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Update On the State Budget and Maryland Nonprofits’ Policy Priorities (As of March 24th)
By Henry Bogdan, Director of Public Policy & Advocacy, Maryland Nonprofits State Budget: The House version of the budget and budget reconciliation measures (HB 70 and 72) passed with major amendments that (1) eliminate or lessen numerous proposed spending...
Get Ready to be Inspired! The Quality of Life Summit
Tomorrow, Tuesday, March 24th is the Quality of Life Summit, an opportunity to join together to find connections between your work and that of other nonprofits, businesses, and governmental agencies; be inspired by speakers that will challenge us to think bigger for a...
Office Closed
Our office will be closed on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 for the Quality of Life summit. We apologize for any inconvenience!
Working in Partnership to Get the Job Done and Improve the Quality of Life
By Amy Coates Madsen, Standards for Excellence Institute Director Like many nonprofits throughout the state and nation, Pathfinders for Autism, a nonprofit based in Hunt Valley, MD, has experienced an increase in the number of partnerships with outside organizations...
Moving Beyond Mission: Program Evaluation
By Sawida Kamara, Staff Consultant, Maryland Nonprofits Program evaluations are an essential tool and best practice for nonprofits to use to collect key information needed to explore whether their operational practices, programs and services, and financial...
Fundraising Benchmarks for Small Nonprofits ($2M and Under)
By Joanna Joslyn, Project Manager & Principal Consultant, Joslyn Creative View the original blog here. Fundraising Benchmarking is the process of comparing your nonprofit’s performance metrics to industry bests, or the best practices of peer organizations. By...
Public Health Equity and Health in All Policies
By Sawida Kamara, Staff Consultant, Maryland Nonprofits This post is the third in a series focused on highlights from the 2015 Legislative Preview. View the previous post here. Rebecca Ruggles of the Maryland Environmental Health Network (MDEHN) moderated a discussion...
Disabilities, Behavioral Health and Substance Use Providers Face Budget Woes
By Sawida Kamara, Staff Consultant, Maryland Nonprofits This post is the second in a series focused on highlights from the 2015 Legislative Preview. View the previous post here. Legislative priorities for service providers were presented by representatives from the...
Quality of Life: Collaborating for a Better Future
By Heather Iliff, President & CEO, Maryland Nonprofits Everyone wants to have a good quality of life. Nearly universally, people value having a place to call home, being gainfully employed, having access to healthy food, having clean air to breathe and clean...
Maryland Nonprofits’ 2015 Legislative Priorities
By Heather Iliff, President & CEO, Maryland Nonprofits Maryland Nonprofits hosted a Legislative Preview on January 12, 2015 that brought together 100 nonprofit leaders from across the state. Each week, we will include a recap from the Preview… Learn more...