By Marie LeBlanc, Community Partnerships Coordinator
As we approach our celebration of the 10th Catalogue for Philanthropy, we look back to see how the Catalogue has grown and evolved over the years. In 2004, its second year of publication, the Catalogue continued to grow — in size, in geographic scope, and in dollars raised for network nonprofits:
- The Catalogue featured 51 new nonprofits in the print, up from 31 in the inaugural edition
- Catalogue also expanded its scope to the Greater Washington region, featuring nonprofits from DC, Maryland, and Virginia
- The Catalogue partnered with an additional corporate sponsor in 2004
- From 2003 to 2004, Catalogue increased the amount of money raised for and by our nonprofits by 14%, with an annual total of $548,830 in donations.
The following nonprofits, originally featured in 2004, were selected to be re-featured in the 2012 print Catalogue:
- Academy of Hope: adult students gain real world skills in math, reading, and writing
- Alternative House: a dynamic system of services designed to keep young people off the streets
- Arlington Free Clinic: free health care to some 1,400 Arlingtonians a year
- Borromeo Housing: structure, stability, and security that teen parents need to provide for themselves and their babies
- Brainfood: an after-school program that gets at-risk students off the streets and into the kitchen
- Calvary Women’s Services: where 150 women find “a safe, caring place for tonight; support, hope, and change for tomorrow”
- Coalition for Smarter Growth: coordinators of the campaign for a better way to grow in the greater DC region
- Falls Church-McClean Children’s Center: a full-day, early childhood education program for 2-5 year olds
- GALA: home of the National Center for Latino Performing Arts and only performance space in Columbia Heights
- Homestretch: two full years of transitional housing, budget counseling, job skills training, and placement assistance
- Horton’s Kids: a second family to over 1,500 children from the Ward 8 housing projects
- Thrive DC: generous portions of food, along with help and hope, to Washington’s hard-to-reach homeless
- Top Banana Home Delivered Groceries: simple and user-friendly grocery shopping and delivery for 500 elderly and disabled people
- Washington Youth Garden, Friends of the National Arboretum: garden science is the medium and life skills are the message
- Women Thrive Worldwide: focus on women in developing countries; advocate for change in US international assistance and trade policies
And the following nonprofits, originally featured in 2004, were re-certified to remain on the Catalogue website this year:
- City Arts: beautiful murals and mosaics created by local, inner-city youth
- TrailsforYouth.org: mountain biking that introduces inner-city youngsters to the natural world and its life lessons
- Washington Jesuit Academy: rigorous, local middle school for boys with 75 students and a devoted team of educators