2024 class of Baltimore Homecoming Heroes. Nominations close after May 15.

Peter Angelos helped Baltimoreans and Marylanders countless times and in countless ways that he didn't want anybody to know about, Tom Minkin, his friend and longest-serving legal associate, says.

MacKenzie Scott’s latest round giving went to several Baltimore organizations, including Marian House and Wide Angle Youth Media.

Anne Arundel County’s Nonprofit Center has launched an events hub to link residents with nonprofit organizations.

People in Baltimore can address an urgent need by becoming foster parents for refugee children, Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, president and CEO of Baltimore-based Global Refuge, says.

After three years of operating a holiday food pantry in the hallway of her Annapolis apartment building, public housing resident Donna Johnson was told she needed to shut it down. Local officials cited code violations and neighbors' complaints.

A major donor is suing the One Love Foundation, a nonprofit founded in honor of Baltimore native Yeardley Love, claiming that Sharon Love, Yeardley's mother and the organization's co-founder, opposed "outreach to LGBTQ and minority communities," prompting the CEO and nearly all board members to resign.

After a halfway-constructed senior center was burned down in East Baltimore, a partnership emerged between a pastor and a mortgage broker. Their collaboration has provided meals and holiday gifts to families across the city.

Ultimately, Hardy said the aim is to let kids be kids, however that manifests for each of them. It’s a luxury he wasn’t afforded.

Hood College will use all of the largest gift in its 130-year history for undergraduate, merit-based scholarships, Andrea E. Chapdelaine, the president of Hood, says.