Young beneficiary Miracle entertains A Wider Circle's Director of Client Relations, Gail Morrell. This race car bed was Miracle's first bed ever. Read more about A Wider Circle and other nonprofit organizations in our “Give Where You Live: Year-End Giving Guide"..

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The DC Fiscal Policy Institute released its “resource map” offering a snapshot of the city’s investment in workforce development. The project was supported by a grant from the Greater Washington Workforce Development Collaborative, an initiative of the Community Foundation for the National Capital Region. Read more about the resource map here.

Resource Map

The Foundation’s 2011 Civic Spirit Award honors Vicki and Roger Sant, one of the Washington region’s most respected and beloved philanthropic couples. Read more about the work of their Summit Fund.

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  • Funders and States Gather Together for a Race to the Top Philanthropy Conference

    Seventy funders from eleven Race to the Top (RTTT) states and the District of Columbia gathered together with interested private-sector stakeholders at the Race to the Top Philanthropy Conference in Washington, DC this week.  Co-hosted by The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region, Harold K. L. Castle Foundation, Grantmakers for Education and U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Strategic Partnerships. The three-day meeting focused on creating ways for foundations to contribute to the long-term success of RTTT and statewide education reform.

    Conference attendees participated in workshops focused around learning where effective reform work is occurring at the federal and local level as well as identifying the role of philanthropy plays in supporting sustainable implementation of the reform efforts implemented through RTTT.  U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan joined the group on the last day for a roundtable discussion on education reform.

  • Making Connections December, 2011 Give Where You Live: Year-End Giving Guide

    As we close out 2011, our December newsletter is entitled “Give Where You Live: Year-End Giving Guide”. In this guide we celebrate the work The Community Foundation has accomplished this year through the generous support of our donors. The guide also highlights a number of organizations who impact people’s lives on a daily basis. Read here to learn more about how you can help these and other organizations.

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  • Making Connections November, 2011Read our November Newsletter on HIV/AIDS

    As the world recognizes World AIDS Day on December 1, our newest newsletter covers the issue in-depth, sharing profiles of Community Foundation donors and partners working to battle the continuing epidemic and examples of effective nonprofits in our community. Read here for ideas on how to get involved, further resources for learning and stories that will inspire you.

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  • Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Remembered: Where Do We Go From Here…
  • Terri Lee Freeman, President

    By  Terri Lee Freeman
    President, The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region

    Over the course of this week (January 9 – 13) I had the opportunity to participate in two very thought provoking forums that evoked the name and the spirit of Dr. King. The first was a screening of a film, The MLK Streets Project, hosted by the Black Philanthropic Alliance. The second was the annual meeting of the Consumer Health Foundation where Angela Glover-Blackwell, founder and CEO of PolicyLink presented equity as the new economic growth model.

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Terri Lee Freeman and The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region thanking you for your generous contributions this past year. 2012 awaits!