Funders and Supporters

Funding for the DFC comes from the public, private, and business communities. Direct funders for our partners are listed on their own websites; the following list includes funders of the Developing Families Center umbrella.

Our land and building were donated by Hechinger Enterprises; building renovation and programs were funded by the DC Department of Housing and Community Development and private donations.

Additional public sector funding comes from the Federal Healthy Start Program through the DC Department of Health, the Early Head Start Program, and a Child Care Block Grant through the DC Department of Human Services Office of Early Childhood.

Programs have been supported by major grants from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, the Philip L. Graham Fund, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the MCA Foundation, the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation, the Henry and Anne S. Reich Family Foundation, the Public Welfare Foundation, the Naomi and Nehemiah Cohen Foundation, the John and Mildred Holmes Family Foundation, the Weissberg Foundation, the Marpat Foundation, the Clark Winchole Foundation, the Joan and David Maxwell Advised Fund, the Freddie Mac Foundation, the Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, the Roland Karlen Foundation, and many other foundations, corporations, and individuals.

Supporting Organizations

The DC Primary Care Association, the National Academy of Science, Ward 5 Advisory Neighborhood Councils, Carver Terrace Tenants and Civic Association, Trinidad Concerned Citizens for Reform, H Street Community Development Corporation, Davis Developments, Inc, Advanced Digital Systems, Dewey LeBoeuf LLP, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobsen, Health Communication Connection, LLC, Hogan & Lovells, LLP, Kagan, Lubic and Lepper, KBE construction, Maternity Center Association, American Association of Birth Centers, Office of the Deputy Mayor for Children, Youth, Families and Elders, Offices of Councilmembers Allen, Ambrose, Orange, Catania, Cheh, and Thomas, Safeway in the Hechinger Mall, The Sanchez Law Firm, U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Energy Star Program, KaBoom Playgrounds, Operation Frontline and the Capital Area Food Bank, and the Washington Youth Garden.

Photographs for this website were taken by Kea Dupree and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

Many other individuals, organizaitons, companies, and foundations have contributed financially and in-kind over the history of the Developing Families Center.