Community Development Support Collaborative
The Community Development Support Collaborative is a consortium of DC-based corporations, local and national private foundations, and financial institutions. Meyer helped establish the Collaborative, and a Meyer staff member serves on its board. The Collaborative is a project of the Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers and is managed by the Local Initiatives Support Corporation, the nation's largest nonprofit community development support corporation. For more information, contact Martin Mellett at 202-739-9269.
Nonprofit Roundtable
The Nonprofit Roundtable builds the strength, influence, and visibility of the nonprofit sector in Greater Washington. Meyer helped establish the Nonprofit Roundtable in 2002.
Washington AIDS Partnership
The Washington AIDS Partnership is a philanthropic collaborative affiliated with the National AIDS Fund and the Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers. In 1988, the Meyer Foundation and 20 local funders joined in support of the Partnership as it began funding a wide range of HIV/AIDS prevention, education, and service programs.
Bridging Differences Initiative
The Bridging Differences Initative houses two funding collaboratives to promote the value of inclusiveness in Greater Washington. The Common Ground Fund, formerly known as the Initiative to Strengthen Neighborhood Inter-Group Assets, works to build cross-racial and cross-cultural relationships on the neighborhood level by supporting partnerships that bring recent immigrants and long-time residents together to address common issues and challenges. The Washington Area Partnership for Immigrants works to develop leadership in the immigrant community and protect the rights of immigrants. Meyer helped to establish these initiatives.
Catalogue for Philanthropy
Supported by the Harman, Meyer, Cafritz, Fannie Mae, and Freddie Mac foundations as a service to the community, the Catalogue for Philanthropy profiles outstanding environmental, cultural, educational, human services, and international organizations with budgets below $2 million.
A single check sent to the Catalogue's DC office, or a donation online can be allocated to as many charities as the donor selects. Donors may also contact the charities directly using information provided in the Catalogue, or buy a gift certificate for a friend or family member to give as a holiday gift. One hundred percent of every donation goes to the designated nonprofits.
Washington Grantmakers Working Groups
Washington Grantmakers' six working groups connect funders and others to study and act on issues of concern to the region. For more information, contact 202-939-3440 or info@washingtongrantmakers.org. Meyer Foundation staff are involved in three of these working groups.
Arts & Humanities
The Arts & Humanities Working Group convenes around the theme of "art as a vehicle for community building." This group focuses on issues such as arts stabilization; technology and its impact on the arts; regional cultural planning; and the connection between youth, the arts and community development. Kathy Freshley co-chairs this group, which has recently spent time convening dance organizations to improve the overall visibility and success of DC's dance community.
Children, Youth & Families
The Children, Youth & Families Working Group unites grantmakers wanting to make a difference in the lives of children, youth and families across the National Capital Region. The group promotes awareness and action around these issues, strengthens the knowledge and use of available resources, and serves as a point of contact for those seeking collegial and collaborative relationships with other grantmakers concerned with children, youth and families. Carmen James Lane co-chairs this group.
Health
The Health Working Group brings funders together with providers, government officials and consumers to educate each other about key issues affecting reform of the safety net health care system in the National Capital Region, and to work on building partnerships to push a common health agenda. Kathy Freshley co-chairs this group with Margaret O'Bryon from the Consumer Health Foundation.
Sustainable Communities
The Sustainable Communities Working Group brings together funders who want to protect the tremendous environmental resources in our region and promote sustainable growth and development in the DC metro area. Karen FitzGerald co-chairs this group, with Mardell Moffatt at the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation.
Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy
AAPIP is a national membership and philanthropic advocacy organization dedicated to bridging philanthropy and Asian Pacific American communities. Its members include foundations, staff and trustees of grantmaking institutions, and nonprofit organizations in nine regional chapters in the United States.
Hispanics In Philanthropy
HIP's mission is to strengthen Latino communities by increasing resources for the Latino and Latin American civil sector and by increasing Latino participation and leadership throughout the field of philanthropy.