Media inquiries

Contact Gigi Wirtz, Director of Communications, by phone: 410-332-4172 ext 180, or by email.

What is BCF?

The Baltimore Community Foundation

• Helps donors plan and carry out their charitable giving in Baltimore and beyond,
• Distributes grants which anticipate as well as respond to community needs,
• Works to build a civic endowment, a permanent source of philanthropic funding for the greater Baltimore region.

What’s more, BCF works in partnership with other foundations, public agencies and the business sector, bringing a consistent voice of leadership to critical civic issues. Learn more

BCF Quick Facts

• Third largest grantmaker among Maryland’s charitable foundations.
• Over 500 different charitable funds under management. 
• 2007 audited statistics: year-end assets of $194 million; grants distributed totaling $30 million; gifts received totaling $38 million.

Expert resource on topics relating to philanthropy and civic affairs, including:

• Philanthropic planning, donor-advised funds, endowment, legacy and planned giving
• Philanthropic and nonprofit sector 
• Community / economic development, neighborhood vitality, regional transportation 
• Education, child and youth development 
• Arts sector, cultural tourism 
• Health, mental health, substance abuse, human services
• Local environmental issues

Press Releases

• BCF Elects New Trustees for 2008
• Endowment to Support City College Debate Team Honors Gil Sandler
• Schaefer Legacy Will Be $5 Million Endowment for Neighborhoods
• Small Neighborhood Grants Make Big Difference

Resources

• Maryland’s community foundations
• What is a community foundation?
  courtesy of www.cof.org 
• U.S. community foundations (locator)
• Top 100 community foundations
  courtesy of www.columbusfoundationcenter.org  

News

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HOMICIDES DOWN 35% IN CITY

May 9, 2008
Murders in Baltimore City were at a 30-year low during the first four months of 2008. Read how you can help curb gun violence.
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WILLIAM CAREY'S GIFT INSPIRES PHILANTHROPHY FOR BALTIMORE

April 29, 2008
Commentary by BCF President and CEO Thomas E. Wilcox
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BCF BOARD CHANGES

April 9, 2008
Bank, Bell-McKoy, Heller and Wilson elected to board; Caplan named honorary trustee; Pinkard named trustee emeritus.
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ENDOWMENT HONORS SANDLER, SUPPORTS CITY COLLEGE DEBATE

April 1, 2008
A new fund honoring Baltimore's beloved historian will support the City College Speech and Debate Team.
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FUND AT BCF WILL BE SCHAEFER'S LIVING LEGACY

March 24, 2008
Announcing the William Donald Schaefer Civic Fund at BCF, Senator Barbara Mikulski declared the endowment for neighborhoods to be "better than bronze" as a lasting legacy.
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BCF SHOWS HOW TO BEAT POVERTY

February 26, 2008
Donors and other guests at BCFs Beat Poverty event learned about three promising strategies .
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CONGRATULATIONS TO FALL 2007 YAR Grantees

February 20, 2008
Youth As Resources (YAR) grants support community organizing projects designed and led by young people working to address critical needs in their communities.
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CITYS YOUTH GET A BOOST

February 11, 2008
High-quality publicly-funded after-school programs are reaching more students than ever in Baltimore City.
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BCF ON WJZ-TV

February 8, 2008
WJZ-TV recently profiled two of our scholarships.
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BCF SCHOLARSHIPS FEATURED ON COMCAST

November 15, 2007
Hear BCF Senior Program Officer Danista Hunte talking about BCF scholarships on Comcast video on demand.
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BCF DONOR SERVICES HIGHLIGHTED IN NY TIMES

November 14, 2007
An article on community foundations' matchmaker role features BCF and one of its funds.
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BCF AWARDS 48 SCHOLARSHIPS

June 18, 2007
Students from Baltimore and across Central Maryland will receive $62,200
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