MCPS New Online Resource
MCPS created the Budget 101 website to help the community understand how the MCPS budget is built and funding decisions are made.
Temporary Workspace Available in Aspen Hill
Workforce Solutions Group has desk space available for nonprofits who may need a temporary workspace. Contact Doug Propheter for more information.
Congratulations C.A.S.E. CEO Debbie Riley
C.A.S.E. CEO and Nonprofit Montgomery Board member Debbie Riley received the 2015 Adoption Excellence Award from the Department of Health and Human Services for her extraordinary contribution in providing adoption and other permanency outcomes for children in foster care.
Action in Montgomery and Montgomery Housing Alliance Event: Action for Child First and Affordable Housing
An event to hold elected officials accountable for putting Child First and affordable housing into the County’s budget. The County Executive as well as Councilmembers Navarro, Berliner, and Riemer are confirmed to attend. Dec 9, 7-9pm at St. Camillus Church, Silver Spring. For more information, visit AIM’s website or contact Cynthia Marshall or Katie Ashmore.
The Four Impulses of Nonprofits and What They Each Create
The Nonprofit Quarterly ran this excellent overview of the tensions facing nonprofits, an adaptation from The Resilient Sector Revisited: The New Challenge to Nonprofit America by Lester Salamon.
Leggett Initiative to Overhaul County Workforce Development Moves Forward; Council Approves Legislation; CEO Search Underway
That was the headline in a press release issued on October 15. Referencing and appending Montgomery Moving Forward’s Call To Action: Fueling our Future with Skilled Workers and Good Jobs, County Executive Leggett said, “We need to meet the talent attraction, development, and retention needs of strategic industries in the County. We must better address the needs of the unemployed and the underemployed. And we need to develop career pathways that lead to sustainable wage jobs, support a thriving economy, and strengthen the County’s tax base.”
Both County Council President Leventhal and Councilmember Floreen expressed urgency and enthusiasm for this initiative “to wholly revamp the County’s workforce development efforts.”
Collaboration Council’s Under 21 Substance Abuse Prevention Activity Mini-Grants
The Collaboration Council is accepting applications for mini-grant funding to help organizations deliver activities to youth that will help prevent substance abuse. Applications are due Oct 31, 4pm. For more information, click here or email questions by Oct 21 toinfo@collaborationcouncil.org.
Haas, Jr. Fund Wants to Talk About Creating a Culture of Philanthropy
Just as Nonprofit Montgomery’s CEO/Board Table for Ten was beginning the second of three discussions, blogger Cindy Gibson shared that the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund would like to have a robust “conversation” about what it takes to create a culture of philanthropy. Read more and weigh in.
Nonprofit Montgomery – 100 Members Strong
Just a few months into our new membership year we have hit the century mark in paid members. Our impact in Montgomery County? Together, we:
- Serve over 2,994,895 residents
- Manage over 3,513 employees and budgets totaling $275 million
- Work with 50,078 volunteers and 1,426 Board members
If you are not a member, join our alliance today, and become part of our work in advocacy, leadership development, peer-to-peer support and building strategic partnerships.
FIRM Early Bird Registration Now Open
Nonprofit Montgomery invites you to participate in our FIRM Financial Leadership Institute, which is specifically designed for Executive Directors, Finance Staff and Board members of nonprofit organizations serving residents of Montgomery County.
We will be offering both Fall (Nov. 3 & 4) and Spring (Mar. 1 & 2) sessions of FIRM and hope you can take advantage of this opportunity.
Early Bird Registration for the Fall session is now open for Nonprofit Montgomery members only through September 25th and includes free tuition. After that member tuition will be $50 and tuition for non-members will be $250.
Registration is due by October 10th. Based on past experience, we expect to be filled well before that, so register today.