Quality of Life
Spotlight on Members: Keep America Beautiful Month
Did you know? April is National Keep America Beautiful month. In celebration, we’re shining the spotlight on just a few of our members who work tirelessly on preservation, conservation, and beautification projects to help keep Maryland one of the best looking...
Spring into Action with Networking Across Maryland!
Springtime is for new beginnings and opportunities. As the weather warms-up and flowers begin to bloom, now is the perfect time to get away from your desk and out of the office for connection opportunities across the state. We hope to see you at one of these events!...
A Better Quality of Life
By Jabari Jackson, IT Coordinator, Maryland Nonprofits I had the pleasure of attending the Quality of Life Summit hosted by Maryland Nonprofits that was held on March 24, 2015 at the McDonogh School. The wealth of knowledge and insight provided by the panel of...
Health Insurance – Who needs it?
Guest Blog by Rob Cannon, Executive Vice President, Gorges & Company, Inc. Learn more about Maryland Nonprofits’ insurance and benefit programs available exclusively for our members. Everybody– with few exceptions. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) included an...
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...
Office Closed
Our office will be closed on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 for the Quality of Life summit. We apologize for any inconvenience!
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...
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...