Public Awareness
#MANOAC19 SPOTLIGHT: Three Tips to Prevent Conflicts of Interest at Your Nonprofit
There have been a series of high-profile conflict of interest situations and ethical challenges in the nonprofit sector in the last few weeks and months. To many, these high-profile stories have served as a wake-up call to nonprofit board and staff leaders that they should be more focused on their governance in a way that is as ethical as possible.
Share Your Input on Needs for Human Services Transportation Plans
The Maryland Department of Transportation's Mass Transit Administration, working with KFH Consultants, is holding a series of full-day meetings starting next week to gather stakeholder input on adequacy and needs for “human services transportation” in order to update Regional “Coordinated Public Transit-Human Services Transportation Plans” across the State.
Responding to Attacks on our Values
The language and tone of recent statements from the White House both display and incite views reminiscent of the darkest xenophobic and racist periods in our history. We believe these policy actions are contrary to the values that underpin our democracy.
5 Reasons to Attend #MANOAC19
On October 3 and 4, 2019, hundreds of Maryland’s nonprofit leaders will converge to share solutions in the human services and nonprofit management fields, capitalize on individual and collective strengths, and look ahead towards emerging issues. Early...
OP-ED: Giving locally affects communities and the giver
Your mailbox is probably full of charitable solicitations, and, if you are like me, you probably don’t even open many of them. Sometimes that can give us compassion fatigue or just make us feel annoyed by the waste of paper and postage and turned off to giving. One easy solution to this problem is to get to know local nonprofits in your community and keep your donations close to home.
2020 Census: What Nonprofits Need to Know
Nonprofits play a critical role in helping ensure a complete count in Maryland. Many households would not participate in the Census if they did not get encouragement from a trusted source. Community-based organizations are highly trusted sources of information. Therefore your encouragement and assistance to people who need it will truly make a difference.
Final Look Back at the 2019 General Assembly
There were numerous positive outcomes and achievements during the 2019 Legislative Session. One lasting memory of the 2019 General Assembly will be sorrowful: the passing of Speaker Michael Busch just one day before Sine Die. The mood at Sine Die’s adjournment was...
State Contracts and Grants Reform
Effective October 1st, the major reforms adopted two years ago for state procurements will finally go into effect. Professional procurement positions are being updated and some upgraded, higher level procurement staff will come under the Department of General...
Take Action on 2019 Nonprofit Tax Day
Without some intervening event, Congress will likely do nothing to fix tax problems this year. We need to make Senators and Representatives care that, due to their inaction, money is being diverted from missions in their communities to pay the unfair and unjustifiable tax on nonprofit transportation benefits.
The Internship I Didn’t Know I Needed
As springtime winds to a close, we are spending our final days with many of our interns. One of them, Katherine Latour, wrote about her experience at Maryland Nonprofits this past semester. To Katherine and the rest of our interns who have dedicated time to...