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May 2025 Newsletter: Nikki’s sabbatical, HCPSS Taste Test #2, policy successes, First Thursdays and more!
Sabbatical for our CEO After 13 years of leading the Horizon Foundation, the Board of Trustees has afforded me the opportunity to take a three-month sabbatical for the purpose of rest, reflection and rejuvenation. As sure[...]
A note from Nikki
Sabbatical for our CEO After 13 years of leading the Horizon Foundation, the Board of Trustees has afforded me the opportunity to take a three-month sabbatical for the purpose of rest, reflection and rejuvenation. Given[...]
April 2025 Newsletter: Session wrap-up, fellow spotlight, new team members and more!
Subscribe to our newsletter! MDGA25's legislative wins The Maryland General Assembly wrapped up its 2025 legislative session on April 7th. With the state facing a $3 billion budget deficit, the Horizon Foundation and our partners[...]
Growing in advocacy with Marcus Alston
“I felt like it was my calling and my purpose in life to help the younger version of myself.” For Marcus Alston, improving awareness and access to mental health services for young people is personal[...]
Wrapping up Maryland’s 2025 legislative session
MDGA25's legislative victories The Maryland General Assembly wrapped up its 2025 legislative session on April 7th. With the state facing a $3 billion budget deficit, the Horizon Foundation and our partners worked diligently to protect[...]
Elevating to Evolve – read our new report!
Check out a groundbreaking new report - Elevating to Evolve The Horizon Foundation and Women’s Giving Circle of Howard County have released a groundbreaking report examining Black women’s experiences, challenges and contributions in nonprofit leadership roles in Howard[...]
March 2025 Newsletter: Join our team, updates from Annapolis, staff shout-outs and more!
Subscribe to our newsletter! Join our growing team! Come work with us! Are you an experienced and skilled advocate who knows how to work with community to change systems and get laws and policies[...]
February 2025 newsletter: Take action this legislative session, First Thursdays and more!
Subscribe to our newsletter! Tell your legislators - don't cut mental health care! The state budget contains more than $100 million in cuts to mental health – cuts that will especially harm students who need[...]
Horizon Foundation Statement on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
At the Horizon Foundation, our mission is to work side-by-side with our community—building power, advocating for policy change and dismantling the structural racism that has long contributed to health inequities. We are dedicated to creating[...]
February’s First Thursday conversation moving to Zoom!
VIRTUAL FIRST THURSDAY! Due to expected inclement weather, we are moving our February First Thursday community conversation to Zoom, instead of in-person at our office. If you have attended these discussions previously, you will receive[...]
January newsletter: 2024 grants, new trustees, an update from Streets for All and more!
Subscribe to our newsletter! Meet our latest grantees We are so excited to announce our first set of grantees under our new strategic plan. This past year, we undertook an extensive review of our grantmaking[...]
An announcement from Streets for All
Thank you for your ongoing support for complete streets in Howard County. The lead organization for these issues is being passed to Bicycling Advocates of Howard County (Bike HoCo). As the Streets for All website[...]
$1.4 million in grants awarded to 28 community organizations in 2024
We are so excited to announce our first set of grantees under our new strategic plan. This past year, we undertook an extensive review of our grantmaking and evolved our processes to practice trust-centered philanthropy[...]
Two new trustees welcomed to Horizon Foundation Board
The Horizon Foundation has announced the appointment of two new members to its Board of Trustees: Louis Hutt III, chief operating officer at The Hutt Company, LLC, and Scott Rose, chief of business development for[...]
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[...]
