Nonprofit Tech Remains Poorly Resourced (The NonProfit Times, November 6)
How To Motivate Millennials To Become Nonprofit Leaders (Forbes, October 29)
Is there a difference between nonprofit and for-profit senior care? (WTOP, October 29)
Local Jewish Communities Respond To The Tree Of Life Shooting (Kojo Nnamdi, October 30)
We studied freelancing for five years: Here’s how work is changing (Fast Company, October 31)
According to a new study by The Bridgespan Group anonprofit executive team’s effectiveness is essential for an organization’s success. Yet often these teams underperform for a variety of reasons. The five steps laid out here can help nonprofit executive teams move from underperforming to high-performing in their work to advance their organizations’ missions. Click here to access the report.
The Healthcare Initiative Foundation sponsored a new study that found that life expectancy across the metropolitan Washington region varies by as much as 27 years and health can differ drastically within a single county, from neighborhood to neighborhood. Due to be presented later this morning at a meeting of area leaders, the report analyzed extensive data across the region’s 1,223 census tracts. The report – Uneven Opportunities: How Conditions for Wellness Vary Across the Metropolitan Washington Region – aims to better understand health status and health disparities across the region.
Nonprofit Montgomery partners with the County government and other local funders to offer capacity building programs such as MORE (our evaluation and metrics program) and FIRM.
Aumazo, Inc.
Hispanic Business Foundation of Maryland
Interfaith Works
Jewish Social Service Agency (JSSA)
Kolot HaLev
Montgomery County Collaboration Council
NAMI Montgomery County
Save the Date for upcoming FIRM Programs:
FIRM for Program Directors on February 7, 2019 and FIRM for Small/Emerging Nonprofits on April 11, 2019
Manna Food Center CEO and Nonprofit Montgomery Board Secreatary Jackie DeCarlo was featured in Bethesda Magazine’s “Feeding Our Neighbors.”
Nonprofit Leadership: How To Create A Diverse Pipeline To The Top(Forbes, September 21)
The Effects of Universal Preschool in Washington, D.C. (Center for American Progress, September 26)
The Youth Vote: How To Motivate Those Least Likely To Cast A Ballot(Kojo Nnamdi, October 8)
Know a nonprofit Making a Difference? Nominations are open for the 2018 awards presented by The Nonprofit Village. Apply online by November 9 and the awards will be announced in January 2019.
Unemployment is down. But do the new jobs pay enough to live? (The New York Times, September 11)
Political nonprofits must now name many of their donors under federal court ruling after Supreme Court declines to intervene (Washington Post, September 18)
Five ways your body language is inadvertently offending people (Fast Company, September 19)
About Nonprofit Waste, Overhead, and Financial Subservience (The Nonprofit Quarterly, September 21)
2018 Giving is Dropping. Now What? (Independent Sector, September 26)
MCPS is working on developing the superintendent’s recommended operating budget for FY20 over the next few months. MCPS is reaching out for community input, specifically feedback on what areas need to be prioritized in the budget and will use the feedback help guide it in the formulation of the budget. Click here to take the survey.
Hospice Caring changed its name to CaringMatters. They also have a new tagline, “Facing Illness & Grief. Finding Compassion & Support.” and website CaringMatters.org.