The Team

HARRY CHRISTIAN III

Development Director for the Washington Area Office at United Negro College Fund (UNCF)

Torrence S. Traynham

President + Chief Talent Officer: D9 Resume Exchange

Tatiana Torres

VP of Public Affairs at SKDKnickerbocker

ONYINYECHI AN

Community Advocate

Dr. Julie Lopez

Founder of Viva Partnership

JOANNA HA YEAN SHIN

Project Manager on the Real Estate Team at Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing

Kayla Baker

Founder and Principal, Ryse Local Ventures

Alicia Sokol

Owner: barre3

Larry Waddell

EVP Digital Marketing at Seer interactive

Harrison Beacher

Managing Partner, Coalition Properties Group, Keller Williams Capital Properties

LaToya Fowler

Realtor, Keller Williams Elite

Asila Calhoun

Calhoun Coaching & Consulting

RONNIE GALVIN

Managing Director : The Community Foundation

RAHSAAN BERNARD

President, Building Bridges Across the River

MIRNA (LUPI) QUINTEROS-GRADY

President, CEO : Latin American Youth Center

Ruby Taylor

Founder: Legacy! Card Game & Financial Joy School

Frederick Hill

The Hill Group

Stacie Whisonant

Equitable Financial Innovator

EBONY HARRIS

CEO and Founder, Principals with Principles, LLC

Greg Reaves

Founder and co-owner of Mosaic Development

Terinee Bonds

Realtor, Keller Williams

VERNÉ DIXON

Senior Director of Business Operations, Shared Support, Inc.

Natalie Dallard

Director of the Evidence Based Practice and Innovation Center at Community Behavioral Health

DIEGO MARISCAL

Founder, 2Gether-International

PAOLA MOYA

Founder, CEO : Moya Design Partners

NATASHA BONHOMME

CEO : Expecting Health

Lateefah Durant

Vice President of Innovation at CityWorks DC

ASMARA SIUM

Co-owner : Creative Grounds DC

KOUBE NGAAJE, M.A.

Executive Director : District Alliance for Safe Housing

Ayesha M. Hudson

Chief Executive Officer of A-Peace, LLC,

HOUSING JUSTICE FUND + DOWNPAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

HOUSING JUSTICE FUND + DOWNPAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

Housing Justice

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT + ACTION

COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT
+
ACTION

Community Engagement

We are proud to partner with Flock and welcome birdSEED into the Greater Washington Community Foundation family. This program comes at a time when our region, and our nation, is reckoning with its past and searching for solutions to address the history of discriminatory policies that Black and Brown folks have endured in our communities. We look forward to working with our community to grow the seed of this work to a scale that matches the disparities we see and the aspirations we share for a racially equitable and just region.

Tonia Wellons - President + CEO, The Greater Washington Community Foundation

About

Our housing justice program offers down payment grants to qualifying BIPOC first time home buying residents in the DC and Philadelphia areas. Awards range from $5,000 to $15,000 and grants are made multiple times per year until funds are expended.

The application/review process is straight forward and uncomplicated.

Our Board of Advisors reviews applications, interviews finalists and identifies grantees. This is a partnership with the Greater Washington Community Foundation who supports the administrative complexity so we can very simply help people buy homes. *

Applicants must identify as one of the following: American Indian, Indigenous, Alaska Native, Asian, Pacific Islander, Black, African American, Hispanic or Latinix birdSEED has made 29 provisional grants to date. The total grant pool available was $215,000. Additional funds have been raised from supportive community members who shared our vision of simple, no strings financial down payment grants that accelerate the home buying process. If you are positioned to give, please do. Needs are great, resources are limited and your help is essential.

Contact info

1508 U St. NW Washington DC
(202) 540-8038
[email protected]