Annual Impact Report 2025-26

Our Mission

To improve health, end homelessness, and partner with communities to make Washington, DC more equitable.

Our Vision

To improve health, end homelessness, and partner with communities to make Washington, DC more equitable.

Dear Friends,

In 2025, Community of Hope marked 45 years of advancing health, housing, and hope across Washington, DC. 2026 marks my 25th year with the organization, a milestone that fills me with gratitude. What began as a small clinic and housing program has grown into an organization now serving more than 20,000 people each year across the city.

Lasting impact doesn’t come from one service. It comes from connecting health, housing, and community support around people’s lives. That belief continues to guide our work.

We are advancing our strategic plan while navigating a rapidly changing environment. Reductions in public funding, growing housing instability, and reduced insurance and support for our community have made our work more critical than ever. At the same time, we are strengthening our advocacy efforts to ensure the voices of our patients and clients are heard.

Even in the face of these challenges, we have continued to provide care, stability, and connection for thousands of families. This report highlights what is possible when we all commit to our community.

Thank you for being part of this work and making lasting impact together.

Kelly Sweeney McShane
^{President and CEO for the past 25 years}

Federal and local politics impact the work we do and the people we serve. We participate in more than a dozen local coalitions. We regularly provide council testimonies to advocate and create system change. We are grateful for those of you who have raised your voice with ours!

Board Members

Kessia Cruz, Board Chair
Lisa Madden, Vice Chair
Jenna Kirkpatrick Howard, Treasurer
Portia Quarles Ross, Secretary
L. Dijon Anderson
Cathy Austin
Lise Hill
Warren Ingram
Adyba Khorami
Jennifer Martz
Ann McAllister
Toya McCoy
Erin Henderson Moore
Dr. Khandra Y Tyler-Beynum
Ernesto Del Valle
Kelly Sweeney McShane, President and CEO

List as of April 2026

Story of Impact

A Fresh Start from Scratch

Grace never expected that preparing to welcome her fourth child would also mean starting over from nothing. She left an unsafe relationship with three young children, ages six, five, and one, and came to Community of Hope through the Virginia Williams Family Resource Center with almost nothing in hand. “I had to leave everything behind,” she said. “Furniture, clothes, even my kids’ Christmas gifts. We had nothing.”

Grace and her children were placed at Girard Street, a Community of Hope overflow family shelter that had just reopened for families in December. Her case manager stayed close through the winter storm and the uncertainty. “You can tell when someone truly cares, and she did,” Grace said. “She always answered my questions and made sure I had what I needed.”

A housing application submitted years earlier came through sooner than anyone expected. “I was in shelter in January, and by the end of February, we had moved into our own apartment,” said Grace.

Her children, who had found steadiness through Fam-Club at the shelter, carried those connections with them. At a community baby shower in April, one of Grace’s kids spotted a familiar volunteer and ran over: “Hey, you were at our old apartment.”

As she prepares to bring her daughter home, Grace is enrolled in HONEY, a Community of Hope program that supports pregnant people experiencing homelessness through prenatal care, transportation to appointments, and a perinatal care coordinator who walks alongside them through pregnancy and the baby’s first six months—because when you’re focused on finding housing, it’s easy to miss the appointments that matter most.