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December newsletter: Reflections and the road ahead
Subscribe to our newsletter! A note from Nikki Friends, It’s hard to fathom how quickly this year has flown by. For all of us at the Horizon Foundation, 2024 was a year full of[...]
November newsletter: Thanksgiving message, HCPSS Taste Test Night, recent events and more!
Subscribe to our newsletter! Thankful for you, HoCo We are so grateful for our Howard County community. This year, we launched our new strategic plan and were fortunate to engage with so many of[...]
A wonderful HCPSS Taste Test Night!
Thank you for helping us make school food better! We had an awesome night with the Howard County Public School System at its first Taste Test Night! Thank you to our Healthier Choices Coalition and[...]
October newsletter: communications as community building, HCPSS Taste Test Night, RFP update and more!
Subscribe to our newsletter! Communications as community building Earlier this month, our communications team, Cat Harmon and Kerry Darragh, flew off to Kansas City to join ComNet24, the annual nationwide conference for communications professionals[...]
Communications as community building: Reflections from ComNet24
Earlier this month, our communications team, Cat Harmon and Kerry Darragh, flew off to Kansas City to join ComNet24, the annual nationwide conference for communications professionals working on issues for social change. They heard about[...]
September newsletter: “Hello” grantees, RFP deadline approaching and more!
Subscribe to our newsletter! Meet our "hello" grantees! As part of our evolving grantmaking strategy, this year, the Horizon Foundation is piloting a process we call “hello” grants – small grants focused on meeting and[...]
“Hello” Grantee spotlight: SAILS and Community Development Network of Maryland
The Horizon Foundation’s new strategic plan that launched earlier this year brought a lot of change. For the first time in 25 years, the Foundation updated its mission, vision and values to represent a bold[...]
Open call to connect with Black women nonprofit leaders in Howard County!
The Horizon Foundation and the Women's Giving Circle are working to craft a report that identifies ways the community can better support Black women in leadership. Our hope is to elevate stories of Black women in Howard County,[...]
August newsletter: New grant opportunities now open!
Subscribe to our newsletter! New grant opportunities! Applications for two new grant opportunities from the Foundation are now open! After spending this year learning and meeting with many community groups about the health equity issues[...]
July newsletter: Fighting for birth equity, healthier school meals at HCPSS and more!
Subscribe to our newsletter! Fighting for birth equity in Maryland Maternal and child health has been in the news a lot lately, for all the wrong reasons. The maternal mortality rate in the United States[...]
Fighting for birth equity in Maryland: a conversation with Jennifer Holland
Maternal and child health has been in the news a lot recently, for all the wrong reasons. The maternal mortality rate in the United States is rising, and racial disparities are widening over time. Nationally,[...]
New initiatives to improve school meals launching this upcoming year at Howard County Public Schools
HCPSS to implement farm-to-table initiative, taste tests, town hall meetings and more to improve school meals beginning in the fall Today, officials from the Howard County Public School System (HCPSS), the Healthier Choices Coalition and[...]
June newsletter: 988 is saving lives, Open Horizon meetings, mobile market and more!
Subscribe to our newsletter! 988 is saving lives Last month, Governor Moore signed a bill into law that would permanently fund Maryland's 988 helpline. This is a huge achievement worth celebrating. In this op-ed[...]
Healthy, affordable produce is hitting the road across Howard County
Earlier this month, the Horizon Foundation and members of the Healthier Choices Coalition joined County Executive Ball, the Roving Radish and other community partners to celebrate the launch of the Roving Radish’s new mobile marketplace.[...]
May newsletter: Changemakers, mobile market, birth equity funders collaborative and more!
Subscribe to our newsletter! Congratulations to our inspirational Changemaker Challenge winners! That’s a wrap on Howard County’s 2024 Changemaker Challenge! We had a fantastic live event of this “Shark Tank for social good” competition,[...]
Congratulations to our inspirational Changemaker Challenge winners!
That’s a wrap on Howard County’s 2024 Changemaker Challenge! We had a fantastic live event of this “Shark Tank for social good” competition, where all 12 of our finalists presented their innovative ideas for social[...]
New public-private partnership formed to advance maternal and infant health in Maryland
Five philanthropic organizations join Maryland Department of Health to convene new Birth Equity Funders Collaborative (Baltimore, Md.) – Dawn Flythe Moore, Maryland’s First Lady, announced a new public-private partnership today with several philanthropic organizations to[...]
Open Horizon: Register now for our focus area Virtual 1:1 Meetings!
We are so excited to begin the next phase of rolling out the Foundation's new strategic plan: digging deeper into our new focus areas and building relationships with potential partners. In May and June, the[...]
