For Good / Non Profit : Features

As change comes to the NW neighborhood of Pleasant Plains, the Emergence Community Arts Collective knits neighbors together.

Artists are often the first to move into urban neighborhoods, and also the first to move when rents escalate. Here's how cities are working with artists to transform blight and reimagine neighborhoods.

Southeast D.C. native Trayon White speaks with Elevation DC about the nonprofit he created that keeps Ward 8 middle-schoolers on the right track.

Tenant-owned apartment buildings are rare in the District, but are a key tool in preserving affordable homes in our quickly growing city. Here, a look at two--and one group that helps make them happen.

A newly formed group aims to fight "bike shop deserts" in Wards 7 and 8.

A Takoma Park nonprofit builds economic opportunity for low-income residents with a tasty new commercial kitchen.

Reusing building materials "keeps items that normally would end up in the landfill in the community," says one project manager. Nonprofits have been pushing the idea for decades, but now industry, in D.C. and elsewhere, is catching up.

D.C.'s charter school boom isn't just for kids. The public charter school board recently approved the seventh adult charter school in the city. Here's why these schools are an essential part of giving District residents a leg up.

A training program is aiming to place up to 600 District residents  in hospitality jobs. The ambitious program's goal is to fight unemployment in D.C.'s poorest neighborhoods.

Trash to treasure? Absolutely, and now the maxim practiced by artists and crafters everywhere is even creating green-collar jobs.

At this after-school arts program serving boys in Wards 7 and 8, the real masterpieces aren't the works on paper.

MBAs are trained to make cold hard cash, but Compass puts those MBAs' concrete skills and altruism to work to maximize value in D.C.’s nonprofit sector.

The nonprofit has been fighting the good fight in D.C. for nearly 20 years, tackling a wide range of challenges in the city. We spoke to Appleseed's executive director, Walter Smith, about the issues that matter now.

According to Time magazine, Millennials are "lazy, entitled narcissists." According to the members of Capital Cause, they're going to save D.C., one charitable cause at a time.

Like the fable, Stone Soup Films starts small, and through the contributions of many, creates awesome. The nonprofit, which makes short documentaries for other local nonprofits--totally free--celebrates its fifth anniversary this year.