Member News

Arts on the Block: Looking for Adult Artist Advocates

2019-09-02T14:41:09-04:00September 6th, 2019|Member News|

An Artist Advocate, with Arts on the Block’s Design Your Future program, is an empowering, knowledgeable, resourceful, adult volunteer who serves as a support and trusted confidant to a young creative on our Studio Crew. The Advocate helps to ensure that the Emerging Artist develops important academic, professional and life skills, is exposed to a network of opportunities and a wide array of resources, makes positive professional and educational choices, and builds/follows through with a plan in terms of their long-term goals. Click here to learn more.

Passion for Learning 15 Year Anniversary Celebration

2019-09-02T14:16:55-04:00September 3rd, 2019|Events, Member News|

Passion for Learning (P4L) is celebrating 15 years of helping more than 1,600 students strive and succeed in school and start their path to college and careers. They’ll be celebrating their remarkable students, educators, and P4L’s community advocates. The event is on October 24, from 6:30pm to 8:30pm at the Cultural Arts Center, Montgomery College in Silver Spring. Click here for more information.

JFGH Welcomes New CEO

2019-08-12T12:38:31-04:00August 14th, 2019|Member News|

Jewish Foundation for Group Homes (JFGH) named David A. Ervin as CEO. For the past 14 years, David has led The Resource Exchange (TRE), an agency providing more than 4,400 children and adults with intellectual and development disabilities with a broad spectrum of health and support services.

CollegeTracks New CEO: Linda Youngentob

2019-08-12T12:36:03-04:00August 14th, 2019|Member News|

The CollegeTracks board has chosen Linda Youngentob to succeed Nancy Leopold as CollegeTracks’ CEO. Nancy Leopold is retiring after 17 years leading the organization. Linda Youngentob served on the CollegeTracks board for six years until 2017, and she has been a CollegeTracks volunteer for about 10 years.

Thank You for Renewing Your Membership

2019-08-12T12:46:36-04:00August 12th, 2019|Member News|

Thank you to the members that have joined or renewed for 2019-2020. Together we can help strengthen the nonprofit sector serving Montgomery County. If you forgot to renew, don’t worry there’s still time!

Don’t just take our word for it, look what some of our members had to say about us:

We love the way you all bring us all together to make a bigger impact in the county.
Mark McCaffrey, Executive Director, Rebuilding Together Montgomery County
Nonprofit Montgomery is always on point and knows how to take care of small*
organizations’ needs. 
One of our members after attending a Nonprofit Montgomery program
*Nonprofit Montgomery’s membership includes organizations of every size from the newly formed 501(c)(3) to the nationally known organizations serving Montgomery County

Stable + Affordable: Housing as a Foundation of Health – 2 Part Event

2019-07-29T10:15:26-04:00July 31st, 2019|Events, Member News|

Stable + Affordable: Housing as a Foundation of Health – 2 Part Event

The Primary Care Coalition is exploring the health and housing relationship in two parts – from the existing interventions that mitigate health/housing problems to big ideas for integrative solutions. Two informative half-day sessions will explore the impact of stable and affordable housing on health outcomes.

Session One: September 17 
Peter Edelman will walk us through his new book Not a Crime to Be Poor, in which he examines the socio-political influences that have led to the criminalization of poverty.

Session Two: October 15
We’ll explore the role quality, affordable housing plays in the health of residents and look at ways to form strategic links between housing and health systems.

Government and Community News and Updates

2019-07-29T10:11:20-04:00July 29th, 2019|Member News, Uncategorized|

Identity’s Report on Early Care and Education Needs
Recently Identity, Inc. released a report, “EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION NEEDS ASSESSMENT-Among Latino Families in Montgomery County, Maryland.” In it Identity hoped through the assessment, they could better understand two issues:

  1. the reasons Latino parents do, or do not, enroll their children in formal early care programs;
  2. how Latino children who are not enrolled in formal care settings are being cared for.

The report contains survey findings of 130 local families and provided recommendations on them.

Congratulations Hope Gleicher and Andy Burness
The Greater Washington Community Foundation-Montgomery County recently named the 2019 Philanthropists of the year: Hope Gleicher, Chief Strategy Officer, Identity, Inc. and Andy Burness, President, Burness. Both Hope and Andy serve on Montgomery Moving Forward’s Leadership Group. Hope was also a founding leader of Nonprofit Montgomery. The Celebration of Giving where the couple will be honored, will be on December 9 at the Round House Theatre.

Age Discrimination Affects All in the Workplace 
Recently, the Office of Human Rights released an article on age discrimination in the workplace that all employers should read. The County established the OHR to help educate and promote compliance with human rights laws, provide technical assistance to the residents and the marketplace and provides mediation and conciliation services. For additional information visit theOHR website.

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