Honeycomb Credit, the Pittsburgh-based investment crowdfunding platform, Monday announced the launch of its first Baltimore based Relief Loan Campaign that provides working capital loans to small businesses during the Covid-19 pandemic. Just three weeks after the launch of this program, Honeycomb launched the ...

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CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield announced it will offer a new accelerated payment program to an array of health care providers experiencing financial strain due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This initiative is part of CareFirst’s ongoing commitment to support the communities ...

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CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield and the Maryland State Medical Society (MedChi) Monday announced a partnership to provide MedChi independent physician practices with five or fewer members, a year of complimentary access to DrFirst’s Backline Telehealth platform. The program is available for ...

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Shapeez, a Gaithersburg-based bra manufacturer, has retooled its manufacturing process to produce face masks and try and alleviate shortages of personal protective equipment to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Company co-founder Staci Berner said it stopped production on bras and shapewear ...

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Baltimore-based T. Rowe Price is providing $540,000 in support to address the gaps in community services and the health care system as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The asset manager is giving $250,000 to the Fund for Educational Excellence to support food ...

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A group of eight funders in the Baltimore region announced Thursday the COVID-19 Response Funding Collaborative of Greater Baltimore, a streamlined opportunity for nonprofit organizations to apply for $1.2 million in funding to sustain, deepen, or pivot their operations to ...

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Emerald Financial Partners, an Arnold-based accounting firm that has served Anne Arundel County residents for 40 years, is now offering a variety of no-contact concierge tax prep services so the community can file safely during the COVID-19 pandemic. It offers ...

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Barton Brands of Maryland, a distilled spirits bottling plant located near Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, is giving away hand sanitizer and high proof alcohol to first responders and others in essential industries, company officials said Thursday. Beginning Tuesday, the ...

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Green Spring Station representatives will deliver meals to the University of Maryland St. Joseph’s Medical Center April 16 as part of its Green Spring Gives initiative. The station is raising money to provide pre-packaged gourmet meals (short ribs, crab cakes, ...

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Annapolis-based Hannon Armstrong Thursday announced a $150,000 donation to local Maryland charitable organizations working to relieve the widespread impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting gaps in community services. This pandemic is a constant reminder of our shared humanity, and ...

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