BPA is looking for a few good individuals to serve on our board of directors. Each year, BPA members in good standing elect individuals to serve on the board, BPA’s policy-making body. About the board: The board consists of the chair, secretary, treasurer, and a minimum of three and a maximum of seven additional directors. [...]
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MLK Streets Project Discussion a Success: DC’s Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue Called “the Harvard of the ‘Hood”
More than 80 BPA members, supporters, and guests kicked off BPA’s 10th anniversary year on January 9 with a screening and discussion of The MLK Streets Project at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre. The film chronicled what students from DC high schools discovered when they traveled to 12 US cities to walk down the streets named [...]
Dwight Deneal Joins ActCo Board and Woolly Mammoth Committee after BPA Board Matching
“Growing up I never had the chance to be exposed to the arts,” explained Dwight Deneal. “I had a passion for it, but I couldn’t pursue it. Now, living in DC, there’s so much culture. I love going to plays and I like that I can use my skills to advance the mission of [...]
Job: Administrative Associate, Grants Managers Network
Position: Administrative Associate Organization: Grants Managers Network Location: Washington, DC Position Summary The Administrative Associate is a new position at the Grants Managers Network created to support GMN’s operations, membership, and fundraising. Responsibilities include: • Responding to standard member phone and email inquiries. • Maintaining and updating member data. • Processing new member applications. • [...]
Job: External Communications Manager, Theatre Washington
Position: External Communications Manager Organization: theatreWashington Location: Washington, DC theatreWashington – the only organization solely dedicated to supporting, promoting, and representing Washington area theatres, artists and audiences of all ages – is hiring an External Communications Manager to oversee, support and implement all organizational communications and development functions as a member of the senior management [...]
Job: Development Associate, Internews
Position: Development Associate Organization: Internews Location: Washington, DC SUMMARY The Development Associate will work with the Development and Program teams to increase investment in Internews’ mission by engaging prospective and current individual donors, foundations, and businesses. The Development Associate creates and contributes to a strategic approach to development and major gift fundraising, which includes, but [...]
Black Benefactors’ Special Black History Month Grantmaking
Black Benefactors is celebrating 5 years in 2012. In observance, Black Benefactors will conduct a special grantmaking cycle in honor of Black History Month. This is an opportunity to support organizations in the Washington, DC area that teach, preserve, and celebrate our history. It is anticipated that grant awards will range from $500 to $ [...]
Job: Program Coordinator, Nonprofit Roundtable of Greater Washington
Position: Program Coordinator Organization: Nonprofit Roundtable of Greater Washington Location: Washington, DC The Nonprofit Roundtable seeks a Program Coordinator to be a critical member of a team that carries out the Roundtable’s mission to build the strength, influence, and visibility of the nonprofit sector in Greater Washington. Our 300 Members represent Greater Washington’s nonprofit community- service providers, [...]
Job: Senior Consultant, Management Assistance Group
Position: Senior Consultant Organization: Management Assistance Group Location: Washington, DC The Management Assistance Group (MAG) is looking to hire a full-time Senior Consultant to join our core team. This Senior Consultant will provide consulting services to social justice groups – particularly ones operating in networked ways and oriented toward movement building – and guide the development of [...]
Professional Development: Applications Open for 2012 ProInspire Fellowship
I am thrilled to announce that we are now accepting applications for the 2012 ProInspire Fellowship! This year we will have two classes of Fellows in Washington D.C. – Spring Fellows starting in April and Fall Fellows starting in August. We are looking for outstanding young business professionals who want to have a life changing [...]