Standards for Excellence
6 Interesting Facts About Compensation in MD’s Nonprofit Sector
Regularly reviewing salaries to keep your salary and benefits structure up-to-date is an important step in helping your organization attract and retain talented employees (and avoiding costly turnover!). Maryland Nonprofits’ Salary Survey, conducted every...
Succession Planning: Preparing for Smooth Transitions
Organizations rarely have playbooks for how employees execute their jobs. The recipe for success is mixed: one part job description, one part best practices, one part professional development, and one part personality. In an ideal world, every nonprofit position would...
Apply for a Community Action Partnership Award
The Mutual of America Community Partnership Award recognizes nonprofits that have shown exemplary leadership by facilitating partnerships with public, private or social sector leaders. A number of grants, including a $50,000 grand prize, are presented. Applications to...
Apply to Host a Sondheim Leadership Fellow
UMBC is accepting position descriptions to host a 2018 Sondheim Nonprofit Leadership program fellow. Host organizations will provide a full-time experience from June 4-August 10 for Maryland’s best and brightest college juniors and seniors and graduate students....
Free Networking Happy Hour for All AFP Fundraisers & Friends
All Fundraisers, Nonprofit Staff, Nonprofit Board Members, and those who work with Fundraisers and Nonprofit Organizations are encouraged to attend the Association of Fundraising Professionals, MD’s (AFP-MD) happy hour at R House on April 5. Both AFP Members and...
Help Your Sector! Participate in the 2018 Salary Survey!
Maryland Nonprofits is conducting the 2018 Salary Survey to better assist nonprofit organizations throughout the state in regards to their compensation programs. Reviewing salaries regularly is an important benchmark in the Standards for Excellence®, and keeping your...
Applications Open: Make a Mark Design Marathon
Could you use help with your organization’s marketing materials, website, branding, or another design project? Submit a project proposal to Make a Mark, coming to Baltimore on April 14! During Make a Mark, the best designers and developers gather for a...
State of the Nonprofit Sector Survey
How is your nonprofit weathering these turbulent times? Tell policy-makers and funders what you think they should know. Take the Nonprofit Finance Fund State of the Nonprofit Sector Survey today. NFF’s Survey is the biggest national sampling of our...
Free Webinar: Getting Upstream to Reduce the Opioid Epidemic
Since 2000, opioid-related deaths have increased by 200% and nearly 80% of heroin users state they have used prescription pain relievers for nonmedical use. While funds have been released for crisis response such as increased access to naloxone at points of first...
Attention: Don’t Let This Happen To Your Nonprofit!
Blog by Paddy Morton, General Counsel, Maryland Nonprofits Imagine this: A nonprofit is hard at work, advancing its mission and expanding its service area. The executive director is juggling a variety of responsibilities related to programming, fundraising, and...