Community Bridges is excited to have been named a finalist in the 2025 Moxie Award! Community Bridges has stood out among the boldest and most innovative organizations in the D.C. metro community. Finalists were recently announced by Katie Jordan, the 2025 Moxie Award chair. “The Moxie Award program recognizes admirable organizations that have [...]
The Annual Community Bridges College and Career Summit "G.L.O.W" - Girls Leading Our World took place on Saturday, April 5, at Montgomery College Takoma Park in the Catherine F. Scott Commons. This year was our biggest success yet with over 110 girls registered for the event! The full-day event was a chance for girls [...]
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 [...]
The 8th Annual Girl Legacy took place on Wednesday, December 4, at The Fillmore Silver Spring. We celebrated 27 years of creating opportunities, nurturing potential, and helping dreams take flight. This year, Girl Legacy raised an inspiring total of over $100,000 thanks to all of our supporters and sponsors. Host and emcee Eun Yang, [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
We're honored to share that U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland will be the 2022 Building Bridges Award recipient at the 25 Year Girl Legacy Award Celebration! This award honors individuals that dedicate their work to, "Building Bridges" in our community. Elected to the United States Senate by the people of Maryland [...]