+Baltimore City’s backlog of payments to local nonprofits for federal housing grants ballooned during the pandemic, leaving many organizations to wait between 18 months and two years to receive their promised funds.
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+Heather Iliff, president and CEO of Maryland Nonprofits, an umbrella group, expressed frustration that Baltimore City is the only jurisdiction to begin releasing aid to nonprofits, months after the funds were first...
+The president and CEO of Maryland Nonprofits, Heather Iliff, told the 11 News I-Team: "Neighborhood, smaller organizations and organizations run by people of color are finding fewer opportunities for funding.
+It’s been a rocky year so far for nonprofits.
+Spurred by last week’s announcement that Maryland is looking at a $430 million budget surplus for the upcoming fiscal year, several nonprofit groups are teaming up to urge lawmakers and Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr.
+Donations represent the largest funding source for nonprofits after fees charged for services and government contracts, said Heather Iliff, president and CEO of Maryland Nonprofits, the sector's statewide trade organization.
+“The repealing of this amendment adversely impacts the whole premise of what nonprofits are formed to do,” said Donna Murray-Brown, president and CEO of the Michigan Nonprofit Association.
+In an interview on Sunday’s Maryland’s News This Week, Heather Iliff, President and CEO of Maryland Nonprofits, said that now that the state has a surplus, programs that did not see funding increases, or have funding cut...
+The appearance of favoritism doesn't bode well for nonprofits either, said David Thompson, vice president of public policy at the National Council of Nonprofits.
Any attempt to make the process transparent is welcomed.
