The Baltimore Integration Partnership is a collaborative partnership of anchor institutions, funders nonprofits and public organizations focused on establishing economic inclusion as the business culture of norm in the Baltimore region.

2. BIP 2.0
The Problem
 The Baltimore Integration Partnership is seeking to
overcome barriers to limited employment and economic
opportunities for Baltimore City low‐income residents.
This area of focus grows from our experiences in the first
round where the BIP found that the supply of jobs,
particularly entry level employment, was outstripped
considerably by the significant numbers of under and
unemployed residents.

3. Projected Regional
Employment Growth
2000 2035
Baltimore City 460,600 485,000 5.3%
Suburbs 1,073,800 1,521,900 41.7%
Source: Baltimore Metropolitan Council; DLLR
Employment opportunities are increasingly
projected to be in suburban locations.
As of November 2013
there were 25,463 individuals
unemployed in Baltimore City

4. Baltimore’s Eds and Meds
The Baltimore Metropolitan
Council is projecting that job growth in
the Baltimore region over the next
eight years in the education,
bioscience and medical industry
sectors will approach 100,000 new
jobs.
26 anchor institutions
influence Baltimore’s neighborhoods.

5. Eds and Meds
Employment in Baltimore
 38% of Baltimore City’s
employment was in the
education and health care
industries in 2011
 Eds and Meds represent the
region’s largest employers
and the projected job
growth is significant
 Across the U.S., anchor
institutions represent about
11% of inner city
employment

6. The BIP 2.0
Governance Table
State of Maryland
City of Baltimore
Annie E. Casey Foundation
Associated Black Charities
The Goldseker Foundation
Baltimore Workforce Funders Collaborative
Johns Hopkins University
Maryland Institute College of Art
Public College/University
Philanthropic
Community Development
Financial Institution
The Reinvestment Fund
Association of Baltimore
Area Grantmakers
Coordinator
University of Baltimore
University of Maryland- Baltimore
Baltimore Metropolitan Council
Coppin State University
Bon Secours Hospital
Loyola University
Morgan State University

7. BIP 2.0
Goals
 Connect local, small and minority-owned businesses to
anchor procurement opportunities in Baltimore and the
region.
 Make intentional local investments in real estate and
small businesses to foster and support broader
community benefit.
 Insure equitable opportunity connecting low income
residents to jobs within anchors and anchor-supporting
businesses in Baltimore and the region.

8. BIP 2.0
Strategies
 Remove barriers to facilitate the participation of
local/small/minority business in anchor purchasing
 Foster anchor real estate and small business investment
decision making to leverage maximum intentional benefit
for communities
 Remove barriers to training and employing local
residents in order to increase local hiring by anchors and
create a model for other industry sectors to adopt

9. The BIP 2.0
Next Steps
 Launch workgroups and develop work plans:
 Local Purchasing / Small Business Development
 Local Hiring/ Workforce Development
 Community Development / Capital
 Through a collective impact approach, implement purchasing and
hiring pilots; identify and move forward capital opportunities driven by
anchors.
 Identify and address barriers and policy challenges (anchor / public).
 Track and evaluate progress; explore sustainability of initiative.