History

Incorporated by members of the Partners for Giving

• Founded with 139 charter members
• Peter Berns, CEO

First Nonprofit Day in Annapolis

• Membership surpasses 500 organizations with a total of 611 at year’s end
• Legislation created the MD Gives! Task Force on Charitable Giving

A year of launches:

• Standards for Excellence program
• Maryland Budget & Tax Policy Institute (MBTPI)
• Our first website

Silver Spring office opened

Peter Berns recognized as a Nonprofit Times Power and Influence Top 50. (He would go on to earn this recognition five times during his tenure.)

• Membership surpasses 1000 organizations
• Advocacy Leaders Program established

Collaboration with Volunteer Central results in creation of Business Volunteers Unlimited (BVU, now BVM)

Standards for Excellence Institute launches

Maryland Nonprofits’ Consulting Group established

First Standards for Excellence Licensed Consultant training

• Darryl Jones becomes CEO
• Legislation passes creating the Nonprofit Development Program

Baltimore office moves to Union Mill in Hampden neighborhood

• Greg Cantori becomes CEO
• Our advocacy efforts helped establish the Council on State Procurement of Health Education and Social Services

MBTPI established as separate 501 (c) (3), renamed the Maryland Center for Economic Policy (MDCEP)

• Heather Iliff becomes CEO
• Standards for Excellence 2.0 released
• Seal of Excellence displayed on Guidestar.org
• Silver Spring office moves to the Nonprofit Village in Rockville

• Over 1,250 members
• MARFY becomes a program of Maryland Nonprofits

The 25th anniversary of our incorporation as a nonprofit