25 Years of Small Grants, Big Projects for Friends of Southwest DC

Nataniel Pickett Foundation Health Fair at the Southwest Market. Courtesy of the Author  By Regina Harrison, Board Member, Friends of Southwest DC For 25 years, Friends of Southwest DC (FOSW) has awarded small grants to support neighborhood nonprofit organizations and residents in Southwest. In 2023, FOSW celebrated a quarter century […]

Friends of Southwest DC Recaps Record Giving in 2022 and Announces Establishment of Coralie Farlee Endowment Fund

By Russell McIntyre, Treasurer, Friends of Southwest DC From the World Cup to Wordle scores, from Taylor Swift tickets to Twitter takeovers, from Oscar slaps to Top Gun being back, 2022 was… a lot.  With the world continuing to get back to normal, 2022 felt like a year to go […]

Southwest Community Foundation Awards Inaugural Grants to Eight Local Organizations

By Southwester Staff The Southwest Community Foundation announced the results of its first round of grants to local organizations. The Foundation awarded grants totaling $25,220 to eight organizations in its 2021-22 round of grantmaking. The foundation is a nonprofit founded in 2015 by Southwest community leaders to attract and distribute […]

CSX Virginia Ave Tunnel Community Mitigation Fund Criteria

NSC Partners and the CSX VAT Community Mitigation Fund Committee announce the criteria for grant applications. Who is the Committee: They are the CSX Virginia Avenue Tunnel Community Mitigation Fund Committee. The committee is composed of volunteers who reside or work in ANC 6B and 6D. The members were selected […]