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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
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HOMICIDES DOWN 35% IN CITYMay 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. Learn More WILLIAM CAREY'S GIFT INSPIRES PHILANTHROPHY FOR BALTIMOREApril 29, 2008 Commentary by BCF President and CEO Thomas E. Wilcox Learn More BCF BOARD CHANGESApril 9, 2008 Bank, Bell-McKoy, Heller and Wilson elected to board; Caplan named honorary trustee; Pinkard named trustee emeritus. Learn More ENDOWMENT HONORS SANDLER, SUPPORTS CITY COLLEGE DEBATEApril 1, 2008 A new fund honoring Baltimore's beloved historian will support the City College Speech and Debate Team. Learn More FUND AT BCF WILL BE SCHAEFER'S LIVING LEGACYMarch 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. Learn More BCF SHOWS HOW TO BEAT POVERTYFebruary 26, 2008 Donors and other guests at BCFs Beat Poverty event learned about three promising strategies . Learn More CONGRATULATIONS TO FALL 2007 YAR GranteesFebruary 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. Learn More CITYS YOUTH GET A BOOSTFebruary 11, 2008 High-quality publicly-funded after-school programs are reaching more students than ever in Baltimore City. Learn More BCF ON WJZ-TVFebruary 8, 2008 WJZ-TV recently profiled two of our scholarships. Learn More BCF SCHOLARSHIPS FEATURED ON COMCASTNovember 15, 2007 Hear BCF Senior Program Officer Danista Hunte talking about BCF scholarships on Comcast video on demand. Learn More BCF DONOR SERVICES HIGHLIGHTED IN NY TIMESNovember 14, 2007 An article on community foundations' matchmaker role features BCF and one of its funds. Learn More BCF AWARDS 48 SCHOLARSHIPSJune 18, 2007 Students from Baltimore and across Central Maryland will receive $62,200 Learn More
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