Member News

Crystal Townsend, President of the Healthcare Initiative Foundation was featured in the March/April issue of Bethesda Magazine. Congratulations Crystal!

It’s been ten years since Nonprofit Montgomery was born out of the Community Foundation from conversations about the need for nonprofit advocacy and capacity building in the County.
We celebrate a decade of impact and new milestones reached in 2018/2019, including:

• over 160 member organizations with steady growth.
• 85% of members actively engaged with Nonprofit Montgomery through attending a program, convening or connecting for resources or advocacy.
• over 500 attendees at programs annually.
• active advocacy and leadership on behalf of the nonprofit sector with County elected officials and government leaders, achieving contract increases and policy wins for nonprofits.
• an engaged board who bring the collective wisdom of years of nonprofit leadership.
• Montgomery Moving Forward – a vital collective impact initiative that engages across all sectors of the community and is currently advocating for an effective equitable system of early care and education in Montgomery County.
• FIRM, MORE, the Nonprofit Impact Series and other programs.

In 2019, after several years under fiscal sponsorship, Nonprofit Montgomery obtained 501(c)(3) status and is now established as an independent nonprofit. And in two weeks we will celebrate a new office space and training facility as we move with Leadership Montgomery to the new Leadership Hub in Rockville.

On behalf of the Nonprofit Montgomery team, thank you to our members, funders, and partners. It is a privilege to work with Montgomery County’s nonprofit leadership and staff, and to support the important work of improving our community and helping County residents thrive.

Interfaith Works and Passion for Learning have been honored with the “Making a Difference” award from The Nonprofit Village. The award is presented to nonprofit organizations that demonstrate their ability to enact social change through collaboration and sustainable management practices. Congratulations!

Christy Kenady and Julie Riggs of EveryMind have been named Top Mental Health First Aid® (MHFA) Instructors for 2018 and will receive special recognition at the Instructor Summit in Nashville on March 24. This title is awarded to Mental Health First Aid instructors who taught 500 or more First Aiders during the 2018 calendar year as well as those who taught to specific audiences through MHFA modules. In 2018, Christy and Julie brought the MHFA Military and Veteran module to network providers and community partners in Maryland, the District of Columbia and Northern Virginia. Congratulations!

Crystal Townsend, President of Healthcare Initiative Foundation was awarded the 2019 Montgomery Women Rising Star Award. This award was established in 2005 to honor and memorialize the life of Phyllis Campbell Newsome, an activist and founding member of Montgomery Women. Montgomery Women presents the Rising Star Award annually to a woman who has shown leadership and the potential to make a significant contribution to the Montgomery County community.

The Nonprofit Village moved to a new incubation center in Rockville. The new 10,824 square foot center has larger office spaces, communal areas and modern amenities. Congratulations!

Montgomery County-based, Helen Hayes-Award- winning theatre company Flying V finishes its 2018 season with the world premiere of “Sheila and Moby.” This original play by Patrick Flynn honors the power of the imagination, examines the dynamic nature of parent-child relationships over time, and asks what it means—and costs—to grow up.