Our Mission
To strengthen, promote and represent nonprofit organizations, empowering them to meet the diverse, changing needs of our communities.
Our Members
Our member organizations touch the lives of countless adults, children and families throughout our region, and in some cases, throughout the nation and the world.
Our members protect our environment, help the homeless, support the arts, feed the hungry, advance education, provide employment assistance, nurture the sick, champion the underserved, and so much more. Their dedication and hard work have a direct, life-changing impact on our communities.
Member Highlight: Everyone Home DC
Everyone Home DC has served the Washington, DC community for nearly 60 years. Founded in 1967 through a grassroots collaboration among Capitol Hill churches and community groups, the organization’s early work included youth programs and advocacy for racial and economic justice. As community needs changed, its work evolved, with preventing and ending homelessness becoming its central focus.
Today, Everyone Home DC supports individuals and families at risk of or experiencing homelessness through Homelessness Prevention, Permanent Supportive Housing, Street Outreach and a drop-in Day Center. The organization helps people prevent homelessness, connect to housing and resources, and achieve long-term housing stability.
Everyone Home DC envisions a thriving and diverse District where all people can obtain and remain in safe, affordable and comfortable homes.
"The Center gives Everyone Home DC access to resources and support that help us operate as a stronger organization and better support our staff and programs." - Kate Akalonu, Director of Strategic Initiatives
September Challenge
September Challenge: Join Everyone Home DC’s signature fall campaign!
Throughout September, the Everyone Home DC community comes together to raise $90,000 in flexible funding to support individuals and families at risk of or experiencing homelessness.
Supporters can make a personally meaningful gift, create a Fundraise Your Way page or event, sponsor the campaign, attend a community event or participate in the online auction. Funds raised provide flexible resources to respond to changing needs and strengthen programs and services throughout the year.
Our Team
Created in 1979, the Center for Nonprofit Advancement is the nation’s first state association for nonprofit organizations. For more than four decades, the Center has continued to grow and advance, thanks to the efforts of a dedicated group:
Our Impact
The Center’s primary service region includes Washington, DC, Prince George's and Montgomery Counties in Maryland and the state of Virginia. However, the Center welcomes any 501(c)(3) nonprofit that wishes to join.
Identifying, monitoring and sharing new and shifting trends within the nonprofit sector, the Center works collaboratively with local experts to develop custom programs and solutions. Through our training, resources and relationships with the corporate, philanthropic and government community, we help our member nonprofits save more, do more, and succeed more—ultimately achieving a more sustainable future.
The Center serves thousands of nonprofit staff, volunteers and board members, making it easier for nonprofits to fulfill their missions by helping them:
Strengthen capacity through training opportunities — 1,500+ participants a year
Reallocate more funds to programs with operational savings — 10%-50% discounts through group purchasing opportunities
Gain expert insights, market exposure and cash awards through competitions — $29,000 cash grants awarded each year
Network with nonprofit colleagues, industry experts and leaders in the foundation and government sectors — Countless invaluable connections
Our Values
We believe that...
Nonprofits are an essential ingredient in the health of our communities and our democracy. Strong nonprofits lead to better communities, better quality of life and a better democracy.
Nonprofits are stewards of public trust. Transparency and accountability are the foundation of that trust.
Diversity in all forms — organizations, people, religions, and culture — is part of our vitality. Promoting diversity and practicing inclusiveness makes us stronger.
The vibrancy and effectiveness of nonprofits hinge on information, education, celebration, collaboration, and representation. Nonprofits deserve a strong voice in the affairs that affect them. Together, we shape the future.
Intention, commitment, optimism, and a belief in a better tomorrow are vital ingredients in our growth and development and our service philosophy. Every day we strive to do better, be better, serve better.
Social Impact Vision
Effective nonprofits, thriving communities.