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Community Bridges was selected as a Huiying Memorial Foundation (HMF) Women's Health & Wellness Microgrant Recipient along with 4 other amazing organizations! The Huiying Memorial Foundation is private, grant-making institution focused on supporting women's health and wellness initiatives. They provide funding to other nonprofit institutions in order to support their existing activities, or [...]

Community Bridges Selected As Beneficiary of the Leonard Sports Management & Entertainment Celebrity Golf Tournament On October 21, 2024 we were so very honored to be one of the beneficiaries of the Leonard Sports Management & Entertainment Celebrity Golf Tournament with Ray Leonard Jr at Lakewood Country Club Rockville. It was truly [...]

Community Bridges Receives $10,000 grant from the City of Takoma Park as part of the Community Quality of Life Grants Program FY25 The grant award from the City of Takoma Park will support the development, delivery and the use of literary, performing, visual and culinary arts within the Community Bridges Girls Program. [...]

During the 2022-2023 school year, 423 girls in grades 4-12 participated in the CB Girls Program. 100% of CB seniors graduated in spring 2023 and enrolled to attend college or university, with 1,337 hours of one-on-one college advising provided. We also served 182 families through the CB Family Program. Learn more in our 2023 [...]

At this point, normally for the Community Bridges College Access Community Based Organization, all or almost all of our students would have submitted their FAFSA, and they would have been processed with an EFC and sent to their colleges. In February, CB would be working with our students on FAFSA errors, issues and verification requirements; [...]

Community Bridges Receives $9,000 grant from the City of Takoma Park as part of the Community Quality of Life Grants Program FY24 The grant award from the City of Takoma Park will support the development, delivery and the use of literary, performing, visual and culinary arts within the Community Bridges Girls Program. [...]

Community Bridges Hosts their Annual 2023 College Send Off BY KHAYLA ROBINSON On August 10, Community Bridges held their annual College Send Off event for their Class of 2023 seniors from 6-8 pm at White Oak Library. Jane De Angeli, CB’s College Access and Success Advisor, expressed that the event [...]

Small nonprofits like ours make a big difference for the communities who live here. We are thrilled to have Spur Local, formerly the Catalogue for Philanthropy, support our work! Being part of their 2023 class, alongside our incredible peer nonprofits, shows both the critical impact we make as an organization and our collective [...]

During the 2021-2022 school year, 315 girls at 25 schools participated in the CB Girls Program, and 100% of CB seniors graduated in spring 2022 and enrolled to attend college or university, with 1,415 hours of one-on-one college advising provided. We also served 110 families through the CB Family Program. Learn more in our 2022 Annual [...]