HOME | CONTACT US | BOARD OF DIRECTORS THE FOUNDATION'S CURRENT PROGRAMS ARE: Pathways to Success Boarding School Scholarship Program Partners in Learning Community Assistance Grants Learning Disabilities Support Program HISTORY OF COMMONWEAL FOUNDATION In 1968, a Washington, DC area businessman founded the Commonweal Foundation to serve the community in which he had lived and thrived since 1937. First known as The College Fund, Commonweal’s original purpose was to ...

Founded in 1996, Heads Up is a non-profit organization that runs education and enrichment programs for children and families living in the most under-resourced parts of Washington, D.C. A unique type of organization, Heads Up draws particularly on the untapped potential of the city’s college students as its tutors, teachers, and mentors. At the same time, Heads Up helps these college students understand their social responsibilities and trains them in the leadership skills to carr ...

Donate Online |College Students |Job Opportunities |Newsletter Sign Up Search Search Working toward the day every child in America enters school prepared to succeed. We know every child enters the world with potential. Jumpstart ensures that those children most at-risk still reach this promise. By providing extraordinary attention in yearlong one-to-one relationships, Jumpstart inspires children to learn, adults to teach and communities to progress together… the results are transformat ...

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Welcome to the Children's Book Guild of Washington, D.C. We are pleased to announce that the 2006 Washington Post-Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award Winner is Sneed B. Collard III. Mark your calendar now for the Award Luncheon November 4 when our speakers also include 2006 Caldecott winner Chris Raschka and author Norton Juster. Founded in 1945, the Children's Book Guild of Washington, D.C. is a professional organization that serves the community by promoting high standards i ...