Latest News and Events

  • New Census Project Grants
    Nonprofits across the country are working to ensure that all residents, including those in traditionally "hard to count" communities, are represented in the 2010 Census. We've just awarded $35,000 in grants to 16 Washington-area nonprofits to help them ensure an accurate count.
  • DC Fair Budget Coalition Briefing: Focus on Youth

    Our most vulnerable residents are facing the toughest of times.  Join the DC Fair Budget Coalition for this breakfast briefing on how unemployment, underemployment, lack of affordable housing and food insecurity are affecting our region's youth.                                            

    Friday, March 12, 2010
    9:30am - 11:00am
    1350 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
    Washington, DC





     
  • Now Accepting Applications for Neighbors in Need Fund Grants
    Now through 4:00pm on March 31, 2010 we are accepting grant applications from nonprofit direct-service providers in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Grant awards of up to $25,000 will support food, clothing, shelter and other emergency services to eligible nonprofits across the region.
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      Racial Diversity Collaborative: Report Release Event
      March 31, 2010
      9:00am – 11:30am
      Bridgeway Community Church
      9189 Red Branch Road
      Columbia, MD
      The first major study on nonprofit leadership diversity will be released in conjunction with a panel discussion. Keynote  speaker: Ralph Smith, Executive Vice President, Annie E. Casey Foundation.

    RSVP:  http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e2rmp5oe010363db

     
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      February E-Newsletter Now Available
      Read the latest issue of our monthly newsletter, Making Connections.  This edition highlights 
      our recent Partnership for Equity grants, profiles grantee the Asian Pacific American Legal
      Resource Center, and introduces two Community Foundation donors.

Our Latest Blog Post

  • Workforce Development: Ideas for Funders
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    Sarah Oldmixon, The Community Foundation's Director of Workforce Initiatives, reports on a recent Funders Roundtable event focused on workforce development issues.

    Last week, I was pleased to be invited to participate in an invigorating conversation among Community Foundation donors, grantmakers, and local leaders who are committed to confronting this crisis head on. The March Funders’ Roundtable of Montgomery County was organized around the topic “New strategies in workforce development for hard-to-serve populations hit hardest by the economic downturn” and provided more than 30 participants with an opportunity to learn about the unemployment situation in Montgomery County as well as strategies to help individuals get back to work.
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