Celebrating 30 Years

As we celebrate our 30th anniversary, we’re shining a spotlight on three pillars that have powered our work for decades: tenacity, innovation, and impact.

These three pillars drive our commitment to building a strong foundation of family, health, and education for every DC child—and position us to meet the challenges ahead.

For 30 years, we have been tenacious advocates—never giving up on a child and continuing to fight, no matter how many challenges arise. In this short video, you’ll meet a few of these children: RJ, Markia, Elmer, and Jonathan.

Their stories provide just a glimpse of the work we have done with more than 60,000 children and families.

The world keeps changing, and we continue to innovate: developing new strategies, building new partnerships, improving policies and changing laws so that even more DC children are safe, healthy and learning.

Thanks to supporters and partners like you, our tenacity and innovation have created lasting impact – delivering tangible, measurable, life-changing results for hundreds of thousands of DC children and families.

But our work is not done. Countless new challenges have emerged and are depriving DC children of the strong foundation they need to succeed. Our work – and your ongoing support – matters now more than ever.

Make a gift today to help protect DC children and families from the impact of federal and local budget cuts. Your support strengthens our tenacity, fuels innovation and delivers lasting impact.

Thank you for being part of our next 30 years.