Marriott Foundation endows Leadership Montgomery program
The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation is establishing a $100,000 scholarship endowment for the new Emerging Leaders program of Leadership Montgomery, the Rockville-based community leadership...
View ArticleAffordable car loans to help families
Vehicles for Change, of Halethorpe, a nonprofit that refurbishes donated cars and provides them to low-income families for reliable transportation to and from employment, and Baltimore-based Hamilton...
View ArticleWhere there’s a tool, there’s a way
Some nonprofits provide services directly to a community or cause. Others provide the tools that other groups need to succeed.
View ArticleWorld Relief, German nonprofit to link
World Relief, of Baltimore, the humanitarian arm of the National Association of Evangelicals, and Partner Aid, a German nonprofit that provides humanitarian aid in six countries in North Africa and...
View ArticleTwo Md.-based Habitat for Humanity groups merge
Two Maryland-based Habitat for Humanity groups announced Wednesday their plans to merge.
View ArticleMicroloan programs arrive at UMBC, Loyola
The University of Maryland, Baltimore County and the business school at Loyola University Maryland have each received a $25,000 grant to launch microloan programs affiliated with Kiva, a nonprofit that...
View ArticleBaltimore County homeless agencies receive U.S. grants
Two of Baltimore County’s homeless services partner organizations have been selected to receive a combined $3.2 million in federal grants to serve homeless and at-risk veterans and their families,...
View ArticleD.C. Circuit rejects challenge to contraceptive-mandate option
A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a path devised by the Obama administration that allows religious nonprofit groups to avoid paying for contraception under the president’s health care law.
View ArticleRockville man pleads guilty to stealing more than $120K from nonprofit
A Rockville man pleaded guilty Friday in a scheme to steal more than $120,000 from the Montgomery County nonprofit where he worked. Lowell Meredith Sherman faces a maximum of 20 years in prison for...
View ArticleChimes’ business incubator partners with tech company
Baltimore tech company CyberSpa has a new product on the market, and it’s being packaged and shipped in a unique way. Available on Amazon since Friday, FreshStart kits contain a hard drive and other...
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