When we support local,
we support each other.
Stronger communities start with local nonprofits.
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CREATE Arts Center offers classes, art therapy, and community programs across the metro region. They provide classes for all ages and skill levels with K–12 programs support students’ academic, social, and emotional growth through creative expression, while art therapy helps individuals process emotions, cope with challenges, and enhance well-being.
Great and Small provides Equine-Assisted Activities and Therapies (EAAT) to children and adults of all ages affected by a range of physical, developmental, emotional, and learning disabilities.
Identity offers a range of no-cost programs and services at schools, in communities and on playing fields focused on academic support, social and emotional learning, job readiness and workforce development. These programs are complemented by family case management, non-clinical emotional support, mental health and substance use counseling, and recreation
The Puppet Co. Playhouse at Glen Echo Park is one of the few theatres designed exclusively for puppet shows.
This unique D.C. area resource brings wonderful music and literature to life for students, teachers, and parents through live, fully-staged productions.
Through their community programs, Carpe Diem Arts, inspires creative self-expression and empowers individuals. They employ the arts to unite, energize and inspire us to create the change we need to see in the world.
BlackRock Center for the Arts, nestled in the heart of Germantown Town Center, is where community comes together to experience
the very best in performing and visual arts. Through free galleries, live performances,
and classes for all ages, they celebrate creativity and connection in Upper Montgomery County.
Bethesda Green fosters a sustainable urban ecosystem by promoting green living, protecting the environment, and supporting responsible businesses. They build a greener community through citizen engagement, education, partnerships, and innovation.
A Wider Circle advances equity in the
greater Washington, DC region by fostering the exchange of goods, skills, and connections from neighbor to neighbor,
and by engaging in advocacy to address the root causes of poverty.
FGCB is a community-based organization that addresses the need for outside-of-school college access support to increase
the number of low-income students who graduate from high school, are accepted
to, matriculate, and are prepared for
college, enrolled in quality institutions, and matriculate in four years.
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Action Youth Media’s creates communities where young people build confidence using media skills to express themselves and to promote community building, multicultural understanding, and the common good.
Arts for the Aging is recognized as a leader in the field of creative aging. Their programs address economic need through a model that is fee-based with financial aid opportunities. Most of their client communities benefit from reduced rates thanks to donations from individuals, businesses, foundations, and government agencies.
C.A.S.E. improves the well-being and permanence of children and their families by providing adoption competent mental health services, advancing learning to build a responsive national network of professionals, and transforming policy and practice through research and advocacy.
Free Minds Book Club & Writing Workshop builds community to foster personal development and systems change for justice-involved youth and adults through the literary arts, workforce development, trauma healing, peace-building, and member-led advocacy.
Greater Olney Go Rides provides a no-fee alternative to costly transportation options while affording community members– both seniors and others– meaningful volunteer opportunities.
The last working gristmill in DC, Peirce Mill, located in Rock Creek Park, provides innovative school programs and lively public events for people of all ages to learn about history, engineering, horticulture, and the environment.
Rockville Women's Center a safe, confidential, nonjudgmental place to work through your specific concerns regarding your unintended pregnancy.
Grassroots Health advances health equity
in cities by using sports to re-imagine
health education in middle schools and mobilizing NCAA athletes as health educators and role models for youth.
The Cooperative Opportunity Project (The Co-Op Project) is an impactful nonprofit that aligns community needs with small businesses to create innovative projects in underserved areas of Education and Youth Empowerment.
So What Else is dedicated to improving the lives of children and families in underserved communities across MD and DC. Their work centers around two core programs — the So What Else Food Rescue Bank and Youth Development Programming .
Olney HELP provides emergency food and financial assistance to individuals and families in Olney, Sandy Spring, Ashton, Brinklow, and Brookeville MD.
Generation Hope engages education and policy partners to drive systemic change and provides direct support to teen parents in college as well as their children through holistic, two-generation programming.
SEEC is a progressive nonprofit agency providing a wide range of community supports to help people with intellectual and developmental disabilities live lives of their choosing.
The Extra Life community fundraises year-round to Change Kids’ Health to Change the Future. Donations go to local member hospitals to fund critical life-saving treatments and healthcare services, along with innovative research, vital pediatric medical equipment, and child life services.