By Marie LeBlanc, Community Partnerships Coordinator
Last Thursday night, I sat in the back of a packed room at the Washington Post and listened to five nonprofits tell stories — stories about their successes, their challenges, but mostly their creativity in the field of nonprofit management. Last Thursday, May 24, one of those nonprofits received the Washington Post Award for Excellence in Nonprofit Management, but it felt to me like all five had accomplished a great deal and were ‘winners’ for their constituencies.
The is a program of the , and selects one leader in the field every year to be recognized for their exemplary management. This year’s finalists represented a range of nonprofit work in DC — from Bread for the City and Community of Hope, who offer a variety of services to thousands of low-income clients, to Young Playwrights? Theatre and Imagination Stage, who teach life lessons through creativity for young artists, and Byte Back, who provides crucial computer and job training.