2025 Annual Report: Rooted & Responsive

A Faithful Way of Life

L’Arche is not a fleeting response to the moment.
It is a faithful way of life, practiced day by day, that responds to changing needs through relationship.

For more than forty years, L’Arche Greater Washington, D.C. has shared life between people with and without intellectual disabilities, learning again and again that belonging is not something you declare once and for all. It is something you live into, adapt for, and recommit to as circumstances change and people grow older, wiser, and more vulnerable.

In a world that often demands immediate answers and fast solutions, L’Arche continues to move at the pace of relationship. We listen. We discern. We respond—not with reaction or fear, but with faithfulness shaped by decades of shared life.

Your support makes this way of life possible. It allows L’Arche to remain steady amid change, to respond thoughtfully to emerging needs, and to ensure that people with intellectual disabilities are not just cared for, but known, valued, and accompanied across a lifetime.

The stories in this report reflect that faithfulness in action. They show what it looks like when:

care is relational,
advocacy is grounded in encounter,
and transformation is mutual.

Thank you for being part of this life, and for journeying with us as it continues to unfold.

In a world that often demands immediate answers and fast solutions, L’Arche continues to move at the pace of relationship.

A Word of Welcome from Leadership

Dear Friends,

It is an honor to serve as the new Board President of L’Arche Greater Washington, D.C. My connection to this community spans many years—as a friend, donor, and board member—and I step into this role with deep gratitude.

I want to thank Carolyn Rumer for her years of dedicated leadership. Her wisdom and commitment have helped shape L’Arche GWDC into the strong community it is today. We are grateful that her presence and care for L’Arche continue beyond her presidency.

As you’ll read in this report, we remain a community and service provider that responds thoughtfully to changing needs. We listen and adapt—ensuring that people with intellectual disabilities are known and supported in the way they want to be.

Thank you for making this possible. Your support sustains a way of life rooted in dignity, stability, and belonging.

With gratitude,
Philip Ward | Board President

Your Impact in 2025

Lifelong Care & Relationships

Lifelong care means more than meeting immediate needs. It means knowing someone well enough—and long enough—to recognize when something is not right.

When you share daily life with someone, you come to know their baseline—their humor, their rhythms, their energy, their pain tolerance, their patterns. That kind of knowledge matters, especially in medical spaces where people with intellectual disabilities are too often misunderstood or dismissed.

This year, L’Arche accompanied a core member through appointments with multiple doctors as they sought answers to persistent health concerns. Because assistants and house leaders knew the person so well, they recognized that something wasn’t right, even as medical professionals insisted otherwise. They asked careful questions. They shared observations. They stayed present. That kind of consistent, relational advocacy helps counter the medical bias people with intellectual disabilities often face.

This work reflects the culture we intentionally create at L’Arche—one that expects assistants to speak up, equips them to navigate complex systems, and affirms the voices of core members in every setting. People are empowered not only to receive care, but to participate in decisions about their own lives.

The same commitment shaped other moments this year. When advised that hospice care at home was “not what group homes usually do,” L’Arche invested in nursing support so that Michael, our founding core member, could die at home as he wished. When another core member’s needs changed rapidly, the community created a 1:1 staffing model and a new apartment within a week so they could continue to call L’Arche home. During multiple complex hospitalizations, L’Arche provided round-the-clock presence (something that is not reimbursed by Medicaid) to ensure that pain was addressed and follow-up care provided—preventing unnecessary suffering.

This is what faithful response looks like. Because we know people deeply, we are able to advocate skillfully—ensuring that care is not only available, but dignified, personalized, and responsive across a lifetime.

Listen to Alice Felker, Director of Human Services & Advocacy, speak to our care and medical advocacy in the video below⬇
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Education & Advocacy

This year, L’Arche’s voice reached far beyond our homes.

The launch of On Loneliness became a catalyst for conversation. The film has now been viewed more than 586,000 times, screened widely, and was a 2026 Webby Nominee, which honors excellence on the internet. We even influenced the theme for World Down Syndrome Day and got to present the film at the United Nations headquarters in New York! The response has been moving—students approaching us in tears, sharing how seen they felt, and new invitations to speak alongside leading voices in the field of loneliness and belonging.

Through this process, we recognized something essential: L’Arche has wisdom to offer. Our daily life—friendship across difference, shared vulnerability, enduring commitment—speaks directly to some of the deepest challenges facing our society.

That outward engagement continued in many forms. Core members shared their experiences in classrooms and churches. Eileen and Ty participated in advocacy efforts on Capitol Hill with other L’Arche community members from across the USA. Our Community Connections Program hosted gatherings that brought together neighbors with and without disabilities, making visible the friendships our culture often overlooks. Even our annual talent show challenged assumptions about creativity, leadership, and ability.

We also educated our community about cuts to Medicaid and the real impact such decisions have on people with intellectual disabilities and their caregivers. When L’Arche speaks into policy conversations, we do so from lived experience.

Short Film, Big Impact

Notable Screenings of On Loneliness:

United Nations: World Down Syndrome Day
2026 Webby Nominee for Public Service & Activism
2026 Capital Emmy Nominee for Societal Concerns – Short Form Content
University of Maryland: New York Times best-selling author, Dr. Marisa G. Franco’s class
Georgetown University
New York Short Film Festival
Fort Collins, CO, Arc Chapter Film Festival
Featured in Sojourners online

Watch our Webby-nominatedshort film

On Loneliness was created from 18+ hours of recorded interviews with GWDC community members.

Watch "On Loneliness"

Mission of Transformation

We often tell stories about how L’Arche transforms lives—like when Joseph, after taking his first flight, told Crisely, “I’m not scared anymore.” Or when Michael, our founding core member, died at home as he wished, surrounded by assistants and friends from across the country who held his hands and read from his favorite books.

But this year, we experienced with even greater clarity how deeply we, too, as a community and service provider, are being shaped in return.

As core members’ needs and desires shifted, so did we. When Bruce retired, daily schedules and expectations were reworked so that his days reflected a new season of rest and choice. As other core members aged or experienced changes in health and capacity, we adapted—creating new rhythms to honor dignity.

In response to the leadership and long-term commitment already demonstrated by assistants, we created new Lead Assistant roles—formalizing responsibilities that had grown organically within the community and recognizing that stewardship was already being lived out.

All this requires listening deeply and holding our systems loosely enough to evolve. Faithfulness does not mean standing still. It means remaining rooted while allowing ourselves to grow.

When a community allows itself to be shaped by the people it serves and the people who serve within it, it becomes all the more ready to hold that space of transformation for others.

Cordelia Smith joined L’Arche as an Awake Overnight Assistant in 2020. Six years later, she continues supporting core members overnight and as a Lead Assistant, taking on additional responsibilities and leadership in L’Arche.

“I’m very committed. I love what I do, or else I wouldn’t be here.” – Cordelia Smith, Ontario Lead Assistant

We’re beyond grateful for Cordelia and all of our Lead Assistants, Assistants, and House Leaders whose faithfulness has transformed our community.

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By the Numbers: Stewardship & Accountability

L’Arche’s financial model reflects both public support and private generosity.

A significant portion of our funding comes through government programs that support essential services for people with intellectual disabilities. At the same time, these resources do not fully cover the true cost of providing the kind of care and community life that L’Arche is committed to.

Donor support makes that difference. It allows us to invest in meaningful wages for assistants, adapt homes to meet changing needs, and sustain a way of life rooted in dignity, stability, and relationship.

We offer this financial overview as part of our commitment to transparency and shared stewardship. Simply put, this work would not be possible without your support. Additional financial information is available upon request. Tax returns are publicly available online.

Financial Statements:

PDF version of Financials

Our Community of Support

L’Arche is sustained by a community of people who give their time, resources, and trust to this shared life. Thank you.

These gifts were received in our fiscal year, October 1, 2024 – September 30, 2025. Donors who made gifts received after September 30, 2025, will be acknowledged in our next annual report.

Board of Directors

Michael Clemente, Esq. | Secretary
Shawn Gremminger
Hanifa Monawer
Nadine Reid
Kris Ritter | Vice President
Carolyn Rumer, Esq.
Colleen Sport
F. Chapman Taylor | Treasurer
William Tyson
Philip Ward, Esq. | President
Sherri Weil
Katherine O‘Donnell Wright

Heart of L'Arche Society Members

The Heart of L’Arche Society was created in 2009 to build a sustainable foundation for L’Arche’s financial future. Donors pledge $1,000 or more per year for three years, allowing L’Arche to plan ahead. Thank you to our Heart of L’Arche Society Members!

Servant Leadership Circle – $25,000+

The Rumer Family
Grace, Chapman, Crawford, Jade, and Jarman Taylor

Advocacy Circle – $10,000+

The Arntson Family
Elizabeth Black and John Cook
Blayne, Rebecca, Maddie, Jillian, and Jack Grady
Carolyn Rumer and Patrick Kibbe
Colleen and Scott Sport
Anonymous

Community Builder Circle – $5,000+

Jo-Ann Andriko and Bruce Krebs
CBGB
Hope Farrior and David Wiley
Peter Hakim
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church
Nadine Reid
Kate Clegg Smith
Roberta and Richard Theis
Anonymous

Accompaniment Circle – $2,500+

Kathryn and Shep Abell
Jane and Kevin Belford
Dulin United Methodist Church
Brian and Dale Healy
Ke Ji and Josef Skoldeberg
Andrew Miller and Melissa McGuire
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Potthast
Tim Shriver and Linda Potter
Colin Smith & Shelby Baird Smith
Liz and Jesse Yoder
The Young Family

Companion Circle – $1,000+

Gail Arnall
Bob Asselin
Françoise and Ron Aubry-Kendall
Roslyn Barry
Anne Barsanti and Michael Griffith
Mary Frances leMat and Harold Beebout
Sue Lewis Bodner
Laura Tubbs Booth
Vanessa Buchko
Maureen Byrnes
Stephen J. Callahan and Christine Madigan
Anthony and Alison Carroll
Eva-Elizabeth Chisholm
Gerry and Lydia Clemmer
Gregory and Sandra Cleva
Jeff and Lilliam Collmann
Robert Commisso and Denise Leith
Robert and Paula DeRoy
The Dingle Family
Mimi and Chris Dorment
The Edelbrock Family
Charles Felker and Chrisellen Kolb
Marianna Dunn and Cynthia Gady
Erica and Ryan Gannett
In honor of Ltc. Oscar and Ellen Garcia
Alison Gramann and Andrew Willis
Jeffrey Harris
Maryanne Henderson
Monique Joseph
Deborah Justice and Joe Fina
Mary Kasper
Thomas Keaney
Steve and Bethany Keener
Peter Kehoe and Despina Raizes
Jay and Anne Killeen
Franz Kuo
Brooke and Jonathan Lacock-Nisly
Joni and Don Langevoort
Gerald J. Laporte
Dennis and Pam Lucey
Chris and Liza Maggio
Rev. Tim and Leslie Malone
Dennis and Jane McAuliffe
Matt McCracken
Mary and Capt. Thomas McGinlay, Ret.
The McGinley Family
Sarah and Patrick Moore
Anne and Patrick Murphy
Jim and Eve Murty
Julie Nutter
David and Pamela Orr
Margot, Gerhard, and Lauren Palmer Jansen
Kris, Tim, and Dot Ritter
Kathryn Roller
Amy and Trent Rowe
Mary Ruppert
Michael and Cindy Setum
Francis, Patrick, Joseph, Caitlin, and Luke Smith
Pat and Ivo Spalatin
James R. Stuart and Leisl C. Laird
Brian and Barbara Taylor
Beth Zgoda and Brian Tefft
Barbara Thacker
DeeDee Tostanoski
Sarah and Jim Tressler
Will and Mary Tyson
Russell Vick
Kenneth Lee Vickers
Claire Cunningham and Philip Ward
The Waxenfelter Family
Sherri and Richard Weil
Wendy Wertheimer
Michael and Andrea West
Megan Westmoreland
Taylor Wynings
Zenon Zabinski
Anonymous (3)

Learn more about the HOL Society

Individual Donors

Olivia Abouchedid
James and Jane Adams
Elaine Akst
Shelley Albee
Joelaine Anderson-Green
Amanda Arnts
Karen Arsenault
Sarah Austin
Belkacem Baccouche
Alexis Baden-Mayer
Phil and Charlotte Baker-Shenk
Jitta Banya
Marsha Barnes
Betsy Barnett
Haley Barnett
In Honor of Kevin J. Barry
Michael F. and Lee N. Barry
Joy Belew
Victor Beltran
Eric Benninghoff
Alice Benson and Kirk Fitch
Martin Benton and Janice LaLonde Benton
Kenneth Berger
Barbara Bernstein
Karimah Bilal
Elwood and Margie Black
Barbara and Matthew Black
James Bodner
Barbara Bordelon
Dixcy Bosley
Thomas Boudreau
Laura and Jerry Braun
Patrick Breen
Michael Brogioli
Carole Brown
Nathan Brown
Paul and Mariann Budde
Donna Budway
Leslie Burger
Annie Burns
Mary Ellen Byrum
Joy and Thomas Calhoun
Rosemary Callard-Szulgit
Richard Cambridge
Abby Carbonneau
Anders Carlson
Kailey Carpenter
Molly Carr
Rosa Carrillo
Austin Carroll
James Carton
Chris and Chuck Casto
Kerry Castor
The Cataldo Family
Abigail Chamblee
Erica Chapman
Michael and Rachael Charles
Yvette R. Chisholm
Jerry and Joy Choppin
Angie Chou
Carol Christie-Olsen
Lucia Claster
Ina Clegg
James Clemente
Mike and Lisa Clemente
Kenneth and Gayle Clemmer
Michael and April Clemmer
Helene Close
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Codd
Christy Cole
John Colpoys
Patricia Ann O’Connor and Kent Cooper
Dorothy Copps
Terri Corcoran
Helen Cosgrove-Davies
Lisa Courteau
Erica Crawford
Anne Cregger and George Patterson
Catherine Cross
Kara and Matt Cunnane
Craig and Tashya Dalen
Mary Daly
Dashirl Daughtry
Carleton Davis
Linda Feldmann and Ramon De Castro
Gemma Decarvalho
Elizabeth Deegan
Derek and Laura Byerlee
Sarah Detzner
Joelle DeVigne
Laura DeVito
Leland and Michaella DeWoody
Frances Diaz
Michelle Dibblee
Anne Dievler
Mary Dohrmann
Katherine Dorsey
Carrie Douglas
John Douglas
Frances and Gene Doyle
Anne Dudrow
Marie Duellman
Julianne and Joseph Duffy
Darby Duke
Meghan Duke
Paul and Eileen Duke
Jazalyn Dukes
Aline Dukuze
Daniel and Elizabeth Dunmore
James Dunmore
Michael and Elizabeth Eaton
Stephen Eckart
Corinna Eddy
James Edwards
Laurie Ekstrand
Sharon Eldridge
Cathy Ellis
Constance Elyhachana
Stasya Erickson
Brian and Marian Ewell
Ellen Farrior
David Fenstermaker
Rhonda Ferguson-Augustus
John Fernandez
Theresa Ferrance
William and Ramona Ferrando
Richard and Joan Fidler
Robert Finke
Lou and Andrew Fisher
Desmond FitzGerald
Julia Fitzpatrick
Brian Foley
Kristin Foti
Abigail Fox
Diana and Tom Fox
James Fox
Leensa Fufa
Bernard Fulton
Jenny Gaiser
Kevin and Catherine Gallagher
Megan Gallagher
Tom Gallagher
Ceci Gallogly
Esteban Garcia
Lisa Gaul
Janet Gaunt
Fr. Thomas P. Gaunt, SJ
Christine Gerson
Mary Anne Gibbons
The Gibbs Family
Gibson Family
Laura Giddings
Alison Gillmeister
Jennifer Girard
Anne-Elisabeth Giuliani
Sabrina and Peter Glass
Laurel Glassman
Helen and John Glover
Andrew Goodwin
Barbara and Paul Goodwin
Judith and Robert Goodwin
Paul Gordon
Kristal and Lester Graber
Liddy Grantland
Rebecca Grantland
Allison Graviss
Angela Green
Jesse Greenspan
Shawn Gremminger
Daisy Grijalva
Victoria Grimley
Meredith Gursky
Michael and Lisa Gursky
Terry Gustavson
John Hagarty
Tim Hagarty
Kate Hagen
Kathleen and Lawrence Hamm
Meade and Mike Jones Hanna
John Harllee, Jr
Tim and Cheri Harmon
Ciara Havener
The Hay Family
John Hazard
Virginia Heimer
Rick and Mary Hendricks
Christine Hendrickson
Doug and Julie Henning
Jim and Barb Henning
Kandece Henning
D’Auria Henry
Kyle Herceg
Christian and Amy Herr
Dustin and Natalie Hibbard
Brian Hickey
Michelle and Peter High
David and Marja Hilfiker
Catherine Hill-Herndon
Katie Hinnant
Karen Hoerst and David Rosenblatt
Daniel Holtan
Anne and Lou Holzman
Sarah Hoops
Suzanne Hopman
Embry Howell
Bill and Terri Howells
Kelli Hudson
Ryan Hunt
Walter Hylton
William Imbrie, III
Seth Ismail
Amanda Jacobs
Barbara Ryan and Bob Jacobs
Julie Jacobson
Neha Jain
Alex, Deidra, Gabriel, and Joshua James
Edgar Janz
Micah Jasny
Eric and Teofila Javier
Valerie Javier
Rick Jenney
Tammy John
Ann Johnson
Emily Johnson
Karen and David Johnson
Timothy Johnston
Barbara J Jones
Damion Jones
Joan Joyce
Allison Kadlec
Melissa Kahn
Mary Kalis
Joshua Kamrass
Leanne and Richard Kaslow
Stephen Jessey and Kathy Bucher
Linda Kaufman
Edythe and Gary Kelleher
Barbara Keller
Donald Kelly and Kathy Doan
Kenneth and Margaret Kelly
Tricia Kelly
Trish Kelly
William E. Kiley
Andrew Kim
Mary Kim
In honor of Kenneth H. King
Jimmy King
Jennifer Klapper
Renate Kloeppinger-Todd
Elizabeth Knapp
John Knechtle
Thomas Kolb
Peg Kolm
Rosa and John Koppel
Peter Kovar
Carol Krauth
Laura Kromer
Carol and Keith Kurtz
Kathryn Lahn
Katharine Landfield and Morgan Landy
Sarah Landfield
Richard Landfield
Diane Large
Richard and Nancy Lawrence
Alphonse Le
Damian and Joan Leader
Jeff Levi
Cynthia Liccese-Torres
Sarah Shoenfeld and Steve Longenecker
Martha Lovejoy
Ted Lutz
Alexandra MacCracken
Edward Maddern
Jean-Yves Maillat
Christopher Lee and Luisa Majnoni
Shelly Malone
Jeanne Marcus
Anna Martin
Charlie Martin
Joseph P. Martocci, Jr.
Amanda Marturano
Anna Marie Mason
Timothy and Jane Matz
Mary McClellan
Mary McClelland
In memory of Maris John McCrabb
Stephanie McCutcheon Kalish
Jeanne McDermott
Michael McDonald
Emily McDonough
Carol and Mike McGarry
James McGuinness MD
Sally McKeown
Caroline McKinley
Amy McPherson
Tami McVey
Brian and Lacey Meenaghan
Bill and Marti Mefford
Crisely Melecio-Zambrano
Luis Melecio-Zambrano
Keith Mellnick
Charlie Meo
John A. Mercantini
Anne Merrill
Vicki Merryman
Mary Miller
Thomas Miller
Kevin Milroy
Nazgol Missaghi
Germana and Gerard Mitchell
Karen and Rob Mitchell
Arshad Mohammed
Surekha Mohan
Mary and Larry Moltumyr
Hanifa Monawer
Johanna and Will Montague
Craig Morgan
Jimmy Morgan
Eugene Morris
Rowena and Bill Morris
Amy Muller
John and Debbie Muller
Sarah Muller
Kara and Travis Murphy
Kristen Musselman
Laurine Musto
Katherine Muth
Musakanyakombe Mwape
Kizito Mary Nakizito
Arvind and Meena Nandedkar
Danny and Simone Nasry
Barbara Nathanson
William Neugebauer
Quang Nguyen
Victoria Nightingale
Lamar and Deborah Nisly
Jared and Kirsten Noetzel
Susanne and Paul Nolan
Caroline Nutter
Nneoma Nwogu
Jane Oates
Sheila O’Callaghan
Stephen ODoherty
Benjamin Olneck-Brown
Alina Otal
Marlana Ottinger
Marie-Annick Oury
Jennifer Owens
James Paetkau
Cheryl and Michael Palmer
David E. Palmer
Robin Palmer
Ronald and Janet Panetta
Matthew Panhans
Maria Veronica Park
Britta Parsons
Raymond Pascual
Pat and Ann Quackenbush
Laura Paul
Ellie Pearson
Sarah and Brian Pelrine
Jim Perreault
Thomas Pienaar
Julia Pinto
Ruthann Pippenger
Jean Plummer
Kenny Polyak
Bobbi and Curt Ponce-Barger
Barbara Prettie
Joanne Priest
Will Priest
Brice Jean Marie Quesnel
Erin Ramsey and Peter Tooher
Jen and Patrick Rasché
Robyn Reals
Nathan Reeves
Nicola Reid
Krista Reimer
Mary and Art Resnick
Paola Revelo and Richard Leitner
Justin Michael Reyes
Andrew Reynolds
Janet Rife
Mark Riley and Susie O’Brien-Riley
Matt Rittle
Mickelle and Timothy Rodriguez
The Rogers Family
Hunter Ross
Amy E. Roth Simian and Esteban Simian
The Rouse Family
Barbara and David Ruppert
Matthew and Elizabeth Ruppert
Sid and Kristi Ruth
Sharon Ryan
Sue Saarnio
Jonathan Samorajski
Alfonso and Elena Joy Sasieta
Maria Sasieta
William Schauman and Marta Brenden
Elizabeth Schill
Jess Gaul, Minister
Lisanne Schloss and Richard Johnson
Carol Schmidt
Charlyne Schofield
Robert Schultz
Amy Schumann
Claire Schwalb
Derrick Scott
William and Shelby Scully
Laurie Davis and Joseph Sellers
Karen Servidea
Meghan Shea
Heather Sheire
Richard Simon
Thom Sinclair
Michael Skillrud
Thomas Skilton
William Skinner
Craig Slama
Margaret Slattery
Slone family
Eden Slone
Asher Smith
Amanda Smoot
Meagan Snodell
Ruth Sorenson
Amanda Spalding
Jen and Tommy Speight
Lawrence and Arlene Spinelli
Michael Spotts
Laura Steed Lorino and Stephanie Lorino
Stephen Stewart
Jeanette Stokes
Erin Straza
Edwin Stromber and Rose Ellen Halper
Lila and Brendan Sullivan
Peter and Jeanne Sullivan
Kiera and Jason Summers
Carol Sumser
Elizabeth Svec
Susan Swain
Philip Teigen
Team Teitgen
Susan Thompson
Tim Tilson
Carol Wambeke and Augusto de la Torre
Nolan Treadway
Natalie Trebes
Alicia Troncoso
Joan Tubbs
Eliana Turina
Adelyn Tyler-Williams
Richard and Carol Urban
Marty and Marianne Van Roekel
Mindy and Justin Van Wart
Darlene Vanderbush
Juliet Vedral
Robert Vega
Abigail Chamblee
Diana Vidutis
Martha Villada
Daddy Vinson
Eva von Bechtolsheim
Pauline von Bechtolsheim
Jane Wagner
Jim and Valerie Walker
Judy Walsh-Mellett
Lara Walt
Ginny Walters
Jerry Wang
Megan Wardell
Phoebe, Robert, David, and Eliana Yang-Watkin
Rebecca Waugh
Bruce and Virginia Weber
Gabriele Weber
Robert Weed
Robin Weisman
Melanie WeldonSoiset
Zoe Wen
Martha and John Werning
Britney Whiten
Alexandra Whyte
Charles Williams and Sarah Tebi Williams
Norma Williamson
Brittany Wood
Natalie Wood
Nytalia Wood
Michael Woolverton
Angela Wright
Kate Wright
Darrell and Sylvia Yoder
Jeremiah Yoder
Bethany Young Holt
Shari Zamarra
Jenna Zigman
Gail and Mel Zimmerman
Barbara and Todd Zinke
Caroline Zorc
John Zwissler
Anonymous (66)

Foundations

Albert L. Tucker and Elizabeth T. Tucker Foundation
American Endowment Foundation
Arlington Community Foundation
Ayco Charitable Foundation
Bank of America Charitable Foundation
Charles and Mary Latham Fund
Delta Dental Community Care Foundation
Gabriel Homes Foundation
Gates Foundation
Mary and Daniel Loughran Foundation
Pew Charitable Trust
Share Fund
Stetson Faust Family Charitable Fund
The Order of Malta, Federal Association-USA
Zauqi Charitable and Educational Trust
Washington Forrest Foundation
The Richard and Jacqueline Weaver Trust
Anonymous (3)

Looking Ahead

The needs of our community continue to evolve.

Core members are moving into new seasons of life. The systems that support people with intellectual disabilities remain uncertain. And the work of building communities of belonging–where people are known, supported, and valued–remains as necessary as ever.

In the year ahead, we’re looking forward to expanding that belonging, including the opening of our new home, The Farmhouse, in Arlington, VA.

In the meantime, L’Arche will continue to respond through relationship: listening closely, adapting thoughtfully, and remaining committed to the people who call this community home.

We are grateful to be walking this path together with you.

If you would like to stay connected, we invite you to:

Join us at an upcoming event
Visit one of our homes for a shared meal: email outreach@larche-gwdc.org to coordinate a time
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