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Higher Achievement Featured in 2007-2008 Catalogue for Philanthropy
October 25, 2007- Higher Achievement has been selected as a featured charity in the 2007-2008 Catalogue for Philanthropy: Greater Washington. Supported by several local foundations and corporations (see list below), this is the Catalogue's fifth year in the Washington, DC region. As a service to the community, the Catalogue profiles environmental, cultural, educational, human services, and international organizations.
Selected from a competitive field of over 250 candidates, Higher Achievement was among the sixty eight profiled nonprofits. Previously featured in the 2003 Catalogue, Higher Achievement has grown significantly in four years. We have purchased our own home, added a fifth center, and raised the number of children we serve to over 400 scholars. "Charities were selected for excellence, innovation, and cost-effectiveness--and for what they can teach us about the extraordinary ways that philanthropy works,” said Barbara Harman, Executive Director of the Harman Family Foundation. “These are certainly among the best small charities in the Washington, DC region.”
After an inaugural year in the District of Columbia, the Catalogue expanded to the Greater Washington region—adding nonprofits in Northern Virginia and nearby Maryland counties. 35,000 individuals and hundreds of foundations will receive copies of the Catalogue in mid-November, and 100,000 will receive Catalogue posters and an invitation to visit the Catalogue website. To date, the Catalogue has helped to raise nearly $4 million in pledges and gifts for local nonprofits.
According to Harman, "The Catalogue is designed to be a showcase for DC region philanthropy and an inviting way for individuals and families to participate in charitable giving." A single check sent to the Catalogue's DC office, or an online donation at its website, www.catalogueforphilanthropy-dc.org, can be allocated to as many charities as the donor pleases. Donors may also contact the charities directly. "Because the Catalogue is fully paid for by its philanthropic partners," Harman notes, "100% of every donation goes to the designated nonprofits."
Please click here to see Higher Achievement's page in the Catalogue.
Catalogue Foundation Supporters
Harman Family Foundation
Meyer Foundation
Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation
J Willard and Alice S Marriott Foundation
Marriott
Freddie Mac Foundation
John Edward Fowler Memorial Foundation
Corina Higginson Trust
Catalogue Corporate Supporters
CGI
Chevy Chase Trust
Fannie Mae
Landon Butler & Co |
