Events

FIRM for Small or Emerging Nonprofits

2021-05-05T13:02:49-04:00May 5th, 2021|Events|

FIRM for Small or Emerging Nonprofits
LAST CHANCE until 2022! Space still available.

This version of FIRM (Financial Reporting and Management Institute) is specifically designed for our small but mighty nonprofits who are either just starting, intentionally small (budget under $750,000), or exploring future growth. FIRM is an opportunity for staff and board to attend as a team to engage in thoughtful planning for financial sustainability.

FIRM includes four one hour sessions, plus self paced modules and introduces nonprofit leaders and board members to financial best practices for greater accountability and sustainability. FIRM’s unique curriculum provides a strategic framework and practical tools to help leaders better understand and implement best practices in financial management.
FIRM is supported and strongly encouraged by the Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services as an essential tool for nonprofits. Questions? Please reach out to us.

Dates: May 24, 26, 28, and June 1 (1-2pm)
Cost: Only $25 per team (up to four)
Click here to register your team.

COVID-19 Response Meeting

2021-04-19T13:41:28-04:00April 19th, 2021|Events|

Wednesday, April 21, 11am   

Join Nonprofit Montgomery for our bimonthly virtual meeting with Montgomery County and nonprofit leaders for opportunity to hear updates on the local covid-19 response.

Workforce programs and the covid recovery

  • Councilmember Hans Riemer
  • Anthony Featherstone, CEO, WorkSource Montgomery

Grants and Funding Updates

  • Franca Brilliant, Consultant

When: April 21, 11am-12:15pm
Where: On Zoom. Once you register you’ll receive an auto-email with all the details.
Join us on April 21

FIRM for Program Directors and Dept. Leaders

2021-03-25T11:31:49-04:00March 25th, 2021|Events, Training Opportunities|

FIRM for Program Directors is a multi-day workshop that provides program directors and department leaders with a deeper understanding of the financial processes, planning, and decision making that support strong program and organizational sustainability.

Participants will learn about program level financial modeling, strategic budgeting, and financial reporting to build confidence and competence in making decisions that balance assets and outcomes (aka money and mission) for individual programs and the organization at large.

The program delivery will be a mix of LIVE and self-paced sessions over two weeks as follows …

  • LIVE Sessions will be delivered using Zoom and facilitated by our instructor.
  • The first one will be an orientation and introduction for everyone.
  • The following sessions will be specific Q&A sessions around the topics covered throughout the program in the self-passed modules
  • Self-Guided Modules – each module consists of 30-40 minutes of pre-recorded content along with linked planning tools and prompts – expect to spend about an hour with your team on each module.

The session schedule will be:
Monday, April 19, 1-2pm: LIVE Orientation
Wednesday, April 21, 1-2pm: LIVE Q&A on Module 1
Friday, April 23, 1-2pm: LIVE Q&A on Module 2
Tuesday, April 27, 1-2pm: LIVE Q&A on Module 3
REGISTER TODAY

FIRM for Program Directors and Dept. Leaders

2021-03-08T10:14:00-05:00March 10th, 2021|Events, Member News, Training Opportunities|

FIRM for Program Directors is a multi-day workshop that provides program directors and department leaders with a deeper understanding of the financial processes, planning, and decision making that support strong program and organizational sustainability.

Participants will learn about program level financial modeling, strategic budgeting, and financial reporting to build confidence and competence in making decisions that balance assets and outcomes (aka money and mission) for individual programs and the organization at large.

The program delivery will be a mix of LIVE and self-paced sessions over two weeks as follows …

  • LIVE Sessions will be delivered using Zoom and facilitated by our instructor.
  • The first one will be an orientation and introduction for everyone.
  • The following sessions will be specific Q&A sessions around the topics covered throughout the program in the self-passed modules
  • Self-Guided Modules – each module consists of 30-40 minutes of pre-recorded content along with linked planning tools and prompts – expect to spend about an hour with your team on each module.

The session schedule will be:
Monday, April 19, 1-2pm: LIVE Orientation
Wednesday, April 21, 1-2pm: LIVE Q&A on Module 1
Friday, April 23, 1-2pm: LIVE Q&A on Module 2
Tuesday, April 27, 1-2pm: LIVE Q&A on Module 3
REGISTER TODAY

MORE Alumni Info and Events

2021-03-08T10:12:58-05:00March 9th, 2021|Events, Member News, Training Opportunities, Uncategorized|

We’ve kicked off our Spring 2021 MORE cohort, our second in the new virtual MORE model. Over in the MORE Alumni Evaluation Network on LinkedIn, we had a busy month of resource sharing.

We shared a resource for secondary data, with benchmark data for foundation evaluation projects. The Sharp Insight team also shared a new favorite post, their Ode to Outputs, which we hope our MORE alums will appreciate. It’s no “stand up, sit down,” but that’s more difficult to facilitate over a blog post!  As we’ve been reading more about equity in evaluation, we shared an article with some simple steps to help get started connecting diversity, equity, and inclusion to your metrics. As an added bonus, an alum shared a video on data visualization that we think you might enjoy.

A resource we hope you’ll all give a listen is a video from We All Count with a message about what we really want to know about identity. If you’re interested in seeing more resources like these, join 111 of your nonprofit colleagues in our LinkedIn alumni network!

Alumni are encouraged to join us for the next MORE office hours (and informal discussion/Q&A) on Wednesday, March 17 at noon by registering here. The spring cohort just debriefed on the levels of influence, which we hope rings some bells. We’re planning to focus most of the office hours discussion on how different organizations approach their evaluation of the various levels.

Conscious Conversations: A Race Equity Self-Accountability Journey

2021-02-25T12:46:53-05:00February 25th, 2021|Events, Training Opportunities|

Conscious Conversations: A Race Equity Self-Accountability Journey
Scholarship for Nonprofit Montgomery Members

Nonprofit Montgomery is excited to partner with The Nonprofit Village to offer five member organizations a scholarship to attend Conscious Conversations: A Race Equity Self-Accountability Journey. This two-part series workshop exploring key racial equity concepts to assist participants to develop and enhance understanding of racism as constructs and how these constructs are used as structural barriers.

It will be facilitated by C. Marie Taylor is the President & Principal Consultant at Equity Through Action and former President & CEO of Leadership Montgomery.

When: March 12, 10am – 11am AND April 16, 10am – 12pm
Who: ED/CEO and Board Chair
Important: You must commit to attending both the March 12 and April 16 sessions as two-person team (ED/CEO and Board Chair or equivalent) and to devoting time to self-paced work during the six week period.
How: While the program is open to anyone and you can register here, there are a few scholarships available to Nonprofit Montgomery members.

Contact Meredith as soon as possible to be considered for scholarship (preference for smaller organizations, but any member is eligible!)

Lescault & Walderman: Allocating Expenses to Programs

2021-02-22T13:09:11-05:00February 24th, 2021|Events|

Join us for our new four part accounting and finance series led by Nonprofit Montgomery partner Lescault & Walderman.

Why, what and how? Is it worth the effort to identify and split expenses between programs, management and general, and fundraising? How do I know which expenses I can charge out? How do I determine how much to allocate?

Join us for a discussion of direct costs versus indirect costs and how you can use cost allocation to tell a better story about your organization.

When: Tuesday, March 9 from 1-2pm
Where: on Zoom, Click here to register.

Save the dates for: June 8 – Budgeting vs. Forecasting; September 14 – Reading Financial Statements; December 14 – Internal Controls in a Small Staff Environment.

Conscious Conversations: A Race Equity Self-Accountability Journey

2021-02-22T13:08:03-05:00February 22nd, 2021|Events, Member News|

Conscious Conversations: A Race Equity Self-Accountability Journey
Scholarship for Nonprofit Montgomery Members

Nonprofit Montgomery is excited to partner with The Nonprofit Village to offer five member organizations a scholarship to attend Conscious Conversations: A Race Equity Self-Accountability Journey. This two-part series workshop exploring key racial equity concepts to assist participants to develop and enhance understanding of racism as constructs and how these constructs are used as structural barriers.

It will be facilitated by C. Marie Taylor is the President & Principal Consultant at Equity Through Action and former President & CEO of Leadership Montgomery.

When: March 12, 10am – 11am AND April 16, 10am – 12pm
Who: ED/CEO and Board Chair
Important: You must commit to attending both the March 12 and April 16 sessions as two-person team (ED/CEO and Board Chair or equivalent) and to devoting time to self-paced work during the six week period.
How: While the program is open to anyone and you can register here, there are a few scholarships available to Nonprofit Montgomery members.

Contact Meredith as soon as possible to be considered for scholarship (preference for smaller organizations, but any member is eligible!)

Survey BASICS Workshop – This week!

2021-02-22T13:08:43-05:00February 21st, 2021|Events|

Thinking about launching a survey but not sure where to start? Join us February 24, 2021 for our Survey BASICS workshop with Sharp Insight, LLC. We’ll begin by exploring what to think about before designing a survey.

Then we’ll dive into tips to improve survey quality and end with Sharp Insight’s Survey BASICS tool to help you create the best surveys for your organization.

Ready to take your organization’s surveys to the next level? Join us Wednesday, February 24.

When: Wednesday, February 24, from 11am to 12:30pm
Where: on Zoom, Click here to register.

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