CURRENT PARTNERS
COLLEGETRACKS
CollegeTracks provides resources and support to Montgomery County students of color, low-income students, and those first in their family to attend a U.S. college to help them navigate the complex college applications and enrollment process, as well as coach them through the financial, academic, and personal challenges they may face in college.
Capital for Children Representative: John Fruehwirth
COMPASS PRO BONO
Compass Pro Bono forges lasting ties between local nonprofits and local business professionals to empower thriving, equitable, resilient communities. They provide pro bono consulting to improve nonprofits’ business performance; match talented professionals to nonprofit boards; facilitate strategic planning, work sessions, and retreats; and strengthen nonprofit boards’ efficacy and governance. Compass partners with Capital for Children to provide capacity-building services to C4C’s nonprofits.
Capital for Children Representative: Bruce Schulman
LAYC CAREER ACADEMY
LAYC Career Academy is a tuition-free adult charter school that engages and empowers DC students between the ages of 16 and 24 by providing a college preparatory education, career training in high-growth occupations, and/or college-credit classes.
Capital for Children Representative: Dean D’Angelo
NEW FUTURES
New Futures provides a combination of scholarships, academic advising, career coaching, and other support to propel underserved young people across the DC region through certifications and community colleges degrees and into rewarding, in-demand careers that will lead to financial security.
Capital for Children Representative: Justin DuFour
SHOUT MOUSE PRESS
https://www.shoutmousepress.org/
Shout Mouse Press is a nonprofit writing and publishing program dedicated to amplifying underheard youth voices. From writing workshops to book publication to public speaking, the organization supports young people as they tell their own stories and act as agents of change.
Capital for Children Representative: David Farrell
SITAR ARTS CENTER
https://www.sitarartscenter.org
Sitar Arts Center engages DC youth, from early childhood to young adulthood, in building a creative community of learning and belonging that removes financial and cultural barriers to arts education and career training.
Capital for Children Representative: Ken Doyle
YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS THEATER
https://youngplaywrightstheater.org/
YPT inspires students in the Washington DC region to realize the power of their own voices through high-quality arts education programs, productions of plays and performances written by young people, professional development for educators, and antiracism initiatives with arts organizations.
Capital for Children Representative: Paul Feeko
BEACON HOUSE
Beacon House promotes the academic advancement and personal growth of children in Washington, DC’s Edgewood neighborhood. The organization provides after-school education and youth development services and envisions a future where children in Edgewood become empowered lifelong learners who achieve their greatest potential.
BRAINFOOD
Permanently Closed
Brainfood used food as a tool to build life skills with Washington, DC youth in a fun and creative setting. Through culinary-related activities, the organization sought to expand cognitive skills, encourage creativity, foster self-reliance, and empower youth as resources in their own community.
DC SCORES
DC Scores provides children at Title 1 schools in DC with access to high-quality enrichment activities— a combination of soccer, poetry, and service-learning— to help students build physical fitness, find their voices, improve their literacy, increase school engagement, and strengthen ties to their community.
HIGHER ACHIEVEMENT
https://higherachievement.org/
Higher Achievement closes the opportunity gap for students in Washington, DC during the pivotal middle school years. By leveraging the power of communities, Higher Achievement provides a rigorous learning environment, caring role models, and a culture of high expectations, resulting in college-bound scholars with the character, confidence, and skills to succeed.
HORIZONS GREATER WASHINGTON
https://www.horizonsgreaterwashington.org/
Horizons Greater Washington envisions a future where every child thrives. Its mission is to advance educational equity in the DC region by building long-term partnerships with students, families, communities, and schools to create experiences that inspire the joy of learning.
HORTON’S KIDS
Horton’s Kids empowers children growing up in DC’s most under-resourced communities so that they graduate from high school ready for success in college, career, and life. The organization provides a holistic, research-based continuum of academic, youth development, and basic needs supports designed to empower children and their families to succeed.
LITERACY LAB
Literacy Lab provides students — in communities experiencing racial and/or economic inequities — with evidenced-based, culturally responsive literacy instruction as preparation for academic, professional, and personal success.
LIVE IT LEARN IT
https://www.liveitlearnit.org/
Live It Learn It partners with Title I schools and cultural institutions in Washington DC to create and deliver experiential learning opportunities for students in order to increase their self-efficacy, build on their intrinsic motivation, and support their scholarly achievements.
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