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Digital Fundraising

2019-08-12T12:50:48-04:00August 12th, 2019|Events|

Nonprofit Montgomery’s 2019 Summer Learning Series
Build your skills this summer
Digital Fundraising
Wondering how to leverage online giving, giving days, crowdfunding, and other digital techniques to grow your fundraising efforts?

This one-hour session will provide you with an effective and unbiased roadmap to implementing best practices that work for organizations of all sizes. You’ll leave with tons of ideas, real-life advice on important areas to focus on, and guidelines for evaluating your own and vendors’ digital fundraising efforts.

Topics covered: website conversion optimization; performance analytics; online giving forms; outbound and inbound donor marketing techniques; crowdfunding platforms; email best practices (compliance, deliverability, and conversions); digital ambassadors and volunteer management; social media; giving day strategies, integrating digital with other channels.

Wednesday, August 14 from 9-10am
New Location – The Nonprofit Village: 15800 Crabbs Branch Way, Suite 300, Rockville, MD 20855
Click here to register

Facilitated by Louis Diez, Director of the Annual Fund and Development Business Operations at the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

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

What We’re Reading This Week

2019-08-12T12:44:35-04:00August 12th, 2019|Uncategorized|

All in for Women & Girls: How women’s fund and foundation donors are leading through philanthropy (Women’s Philanthropy Institute, July 2019)

Which Cities Have the Most Nonprofits, and Why? (The Nonprofit Quarterly, July 31)

Immigrants and Their Communities Pay a Dear Price in Fear (The Nonprofit Quarterly, July 31)

12 Reasons Why You Should Gracefully Resign from a Nonprofit Board (The Nonprofit Quarterly, July 26)

Vacation tips for nonprofit professionals who suck at vacationing (Nonprofit AF, July 15)

ICYMI: Nonprofit Uses of Direct Public Offerings as Community Capital (The Nonprofit Quarterly, May 31)

Grants and Funding Opportunities

2019-08-12T12:34:17-04:00August 12th, 2019|Grants & Funding|

Washington Area Women’s Foundation: Early Care and Education Funders Collaborative(ECEFC)

  • Request for Proposals for projects in the DC metro region that improve early childhood systems infrastructure, work to ensure families have access to high-quality early education programs, and help early educators effectively meet the needs of all children.

County Government: Mini-Grants for Food Security Organizations

  • mini grants range from $2,000 to $10,000 to improve capacity and infrastructure of the local food system and all aspects of food security or to support inventive and collaborative approaches to reducing food insecurity.
  • A pre-application technical assistance conference will be held on August 14 at 10:30 a.m. at 401 Hungerford Drive in Rockville. Applications are due September 3, 2019.

County Government: Community Development Block Grant

  • Organizations are limited to two applications
  • Any funds awarded will not be available until on or after July 1, 2020
  • The application deadline is Friday, September 13, 2019 at 4:00pm

City of Rockville: Community Development Block Grant Program

  • A federal grant for housing and community development projects that benefit low and moderate-income persons.
  • CDBG money can be used to provide grants to housing providers for housing and community development projects that benefit low- and moderate-income households or neighborhoods.
  • Applications due September 16, 2019, 5pm

New Job Opportunities – August 12, 2019

2019-08-12T12:29:09-04:00August 12th, 2019|Job Opportunities|

Parent Encouragement Program (PEP): Director of Fund and Business Development
CaringMatters: Office Manager / Administrative Volunteer Coordinator
Community Bridges, Inc.: Middle School and Volunteer Program Coordinator
Identity, Inc.: Grants & Budget Accountant
Primary Care Coalition: Nurse Case Manager
Grantmakers for Effective Organizations: Program Manager, Peer Learning and Content

Making Sense of the Census—The Role of Nonprofits

2019-08-12T12:27:47-04:00August 12th, 2019|Advocacy, Nonprofit Resources|

Mobilizing around the 2020 Census is critical for Montgomery County and the nonprofit sector. In addition to providing demographic data that is essential for planning purposes, the US Census determines the allocation of billions of dollars in federal funds for schools, roads, hospitals and many public benefits. Representation in Congress is also determined by Census data.

Last week Nonprofit Montgomery convened nonprofits with the County’s 2020 Census leadership—Diane Vu, Director of the Office of Community Partnerships and Shawn Ellis, Montgomery County Census Director for a conversation about how nonprofits can support the effort in 2020.

Guest speaker Barry Robinson, former lead counsel for the US Census Bureau, explained the laws safeguarding the confidentiality of Census data. Data gathered in the Census is shared only in the aggregate. Individual data is protected. This is an important message for nonprofits to convey to the people we serve. For more information, read these articles authored by Mr. Robinson.

Montgomery County has already convened a 2020 Census Complete Count Committee. Regional subcommittees are organizing to support the effort. These committees are convened by the Directors of the Regional Services Centers. Nonprofits are encouraged to connect with the regional committees to learn more.

Stay tuned for more information about how nonprofits can get involved, and County resources to support this work. Contact Shawn Ellis, 2020 Census Director.

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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.

Community Action Board Accepting Applications for Free Advocacy Training Program

2019-07-29T10:12:10-04:00July 30th, 2019|Events, Training Opportunities|

The County’s Community Action Board is accepting applications for its Community Advocacy Institute. The Community Advocacy Institute is a free program that will teach residents basic advocacy skills and it provides hands-on opportunities to advocate for important issues in the community. To qualify for the program, participants must be County residents with household incomes of $55,000 or less. Applications are due by Friday, August 16.

Opportunities at the Takoma Park Folk Festival

2019-07-29T10:14:22-04:00July 29th, 2019|Uncategorized|

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 8, 2019, at the Takoma Park Middle School, 7611 Piney Branch Road, Takoma Park, MD. Attendance at this free festival is expected to be 5,000+ and represents a cross-section of the DC area community. Learn more here.

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