Quality of Life
Guest Blog by Michael Mitchell, Vice President for Programs, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, and Board Member of Maryland Nonprofits Every year, Maryland Nonprofits strengthens the Maryland economy and quality of life by advancing nonprofit impact. With few exceptions, nonprofits overcome failures in our market economy through their programs, goods and services. Shortages of affordable […]
By Heather Iliff, President & CEO, Maryland Nonprofits The Paris attacks heightened the level of fear and anxiety around the world. And, now we are dealing with the aftermath of attacks on two nonprofit organizations in the United States that occurred within a week of each other. Planned Parenthood in Colorado Springs was attacked on […]
Guest Blog by Chante Coleman, Field Director, Choose Clean Water Coalition At this point, we are all too familiar with the Green 2.0 report titled “The State of Diversity in Environmental Organizations: Mainstream NGOs, Foundations & Government Agencies.” This report told us that despite the racial diversity in the United States (about 1/3 people of […]
By Henry Bogdan, Director of Advocacy & Public Policy, Maryland Nonprofits Please join Maryland Nonprofits, the National Council of Nonprofits and many others in saying “NO” to a new regulation proposed by the IRS. The Internal Revenue Service advises taxpayers on its website and on a YouTube video to only give out their Social Security numbers (SSN) when […]
Guest Blog by Paul Chasen, Statewide Coordinator of Maryland AskUsNow!, Maryland AskUsNow! AskUsNow! is the statewide interactive information service available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week that uses the expertise of librarians to provide answers to questions, research guidance, and help navigating the internet. AskUsNow! is a cooperative service of Maryland libraries […]
Guest Blog by Bill Fitzgerald, Founder/Managing Partner of Exec Careers DC, Associate Member of Maryland Nonprofits Read the original blog here. When you ask most people what they think of when they hear the word “feedback” you immediately hear words like criticism, weaknesses, failures, under performance, performance appraisal, etc. Furthermore, there can also be emotional […]
