Donations & Grants

Grants may be given to conduct site test fits, to pay for professional fees associated with a project (i.e., architect, engineering), or other project-specific needs. Building Hope may also sponsor fundraising events or make a grant to a school’s academic performance.  Building Hope does not accept unsolicited proposals or requests for grants. We do accept unsolicited proposals for assistance from America’s Charter.  Learn more.

List of schools receiving assistance to date:

Real Estate Technical Assistance & Direct Loans or Credit Enhancements

• Capital City Public Charter School  (Washington, DC)
• Center City Consortium (Washington, DC)
• Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools for Public Policy (Washington, DC)
• Community Academy (Washington, DC)
• DC Preparatory Academy (Washington, DC)
• E.L. Haynes Public Charter School (Washington, DC) 
• Friendship Tech Prep (Washington, DC)
• KIPP DC (Washington, DC)
• Latin American Montessori Bilingual School (LAMB) (Washington, DC)
• Thurgood Marshall Academy Public Charter School (Washington, DC)
• Washington Math, Science, and Technology (Washington, DC)

Credit Enhancements through America’s Charter

• Capital City Public Charter School  (Washington, DC)
• Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools for Public Policy (Washington, DC)
• City on a Hill Public Charter School (Boston, MA)
• DC Preparatory Academy (Washington, DC)
• Edward Brooke Charter School (Roslindale, MA)
• Four Rivers Charter School (Greenfield, MA)
• Frederick Douglass Charter School (Hyde Park, MA)
• Holyoke Community Charter School (Holyoke, MA)
• IDEA Quest Academy (McAllen, TX)
• IDEA Frontier Academy (Brownsville, TX)
• Irvington, Community Public Charter School (Indianapolis, IN)
• Two Rivers Public Charter School (Washington, DC)

Real Estate Technical Assistance & Grants

• Appletree Early Childhood Institute (Washington, DC)
• Arts & Technology Academy (ATA) (Washington, DC)
• Earth Conservation Corps (Washington, DC)
• Elsie Whitlow Stokes (Washington, DC)
• Marshall Heights (Washington, DC)
• Maya Angelou Public Charter School (Washington, DC)
• New Orleans College Preparatory Public Charter School (New Orleans, LA)
• Potomac Lighthouse Public Charter School (Washington, DC)
• School for Arts in Learning (SAIL)  (Washington, DC)
• Septima Clark Public Charter School (Washington, DC)
• Two Rivers Public Charter School (Washington, DC)

Technical Consulting Services

• Algiers Charter School Association (New Orleans, LA)
• Bridges Public Charter School (Washington, DC)
• City Collegiate (Washington, DC)
• Dupont Circle Academy (Washington, DC)
• Hope Academy (Washington, DC)
• Hyde Leadership Public Charter School (Washington, DC)
• Imagine Schools (Washington, DC)
• Liberty City Charter School (Miami, FL)
• MEI Futures Academy (Washington, DC)
• Meridian Public Charter School (Washington, DC)
• NOLA 180/Langston Hughes Public Charter School (New Orleans, LA)
• Options Public Charter School (Washington, DC)
• SEED Foundation (Washington, DC)
• Tree of Life Community School (Washington, DC)
• YouthBuild Public Charter School (Washington, DC)

Exploratory Meetings

• Academy for Learning Through the Arts (ALTA) (Washington, DC)
• Eagle Academy (Washington, DC)
• Excel Academy (Washington, DC)
• KIMA Public Charter School (Washington, DC)
• Washington Academy (Washington, DC)
• Washington Latin Public Charter School (Washington, DC)
• William E. Doar, Jr. Public Charter School for the Performing Arts (Washington, DC)
• Woodrow Wilson Senior High School (Washington, DC)