Grantee Directory

Grantee
Grant Type
Amount
Year

Scholarship Fund of Alexandria

To support the Scholarship Fund of Alexandria (SFA) in establishing a program to provide supportive ...
To support the Scholarship Fund of Alexandria (SFA) in establishing a program to provide supportive services to 40 high-need, high-achieving students at risk of college under-matching.
Good Neighbor Grant
$35,000
2022

Genesys Works

To support Genesys Work National Capital Region (GWNCR), which provides pathways to college and care ...
To support Genesys Work National Capital Region (GWNCR), which provides pathways to college and career success for youth from under-resourced communities through workforce training, meaningful paid corporate internships, professional certifications, impactful relationships, and college and career support.
Good Neighbor Grant
$20,000
2022

Dance Institute Of Washington Inc.

To support the expansion of the Dance Institute of Washington's (DIW) Holistic, Equitable School of ...
To support the expansion of the Dance Institute of Washington's (DIW) Holistic, Equitable School of Dance program.
Good Neighbor Grant
$35,000
2022

Collegiate Directions Incorporated

To support Collegiate Directions, Inc's highly successful Scholars Program, a comprehensive college ...
To support Collegiate Directions, Inc's highly successful Scholars Program, a comprehensive college access and completion program that helps high-ability students with financial need achieve a bachelor's degree and be prepared to enter the workforce.
Good Neighbor Grant
$35,000
2022

Clarke County Education Foundation

To support the Clarke County Education Foundation, in partnership with Clarke County Public Schools ...
To support the Clarke County Education Foundation, in partnership with Clarke County Public Schools (CCPS) and Shenandoah University, to establish a new author study program within the elementary schools.
Good Neighbor Grant
$ 35,000.00
2022

Building Bridges Across the River

To support the iCAN Technical Theater Internship (iCAN), which enrolls 15-24-year-old youth living i ...
To support the iCAN Technical Theater Internship (iCAN), which enrolls 15-24-year-old youth living in Southeast Washington, DC's Ward 7 and 8 (collectively referred to as EAs of the River).
Good Neighbor Grant
$20,000
2022

Boys And Girls Club Of Fauquier Inc.

To support the Youth Development Mentorship project, which provides each youth at the Boys & Girls C ...
To support the Youth Development Mentorship project, which provides each youth at the Boys & Girls Club of Fauquier with a mentor responsible for engaging with and tracking the development of the youth members in academics, character, and a healthy lifestyle.
Good Neighbor Grant
$35,000
2022

George Mason University Foundation, Inc.

Summer Dance Program To provide financial assistance for 90 percent of the program cost to ten hi ...
Summer Dance Program To provide financial assistance for 90 percent of the program cost to ten high school dancers from low-income families.
Good Neighbor Grant
$20,000
2013

826DC

To support the Young Author's Book Project (YABP) - 826DC's flagship publishing program, which partn ...
To support the Young Author's Book Project (YABP) - 826DC's flagship publishing program, which partners students from Washington, DC schools with professional writers to produce an anthology of student work that gives voice to students' unique experiences.
Good Neighbor Grant
$20,000
2019

CollegeTracks

CollegeTracks aims to serve 60 low-to-moderate income students in Montgomery County through the enha ...
CollegeTracks aims to serve 60 low-to-moderate income students in Montgomery County through the enhancement and expansion of its High-Flyer Program, designed to identify and serve high-achieving, first-generation-to-college students to ensure they apply and are accepted to highly-selective colleges and scholarships, and set them on a course for lifelong success.
Good Neighbor Grant
$35000
2020

Scholarship Fund of Alexandria

The Scholarship Fund of Alexandria requests funding for a pilot program to help 25 high-achieving, l ...
The Scholarship Fund of Alexandria requests funding for a pilot program to help 25 high-achieving, low-income, and/or first-generation juniors who have the potential to be accepted into highly selective universities but do not have the knowledge of the college selection, application and funding process to determine their best match colleges.
Good Neighbor Grant
$33,370
2020

Foundation of the State Arboretum

The purpose of this field experience is to provide Clarke County high school students with a 4-day ...
The purpose of this field experience is to provide Clarke County high school students with a 4-day immersion into Chesapeake Bay ecology, economy, careers, and culture to showcase connections between their Chesapeake Bay headwaters region and the Bay estuary exposing them to agriculture they never would have experienced otherwise.
Good Neighbor Grant
$12,950
2020

CollegeTracks

To serve 60 Montgomery County students from financially stressed households through the enhancement ...
To serve 60 Montgomery County students from financially stressed households through the enhancement and expansion of our now virtual High-Flyer Program. Our High-Flyer program identifies high-achieving, first-generation-to-college students to ensure they apply and are accepted to highly-selective colleges and scholarships, setting them on a course for lifelong success.
Good Neighbor Grant
$35,000
2021

Loudoun Education Foundation

To support college visits for the AVID students, which is a program across Loudoun County Public Sch ...
To support college visits for the AVID students, which is a program across Loudoun County Public Schools to provide academic and social support to underserved student populations within our schools. These tours will increase college and university enrollment by a population of students that is traditionally underserved. Tours will accommodate approximately all 295 AVID students.
Good Neighbor Grant
$10,000
2020

Educacion Para Nuestro Futuro Founded By Escuela Bolivia

To support the Emerging Leaders Program (ELP), which will promote college access for approximately 7 ...
To support the Emerging Leaders Program (ELP), which will promote college access for approximately 792 low-income, academically promising immigrant youth in Northern Virginia by empowering students to set high expectations for pursuing a postsecondary education and helping them achieve career goals through one-on-one college application, scholarship, and financial aid counseling.
Good Neighbor Grant
$20,000
2021

First Generation College Bound, Inc.

This funding will support College Success Coaches’ efforts to advise, support and encourage 180 low ...
This funding will support College Success Coaches’ efforts to advise, support and encourage 180 low-income first generation high school seniors attending seven Prince George’s County schools overcome significant obstacles to matriculate successfully to college.
Good Neighbor Grant
$35,000
2021

College Access Fairfax

To increase the percentage of seniors who complete the FAFSA by supporting the Financial Aid Champio ...
To increase the percentage of seniors who complete the FAFSA by supporting the Financial Aid Champions to provide free FAFSA preparation to Fairfax County high school students who want to attend college and need financial help.  Champions focus on 14 schools with higher poverty levels and lower FAFSA completion histories.
Good Neighbor Grant
$15,000
2021

Passion for Learning, Inc.

To support P4L’s Go2College summer and afterschool program, providing early college awareness, goal ...
To support P4L’s Go2College summer and afterschool program, providing early college awareness, goal setting and preparation for 40+ middle school students in grades 6-8 who attend Montgomery County Public Schools.
Good Neighbor Grant
$10,000
2021

Young Artists of America at Strathmore

To support our new “Raise the Curtain” program, which will recruit and give scholarships— for our pr ...
To support our new “Raise the Curtain” program, which will recruit and give scholarships— for our pre-BFA training program— to 35 talented low-to-moderate-income students, grades 9-12, from the DMV area, who aspire to attend college musical theatre and conservatory programs after high school.
Good Neighbor Grant
$35,000
2021

American Youth Philharmonic Orchestras

To support AYPO’s Tuition Assistance Program, which provides free and deeply discounted tuition enab ...
To support AYPO’s Tuition Assistance Program, which provides free and deeply discounted tuition enabling students ages 9 to 19 from low-income communities in the greater Washington, DC area to participate in our five youth orchestras, six ensembles and Summer String Academy.
Good Neighbor Grant
$35,000
2021

The School For Ethics And Global Leadership

To allow up to ten local, low-income students to participate in SEGL’s virtual Integrity 101 class. ...
To allow up to ten local, low-income students to participate in SEGL’s virtual Integrity 101 class. The class brings together SEGL faculty, guest experts, and high school students from across the country to discuss current events, ethics, and leadership.
Good Neighbor Grant
$24,000
2021

StoryBook Treasures

StoryBook Treasures (SBT) seeks funding to provide our early intervention, all-inclusive school to h ...
StoryBook Treasures (SBT) seeks funding to provide our early intervention, all-inclusive school to home literacy enrichment program for grades PreK through 3rd. The StoryBook Treasures program is specifically designed to close the literacy achievement gap through reading, story comprehension, and family engagement.
Good Neighbor Grant
$30,000
2021

Center For Inspired Teaching

To support Inspired Teaching Youth Enrichment - Real World History and Speak Truth - providing inter ...
To support Inspired Teaching Youth Enrichment - Real World History and Speak Truth - providing internships, building intellectual curiosity, and promoting civic engagement for 275 DC students; and develop the Speak Truth Student-Facilitator Guidebook, concrete tool for teachers to multiply our impact by changing the school experience for thousands of students.
Good Neighbor Grant
$35,000
2021

Morven Park, Inc.

In support of the Morven Park Center for Civic Impact
In support of the Morven Park Center for Civic Impact
Good Neighbor Grant
$27,000
2020

Young Artists of America at Strathmore

To support the Reach for the Stars program, which awards scholarships for participation in the Summe ...
To support the Reach for the Stars program, which awards scholarships for participation in the Summer Performing Arts Intensives (SPAI) to enable promising young performing artists from low- and moderate-income families to study with top teaching artists.
Good Neighbor Grant
$25,000
2019

Washington Urban Debate League

To support the program’s expansion to five new schools, providing their high-quality afterschool deb ...
To support the program’s expansion to five new schools, providing their high-quality afterschool debate program to 100 additional talented students.
Good Neighbor Grant
$16,000
2019

StoryBook Treasures

To support a reading enrichment program for students in grades K-3 at select schools in Loudoun Coun ...
To support a reading enrichment program for students in grades K-3 at select schools in Loudoun County. StoryBook Treasures helps nurture the love of reading at a critical time when students are developing reading and comprehension skills.
Good Neighbor Grant
$20,000
2019

Mosby Heritage Area Association

To support the Local History in the Schools program, which helps connect the region’s rich history w ...
To support the Local History in the Schools program, which helps connect the region’s rich history with in-classroom curriculum, providing context within the communities where students live.
Good Neighbor Grant
$10,000
2019

Loudoun Education Foundation

To support CAMPUS program – a college outreach initiative to prepare first-generations and low-incom ...
To support CAMPUS program – a college outreach initiative to prepare first-generations and low-income students for success in college.
Good Neighbor Grant
$10,000
2019

George Mason University Foundation

To support the Mason Game & Technology Academy’s (MGTA) financial aid program, ensuring the particip ...
To support the Mason Game & Technology Academy’s (MGTA) financial aid program, ensuring the participation of students with financial need in Mason's rigorous summer advanced technology courses, such as computer science, game design and digital animation. 
Good Neighbor Grant
$26,436
2019

E.L. Haynes Public Charter School

To support the E.L. Haynes Pre-College program which provides transformative, experiential learning  ...
To support the E.L. Haynes Pre-College program which provides transformative, experiential learning and community service opportunities, internships, and academic support to ensure students are fully prepared to succeed in college.
Good Neighbor Grant
$31,064
2019

Collegiate Directions

To support the CDI Scholars Program which provides comprehensive college access and success programm ...
To support the CDI Scholars Program which provides comprehensive college access and success programming to students in Montgomery County who have high financial need.
Good Neighbor Grant
$21,500
2019

Clarke County Education Foundation

To support the launch of the STEM+ Academy and to provide financial assistance to students to partic ...
To support the launch of the STEM+ Academy and to provide financial assistance to students to participate in STEM+ Summer Camp.
Good Neighbor Grant
$20,000
2019

Building Bridges Across the River

To support the iCAN Technical Theater Internship Program - a unique program which offers intensive l ...
To support the iCAN Technical Theater Internship Program - a unique program which offers intensive learning experience in the field of theater production under the mentorship of highly respected professional theater technicians.
Good Neighbor Grant
$25,000
2019

826DC

To support the Young Authors’ Book Project, 826DC’s flagship publishing program, a year-long effort ...
To support the Young Authors’ Book Project, 826DC’s flagship publishing program, a year-long effort that partners students from Washington, DC schools with professional writers to produce an anthology of student work that gives voice to the students’ unique experiences.
Good Neighbor Grant
$20,000
2019

American Youth Philharmonic Orchestras

2019-20 Tuition Assistance Program To support the 2019-2020 Tuition Assistance Program, enabling ...
2019-20 Tuition Assistance Program To support the 2019-2020 Tuition Assistance Program, enabling students from low- to moderate-income families to participate in AYPO's youth orchestras, instrumental ensembles and chamber music programs.
Good Neighbor Grant
$25,000
2019

Young Playwrights’ Theater

The In-School Playwriting Program - YPT seeks support for our flagship program, the In-School Pla ...
The In-School Playwriting Program - YPT seeks support for our flagship program, the In-School Playwriting Program, which integrates the art of playwriting into underserved elementary, middle, and high school classrooms throughout the DC region in order to enhance student literacy, creative expression and communication for at-risk youth.
Good Neighbor Grant
$10,000
2014

Washington Tennis & Education Foundation

Center for Excellence To help support our Center for Excellence (CFE), an intensive afterschool a ...
Center for Excellence To help support our Center for Excellence (CFE), an intensive afterschool and summer program of educational enrichment, tennis instruction and competition, life-skills training, computer-based learning and college preparatory activities for at-risk youth from disadvantaged neighborhoods in grades 1-12 in Washington, DC. Number of students served: 120
Good Neighbor Grant
$25,000
2014

Washington Jesuit Academy

Mandatory Summer Enrichment Program - The Washington Jesuit Academy requests a $15,000 grant to s ...
Mandatory Summer Enrichment Program - The Washington Jesuit Academy requests a $15,000 grant to support our mandatory 7-week Summer Enrichment Program for 5th-8th graders from Washington, DC's low-income communities as a crucial factor in our college-prep middle school.
Good Neighbor Grant
$15,000
2014

Traveling Players Ensemble

Scholarships for Young Actors in Loudoun County - To underwrite full and partial scholarships to ...
Scholarships for Young Actors in Loudoun County - To underwrite full and partial scholarships to 12-18 financially challenged students with strong artistic potential, grades 3-12, to our classical theatre summer camp and academic-year weekend classes, transforming their skills and future opportunities.
Good Neighbor Grant
$10,000
2018

Traveling Players Ensemble

Scholarship Program - To underwrite up to 20 full and partial scholarships for financially challe ...
Scholarship Program - To underwrite up to 20 full and partial scholarships for financially challenged students with strong artistic potential, grades 5-12, to the classical theatre summer camp and winter performance classes, transforming their skills and future opportunities. # of students served: 10 (21 scholarships awarded)
Good Neighbor Grant
$25,000
2016

Thurgood Marshall Academy Public Charter School

College Access Program - To support Thurgood Marshall Academy's efforts that help students apply, ...
College Access Program - To support Thurgood Marshall Academy's efforts that help students apply, enroll and succeed in college by providing in-school and after-school activities including: college campus tours, college-focused advisory sessions, SAT prep courses, college visits, a senior seminar class, college admission events, parent-focused workshops and counseling on the college admissions process.
Good Neighbor Grant
$30,000
2018

Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz

Jazz in the Classroom - To support the Jazz in the Classroom program for Washington, DC, public s ...
Jazz in the Classroom - To support the Jazz in the Classroom program for Washington, DC, public schools. The program will offer professional instrument training and performance opportunities for 825 students in master classes and specialized lessons, customized consultation for band directors in three high schools, and professional development for teachers to deliver the National Jazz Curriculum to nearly 4,500 students ages 9-18.
Good Neighbor Grant
$30,000
2013

The School for Ethics and Global Leadership

Greater DC Scholarship Fund - To support the Greater DC Scholarship Fund, to allow intellectually ...
Greater DC Scholarship Fund - To support the Greater DC Scholarship Fund, to allow intellectually motivated low-income 11th gratders from Greater DC, to participater in SEGL summer and semester programs. Number of students served is 2
Good Neighbor Grant
$35,000
2015

The Phillips Collection

Art Links: Museum-in-Residence - To support The Phillips Collection's Art Links: Museum-in-Reside ...
Art Links: Museum-in-Residence - To support The Phillips Collection's Art Links: Museum-in-Residence program, which will serve approximately 60 teachers and 900 students during the 2014-15 school year by weaving visual arts education with core subjects to enhance teaching and improve student performance at three underserved DC Public and Public Charter Schools.
Good Neighbor Grant
$30,000
2014

The Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership

Extreme Journey Summer Camp - To support low-to-moderate income students through offering scholar ...
Extreme Journey Summer Camp - To support low-to-moderate income students through offering scholarships for participation in Extreme Journey Summer Camp.
Good Neighbor Grant
$10,000
2017

The Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership

Extreme Journey Summer Camp - To enable JTHG to offer three sessions of the Extreme Journey Camp ...
Extreme Journey Summer Camp - To enable JTHG to offer three sessions of the Extreme Journey Camp to middle school students in Loudoun County in summer 2015 (including one newly created session in Fauquier County), and support participating high ability low-income students by offering full or partial scholarships. Number of students served is 104.
Good Neighbor Grant
$35,000
2015

The Journey Through Hallowed Ground Partnership

Extreme Journey Summer Camp - To enable JTHG to offer scholarships to Loudoun County low- to mode ...
Extreme Journey Summer Camp - To enable JTHG to offer scholarships to Loudoun County low- to moderate-income middle school students to participate in Extreme Journey Summer Camp, an immersive historical investigation of American history. Additionally, the grant will enable JTHG to expand the program to offer two camp sessions in summer 2013.
Good Neighbor Grant
$20,000
2013

Southwest Neighborhood Assembly (Book Club for Kids)

Book Club for Kids East of the River - To host 12 Book Club for Kids podcast shows at middle scho ...
Book Club for Kids East of the River - To host 12 Book Club for Kids podcast shows at middle schools/libraries in Prince Georges County and DC east of the Anacostia River.
Good Neighbor Grant
$10,000
2018

RESET

RESET STEM Enrichment - To improve student attitudes, motivation and literacy in STEM subjects by ...
RESET STEM Enrichment - To improve student attitudes, motivation and literacy in STEM subjects by providing inquiry-based STEM programming to children in under-resourced communities in Maryland.
Good Neighbor Grant
$10,000
2018

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