City Kids Wilderness Project‘s Alumni Engagement and Success Partner, Priya Cook, wrote an op-ed for Parks and Recreation Magazine focused on the importance of nature being accessible to all. Cook discusses the impact COVID-19 has had on City Kid’s youth and their families.

Fair Chance is excited to introduce the four newest members of our Program Team. Our four Capacity Building Consultants will work with our newest partners in Washington, DC and Prince George’s County, MD.

Community Educational Research Group (CERG) has begun construction on the expansion of its 4021 Minnesota Ave site after having been awarded an expansion grant from the LIIF foundation . This work will add space for 45 new infant & toddlers and kicks off with…

In April, Fair Chance launched the Care Calls initiative to ensure our alumni nonprofits had the support and access to resources to sustain programming during the COVID-19 pandemic. Surveys were sent out to the network and then Fair Chance’s program staff…

The Economic Club of Washington has awarded Fair Chance a $25,000 grant as part of their Community Grant Program. This grant will support Fair Chance’s work with nonprofits in Wards 7 & 8 and Prince George’s County.

Fair Chance is proud to introduce you to the nonprofits in Cohort 3 of the Ready for Work Nonprofit Capacity Building Initiative. This initiative is a collaboration with Venture Philanthropy Partners (VPP) to strengthen select nonprofits in Prince George’s County…

Fair Chance believes community-based nonprofits have a critical role to play in addressing the long-standing injustices in our community. We will continue to keep you updated about our work in partnership with our network of nonprofit partners.

Our new normal may no longer feel new but we can agree that it still does not feel normal. The reality is that many of us are scared; we are entering a new world that poses challenges to our health, our careers, and our neighbors.

As the COVID-19 Outbreak continues, Fair Chance is monitoring the needs of the nonprofit sector and our community. In these uncertain times, what keeps us grounded is staying connected and remembering what truly matters. What matters most to us is keeping…

Learn more about how our partners and alumni have engaged our community: Community Youth Advance, Foundation of the Advancement of Music & Education, Homeless Children’s Playtime Project, Live It Learn It, New Futures, Open City Advocates, and ScholarCHIPS.