We believe that donors are eager to learn about community needs and to ensure that their philanthropy will make a difference. A trusted resource like the Catalogue can be a critical partner in that process.
"By supporting the Catalogue, I hope we are helping to make our employees and others in the Washington area aware of the many small charities that support our community but don't have the budgets to build awareness of their good works on their own."
Initiated and developed by the Harman Family Foundation, with help from founding partners the Meyer Foundation and the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation. See our key investors on the bottom right of your screen and click Partners, above, to view all of our supporters.
Our family of nonprofits is nearly 350 strong and represents the tremendous range of good works in the greater Washington nonprofit community. Since November 2003, our inaugural year, we have helped raise more than $9.6 million from new donors for featured nonprofits.
Ninety reviewers from foundations, corporations, corporate giving programs, giving circles, larger nonprofits, and the DC government evaluate applicants for distinction, merit, and impact. Every featured charity has been “site visited” by at least one reviewer, some by as many as five. Our Certified Public Accountant has experience in forensic accounting and scrutinizes all finalists: cost-effectiveness and financial transparency are critical. We leverage the region’s knowledge about philanthropy for the benefit of the entire community.
The Catalogue represents some of the best smaller nonprofits in the Greater Washington region. 
