LMC Class Projects Application
Leadership Montgomery County (LMC) is dedicated to cultivating the future leaders of our great county. Each year, a new class of business and community leaders is selected to spend nine months learning about the county, developing their leadership skills, and working on a class project to benefit the community. Through the class project, our class members get to experience a hands-on, leadership-in-action component to the LMC program, while providing a meaningful contribution to our community.
We would like to give nonprofits in our county an opportunity to let us know how our class can help your organization. New this year, LMC is issuing a Request for Proposals (RFP) as a means to select multiple, smaller class projects. We invite you to submit a potential project for our participants to complete during their upcoming class year.
PROJECT SCOPE
- Project Duration: Projects must be completed between October 2024 and April 2025.
- Team: Available resources to the nonprofit will consist of approximately 12 LMC class members who will volunteer their knowledge and time to organizations.
ELIGIBILITY
- Project must benefit an established 501(c)(3) nonprofit agency, located in and serving Montgomery County.
- Fulfill a specific need for the organization.
- Be able to be completed between this October and April 30, 2025.
- Have the ability for the class to develop it further and/or modify the scope as determined during project development with general agreement from your organization.
- Be something that the nonprofit would not otherwise have the resources to accomplish or would allow the nonprofit to put their resources to better use.
- Be something that upon completion your organization will take over and manage as required going forward.
- Not be direct fundraising.
- Have general liability insurance that the LMC class can be added to.
- Project must be unique when reapplying for 5 years.
- Project ideas (brainstorming, but not limited to):
- Communication development, marketing plans, volunteer projects, feasibility plans (ex for building expansion), social media development, website assistance
NONPROFIT EXPECTATIONS
- Partnership: Provide the team clear expectations of the project goals and desired outcomes. Engagement from leadership is expected, but designate a single point of contact or liaison for the class to collaborate with on a regular cadence to provide guidance as needed.
- Funding: The LMC class will have a $4,000 fundraising cap utilized across 4 different non-profit’s projects. The project is expected to be either low in cost, able to utilize in-kind donations, or the nonprofit provides funding for the project.
- Final presentation: In partnership with the class project leader, a completed project presentation will be presented to the LMC Board of Directors at their April board meeting.
- Represent the mission and vision of your organization to the class.
- Communicate the need, scope, and concept of the project to the class.
- Be available to attend several meetings with class members.
- Be engaged with the class and available for phone calls throughout the project.
- Serve as primary contact for the class regarding the project.
- If your proposal is selected, your organization will be unable to have a class participant.
If the project is selected as a finalist, a follow-up meeting will be conducted by LMC staff, board members and a selection committee made up of LMC graduates the 2nd or 3rd week of September. At least one (1) board member from the organization is required at the meeting.
If your organization would like to be considered as a potential LMC partner nonprofit, please review the guidelines and complete the proposal form by August 30, 2024.