Through The Washington Post Charities: $155,000 in Grants Awarded to Six Local Nonprofits

The grant recipients include Beacon House Community Ministry, Educacion Para Nuestro Futuro, Everybody Wins! D.C., The George B. Thomas, Sr. Learning Academy, Inc., Higher Achievement D.C. Metro and Reading Partners.

Washington Post Charities Launches 2nd Annual Holiday Campaign

The Washington Post Charities, a McCormick Foundation Fund, kicked off its 2nd annual holiday campaign to help increase educational opportunities for disadvantaged youth and teens in our community.

$90K in Grants Awarded to Nonprofits Through Washington Post Charities

The Washington Post and the McCormick Foundation awarded the first set of grants through The Washington Post Charities to four local nonprofits that focus on increasing educational opportunities for at-risk youth in the region.

Washington Post Charities grant recipients

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 22: Tanae Black, 17, right, is volunteering as part of the program Everybody Wins. The program recently volunteered at Carroll Manor on the Providence Hospital Campus in Washington, DC. Black and Beatrice Cannon, 89, left, decorate a picture frame. (Photo by Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post)

The goal: High school, then college

Erica W. Morrison

Capital Partners for Education steers students toward private schools and gives them tools to succeed.

WASHINGTON, DC NOVEMBER 01:Ross Elementary school third grader Max Akridge listened as John McIlveen, a mentor with Everybody Wins program reads to him on November 01, 2011 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Mark Gail/The Washington Post)

Students get one-on-one attention

Jimm Phillips

Everybody Wins!, now at 11 schools in the region, pairs a professional with a student for weekly meetings.

WASHINGTON, DC- OCT 26: Mentors from the Big Sisters program work with students at Bruce Monroe E.S. in NW Washington, D.C. (L) Cathy Njinwoua, 10, gets a hug from her mentor her Shanae Henry after they finished homework for the day. (Photo by Michael Williamson/The Washington Post)

Mentors ease kids’ culture shock

Sylvia Carignan

Bigs in Schools pairs volunteers with international students from five D.C. public schools.

SILVER SPRING, MD - OCTOBER 15: Teacher Christina R. Martin tutors her 3rd Grade math students with flash cards during the George B. Thomas Learning Academy Saturday School at Wheaton High School in Silver Spring, MD on October 15, 2011. The George B. Thomas Learning Academy Saturday School offers tutoring and mentoring to low-income and disadvantaged students from k-12 and is a recipient of a grant from the Washington Post Charities. (Photo by Nick Kirkpatrick/ For The Washington Post)

Saturday School gives extra boost

Teresa Tomassoni

For 25 years, it has given students in grades 1 through 12 a chance to get academic help on the weekends.

The Giving Map

During times of economic hardship, charitable giving is critical to many in our region. The Giving Map is designed to make it fast and easy to connect you with a nonprofit organization that helps others and fits your areas of interest, whether that's hunger and homelessness or arts and education. The D.C. region is home to many with considerable resources, and others with few. We hope those who can afford to help others will find this tool useful.


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Interactive by Nathaniel V. Kelso and Katharine Jarmul -- The Washington Post. Created December 17, 2008.