about nonprofit montgomery

who we are

Nonprofit Montgomery is an alliance of leaders of nonprofit organizations serving Montgomery County, MD — a diverse and vibrant community of over 1 million residents.

Together, we work to make Montgomery County a thriving place to live and work.

We are the collective voice of nonprofits of all sizes and missions with our government, philanthropic, and corporate partners. We strengthen our organizations, increase the visibility of their work, and advocate on behalf of nonprofits and the people we serve. We are the convener and information network for our County’s nonprofits, a sector that:

• Includes hundreds of organizations serving more than 500,000 residents.
• Provides more than 43,300 jobs.
• Has a total purchasing power of nearly $4 billion.
• Employs 10% of our county’s workforce, who together earn over $2 billion in total wages.

Our stakeholders include thousands of community volunteers, nonprofit board members, and corporate, philanthropic, and government partners – as well as the multitude of county residents our member organizations serve.

our history

Nonprofit Montgomery emerged out of a community meeting over a decade ago, at which leaders from key community nonprofits spoke of their desire to see an interactive network that would include established nonprofits as well as emerging groups serving diverse communities working together to promote the collective interests of the sector.

From 2004 to 2006, leaders in the Montgomery County nonprofit community worked through The Community Foundation for Montgomery County to bring that vision to fruition. Nonprofit Montgomery, which operated as a community program of the Nonprofit Roundtable from 2008 to 2015, has grown into a powerful alliance of nonprofits serving residents of Montgomery County and representing a wide variety of services and programs.

As of July 2015, Nonprofit Montgomery became a fiscally sponsored project of Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers, governed by an Advisory Board of member nonprofit leaders. In 2019, Nonprofit Montgomery was granted 501(c)3 nonprofit status.

Today, Nonprofit Montgomery serves as a network, information resource, and advocate for Montgomery County’s nonprofit sector.

Meet our board of directors and staff.

To learn more about what we do, visit the programs page.