MARIAN HOUSE RECEIVES $2 MILLION GIFT FROM
MACKENZIE SCOTT’S YIELD GIVING OPEN CALL
Contact: Steve Kaiser, steve@kaiserassociatespr.com,
410-336-8099
BALTIMORE, MD, March 19, 2024 – Today, MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving announced Marian House as one of the Yield Giving Open Call’s awardees working with people and in places experiencing the greatest need in the United States. Marian House received $2 million.
Marian House provides women and families transitional and permanent supportive housing and rehabilitative services, with a focus on trauma-informed, community-oriented care. All of the women served have complex histories of trauma, including mental health disorders, substance use disorders, physical and sexual abuse, those re-entering the community after incarceration, and other unstable life situations. Marian House is a leading organization dedicated to centering women’s healing; no two women are the same, so each woman’s treatment plan is carefully designed for her specific needs.
In March 2023, Yield Giving launched an Open Call for community-led, community-focused organizations whose explicit purpose is to enable individuals and families to achieve substantive improvement in their well-being through foundational resources.
“We are ecstatic to learn that Mackenzie Scott’s Yield Giving selected Marian House as one of the Yield Giving Open Call’s awardees. We are rejoicing and reflecting on all of the hard work that has led to our women’s success,” said Katie Allston, President & CEO of Marian House. “We will use this generous gift to clearly evaluate the challenges our women and families face; to build an even stronger community of support; and to unlock the potential found within the women we serve.”
The Open Call received 6,353 applications and initially planned for 250 awards of $1 million each. In the Fall of 2023, organizations top-rated by their peers advanced to a second round of review by an external Evaluation Panel recruited for experience relevant to this cause, and underwent a final round of due diligence. In light of the incredible work of these organizations, as judged by their peers and external panelists, the donor team decided to expand the awardee pool and the award amount.
“We are excited that our partnership with Yield Giving has resonated with so many organizations,” said Cecilia Conrad, CEO of Lever for Change. “In a world teeming with potential and talent, the Open Call has given us an opportunity to identify, uplift, and empower transformative organizations that often remain unseen.”
More information on the Yield Giving Open Call and other initiatives can be found at www.leverforchange.org.
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MARIAN HOUSE RECEIVES A $10,000 GRANT FROM TRUIST FOUNDATION
Contact: Audria Belton, Truist
Email: media@truist.com
BALTIMORE, MD, July 16, 2021 – Marian House today announced it received a $10,000 grant from Truist Foundation. This grant will greatly help to support the Marian House programs that benefit the women and children at our facilities. Marian House strengthens our society by unlocking the potential found within the women we serve.
“Marian House is grateful to Truist for their support of our mission, to provide housing and supportive services to women and children experiencing homelessness,” said Katie Allston, Marian House’s President & CEO.
Marian House is a holistic, healing community for women and their children who are in need of housing and support services. We provide a safe, sober, loving environment that challenges women to respect and love themselves, confront emotional and socio-economic barriers, and transition to stable and independent lives. Located in the Better Waverly neighborhood of Baltimore City, Marian House provides transitional and permanent housing to women and children in need, primarily in the Better Waverly and Pen Lucy communities.
“We’re proud to partner with Marian House, an organization that shares our purpose to inspire and build better lives and communities.”
– Greg Farno, Maryland Regional President, Truist
About Truist Foundation
The Truist Foundation is committed to Truist Financial Corporation’s (NYSE: TFC) purpose to inspire and build better lives and communities. Established in 2020, the foundation makes strategic investments in nonprofit organizations to help ensure the communities it serves have more opportunities for a better quality of life.
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MARIAN HOUSE AT THE WOMEN’S INDUSTRIAL EXCHANGE WILL BECOME THE NEW HOME OF THE MARYLAND WOMEN’S HERITAGE CENTER
Contact: Beth Myers-Edwards, Marian House
Email: advancement@marianhouse.org
BALTIMORE, MD, November 20, 2020 – Marian House has agreed to lease the 1,000 sq. ft. storefront space of the Women’s Industrial Exchange Building at 333 North Charles Street to the Maryland Women’s Heritage Center. The Maryland Women’s Heritage Center (MWHC) was established to preserve the past, understand the present, and shape the future by recognizing, respecting, and transmitting the experiences and contributions of Maryland women of diverse backgrounds and from all regions of the state.
According to Katie Allston, executive director of Marian House, “This is what we have had in mind since we acquired this significant property; having such an important women’s organization as our first significant tenant will kick-start our plans for Marian House at the Women’s Industrial Exchange to become a women-oriented center for downtown Baltimore.”
MWHC has been searching for a new location to operate its programs and house their continuing and changing exhibits about individuals, organizations, events, and special topics related to Maryland women. Other complementary uses may include a place to convene meetings and conferences; an interactive, state-of-the-art student learning center; a resource and reference library; and a women’s history archive. Amenities will include displays of arts and crafts; dramatic, musical, and dance performances by or about Maryland women and girls; dialogues and seminars on women’s issues; space for special events and receptions; and a gift shop with art, literature and unique gifts by Maryland women.
“MWHC is thrilled to have a new home with such a deep and rich history in the community. It is a natural fit for our organization to begin a new chapter at the historic building at this time”, said Diana Bailey, Executive Director of MWHC. “Our plan is to occupy the space in early December with hopes of a soft opening early in 2021. We will build up to a March Women’s History Month event(s), depending on COVID-19 restrictions,” Bailey stated.
The Women’s Industrial Exchange asked Marian House to take over its building and assets in June 2020, after making the difficult decision to cease operations at its historic 333 North Charles Street location.
For further information about the new partnership between Marian House and the Maryland Women’s Heritage Center, contact advancement@marianhouse.org, 410-467-4246 or for MWHC contact Diana M. Bailey, mwhcdiana@gmail.com, 443-996-1788.
Marian House is a holistic, healing community for women and their children who are in need of housing and support services. We provide a safe, sober, loving environment that challenges women to respect and love themselves, confront emotional and socio-economic barriers, and transition to stable and independent lives. Located in the Better Waverly neighborhood of Baltimore City, Marian House provides transitional and permanent housing to women and children in need, primarily in the Better Waverly and Pen Lucy communities.
The Maryland Women’s Heritage Center (MWHC), a 501(c) (3) non-profit, non-partisan organization, was established to preserve the past, understand the present, and shape the future by recognizing, respecting, and transforming the experiences and contributions of Maryland women of diverse backgrounds and from all regions of the state. The Center is an out- growth of the Maryland Women’s History Project that began in 1980 as a collaborative venture between the Maryland Commission for Women and the Maryland State Department of Education.
The MWHC’s goal is to “add HERstory to history to tell OURstory”.