Since 1995, Little Lights has been providing holistic support and wrap-around care for under-resourced youth and families in DC. Over the years, we have had the privilege of seeing lives transformed through Little Lights. However, the need in our city continues to be tremendous, particularly in low-income neighborhoods like Ward 7.
About Little Lights
Empowering underserved youth, families, and communities in Washington, DC.
38
of children in Ward 7 live in poverty.
1,100
students served through our youth programs.
Building Dreams
Little Lights secures new building to expand impact and provide support in Ward 7.
In June 2023, through the support of many generous donors, Little Lights secured and paid the down payment for a 6,000 square foot church building in Ward 7, east of the river. This new building will enable Little Lights to expand our work to the neighborhoods in Ward 7, creating space for more students and their families to experience the care and support Little Lights provides.
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Building brighter futures east of the river.
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Building brighter futures east of the river.
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Our Vision
Our vision to Ignite Community Empowerment and Impact.
Our vision is to fully renovate and modernize this building to create a flourishing community center with space to provide our full array of programs in this new neighborhood. We envision a place of compassion, empowerment, and community where joy, hope, and humility find a home and grow to transform lives and the neighborhood. Through this expansion, Little Lights will be able to expand our reach, increase our impact, and sustain our mission.
Vision to Reality
In order for this vision to become a reality, we need your help and support.
We need your support to multiply the good Little Lights is doing in our nation’s capital. In order to fully purchase, renovate, and equip this building, it will cost $4 million. Would you consider partnering with us in this next chapter of our journey as we expand our reach and impact? The children, youth, and families we serve matter and deserve our best effort. If you have any questions or would like to learn more, please reach out via email to shine@littlelights.org.
“Every time I enter the new building, I see different possibilities. Having a space like this, the possibilities are endless and I’m very excited. It’s going to be a lot of hard work, and there is a lot of support that we need, but we’re very excited that we can do something like this in Ward 7 of Washington DC.
It’s going to be very special that we get to do something like this for the families that we serve.”
– Mary Park, Deputy Director of Little Lights
Make an Impact
Partner with us as we build brighter futures for students and families in DC!
Our Donors
Thank you to all of the generous individuals who have given to the Space to Shine Campaign so far.
Cornerstone Gift: $250,000+
- Ted and Laura Kim
Major Gift: $100,000 - $249,999
- Wen Family
- JJSS Family Charitable Fund
- Andy and Melissa Ho
- Sara Kasper and Rob Anderson
Leadership Gift: $75,000 - $99,999
- DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
- Enterprise Foundation
- Philip Graham Foundation
- Hattie Strong Foundation
- Anonymous
Partnership Gift: $50,000 - $74,999
- Anthony and Amy Curcio
- Grace Community Church
- Christina Yu and Alex Karaman
- J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation
- Nam-Macgill Family
- New City Foundation
- Hannah and Jason Yoon
- Anonymous
Compassion Gift: $25,000 - $49,999
- Cafritz Foundation
- Audrey and Paul Donnell
- Ministry in the City Foundation
- Ben and Grace Lin
- Michael and Anbinh Oh
- Guy and Susan Speers
- Gordon Wang
Hope Gift: $10,000 - $24,999
- All Saints Church
- LaToya Archibald
- Andy and Lezlie Biggers
- Chinese Bible Church of Maryland
- Deloitte
- The District Church
- Ned and Jennifer Ertel
- Sarah and Evan Feinberg
- Akin and Tosin Ilori
- Kay and Wilson Kim
- Paul and Jennifer Kim
- Julie and Phil Koh
- The Lee Family
- Insoo Lee
- Phillip and Danielle Lee
- Yoon Joo Lee
- Matt and Dawn Luecke
- Monumental Sports & Entertainment Foundation
- Steve and Mary Park
- Kyung and Jennifer Ro
- David and Currie Renwick
- Tom and Amy Sareeram
- Derek and Racine Sykes
- Kathleen Webb
- Christina Yu
- Anonymous
Joy Gift: $5,000 - $9,999
- Suzanne Anthony
- Cherie and Lorenzo Bellamy
- First Baptist Church of Glenarden
- Daniel Brunner and Grace Johnson
- Jihwan and Yung Soo Kim
- Kenneth Kang and Eun Sook Kim
- Mike and Elsy Malhani
- Dean and Donna Payne
- Share Fund Foundation
- Michael and Ruth Wei
- Charles and Sarah Williams
- Sherwin-Williams
- Nancy Lam Wong
- Tina and Sam Yoon
- Anonymous
Friendship Gift: $2,500 - $4,999
- Shirley Cheung
- Elaine Chow
- Simone Gooden
- Phyllis Jones
- Juli Kim
- Josephine Kim
- Matt and Robyn Komar
- New Life Foundation
- Passion City Church
- Lauren Penneys
- Anne and Bob Tomkinson
- Dana and Dan Weigand
- Meng Day Yu
- Curt and Meriwether Zeager
Supporting Gift: $1,000 - $2,499
- Rick Altizer
- Katie and Kendall Byers
- Mary Daniel Cheek
- Kelvin and Kasey Chen
- Karen Coats
- Michele Fritz
- Howard and Miley Frost
- Elizabeth Hong and Evan Gao
- David and Joanne Gilles–Hermann
- Rose and Dave Han
- Barry and Patricia Harris
- Thomas Hyun
- Russell and Joan Jeung
- Dane Johnson
- John Keen
- Ed Kim
- Kristy and Samyan Love
- Jocelyn Lyle
- Tim Mahoney
- Muteba and Candace Mukendi
- Jane Pak
- Passion City Church
- Annalisa and Dave Parks
- David Park
- Jill Schreifer
- Esther Seok
- Min-Kuk and Eunice Song
- Anna Stratton
- Steve Yun
Our Advisory Committee
Thank you to our Space to Shine Committee members for their support of this campaign:
Ted and Laura Kim, co-chairs
Sara Kasper and Rob Anderson
Tina Yoon
Andy Ho
Tosin Ilori
TL Rogers