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Wes Guckert, CEO and founder of The Traffic Group, dies
Wes Guckert, the founder, CEO and chairman of Baltimore County-based The Traffic Group, died after a brief hospitalization.
When formal systems stop working, neighbors turn to one another in what many call ‘mutual aid’
Grassroots mutual aid projects rise to helping neighbors with food, supplies, and community support amid economic uncertainty.
Maryland Food Bank awarded $750K grant
The Maryland Food Bank has been awarded a $750,000 grant from Walmart and Feeding America to aid its fight against food insecurity.
Charitable giving reached all-time high in 2020, report finds
Galvanized by racial justice protests and the coronavirus pandemic, charitable giving in the United States reached a record $471 billion in 2020, a report found.
Most nonprofits emerge from COVID-19 pandemic wounded but still open
Nonprofits across the nation suffered deep economic hardships during the COVID-19 pandemic, but strong government support and stepped-up giving appears to have averted widespread charity failures.
Charitable giving by individual Americans drops in 2018
Charitable giving by individual Americans in 2018 suffered its biggest drop since the Great Recession of 2008-09, in part because of Republican-backed changes in tax policy, according to the latest […]
Official: Finances force nearly century-old Maryland charity to close
An official with a 91-year-old Episcopal nonprofit says financial challenges have forced the charity to shutter and transfer its child care services to other organizations.
Training to help others
Charity races are a great way to contribute to your community and show support for causes important to you -- even while you're on vacation.
Celebrate with charity
A great way to involve volunteerism into a special day is to integrate some worthy causes into the event itself.
Spring cleaning for a cause
Here are some organizations that are great for lawyers to think about donating things that you won’t need again next season!
Years of service, measured in happy hours
A novel way to both meet interesting people in your field and to draw in people that might not otherwise attend after-hours functions.
Unrest in city prompts surge in volunteer interest
After last week's riots and fires in Baltimore, an overwhelming number of people have reached out to local nonprofits saying they want to help. At Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Chesapeake, that's meant a 3,000 percent increase in volunteer inquiries, said Terry Hickey, the organization's president and CEO. "We usually get about four inquiries a day. In the past two days, we've had [...]
