Meet Joe Suarez of Booz Allen Hamilton

We’ve made a week out of “International Corporate Philanthropy Day” by starting off our new series of grantmaker profiles with four corporate members. Today’s grantmaker is Joseph Suarez, director of community partnerships and philanthropy for Booz Allen Hamilton.

Click here to meet Joe.

> March 9: Corporate Philanthropy Affinity Group: The Future of CSR: Understanding My Role in a Changing Profession (the next event of WG’s Corporate Philanthropy Affinity Group)
> For nonprofits: March 16, 2010: “A Whole New World: Special Events and Fundraising in a Contracted Economy”-  Booz Allen Hamilton’s Fundraising Development Conference Speaker Series.
> Learn more about ICPD

Aging in place… Bye-bye Virginia Arts Commission?… Eating [News, 2.26.10]

ARTS | Virginia legislators are considering cutting funds for and then eliminating the state’s Commission for the Arts (Chronicle, 2/25)

AGING | AARP studies D.C. seniors who join aging-in-place networks (WaPo, 2/25)
> March 4: Urban Institute event: The Second Awkward Age: Life at 55 and Beyond
> Find ‘creative aging’ resources from WG’s Working Group on Aging.

LOCAL BUDGETS | Think Twice Before You Slice campaign (Bisnow, 2/25) – a kick-off and advocacy training

ENVIRONMENT | D.C. to require cardboard, plastic recycling (Examiner, 2/26)

EATING | Dining Out for Life, an annual event of Washington AIDS Partnership grantee Food & Friends, is coming right up on March 11. Mmmm…eating for a good cause. Details.

Meet Emily Rothberg of Deloitte LLP

This week we are celebrating International Corporate Philanthropy Day by starting off our new series of grantmaker profiles with five corporate members. Today’s grantmaker is Emily Rothberg, SE community involvement leader for Deloitte LLP.

Click here to meet Emily.

> Feb. 25: Volunteer Fairfax, in partnership with Deloitte, invites you to the 2nd annual Northern Virginia Corporate Summit. Corporate funders only.

> March 9: Corporate Philanthropy Affinity Group: The Future of CSR: Understanding My Role in a Changing Profession (the next event of WG’s Corporate Philanthropy Affinity Group)

> Learn more about ICPD

DC school reform… Ft. Dupont Ice Arena struggling… Arts TV [News, 2.24.10]

Tomorrow! (Feb. 25) DYRS Funders Briefing with Interim Director Marc Schindler
Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation 1825 K St. NW, Suite 1400
(For WG members)
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DC SCHOOLS | Kojo show: “School Reform in DC” (2/24) – with guest Michela English, President and CEO, Fight for Children

YOUTH |  “Fort Dupont Ice Arena will face a $200,000 budget shortfall when the organization’s next fiscal year begins in April” (WaPo, 2/24). Current funders include many WG members.

AWARDS | Call for nominations for the Meyer Foundation’s Exponent Awards. Deadline: April 1.

ARTS
- DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities announces premiere of ‘Art(202)TV’
- Young writers share a neighborhood’s stories of change (WaPo, 2/24), with help from DC nonprofit Young Playwrights’ Theater. YPTDC funders include a number of WG members.

EDUCATION
-  “[Univision] unveils its ‘The Moment is Now’ campaign Tuesday in partnership with the federal government and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. (WaPo, 2/24) – www.eselmomento.com
- March 3 webcast: Scholastic and the Gates Foundation present the largest-ever teacher survey

SNOW HEROES | “More than 160 Melwood employees with disabilities labored round-the-clock after the storms, logging more than 9,400 hours to ensure that federal sites remained clear…” (WaPo, 2/24)

Young nonprofit pros want your input

By Carlyn Madden, YNPNdc Board Member; Program Associate, The Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation

Calling all WG Daily subscribers: The Young Nonprofit Professionals Network of Washington, DC (YNPNdc) needs your help with its annual membership survey! We need to encourage last minute participation from the region’s young nonprofit employees. If you’re a grantmaker, please forward this survey to your grantees. If you’re part of the broader nonprofit community, please forward this survey to your employees and affiliated nonprofit networks:

http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/?p=WEB22A95WQDRDR

This brief survey should take less than 15 minutes to complete and ends on Friday, February 26th. Participants can enter their contact information on the final page to be eligible for one of ten $25 Target gift cards.

Founded in 2003, YNPNdc engages its membership of almost 6,000 young professionals through educational, networking and advocacy resources. For us, “young” constitutes anyone self-identifying as a young professional. With over 50 workshops and events a year, YNPNdc programming serves anyone from interns to executive directors.

The YNPN national movement has strong roots in the region and benefits from both research and grants from Washington Grantmakers members Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation. These research recommendations complement survey data and are used to craft future offerings to attract and retain the next generation of nonprofit leadership.

We truly appreciate your help spreading the word. If you have any questions about the survey or would like to get involved in YNPNdc, please let me know.

Meet Capital One’s Carolyn Berkowitz

This week we are celebrating International Corporate Philanthropy Day by starting off our new series of grantmaker profiles with five corporate members. Today we feature  Carolyn Berkowitz, president of the Capital One Foundation and vice president of community affairs for Capital One.

Click here to meet Carolyn.

> March 9: Corporate Philanthropy Affinity Group: The Future of CSR: Understanding My Role in a Changing Profession (the next event of WG’s Corporate Philanthropy Affinity Group)
> Learn more about ICPD

DC, Va., or Md. Which gets an “A” for child dental care? [News, 2.23.10]

Tomorrow, 8:30 am: Capacity Building! w/ Paul Connolly and Pete York
Washington Grantmakers 1400 16th St. NW, Suite 740
(For WG members)
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HEALTH
- Pew Report finds majority of states fail to ensure proper dental care for children (2/23) – “The Cost of Delay” … DC earns a “D” …  Virginia gets a “C” … Maryland receives an “A”: “The state has made improvements since the 2007 death of 12-year-old
Deamonte Driver from a tooth infection…”

- Millions coming to D.C. for medical-records database plan (WaPo, 2/23) Sebelius: grants “the first of their kind”

WORKFORCE | Region’s jobless rate remains well below national average (Examiner, 2/23) – but the District still has record jobless rates.

Happy 25th! | …to the Hitachi Foundation. See 25 years in 9 minutes.
> The Foundation is currently searching for candidates for the Yoshiyama Young Entrepreneurs prize–18 to 29-year olds who are helping move people out of poverty and into the mainstream of American society.

HUNGER/NUTRITION | Spread the word: New food stamps benefit estimator – phone tutorial Thursday (Beyond Bread, 2/22)

GIVING | Barbara Harman Talks about the Catalogue for Philanthropy (Foundation Center, 2/23) – application deadline is March 1.

PEOPLE | New president and board chair at the Weinberg Foundation (2/23)

Grantmaker. Kayaker. Meet Kevin Webb

Today is International Corporate Philanthropy Day (ICPD), “a day designated to highlight milestones and achievements in corporate philanthropy and encourage further corporate community investment.”

To mark the occasion, we’re kicking off our new series of grantmaker profiles with our corporate members, beginning with Kevin Webb, director of the Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation.

Click here to meet Kevin.

> Learn more about ICPD
> March 9: Corporate Philanthropy Affinity Group: The Future of CSR: Understanding My Role in a Changing Profession (the next event of WG’s Corporate Philanthropy Affinity Group)

International Corporate Philanthropy Day [News 2.22.10]

This Wednesday: Capacity Building Follow-up with Paul Connolly and Pete York
Washington Grantmakers 1400 16th St. NW, Suite 740
(For WG members)
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Filling in for Nick today.  Monday feels so much better after a gigantic Olympic victory – how about that Team USA! And, not too shabby that former loose cannon Bode Miller finally met expectations.

- Christian

CORPORATE
- Happy International Corporate Philanthropy Day! (CSWire, 2/22)
- Meet WG member and Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation’s Director Kevin Webb (WG , 2/22)

LOCAL BUDGETS| “Lawmakers are questioning Gov. Martin O’Malley’s proposal to transfer millions in funding from local youth programs to a single state agency.” (Examiner, 2/22)

PEOPLE| Annie E. Casey Foundation has named Patrick T. McCarthy to succeed retiring CEO and president Douglas Nelson. (Youth Today, 2/19)

2010 CENSUS| “[F]oundations have poured tens of millions of dollars into nonprofit census efforts, but many nonprofit leaders say much more is needed.” (Chronicle, 2/21 – subscription required)

SCHOOLS
- The reformation expands…to lunch. DCPS will pursue healthier options in light of the fact that the District “suffers the highest child-obesity rate in the nation.” (Wash Times, 2/18)

- Throwing out the trash – report says Rhee “has fired ten DCPS teachers for administering corporal punishment and two for sexual misconduct.” (WaPo, 2/22)

TRANSIT| More Metro fare hikes?! I need an aspirin – my wallet hurts. (Examiner, 2/22)

Bonus: Yesterday, I noticed a chuckle-inducing mistake on Eastern Market’s display about its reconstruction.

Melinda Gates op-ed on education… Patrick Corvington’s first day [News, 2.18.10]

Feb. 24: Capacity Building Follow-up with Paul Connolly and Pete York
Washington Grantmakers 1400 16th St. NW, Suite 740
(For WG members)
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EDUCATION | Op-ed by Melinda French Gates: “Teachers are at the center of our strategy at the Gates Foundation.” (WaPo, 2/19)

SERVICE | Video: Patrick Corvington’s first day as CEO of the Corporation for National and Community Service. “I understand what it means to toil in a nonprofit with diminished resources but amplified hope.”

YOUTH | Local Kids Cheer on Their Hero – Shani Davis has visited the Ft. Dupont Ice Arena several times over the years (NBC4, 2/18). (FDIA supporters include several WG members.)

CORPORATE | Volunteer Fairfax, in partnership with Deloitte, invites you to the 2nd annual Northern Virginia Corporate Summit. (Corporate funders only)

SPECIAL NEEDS | “Martin O’Malley’s 2011 budget plan could axe dozens of after-school programs tailored to special needs children across the state” (Examiner, 2/18)

CENSUS | Feb. 22 Census 2010 event at the Meyer Foundation at the AARP Foundation, 601 E Street NW – sponsored by BPA. (Relinking this in case it got lost in the snow.)

Have a wonderful weekend,
Nick