THE HARRY AND JEANETTE WEINBERG FOUNDATION, INC.

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Fellows Program - Class of 2005

MEMORANDUM
 

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for The 2005 Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Fellows Program. In January 2005, approximately twenty-five agency heads will be selected to participate in this management enhancement program. The group will be carefully constituted for an optimal mix of experience levels, range of services, agency sizes and situations, and other factors. If you are the Executive Director of a 501(c)(3) agency whose primary mission is to directly assist disadvantaged residents of the Baltimore metropolitan area to improve their circumstances, you are eligible to apply.

The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Fellows Program provides: hands-on, practical, interactive sessions focused on key elements of nonprofit management; exploration of issues important to agency leaders; the chance to meet and form long-term relationships with peers, and opportunities to identify and connect to a rich network of other helpful resources during a series of three retreats from May through September, 2005. Topics include governance, strategic planning, outcomes, financial management, resource development, legal issues, conflict resolution, and much more. Key board members (Board Chairs, Treasurers and Fundraising Chairs) are invited to attend role-specific training sessions with their Executive Directors.

The attached materials, which include general application information, the 2005 Information Flyer and the 2005 Program Fact Sheet, further describe the program schedule, elements and requirements. For additional information, please be our guest at an informational briefing from 8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, October 5 at the Central Library of the Enoch Pratt Free Library or contact Ted Gross at the Weinberg Foundation (email,  or phone - 410-654-8500).

Program information, data on prior participants and their agencies, as well as an electronic version of the application packet, are available on our website. (Hard copies of the application are also available by calling or emailing the Foundation.) Applications are due by 5:00 P.M. on November 10, 2004.

Please note the commitments expected of Executive Directors who are accepted into the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Fellows Program. Attendance requirements are necessarily stringent, since the program covers crucial topics in a very compressed format. Executive Directors who already know they cannot attend on any of the specified dates should not apply for this year's program.

Please feel free to duplicate and share all of this information with friends and colleagues, if you think that this program would be useful to them as they work to improve our communities.

We feel fortunate to work side by side with you for a better Baltimore.

 2005 Fact Sheet     Selection Criteria    2005 Flyer
  2005 Application Form   

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