Takoma Park Folk Festival has opportunities for community-based nonprofits to participate by becoming a beneficiary group or exhibiting as a community table. The Folk Festival takes place this year on Sunday, September 11, 2022, at the Takoma Park Middle School, 7611 Piney Branch Road, Takoma Park, MD. Attendance at this free festival is expected to be 5,000+.
Registration is now open for the Nonprofit Capacity Building two-part workshop series. The virtual workshop will be hosted from 12pm – 1pm on Tuesday, June 14th and Thursday, June 16th.
Registration is strongly encouraged for both workshops as important items will be shared on both days by key community partners.
Maryland Nonprofits will discuss their available range of resources for both existing and emerging nonprofits while highlighting the importance of structural requirements and operational compliance to be ‘grant ready.’
Nonprofit Montgomery will share their membership resources, FIRM and MORE trainings for organizational leadership, and share the new and exciting capacity building opportunities for nonprofits in the county.
Institute for Public Health Innovation will provide their Grants 101 presentation that offers a wonderful high-level perspective on how to tackle grant applications and the process – from developing boilerplate communications to determining next steps after award or decline.
Montgomery County Food Council’s Food Security Community will discuss their collaboration and coordination amongst food providers and county distribution centers. The existing infrastructure of the Food Council was a game-changer when the pandemic first started and allowed providers to grow and flourish in their food security supports.
Montgomery County Volunteer Center will provide details on how their programs work and how Montgomery County nonprofits can benefit from using local, professional talent for their operational and programmatic growth.
Join us on Thursday, June 2, 5-7 p.m. at the Glen Echo Park: Bumper Car Pavilion where we will be honoring trailblazing heroes of collective impact: leaders who have been integral to the creation and success of MMF over the last decade.
Please join us for this special celebration! Tickets are on sale now.
Nonprofit Montgomery has invited candidates from districts 2 to 8 to come and meet with local nonprofit leaders. Candidates will have an opportunity for introductions and then we’ll break out into Zoom rooms with nonprofit leaders from their respective districts. Join us and get to know the candidates and their platforms.
Districts 2, 3, and 4 – Click here to register.
Wednesday, June 8, noon to 1:30pm
District 2: Marilyn Balcombe, Lorna Phillips Forde
District 3: Robert Wu (tentative)
District 4: Al Carr, Amy Ginsburg, Troy Murtha, John F. Zittrauer
Districts 5, 6, and 7 – Click here to register.
Thursday, June 9, noon to 1:30pm
District 5: Brian Anleu, Fatmata Barrie, Daniel Amara Koroma, Cary Lamari, Kristin Mink, Jeremiah Pope, Kate Woody, Christopher Bolton
District 6: Natali Fani Gonzalez, Steve Solomon, Christa Tichy, Vicki S. Vergagni
District 7: Dawn Luedtke, Jacqueline Manger, Paul K. Schwartz, Ben Wikner, Paul Geller
Hello Childcare Provider,
Thank you for your hard work! We are reaching out to invite you to be part of the First Cohort of the Early Childhood Education (ECE) Financial Resilience Program for in-home providers, sponsored by Nonprofit Montgomery. The Financial Resilience program is a partnership between 20 Degrees (a local consulting firm) and Nonprofit Montgomery. The program has been deployed around the region and is showing promising results in improving the budgeting process, cash flow management, general planning, and stress management for fellow ECE providers.
This program requires you to:
You will receive a $300 stipend for completing this program. Designed to respect that your time is the most valuable resource, it will deliver real value and hopefully support your existing quality and program efforts.
This program has been created for and shaped by feedback from ECE providers and includes scenario planning, financial modeling and other elements. By the end of the program, you will be able to plan for different scenarios across the next 12-18 months, learn how to boost enrollments, better manage budgets, taxes and cash flow, as well as use a new tool to help manage the pressures of your job and reduce burn out.
Please register for this program HERE. There are a limited number of slots available so this is open to just one person from your center. Upon registration, we will follow up with you a few days before the event with your meeting login information. We look forward to working with you!
Grants & Funding Opportunities
Children’s Opportunity Fund Spring Grant Round
Urban Institute: Partnering for Vaccine Equity: Funding Opportunity for Community-Based Organizations
Reading & Resources
New Job Opportunities
Jewish Council for the Aging: Assistant Director of Development (Exempt, F/T with hybrid option)
Shepherd’s Table: Development Associate
Wonders Early Learning + Extended Day: Human Resources Manager
Adventure Theatre-MTC: Director of Development
We’re Hiring!
Nonprofit Montgomery: Program & Membership Coordinator
Nonprofit Montgomery: Director (Montgomery Moving Forward
Nonprofit Montgomery: Early Care and Education Consultant (part-time)
Has your organization formalized an approach to keeping your data secure? And by “data,” we’re not just talking about survey or focus group data, we also mean data collected from registration forms, intake questionnaires, donor records, and staff records. You don’t need an IT department or any fancy software to establish internal protocols for respecting and securing your organization’s data.
Join Sharp Insight and fellow MORE alums for the final in this year’s How To series: How to Keep Data Secure. We will review the phases of the data lifecycle and some key action steps that might be feasible for your organization. Data security might not sound like a fun topic, but we think you’ll enjoy walking through a real-world case study on the data lifecycle and Sharp Insight’s top data security actions that your organization can put into place right now.
Whether your organization is actively working on your internal data security processes or you’re just thinking about getting started with increased data security, this workshop is for you!
When: Wednesday, June 6, noon-1pm
Where: On Zoom. Click here to register.
On Monday, April 25 from 6-8pm, Nonprofit Montgomery and partners will host a forum for the candidates for Montgomery County Executive.
County Executive candidates will share their vision for Montgomery County and address questions related to jobs, housing, health and mental health care, safety net services, early care and education, and other topics of concern to our sector. Everyone is welcome!
Does your nonprofit have a contract with DHHS? Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about contracting processes and get updates on contract issues. Vickie Buckland, Chief Operating Officer, Department of Health and Human Services will join us for a candid conversation about contracts. Join us and learn:
This is your opportunity to ask questions and express concerns about the contracting process.
When: Thursday, March 24, noon-1pm
Who: Nonprofits interested in providing feedback and learning more about DHHS contracts.
Where: on Zoom. Click here to register.
Not sure how to evaluate your programs and work? Ready to take your data to the next level for grant applications and reporting? Consider MORE.
Nonprofit Montgomery’s MORE Training helps nonprofits learn about evaluation, and offers a deep dive into measuring impact and gauging program effectiveness.
MORE will strengthen your organization’s capacity to measure results by: understanding key evaluation terminology; assessing your organization’s capacity for evaluation; identifying external data and resources to strengthen evaluation efforts; and more.
MORE is a hands-on approach for nonprofits who are new to evaluation or who need to improve their evaluation practices. The program provides a framework for understanding evaluation and includes tools, individual consultation and time to plan as a team.
Who should participate: Nonprofit organizations located in or serving the residents of Montgomery County. Nonprofits participate in MORE as a team of up to four senior leaders.
When: March 14, 21, 28, April 4, 11, all 10:30am-noon and consultations in April/May
Cost: $25 for Nonprofit Montgomery members (4 people) and $525 for non-members.