Category: Fundraising

Johns Hopkins Neighborhood Fund helps 21 local nonprofits

May 29, 2012

Twenty-one local nonprofit organizations have received financial support from the Johns Hopkins Neighborhood Fund in the form of grants totaling nearly $263,000. Sixty-six agencies applied in February for funding, with requests totaling nearly $800,000 for projects that address the needs of communities around Johns Hopkins campuses in the areas of public safety, health, employment, education […]

JHU’s got talent—and passion

November 7, 2011

Got a great idea to share, or a skill to show off? Johns Hopkins this week launches a new multimedia, community-building experience that is part open-mic night and part grown-up show and tell. Ignite@JHU is a series of five-minute talks where presenters—students, staff and faculty—will share their personal and professional passions using 20 slides that […]

Chili Cook-Off and Bake-Off set for Friday at Homewood

November 8, 2010

The eighth annual Chili Cook-Off and Bake-Off to benefit the JHU Campaign for United Way of Central Maryland and the Johns Hopkins Neighborhood Fund will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 12, in Levering’s Glass Pavilion on the Homewood campus. The deadline for entering is 5 p.m. today, Nov. 8. […]

Fund-raiser nets more than $70,000 for transplant research

June 8, 2009

An evening of opera music featuring Metropolitan Opera star Denyce Graves was held recently to raise funds to benefit organ transplant surgery research and care at Johns Hopkins. The event, titled “Let the Music Move You,” was attended by 70 guests at the singer’s home in Bethesda, Md.