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Awards

Mar 29, 2007 Foundation Seeks Local Firms for Wellness Award The Howard County Times The Horizon Foundation and the Howard County Chamber of Commerce are seeking applications from local companies for their second annual Workplace Wellness Award. more...
Nov 1, 2006 HCCC, Horizon Foundation Announce Workplace Wellness Award Winner The Business Monthly The Howard County Chamber of Commerce (HCCC) and The Horizon Foundation have announced Bowles Fluidics Corp. as the recipient of the inaugural Howard County Workplace Wellness Award. more...
Aug 1, 2006 Horizon Foundation Hosts Annual Council Luncheon The Business Monthly The Horizon Foundation held its 4th Annual Council Luncheon in July. Attending were representatives of the Elkridge, Ellicott City, Southeast and Western councils, which serve as the "eyes and ears" of the foundation in those communities. more...
Aug 1, 2006 Madachy Honored by Horizon Foundation The Senior Connection Phyllis Madachy, administrator of the Howard County Office on Aging, has won many awards over her 25 years in the office. The latest one, for 'ransformative leadership,' may have more meaning on a personal level than others. Given by The Horizon Foundation, the award is named for Richard G.... more...
Jul 1, 2006 LHC Awards Community Service The Business Monthly Leadership Howard County (LHC) held its class of 2005-2006 graduation on June 13 at Ten Oaks Ballroom. In addition to the class graduation, LHC also recognized its annual award recipients in the areas of Distinguished Alumni, Leadership Legacy, Unsung Hero and Child Advocate. more...
Jun 15, 2006 Very Appreciated The Howard County Times Vivian C. "Millie" Bailey, a volunteer at Running Brook Elementary School, was presented with the Community Appreciation Award from the Horizon Foundation at the foundation's award breakfast June 15. Bailey was recognized for her work at the school, as well as for serving on the boards of... more...
Jun 1, 2006 Madachy Wins Horizon Leadership Award The Business Monthly The "transformative leadership" of Phyllis Madachy, administrator of the Howard County Office on Aging, has earned her the 2006 Richard G. McCauley Leadership Award. It will be presented at the Third Annual Horizon Awards Breakfast on June 15, said Richard Krieg, president and CEO of The Horizon... more...
Jun 1, 2006 Phyllis Madachy Wins Horizon Leadership Award - Health Alliance and Vivian Bailey Also Honored The Business Monthly The 'transformative leadership' of Phyllis Madachy, Administrator of the Howard County Office of Aging, has earned her the 2006 Richard G. McCauley Leadership Award to be presented at the 3rd Annual Horizon Awards Breakfast on June 15, announced Richard M. Krieg, President and CEO of The Horizon... more...
Mar 1, 2006 Applications for Workplace Wellness Awards Now Available The Business Monthly The Howard County Chamber of Commerce and The Horizon Foundation have joined to create Workplace Wellness, a recognition program that honors employers for sponsoring practices that help their employees improve their physical health, reduce stress, address emotional and family concerns and protect... more...
Feb 1, 2006 Workplace Wellness Award Announced The Business Monthly The HCCC and The Horizon Foundation have joined to create Workplace Wellness, a recognition program that honors county employers for sponsoring practices that help their employees improve their physical health, reduce stress, address emotional and family concerns and protect their health and... more...
Feb 1, 2006 Horizon, Howard Chamber Establish Workplace Wellness Award The Business Monthly The Howard County Chamber of Commerce and The Horizon Foundation have joined forces to launch the inaugural Workplace Wellness Award. Local businesses are invited to participate in the initiative, which aims to recognize businesses promoting employee health and wellness, rewarding the top... more...
Dec 2, 2005 Workplace Wellness The View from Western Howard County The Howard County Chamber of Commerce and The Horizon Foundation have created Worplace Wellness, a recognition program that honors Howard County employers for sponsoring practices to help their employees improve their physical health, reduce stress, address emotional and family concerns and... more...
Dec 1, 2005 Horizon Foundation and Chamber Partner on Worker Health The Business Monthly Howard County business and community leaders envision a workday when a typical employee may go for a 30-minute walk during a work break, attend an educational program on nutrition during a brown-bag lunch gathering and participate in a smoking cessation program at their office after work. more...
Jun 28, 2004 HCC's President Wins Horizon Foundation Leadership Award The Baltimore Sun Mary Ellen Duncan, president of Howard Community College, was named the first winner of the Richard G. McCauley Leadership Award by the Horizon Foundation at a Horizon Awards Breakfast on June 11. more...

Board of Trustees Articles

Oct 21, 2008 Trustee Profile: Beverly White-Seals The Horizon Foundation Horizon Foundation Board of Trustee Beverly White-Seals' education and career have taken her to a number of different cities - both large and small. However, she landed in one place she didn't quite expect - Howard County. more...
May 6, 2008 Steve Sachs Carries On Rouse's Legacy The Business Monthly As a child living over his father's drugstore in Baltimore City in a very mixed neighborhood, Steve Sachs learned a lot about diversity and the common aspirations shared by most people. His family moved to Baltimore County when he was five, and Sachs attended the local public schools. One day... more...
Dec 11, 2007 Trustee Profile: Jim Truby The Horizon Foundation Jim Truby knew there was a bigger world than the small town in western Pennsylvania where he grew up learning to be a good neighbor and helping others in need. When President Kennedy announced the formation of the Peace Corps in 1961, Jim thought this would be an opportunity to serve and... more...
Sep 13, 2007 Profile: Mary Ann Scully The Horizon Foundation A belief that communities are stronger if there is active community involvement is a conviction Mary Ann Scully, her corporate board and her colleagues have nurtured in the culture of Howard Bank. Scully, President and CEO and chair of the community bank’s board, has implemented the... more...
Aug 27, 2007 Food Borne Diseases Jerry Seals, MD Americans enjoy one of the most abundant and safe food supplies in the world. However, recent increases in food associated disease are causing concern by consumers, and food safety agencies at all levels of government. A food borne disease is an illness resulting from consumption of food or... more...
Aug 27, 2007 Public Health Policy and Access to Care Nancy Weber Public policy may be defined as a course of action chosen by public officials, and the principles upon which it is based. Public policy is expressed in the body of laws, regulations, decisions and actions of government. In Maryland, the executive branch of state government and the Maryland... more...
Jun 25, 2007 Profile: David Anderson The Horizon Foundation Forty years ago, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said that 11:00 a.m. on Sunday is the most segregated hour in the nation. “In reality,” agrees Dr. David Anderson, Senior Pastor of Bridgeway Community and Horizon Foundation Trustee, “Church is the most segregated institution of the face... more...
May 7, 2007 Profile: Shirley Collier The Horizon Foundation Shirley Collier is a nationally known speaker, author and technology entrepreneur, and is a member of the Horizon Foundation Board of Trustees and Chair of the Foundation’s Policy and Communications Committee. She is CEO of Optemax, a firm that has licensed early stage optical wireless... more...
Apr 9, 2007 Profile: Malynda Hawes Madzel The Horizon Foundation Malynda Hawes Madzel cares deeply for our Howard County community - as evidenced in her formal and privately-led volunteer efforts. In addition to her Horizon Foundation Board Service, she is Immediate Past Chair of the Columbia Foundation Board of Trustees and most recently joined the... more...

Community Readiness

Dec 1, 2006 Howard County Avian Flu Summit University of Maryland Center for Health and Homeland Security On May 16, 2006, the Horizon Foundation and the Howard County Community Emergency Response Network (CERN) sponsored a day long summit on pandemic flu preparedness. more...
Oct 26, 2006 Columbia Explores Disaster Preparation Program Baltimore Examiner, Megan McIlroy A new program could help Howard County residents work together to prepare for a terrorist attack, natural disaster or epidemic flu. more...
Jul 7, 2006 Health Professionals Sought for Program The Sun in Howard Medical and health professionals are needed to serve as volunteers in the Howard County Medical Reserve Corps. more...
Jun 28, 2006 Howard Schools to Plan Pandemic Preparedness The Examiner Howard county school officials are developing a plan on how messages will be communicated to the community and staff during a flu pandemic. more...
Jun 1, 2006 Regional Officials Brace for Disaster Preparedness The Business Monthly Looking ahead to summer and the up-coming hurricane season, public officials in Anne Arundel, Baltimore and Howard counties have launched a regional emergency preparedness campaign that encourages residents to prepare home disaster supply kits. more...
Jun 1, 2006 Just in Case, County Planning for Bird Flu The Howard County Times Although the potentially deadly avian flu has infected only about 200 people worldwide, Howard County officials are developing a strategy to prepare for a widespread outbreak of the disease. more...
May 18, 2006 Medical Reserve Corps Seeks Volunteers The Howard County Times Medical Reserve Corps seeks volunteers The Howard County Medical Reserve Corps is seeking medical and health professionals to volunteer on local emergency response teams. more...
May 15, 2006 Summit to take aim at the flu The Baltimore Sun In an effort to make sure emergency plans are in place well ahead of any flu pandemic, Howard County officials and the Horizon Foundation will hold an invitation-only summit Tuesday in Columbia to begin educating the county's leaders to respond to a widespread medical disaster. more...
Feb 1, 2006 ACS Holds Emergency Preparedness Meeting The Business Monthly Pat Heineman, Community Emergency Response Network (CERN) coordinator for The Horizon Foundation, discusses the details of emergency preparedness with Elizabeth Yao (with back to camera) at the recent Association of Community Services (ACS) meeting on emergency preparedness for community services... more...
Nov 1, 2005 Howard County Community Readiness Week: Most Businesses Unprepared for Disaster, Experts Say The Business Monthly Most businesses are unprepared to deal with a natural or man-made disaster, an expert on emergency management told a group of business leaders as part of last month's Community Readiness Week. more...
Nov 1, 2005 Howard County Community Readiness Week: CERN Helping Prepare Community for Disaster Healthy Howard As Howard County police, paramedics, firefighters and health officials held a large-scale training exercise based on a simulated terrorist toxic chemical threat at a county motel last month, law enforcement personnel 15 miles away were closing Baltimore's tunnels to guard against potential... more...
Oct 21, 2005 County Focuses on Emergencies The Baltimore Sun A series of mock scenarios, part of Howard County's Community Readiness Week, were held to help ready the County's first responders to fine-tune disaster response plans. The County introduced several new preparedness efforts, such as a Community Notification System and the activation of a Medical... more...
Oct 20, 2005 Exercise Anticipates the Worst The Washington Post Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the county has received significant federal grants for disaster training and equipment. Local officials have studied how terrorism in the nation's capital could spill over to Howard, just 45 minutes away. A community needs to be self-reliant in a... more...
Oct 1, 2005 First Community Readiness Week Planned in Howard County The Business Monthly Howard County Executive Jim Robey has proclaimed Oct. 16-23 as the county's first Community Readiness Week. The event will heighten awareness about the importance of both individual and family disaster preparedness. more...
Dec 2, 2004 Local Disaster Plans Aim Closer to Home The Columbia Flier Laminated cards with instructions on how to prepare for a disaster such as a major hurricane or terrorist attack are being distributed through Howard County libraries as part of an effort to prepare for such emergencies. The cards are a part of a countywide program called the Community Emergency... more...
Oct 20, 2003 Terrorism and Meeting the Needs of the Nation's Children Grantmakers in Health - GIH Bulletin Grantmakers have been involved in enhancing the capacity of communities to respond in the event of a terrorist attack or other emergency. The Horizon Foundation in Columbia, Maryland, has formed CERN. Additionally, the Foundation has provided a grant to the Howard County Office of Children's... more
Jul 3, 2003 Beyond Duct Tape The Baltimore Sun A coalition of 25 county, police, fire, education, health and social service agencies, CERN has provided Howard parents with admirably clear materials on creating "family emergency communications" plans, is leading a newly formed volunteer corps that will receive federal disaster training, and... more...
Jun 1, 2003 Smart Practices Spotlight - Community Emergency Response Network - Howard County, Maryland U.S. Department of Homeland Security The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has selected the Community Emergency Response Network (CERN) as a "Smart Practice" that has been shared with thousands of communities nationwide. CERN was developed by the Foundation in close coordination with Howard County, Maryland government. It's... more...

Education

Jul 16, 2006 Community Talk The Sun in Howard On the Horizon, a series of conversations on health and community issues with Richard Krieg, president and chief executive officer of the Horizon Foundation, airs on Gtv Comcast Channel 70 at 11 a.m. and 10 p.m. Mondays, 11 a.m. and 9 p.m. Wednesdays, 8 p.m. Fridays and 11 a.m. Saturdays and... more...
May 1, 2006 Family Health Expo Attracts 600 People The Business Monthly Family Health Expo Attracts 600 People The 4th Annual Family Health Expo, hosted by Murray Hill Middle School and the Howard County Health Department, attracted more than 600 people, said organizer Cathy Smith. more...
Mar 12, 2006 Family Health Expo Scheduled for April 1 at School The Sun in Howard Murray Hill Middle School and the Howard County Health Department will present the fourth Family Health Expo from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 1 at the school. more...
Sep 2, 2005 Officers and Deaf-Awareness The Baltimore Sun Fifteen membes of the Howard County Police Department recently took classes to learn basic sign language and ways to be more sensitive to the culture. The classes were funded by a grant from The Horizon Foundation, and are part of a larger deaf-awareness program within the police department. more...
Jul 17, 2005 High School Students to the Annual Cultural Event The Baltimore Sun Michael Nagle, a member of the Columbia Festival of the Arts board, is eager to attract high school students to the annual cultural event that he helps organize and promote each year. more...
Oct 7, 2004 Web Site Shows How to Find Help from Social Service The Howard County Times Howard County is the first of two pilot sites in Maryland designed to make information on long-term care for the elderly and disabled more accessible. County officials collaborated with The Horizon Foundation on www.horizonhelp.org to launch an expanded Web site that offered more service... more...
Jul 11, 2004 Group to Sponsor Program to Promote Positive Traits The Baltimore Sun The Association of Community Services of Howard County will sponsor "Generations Together: Strengthening Relationships Betwen Children, Teens and Adults," a program emphasizing 40 traits - positive experiences and personal qualities called "developmental assets" - that are said to promote health,... more...
Jun 23, 2004 Library Now Central Point for Information on Cancer The Baltimore Sun The Howard County Library has announced the opening of its new Cancer Information Collection. more...
May 19, 2004 Let's All Work for an Asset-Rich Community The View from Ellicott City Strengthening Relationships Between Children, Teens and Adults in Howard County hosted by the Horizon Foundation's Ellicott City Council, spurred this editorial on the importance of building an asset-rich community. more...

Foundation Staff and Community Partners

Apr 12, 2007 Ulman Seeks New Path to Fund Social Services The Howard County Times Local nonprofit leaders urged a cautious approach to Howard County and potentially other business leaders about abandoning a partnership with the United Way, as proposed by County Executive Kenneth Ulman last week. more...
Mar 1, 2007 Horizon and ACS Form Strategic Partnership The Business Monthly The Horizon Foundation and the Association of Community Services (ACS) have formed a unique strategic partnership designed to enhance the capabilities of both organizations. The partnership includes the development of a Policy Analysis Center and the move by both organizations to new, contiguous... more...
Mar 1, 2007 Columbia Icon Kennedy: Still Making a Difference The Business Monthly When Padraic “Pat” Kennedy retired at the end of 1998 after running the Columbia Association (CA) for 26 years, it marked the close of a defining time of his life. But what that really meant was that the time had come for the next chapter of his career, which is proving equally rewarding for... more...
Mar 1, 2007 Bridgeway Works to Craft a Diverse Community The Business Monthly There are still many areas of American life where racial division can be seen. One area where there seems to have been little progress made is church attendance. In 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. emphasized the problem of racial segregation in our churches by saying that 11 a.m. on Sunday... more...
Oct 5, 2006 Horizon Foundation Establishes Executive Advisory Board The Howard County Times The Horizon Foundation, of Columbia, has established an 18-person Executive Advisory Board comprised of the topmost leaders of major community systems. more...
Oct 1, 2006 The Horizon Foundation Establishes Executive Advisory Board The Business Monthly Modeled after national philanthropies, The Horizon Foundation has established an 18-person Executive Advisory Board composed of the topmost leaders of major community systems. more...
Oct 1, 2005 Horizon Foundation President Chairs National Conference on Aging The Business Monthly Richard Krieg, president and CEO of The Horizon Foundation, is National Conference Chair for the Grantmakers in Aging Annual Conference. Grantmakers in Aging is an association composed of major philanthropies across the nation that make grants in areas related to older adults. The organization,... more...
May 1, 2004 Horizon President Rich Krieg Speaks to the Business Monthly The Business Monthly Foundation President and CEO Rich Krieg answers questions about the current state of affairs at the Foundation, upcoming priorities, capacity-building work for nonprofit organizations and his experience in the Peace Corps. more...

Grant Highlights

Feb 5, 2007 New cancer patients get help from ‘navigators’ The Baltimore Examiner Newly diagnosed cancer patients often struggle to find various services, but a new program at Howard County General Hospital aims to help them navigate. more...

Grantmaking

May 15, 2007 Horizon Foundation, HCGH Fund $3 Million Partnership The Business Monthly The Horizon Foundation is granting $950,000 to Howard County General Hospital (HCGH) during the next four years to help establish a Center for Excellence in Geriatric Health, address emergency psychiatric needs and improve access to care for lower income county residents. more...
May 13, 2007 Horizon, hospital make tie official Baltimore Sun Older adults, people with mental illnesses and low-income individuals in Howard County should see improved health care services over the next few years under a new $3 million partnership between the Horizon Foundation and Howard County General Hospital. more...
May 11, 2007 Hospital to study need for geriatric center Baltimore Examiner Howard County’s senior population continues to grow, prompting health officials to boost services to meet seniors’ unique and rising needs. more...
Apr 12, 2007 Officials Laud Healthy Howard Initiative The Howard County Times Several local leaders pledged support for a new county initiative announced earlier this week aimed at improving the health of residents and county employees. The plan, announced April 9 by new Health Officer Dr. Peter Beilenson, targeted a goal of being the model health community in the United... more...
Mar 1, 2007 New Name for Multiservice Center in Southeast Howard County The Business Monthly The cooperative venture by local nonprofits to reach people in the southeast section of Howard County has a new name. Housed in a storefront in the Whiskey Bottom Shopping Center, the operation has been named North Laurel-Savage Multiservice Center. more...
Mar 1, 2007 New Emergency Psychiatric Unit Opens at HCGH The Business Monthly In opening the new Psychiatric Emergency Unit at Howard County General Hospital (HCGH), the community facility can accommodate the growing mental health needs of the local market. more...
Feb 5, 2007 Grant to support Howard DrugFree advisory group The Baltimore Examiner One Howard nonprofit anti-drug group wants to hear directly from youths about teen alcohol and drug use. more...
Feb 1, 2007 Center erases waiting list for children's counselors The Baltimore Examiner A weeks-long waiting list at Howard’s Domestic Violence Center was keeping many children from receiving the counseling services they needed right away, officials said. With help from a Horizon Foundation grant, the center has hired a second part-time counselor, eliminating the waiting list and... more...
Oct 3, 2006 Chase Brexton opens its doors to wider community The Examiner, K. Hille Chase Brexton clinic now offers range of health services in Howard County. more...
Oct 1, 2006 Chase Brexton Opens Columbia Health Center The Business Monthly Chase Brexton Health Services, a Baltimore-based company that operates community health centers, has opened its third site in Maryland at 5500 Knoll North Drive in Columbia's Village of Oakland Mills. more...
Sep 22, 2006 Chase Brexton opens third site in Md. The Sun in Howard Chase Brexton Health Services Inc. opened its third Maryland site Monday at 5500 Knoll North Drive in Oakland Mills village. more...
Jul 20, 2006 Counseling Center Needs to Reach More to Keep Grant The Howard County Times Faced with losing a major funding source at the end of the year, a nonprofit community counseling office in North Laurel is teaming with other agencies to expand services and attract more clients and donors. more...
Jul 16, 2006 Grant to Fund Philanthropy Study The Sun in Howard The Columbia Foundation has received a $10,000 grant from the Horizon Foundation to commission a study of ways to encourage individuals and families in the county to leave a portion of their estates to local nonprofit organizations. more...
Jul 6, 2006 A Look at Estate Giving Howard Extra The Columbia Foundation has received a $10,000 grant to study how to encourage Howard County individuals and families to leave a portion of their estates to local nonprofit organizations. more...
Jul 1, 2006 The Columbia Foundation Awarded $10K Horizon Grant for Legacy Study The Business Monthly The Columbia Foundation, Howard County's community foundation, has received a $10,000 grant from The Horizon Foundation to commission a study of how to encourage Howard County individuals and families to leave a portion of their estates to local nonprofit organizations. more...
Jun 1, 2006 Family and Children's Services Opens 'One Stop Shop' in North Laurel The Business Monthly Family and Children's Services (FCS) is expanding its services at the Whiskey Bottom Shopping Center in North Laurel in hopes of creating a "one stop shop" for individuals and families in need of counseling and other assistance. more...
Mar 23, 2006 New Medical Clinic Will Treat More of Uninsured The Howard County Times A federally funded clinic that will serve the uninsured and the underinsured of Howard County is scheduled to open in Oakland Mills in July, while a volunteer clinic with the same goals prepares to close. more...
Mar 16, 2006 New Health Center to Serve Uninsured Patients The View from Ellicott City Residents who lack health insurance will soon have access to primary health care close to home, as a new non-profit health center is set to open for July in Columbia. more...
Mar 14, 2006 Health Alliance Clinic Plans to Close The Business Weekly The Health Alliance Clinic, a health center serving the medical needs of uninsured residents in Howard County, announced it would close its doors in July and transition its services to the new Chase Brexton clinic, which will open in Columbia that same month. more...
Mar 1, 2006 New Health Center to Care for Underserved Residents The Business Monthly The Horizon Foundation has announced that a new health center will open in Columbia to serve uninsured and underinsured Howard County residents, as well as others lacking access to readily available and affordable primary health care, including Medicaid and Medicare benefits. more...
Feb 21, 2006 Grassroots - Renovation and Expansion Update Healthy Howard Campaign Hits $2.2 Million Mark The Renovation and Expansion Campaign has raised over $2.2 million of the $5.5 million goal. more...
Feb 16, 2006 Clinic to Serve Uninsured - U.S.-Backed Center Sees a July Opening Howard Extra A federally supported health center that aims to serve thousands of Howard County's poor and uninsured residents could open as soon as July in Columbia. more...
Feb 16, 2006 Clinic to Serve Uninsured - U.S.-Backed Center Sees a July Opening Washington Post A federally supported health center that aims to serve thousands of Howard County's poor and uninsured residents could open as soon as July in Columbia. "That's our goal," said Richard M. Krieg, chief executive and president of the Horizon Foundation, who called the center "a major milestone"... more
Feb 14, 2006 New Health Center to Care for Underserved Residents BizWeekly The Horizon Foundation has announced that a new health center will open in Columbia to serve uninsured and underinsured Howard County residents, as well as others, lacking access to readily available and afoordable primary health care, including Medicaid and Medicare benficiaries. more...
Feb 12, 2006 Health Center to Serve Uninsured Maryland News, Howard County A new health center for uninsured and underinsured Howard County residents will be coming to Columbia in July. more...
Feb 2, 2006 Program Aims to Draw Columbia, County Closer The Howard County Times Officials at two Howard County nonprofit groups are hoping a unique community volunteer program can help improve the bond between Columbia and the rest of the county. more...
Dec 1, 2005 Horizon Foundation to Help Wellness Supporters The Howard County Times The Foundation recenlty announced it will grant $2,500 in Workplace Wellness Awards to two Howard County Companies that conduct programs designed to contribute to the physical and mental health of employees. more...
Oct 1, 2005 Study Looks at Challenges Posed by Immigration The Business Monthly Howard County has become a hot spot for immigrants, whose integration brings new challenges for the public and private sectors, according to a study released this week. The study paints a positive picture of immigrant life in Howard County, while identifying some areas in need of improvement,... more...
Sep 1, 2005 FIRN, Howard Public Schools Partner on ESOL Program The Business Monthly Two years ago, Foreign-born Information and Referral Network (FIRN) Executive Director Roy Appletree and his volunteers had a simple idea: to offer free assistance to some of the 1,600 students in Howard County's public schools who did not speak fluent English in learning the language and getting... more...
Dec 28, 2004 Wellness Center to Open at Howard County Community College The Sun - Howard County Next to the pool tables and video games in its Galleria building, Howard County Community College will start offering more serious diversions in the spring: information , screenings and programs to help students live more healthily. The school received a two-year, $100,000 grant from The Horizon... more...
Dec 21, 2004 Horizon Grants $1.5 Million for Health 'Safety Net' The Columbia Flier Columbia's Horizon Foundation, Howard County's largest philanthropic organization, this month announced that it will hand out $1.5 million in greants meant in part to shoreup the county's health "safety net," according to foundation president and CEO, Richard Krieg. more...
Dec 21, 2004 Nonprofits to Receive $1.5 Million in Grants The Sun - Howard County With nonprofit groups still worried about lower donations from state government and United Way, Columbia's Horizon Foundation has announced 69 grants totaling $1.5 million for public and private agencies throughout Howard County. more...
Nov 24, 2004 Grant's Aim is Better Communication by Police with the Hearing Impaired The Sun - Howard County The Howard County Police Department said yesterday it was awarded a $23,667 grant from the nonprofit Horizon Foundation to fund sign language training and "deaf awareness" seminars for officers. more...
Sep 16, 2004 Off-Hours Clinic is Goal of Legislator The Wahington Post Two small discussion groups were recently held with county health care providers, insurers, and others to talk about gaps in care, specifically the lack of a small-scale urgent care office. Richard M. Krieg, president of the Horizon Foundation, said that his group is examining the possibility of... more...
May 9, 2004 Volunteers, Backers of Winter Shelter to be Recognized The Baltimore Sun County Executive James Robey and Susan Rosenbaum, director of the Howard County Department of Citizens held an appreciation reception to recognize the volunteers, congregations and supporters who staffed the county's first cold-weather shelter this winter, providing food and warm beds to homeless... more...
Feb 1, 2004 Family and Children's Services Opens North Laurel Office The Business Monthly Family and Children's Services (FCS) opened its new satellite office at the Whiskey Bottom Shopping Center in North Laurel. The office will provide counseling for children, adolescents, adults and families. In-home services for elderly and disabled residents of the Savage/North Laurel areas will... more...

Horizon Foundation Trustees

Aug 1, 2006 Horizon Foundation Announces New Trustees The Business Monthly The Horizon Foundation has announced the appointment of six new trustees. Combined with the current trustees, the foundation's board is now composed of 25 members. more...

Howard County Connections

Jul 1, 2005 Charitable Giving - Maryland Foundations Turning to Teen-agers for Leadership The Daily Record Americans like to give, and the overwhelming majority of us would like our kids to give, too. But despite our penchant for generosity, many of us find that our potentially philanthropic offspring are not involved in any charitable activities. more...
Mar 13, 2005 Pupils Assert Their 'Assets' The Sun - Howard County Mara Castelbaum has always enjoyed attending Burleigh Manor Middle School, but now she feels she has more of a voice in decisions that affect her school. more...

News Articles

Oct 1, 2008 Health program opens - Effort to begin offering care to more than 20,000 uninsured Howard residents The Baltimore Sun more
Sep 30, 2008 Howard Health Initiative Ready to Enroll Uninsured The Washington Post County officials said they developed the Healthy Howard initiative to give legal residents access to a doctor, to reduce crowds in emergency rooms and to lower health-care costs for everyone. The Horizon Foundation contributed funds to the program. more
Sep 29, 2008 Krieg Celebrates Decade at Horizon The Business Monthly Following a national search, Horizon Foundation President & CEO Richard Krieg was recruited for his position in July 1998. The former Chicago Health Commissioner and Peace Corps volunteer recently talked about the Foundation, its accomplishments during his decade at the helm and the challenges... more...
Aug 14, 2008 8 agencies get funding The Baltimore Sun The Horizon Foundation is providing $223,748 to eight Howard County human services agencies this fiscal year, including $100,000 for the county-run North Laurel Multiservice Center. more...
Jun 6, 2008 A Healthy Pursuit Rewarded The Baltimore Sun "When people come here, I'm the first to say, 'Slow down and take a breath,' " says Robert Duggan. Duggan recently received the Richard G. McCauley Leadership Award from the Horizon Foundation, a decade-old health and wellness philanthropy based in Columbia. The award is named for the... more
Apr 1, 2008 New Corporate Partner, Expanded Support Announced for Healthy Howard BizWeekly Howard County announced that Healthy Howard, a plan that will provide access to health care for many of the county's uninsured residents, has a new corporate contributor as well as expanded support from The Horizon Foundation. more...
Mar 31, 2008 New Corporate Partner, Expanded Support Announced for Healthy Howard The Business Monthly Howard County announced that Healthy Howard, a plan that will provide access to health care for many of the county's uninsured residents, has a new corporate contributor as well as expanded support from The Horizon Foundation. more...
Mar 30, 2008 Major boost for health coverage effort The Baltimore Sun A $500,000 grant from the Horizon Foundation is the latest boost for Howard County's ambitious health access plan for uninsured residents. more...
Mar 27, 2008 County adds dental care to Healthy Howard plan offerings The Columbia Flier To address what they call a fragmented and often neglected piece of the health care puzzle, Howard County officials this week announced that they will add dental services to a larger plan that targets the county's uninsured. more...
Feb 29, 2008 Foundations Shift Investing Strategy to Weather Bad Economy Baltimore Business Journal Just over a year ago, the Horizon Foundation in Columbia had virtually no alternative investments -- holdings like hedge funds that aim to profit in all kinds of markets. Today, the Horizon Foundation has about 15 percent of its portfolio in alternative investments, said CEO Richard Krieg. more...
Jan 18, 2008 Foundation Head Is a Multitasker The Baltimore Sun Lying in a field and gazing up at the star-filled night sky of western Howard County is what finally sold Richard Krieg on taking the helm of the newly created Horizon Foundation a decade ago. Now the Ellicott City resident spends his workdays not only as the first president and chief executive... more...
Jan 16, 2008 Teen Workshops Focus on Healthy Self-image The Baltimore Sun In her five years as a teen counselor in Howard County, Lisa Morrel found that one issue kept cropping up: Young girls were obsessed with food and being thin. more...
Jan 4, 2008 County to Have a Public Policy Center: Aim Is to Analyze Best Ways to Deal with Range of Issues The Baltimore Sun Howard County soon will have its own public policy center that will analyze the best and most cost-effective ways for the county to deal with issues ranging from adult illiteracy to housing costs. more...
Dec 18, 2007 Horizon Foundation, Columbia Association Fund 'Time Banking' Initiative BizWeekly The Horizon Foundation issued a $30,000 grant to the Columbia Association (CA) to support a 'time banking' program that will cover neighborhoods throughout Columbia as well as parts of Elkridge. more...
Nov 19, 2007 Columbia's Time Banking Program Measures Services Equally The Baltimore Examiner In Columbia, sewing curtains for a neighbor is worth just as much as grocery shopping or striping wallpaper. more...
Nov 1, 2007 Chamber Announces 2007 Workplace Wellness Awards The Horizon Foundation In fall 2005, the Howard County Chamber of Commerce and The Horizon Foundation joined to create the Workplace Wellness awards program, a recognition program that honors Howard County employers for sponsoring practices that help their employees improve their physical health, reduce stress, address... more...
Sep 14, 2007 Howard Seeks To Be 1st in State with Health Care for All residents Baltimore Examiner Howard is leading the state in a plan to provide access to health care for thousands of uninsured county residents. more...
Sep 1, 2007 Horizon Awards Howard County Government $273K The Business Monthly Howard County Government has been awarded $273,000 by The Horizon Foundation in support of key Health Department initiatives, said Richard Krieg, Horizon Foundation president and CEO. more...
Aug 29, 2007 $273,000 To Be Donated for Health Programs Baltimore Sun The Horizon Foundation was to give Howard County officials a check for $273,000 for health department programs today at Oakland Manor in Columbia. more...
Aug 1, 2007 Horizon Foundation Announces $308,500 in Grants The Business Monthly The Horizon Foundation, a $91 million philanthropy, has announced the award of $308,500 in Strategic Initiative Program (SIP) grants to local organizations and agencies in the nonprofit and public sectors. The awards are intended to stimulate positive changes in major health and wellness issues... more...
Aug 1, 2007 Summit Focuses on Boomers, Health Care System The Business Monthly Horizon Foundation President Richard Krieg knows all too well about the "crazy patchwork" that is the health care delivery system for older adults. Krieg, who heads a $94 million philanthropy dedicated to improving health and wellness, has met the system head-on as he attempts to deal with his... more...
Jul 22, 2007 New Human Services Center Draws Democrats Baltimore Sun The celebration last week of an expanded human services operation in North Laurel is the kind of ribbon-cutting event that politicians love, and a bunch of them -- all Democrats -- showed up at the Whiskey Bottom Shopping Center to mark the start of what County Executive Ken Ulman called "a major... more...
Jul 17, 2007 Female-owned businesses thrive The Baltimore Examiner Some credit Columbia founder Jim Rouseâ��s vision of a diverse community. Others point to Howard Countyâ��s recent growth and progressive attitude for opening the doors. Whatever the reason, female-owned businesses are thriving in Howard, which boasts the highest percent of firms... more...
Jul 13, 2007 Tips to Make Life's Senior Years Simply Golden Baltimore Sun Erica Jong, the writer who schooled a generation about women's desires and the pleasures of commitment-free sex, has some new bits of knowledge to impart as she pours her passions into grandmotherhood. more...
Jul 12, 2007 Flying Fearlessly, Author Navigates Issues of Aging Columbia Flier I was in the throes of puberty when "Fear of Flying" was published in 1973, and the hubbub about this supposedly sexy novel piqued my adolescent curiosity. So when my mother got a paperback copy, it wasn't long before I started sneaking peeks at it. more...
Jun 21, 2007 Horizon leader Kennedy feted with scholarship The Howard County Times As Padraic "Pat" Kennedy listened to the list of awards being handed out during the Horizon Foundation's fourth annual awards ceremony June 14, he never imagined that one of them would go to him. more...
Jun 21, 2007 Foundation honors four who aided area health The Howard County Times The Horizon Foundation this month recognized four individuals for their work in providing health and wellness services in Howard County. more...
Jun 15, 2007 Pat Kennedy, A Visionary For Columbia The Baltimore Sun Not quite a mayor and not a CEO either, Padraic "Pat" Kennedy held a job unlike any other as the first and longest-serving president of the Columbia Association. Kennedy, who was president of the association from 1972 to 1998, was honored yesterday with a scholarship fund created in his name by... more...
Jun 15, 2007 Columbia scholarship named after town's pioneer The Baltimore Examiner With tears in his eyes, former Columbia Association President Padraic Kennedy learned of a Howard Community College scholarship established in his name in time for Columbia's 40th birthday. more...
Jun 12, 2007 Columbia Foundation's Lawson to be honored by the Horizon Foundation The Baltimore Examiner Barbara Lawson will have quite the retirement party. The Columbia Foundation president and chief executive officer announced her resignation this fall after 19 years with the nonprofit. more...
Jun 1, 2007 Horizon Foundation and HCGH Jointly Fund $3 Million Partnership The Business Monthly The Horizon Foundation is granting $950,000 to Howard County General Hospital (HCGH) during the next four years to help establish a center for excellence in geriatric health, address emergency psychiatric needs and improve access to care for lower-income county residents. more...
Jun 1, 2007 County Promotes Healthy Howard Initiative The Business Monthly When Dr. Peter Beilenson was named health officer for Howard County, he immediately seized the opportunity to make a difference. After spending 13 years as the health commissioner for Baltimore City, Beilenson had spent much time dealing with reactive public health issues and his new position in... more...
Jun 1, 2007 Horizon Foundation Recognizes Community Leaders at Awards Breakfast The Business Monthly Grassroots Executive Director Andrea Ingram, HC DrugFree, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and Columbia Foundation President and CEO Barbara Lawson will all be honored at The Horizon Foundation's Annual Awards Breakfast on June 14. more...

Older Adult Health

May 20, 2004 Data to be Centralized for Elderly Disabled The Washington Post, Howard Extra Using a new web site and a toll-free number, Howard County officials this summer will begin providing more information about services for seniors and younger people with disabilities. To launch the web site, the county is collaborating with the Horizon Foundation's horizonhelp.org, a guide to... more...

Perspectives Articles

Oct 15, 2008 The Future of Primary Care for Baby Boomers The Horizon Foundation It is anticipated that by 2010, 30,375 Howard County residents will be 65 years and older. How many of these will have access to a primary care physician? more...
Oct 1, 2008 Variety: So Much More Than the "Spice of Life!" Courtney Carpenter, MS Nutrition and wellness have become buzzwords to most of us over the last decade. More of us are trying to pay attention to what we eat and to taking care of our bodies. People are living longer and we want to be among them. Just this month, Money Magazine ranked Howard County twenty second in the... more...
Jul 1, 2008 Universal Health Care - Using Primary Care as the Building Block for Reform
Ron Carlson The current political debates have resurfaced the issue of "health care for all". It's clear in listening to the exchange of views that the subject of universal health care is as contentious today as it was twenty years. Questions are still being asked about how the more than 47 million... more...
Jul 1, 2008 How to Achieve True Health Care Reform Peter Beilenson, MD, MPH As the 2008 presidential election approaches, many policy wonks and advocates are pontificating on how best to achi