More than 140,000 children in Maryland have lived in poverty over the last decade.*

The ENOUGH Alliance is working to change that.

The ENOUGH Alliance is a coalition of local and national philanthropy and private sector organizations dedicated to investing in children and families to end child poverty in Maryland.

We are joining together to reach the goal of investing $200 million over the next six years to complement Maryland’s public investment and end child poverty.

The ENOUGH Alliance will invest alongside the State of Maryland’s Engaging Neighborhoods, Organizations, Unions, Governments and Households (ENOUGH) Act, which includes a first-in-the-nation, place-based effort to tackle concentrated poverty and promote economic mobility.

The ENOUGH Act provided $13.1 million in grants to 27 local organizations in December 2024.

Join the ENOUGH Alliance

The ENOUGH Alliance reflects a whole-of-community effort to tackling poverty and promoting economic mobility. The Alliance commitments provide resources to communities who know what they need best to thrive.

Members of the ENOUGH Alliance commit to at least one of the following:

  1. Contribute to the ENOUGH Community Support Fund. This fund will provide philanthropic support to Maryland’s ENOUGH awardees and other organizations working in ENOUGH-eligible communities. Organizations can make a donation or grant to this pooled fund to maximize flexible resources that will be responsive to communities’ needs. The fund is managed by Global Impact, which serves as the fiscal sponsor, and will be governed by a small advisory committee of philanthropic and community leaders with relevant expertise.

  2. Provide Aligned Funding in ENOUGH Communities. Organizations who commit to new or continued investments directly to community-based organizations in Maryland are also welcome to join the ENOUGH Alliance. These investments must touch ENOUGH-eligible communities and fall within at least one of the three pillars of the ENOUGH Initiative (cradle to career education, healthy and economically secure families, and safe and thriving communities). The resources must also be available to organizations between 2025-2030.

Please complete the form to learn more about the ENOUGH Alliance, including how you can help us reach our goal of securing $200 million over 6 years:

ENOUGH Alliance

The Annie E. Casey Foundation

Bainum Family Foundation

France-Merrick Foundation

The Kresge Foundation

The Richman Foundation

The Zanvyl and Isabelle Krieger Fund

Arnold Ventures

Blue Meridian Partners

Greater Washington Community Foundation

Pull Up Fund

Sherman Family Foundation

More about the State of Maryland’s ENOUGH Initiative

  • Maryland's ENOUGH Act

    In January 2024, Governor Wes Moore unveiled the ENOUGH (Engaging Neighborhoods, Organizations, Unions, Governments and Households) Act, a first-of-its-kind place-based strategy driven by communities’ lived experience and expertise, data, and cross-sector partnerships to end child poverty. ENOUGH directs state resources into neighborhoods that have been disproportionately impacted by systems and policies that limit economic mobility.

    The Maryland Governor’s Office for Children administers the ENOUGH Act program. The ENOUGH Alliance is a philanthropic effort that builds on their work.

  • Maryland's Inaugural ENOUGH Grant Awardees

    The ENOUGH program provides historic public investments to communities. In 2024, the ENOUGH program awarded a total of $13.1 million to 27 entities across twelve eligible counties for place-based, community-driven programming and projects as part of the state’s $20 million investment. Over a six year period, the State is committed to investing a total of $200 million through grants and additional support of local management boards.

    ENOUGH Grant Awardees

  • A First-of-Its-Kind Initiative

    The State’s ENOUGH Grant Program invites community-driven, cross-sector partnerships in eligible urban, suburban, and rural communities to plan and implement place-based strategies that reduce child poverty and increase economic mobility for families.

    ENOUGH Grant Program