The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal #16, promoting peace, justice and sustainable development, is increasingly under threat internationally and locally as Russia’s unprovoked war on Ukraine looms large and

$20,000 donation for youth workforce development designed to direct funding to communities that have experienced decades of underinvestment

Some believe that philanthropy can serve as risk capital, funding needle-moving and innovative ideas and projects around economic mobility.

Proud to Support #StopAsianHate National Day of Action and Healing 

We are appalled and deeply distressed by the rise of hate crimes and targeted violence against the Asian American and Pacific Islander community in the United States, where this week we have seen a horrifying mass sho

Welcome to our inaugural blog post in Profiles in Courage: Leading Through Crisis. A Thought Leadership Series curated by The Lever Fund.

The massive protests across our cities over the past week, the pandemic that looms before us still, and the economic uncertainty experienced by so many have shaken us to our very core.  

At Lever Fund, we are proud to be part of a national family of incredibly capable poverty-fighting organizations.

“Overcoming poverty is not a gesture of charity. It is an act of justice. It is the protection of a fundamental human right, the right to dignity and a decent life.”

Why does BUILD teach entrepreneurship?

What excites you about leading Per Scholas in our region?

What kind of high school student does Genesys Works attract?

Chike Aguh (Chee-Kay Ah-Goo), Principal at Inncuvate, joined the Lever Fund board last month. Here, he discusses his perspective on our work.

Organization: Per ScholasProgram: IT Support Training

On July 9, the board unanimously elected Tim Lee as chair. Here, he shares his vision and passion for our work.

Lever Fund board member Connie K. N.

The Board of Directors recently named you Managing Director. What does that mean?

We Can’t Solve All Inequality, But We Can Do Something.

Invest Your Philanthropy Locally

Family Services Inc.’s Keys to Success Program helps teen mothers (who are still in school) and their young children, who participate in the Early Head Start program that focuses on achieving positive maternal and chi

Genesys Works provides intensive training to high school students and connects them to paid information technology internships. 

A 90-minute discussion, boiled down to 4 minutes. Thank you to everyone who attended, listened, and took part.

We met with Dereck the day after he took the certification exam for the National Green Infrastructure Program. He was feeling pretty confident.

Marsean and Jerell are so bright and imaginative that when I met them I wished I could offer them both jobs on the spot.

We're proud to announce an initiative to support high-performing nonprofits that prepare low-income students and adults for 21st-century employment. Our goal for Jobs of Tomorrow: investing a half million dollars in high-performing organizations in D.C., suburban Maryland, and northern Virginia that equip low-income people in our region with the skills to secure jobs with a future.

Today, as the Greater Washington DC region unites to kick off the season of giving, the Lever Fund announces its first investments in three high-performance, high-impact nonprofit organizations in Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. All three groups are providing life-changing educational and job opportunities for our low-income DMV neighbors, and reflect the Lever Fund’s ambitious and innovative metrics-oriented approach to fighting poverty.