909 43rd Place, NW
Washington DC 20019
202-399-1107
Destiny, Power & Purpose, Inc. (DPP) is a 501(3) C organization providing recovery and reentry support services to women who are ready to break the vicious cycle of repeated drug addition and incarceration off their lives. Services being provided include Case Management, Life skills development, Recovery Coaching, Mentoring & Support, High School Diploma preparation and tutoring.
741 8th Street, SE
Washington DC 20003
202-675-9340
SBY's mission is to improve the lives of runaway, homeless, abused and neglected and at-risk youth and their families in the Washington area. We achieve this by providing shelter, counseling, life skills training, and psotive youth development activities to approximately 1,500 youth and 5,000 family members annually. SBY seeks to support and empower competency-based: our counselors are trained not to diagnose pathologies, but to identify and build on the strengths of each young person and/or family.
3779 Ely Place, SE
Washington DC 20019
202-584-5008
Friends of Fort Dupont Ice Arena is a non-profit organization that manages the Fort Dupont Ice Arena in Southeast Washington DC. The arena is the only public indoor ice rink in the City of Washington and the only skating arena in the Washington Metropolitan area serving a mostly low-income African American community. Friends of Fort Dupont Ice Arena provides the Kids On Ice free community skating program, serving over 10,000 girls annually.
4801 Benning Road, SE
Washington DC 20019
202-582-5477
Kipp DC is a network of high performing, college-preparatory charter schools in Washington DC, which serve the city's under-resourced communities. At Kipp DC, there are no shortcuts, outstanding educators, more time in school, a rigorous college preparatory curriculum and a strong culture of achievement and support help our students make significant academic gains and continue to excel in high school and college.
3732 Minnesota Avenue, NE
Washington DC 20019
202-329-1662
Our mission is to empower families, youth and communities to become more self-sufficient through integrated and collaborative community based services. The ERFSC is dedicated to transferring Ward 7 into an effective community of caring, where adults are worthy of their children's trust and unconditional love. ERFSC offers program such as: Community Services Division, The Family Service Division, The Youth Services Division, Successful Families Initiative, and DC Cash Coalition.
202-468-8609
Having Options and Providing Education is a nonprofit, community based organization that uses education and leadership development to help eliminate poverty, create financial stability, establish healthy families, and promote community building within DC's Wards 7 and 8.
1027 45th Street, NE
Washington DC 20019
202-399-4750
Idea will prepare students for the competitive high-tech careers now required in the 21st century. The school will develop students who will not only have improved test and aptitude scores, but will work more cohesively as team members. This will be achieved through a unique learning environment and enhanced career opportunities.
651 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE
Washington DC 20003
202-543-8246
Metro TeenAids is a community health organization dedicated to supporting young people in the fight against HIV/Aids. Through education, support, and advocacy. MTA works to prevent the spread of HIV , promote responsible decision making and improve the quality of life for young people infected with, or affected by, HIV/Aids.
3233 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE
Washington DC 20020
202-543-2376
202-543-9146 fax
www.communityeducationgroup.org
The Community Education Group (CEG) is a not-for-profit organization. CEG focuses on the creation and expansion of programs and projects, which address the health, socioeconomic, environmental and systemic challenges facing the African American family. Dedicated to helping community's hardest hit by HIV/AIDS and other health disparities, and the community-based organization that serve them.
3233 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE
Washington DC 20020
202-543-2376
202-546-9146 fax
A group of AIDS service providers who are committed to providing comprehensive services, community outreach, testing and HIV prevention information and education to the residents of Ward 7.
4322 Sheriff Road, NE
Washington DC 20008
202-396-1780
"To teach the un-teachable, reach the unreachable and always think before you move" is the core mission of the Big Chair Chess Club, Inc. at the Deanwood Branch located in the nation's capital. The organization teaches chess to innercity children and adults, not only as a boardgame, but aslo as one application to life skills, such as improving one's concentration and self discipline.
1115 Good Hope Road, SE Washington DC 20020
202-610-9903
LifeSTARTS Youth and Family Services offers in-school, after-school mentoring and other family strengthening programs to over 5,000 youth and their families per year. Our service area covers Wards 7 and 8 (East of the River) in Washington DC and Prince George's County. LifeSTARTS intentionally reaches out to young people who others often turn away. Our staff makes a "Heart and Mind" connection with even the toughest children because they have similar backgrounds to the youth we serve.
4645 Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue, NE
Washington DC 20019 202-399-1997
The mission of the Ward 7 Arts Collaborative is to foster awareness of, support for, and participation in the arts among community residents and visitors of all ages. The Ward 7 Arts Collaborative provides and suports numberous opportunities for local artists to showcase their work in the ward, the city, and beyond.
4212 East Capitol Street, NE
Washington DC 20019 202-398-3470
The African Americn Music Association is a nonprofit 501(c) 3 entity, organized exclusively for charitable, cultural, and educational purposes. Its primary goal is to offer programs and activities to the community that will assure a better quality of life for those persons who have an interest in pursuing the perform arts as a career.
603 50th Street, NE
Washington DC 20019
202-396-9340
National Center for Children and Families mission is to create total, healthy living environments for vulnerable children, youth, and families, and the quality of life which empowers their ability to thrive and demonstrate responsibility.
4645 Nannie Helen Burroughs, Avenue, NE
Suite 202
Washington DC 20019-3622
202-621-2288
A neighborhood resource that supports business retention and commercial corridor revitalization for Deanwood and Deanwood Heights
5039 Just Street, NE
Washington DC 20019
202-213-5719
1701 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Suite 300
Washington DC 20006
202-349-1408
www.expertcapacitybuilding.com
PO Box 14720
Washington DC 20044-4720
202-482-3758
Join forces with Department of Commerce Federal Credit Union and give all your hard-working employees a real break. We're a not-for-profit, member-owned financial institution. Seriously. We're non-profit. So instead of lining our vaults with gold doubloons, we line our members' pockets with savings on low-rate loans and high-yield deposits.
1666 K Street, NW
Suite 440
Washington DC 20006
202-457-0540
The mission of the Center for Nonprofit Advancement is to strengthens promote, and represent nonprofit organization in metropolitan Washington in order to help them better meet the diverse needs of their communities.
4117 Hayes Street, NE
Washington DC 20019
202-345-5693
4620 Alabama Avenue, SE
Washington DC 20019
202-536-4907
www.collegeandcareerconnections.org
College and Career Connections engages 7th - 10th grade students in motivational, experiental callege and career exploration programs. Through partnerships with Local schools and community organizations. CCC engages students in "real world" experiences.
1235 Kenilworth Avenue, NE
Suite 10
Washington DC 20019
202-338-9727
The Ward 7 Business Professional Association was founded in 2006 to advocate, support, and assist current and future businesses of Ward 7. The Association is working to insure that all Ward 7 businesses benefit from our collaborative efforts and initiatives. All of the Association's efforts are directed to achieving the following goals: "Promote, Enhance, Attract, and Retain" Ward 7 businesses.
5600 East Capitol Street, NE
Washington DC 20019
202-797-8250
The See Forever Foundation's mission is to create learning communities in lower income urban areas where all students, particularly those who have not succeeded in traditional schools, can reach their potential.
2220 Branch Avenue, Suite 6
Washington DC 20020
202-824-0740
Believing that every child deserves the chance to experience success, they hit upon unique concept with potential to effectively engage middle school students in quality programming that strives to fill these opportunity gaps.
725 15th Street, NW, Suite 605
Washington DC 20005
202-638-1649
www.neighborhoodfarminitiative.org
America the Beautiful Fund/Neighborhood Farm Initiative is a nonprofit organization. Some of the goals of NFI are to:
* Improve unused or underulitized public green space in Washington DC, preserving and protecting its use as open, and undeveloped land.
* Provide better access to nutritious food in the form of fresh fruits and vegetables for urban neighborhoods and communities.
401 Riverbend Road
Fort Washington, MD 20744
202-553-3035
4737 Meade Street, NE
Washington DC 20019
202-399-3618
The Fishing School (TFS) is a nationally recognized youth development organization. We provide children and families with academic and parental support through two community-based center located in Ward 6 and 7 in Washington DC. The philosophy of the The Fishing School is inspired by the adage, "If you give a man a fish, you will feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will feed himself for a lifetime.
5200 Foote Street, NE
Washington DC 20019
202-462-7275
The center has become a hub of activity in the park. In the summer of 2004, a community-wide public arts project called Art on the Block decorated the walls and curbs surrounding our center with mosaics to honor the history and heroes of the stream-valley.