From: Chuck Bean & Eduardo Romero, The Nonprofit Roundtable
Date: July 7, 2006
Re: Roundtable Events; Member Transitions; Members in the News; Reports & Other

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The Nonprofit Roundtable and can sign up now for the July 19 'Town Hall Meeting for Change' (9:00 - 11:00 am at the True Reformer Building, 1200 U Street, NW in the District) hosted by The Roundtable and the Center for Nonprofit Advancement. Over 85 nonprofit leaders from the Washington area have already registered and the results from this event will add our region's voice to the national Nonprofit Congress coming to Washington in October 2006. Registration is free and breakfast will be provided. Update - The Examiner ran a column on the Nonprofit Congress and the Town Hall and included the Center for Nonprofit Advancement and Community Family Life Services. (Also check out the White Courtesy Telephone blog's interview of Congress organizer Audrey Alvarado.)

Member Transitions
Richard Tagle is the new Executive Director at Higher Achievement. He was most recently the Chief of Staff at the Public Education Network. Maureen Holla continues with Higher Achievement as Strategic Advisor.

Members in the News
Asian Pacific American Legal Resource Center was included in an article on individual giving and fundraising in the Washington Post.

The Aspen Institute's Alan Abramson was quoted in an article on celebrity activists saying, "You almost expect celebrities to have a cause" in USA Today. Separately, the Aspen Institute (Nonprofit Sector Research Fund) released "Weathering the Storm: a Katrina report", which highlights the role of grassroots nonprofits in disaster relief.

The Association of Independent Schools of Greater Washington sponsored nonpartisan educational events to acquaint Montgomery County citizens with the candidates who are running for County Executive and County Council, according to the Washington Post.

Bread For The City helped lead a lawsuit against the District that aims to enjoin the District from applying new requirements prompted by the federal government that could arbitrarily terminate Medicaid benefits for thousands of U.S. citizens in the District who cannot produce specific forms of paperwork to prove their birth in the country, according to a press release and the Washington Post. Separately, Bread for the City was included in a Times of London article about a Shaw neighborhood community garden.

Bridgespan's Tom Tierney published 'The Leadership Deficit' in the Stanford Social Innovation Review and cited the Meyer Foundation's report 'Daring to Lead'.

Capital Area Food Bank and Bread For The City were included in an article in The Examiner about rising gas prices effects on food banks.

CentroNía was applauded for their bi-lingual pre-K program in a recent Washington Post article.

Dance Place was featured with the headline 'Understatement Speaks Volumes At Dance Place' in the Washington Post.

DC Action for Children's Angela Jones Hackley was named one of the 'Women of Influence' by Urban Influence Magazine.

DC Appleseed Center's recent recommendations on the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the District was included in the Washington Post. Separately, DC Appleseed's ongoing 'Solving DC Problems' contest was featured in The Chronicle of Philanthropy (You can email the Roundtable for a copy).

DC Scores' fourth annual Sharks vs. Suits soccer shootout fundraiser drew 16 teams representing law firms and major corporations and was featured in the Washington Post.

Deloitte & Touche celebrated their Day of Impact 2006 with over 24,000 volunteers nationwide, according to a press release. Their 2006 Volunteer IMPACT study "found that more than three-quarters of non-profit leaders believe their organization's business practices could significantly improve if volunteers donated their professional skills."

The Fannie Mae Foundation announced that Howard Ways, Anacostia Waterfront Corporation's Ward 7 Project Director, is among their 2006 Fellows who will attend the Kennedy School of Government Senior Executives in State and Local Government at Harvard University.

The Freddie Mac Foundation and OAR of Fairfax County are those involved in Fairfax County's initiative to end homelessness by 2015, according to The Connection.

Friends of Fort Dupont Ice Arena's 10th Anniversary celebration which included participation by Olympic medalists was featured in the Washington Post for the success of their, which included Olympic medalists. 10,000 kids have participated in 'Kids on Ice,' "a program continues to expose kids, the majority from Southeast Washington, to ice skating, a sport many would not take up otherwise."

Goodwill of Greater Washington opened their third job training center, and their first in suburban Maryland with a center in Laurel, according to a press release. (Congrats!)

Hoop Dreams Scholarship Fund was praised in a recent Washington Post article and Susie Kay was quoted, "My initial hope was just to bring in a support system and to encourage and motivate the kids...We try to make up for the fact that a lot of students come from challenging backgrounds where there might be a void."

Jack Kent Cooke Foundation's efforts through their Undergraduate Transfer Scholars was featured in Inside Higher Education. The Foundation's Josh Wyner says, ""Our best colleges and universities ought to open their doors wider to top community college graduates." The Foundation recently co-funded the report, 'Transfer Access to Elite Colleges and Universities in the United States: Threading the Needle of the American Dream.'

Jewish Social Service Agency's state funding through the Virginia state budget will be "catalytic" according to Joan de Pontet in Washington Jewish Week. "Space is the key that will allow us to expand services."

Latin American Youth Center was the featured user of 'Efforts to Outcomes' software and the use of "charity-centric" software to improve operations in The Examiner.

Loudoun Cares' Andy Johnston is among the community leaders coming together to help a local woman who is a refugee from Africa, according to the Loudoun Times Mirror.

Montgomery Community Foundation's Sally Rudney wrote an essay celebrating the Foundation's 10 year anniversary and their partnerships with local nonprofits in the Washington Post.

National Community Reinvestment Coalition filed a discrimination lawsuit regarding broker conduct in the mortgage industry, according to a press release.

Piedmont Environment Council is partnering with Mars, Inc. in their work on conservation easements around Virginia including Montalto, the mountainside that overlooks Monticello, according to a press release and the Associated Press.

ROOT's Kenny Barnes was included in the Washington Post's cover magazine article on gun violence affecting African-American youth. Kenny is quoted saying, "The No. 1 killer of African American males between 15 and 34 is death by gun violence. Now if that is not an epidemic, I don't know what is. If I said the No. 1 killer of white children in America is gun violence, what would we be doing?"

Suited For Change is among the organizations that will benefit from 10,562 articles of professional attire collected during the Capitol PurSuit Drive, according to The Hill.

Tenants and Workers United was featured in an article on immigrant workers assistance centers in the New York Times. Jon Liss says that there is "a vacuum created by the decline of organized labor. What we're seeing is a new immigrant working class creating their own voice."

United Way of the National Capital Area announced that it will dispense $5.5 million in awards for impact grants to 199 Washington area organizations, according to Fairfax County Times. The amount represents a 28-percent increase over last year's grants.

University of Maryland's Academy of Leadership's Peter Shapiro, and an incoming Roundtable Board Member, was cited in an article about the role of immigrants in upcoming elections in The Examiner saying, 'neither party should take any votes for granted.'

Venture Philanthropy Partners and their partnerships with local nonprofits was profiled in the Wall Street Journal.

Washington Region for Justice and Inclusion's annual Brotherhood/Sisterhood Dinner was featured in The Washington Informer and the Comcast Local Edition.

Washington Regional Network for Livable Communities was cited in an article about the proposed comprehensive development plan for DC, according to the Washington Post.

Wendt Center was featured in the Mt Vernon Gazette for their efforts in helping the community through the death of two police officers.

Reports & Other
The Annie E. Casey Foundation published their 2006 Kids Count Data Book including their analyses about the District, Maryland, and Virginia.

Pittsburgh-based Forbes Fund recently published From Adequate to Outstanding Performance: Some Propositions on Nonprofit Organizational Life Cycles which outlines six factors in answering the question, "What distinguishes nonprofit organizations that achieve 'outstanding' results from those that achieve 'adequate' results?"

The Sociological Initiatives Foundation provides grants of $5,000 to $15,000 to support community-based research projects. Areas of interest include but are not limited to social justice, social welfare, human rights, literacy, language learning and use, dialect use and curricular issues in teaching second languages and non-native languages. Complete guidelines and on-line concept application for the August 15, 2006 deadline are available online. For more information contact Prentice Zinn: pzinn@grantsmanagement.com or (617) 426-7080 x307.