2025-11-14T04:35:20-08:00 2024-12-31 421585901 NANETTE K MILLER CPA PC 2450 VIRGINIA AVE NW E309 WASHINGTON DC 20037 990 2024-01-01 473286080 THE SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC SOUT 2023204414 1101 4TH STREET SW WASHINGTON DC 20024 DONNA PURCHASE TREASURER 2023204414 2025-11-13 true true NAN MILLER CPA P00620061 2024637600 2025-11-14 X 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z MARK WALSH 1101 4TH STREET SW W-130 WASHINGTON DC 20024 2239 false X WWW.SWDC.ORG X 1964 DC SEE SCHEDULE O. 6 6 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 2239 0 0 0 2239 35975 0 0 0 0 0 1750 3098 37725 3098 -37725 -859 53380 52521 0 53380 52521 SEE SCHEDULE O. false false 0 0 0 SEE SCHEDULE O. 0 true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false 0 0 0 false false false false false false false false false false X 6 6 false false false false false false false true true false false true false false false false false false X THE ORGANIZATION 2023204414 1101 4TH STREET SW SUITE W-130 WASHINGTON DC 20024 X MARK WALSH PRESIDENT 1.00 X X 0 0 0 DONNA PURCHASE TREASURER 1.00 X X 0 0 0 WILLIAM ZEISEL SECRETARY 1.00 X X 0 0 0 RICHARD BROWN BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 GEORGINE WALLACE BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 MARJORIE LIGHTMAN BOARD MEMBER 1.00 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 false false false 2239 0 2239 2239 0 0 2239 500 0 500 0 2598 0 2598 0 3098 0 3098 0 3173 225 50207 52296 53380 52521 0 0 X 53380 52521 53380 52521 53380 52521 -859 X false false false X 0 0 125459 0 0 0 125459 0 0 0 125459 0 0 0 125459 0 125459 498 0 1024 0 2239 3761 0 0 129220 0.97090 0.98200 X 0 0 0 Other PART I, LINE 1, MISSION STATEMENT: THE SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION (SWCF) IS DEDICATED TO IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE SOUTHWEST QUADRANT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. IT FACILITATES PHILANTHROPIC GIVING AIMED AT SUPPORTING INNOVATIVE AND SUSTAINABLE INITIATIVES, PROJECTS, PROGRAMS AND EVENTS THAT ENHANCE THE COMMUNITY. Pt VI, Line 11b THE 990 IS REVIEWED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRIOR TO EFILING. Other PART III, LINE 4(a):THE SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY FOUNDATION WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2015 BY RESIDENTS OF NEAR SOUTHWEST TO PROVIDE A FORMAL MEANS FOR IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THE QUADRANT THROUGH PHILANTHROPIC GIVING. THE FOUNDERS ACTED IN RESPONSE TO THE ACCELERATING PACE OF REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT AND DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE THAT HAD BEEN SWEEPING THROUGH THE QUADRANT FOR THE PAST DECADE. THEY BELIEVED THAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDED A FORMAL, IMPARTIAL, NONPARTISAN VEHICLE FOR DIRECTING PHILANTHROPIC MONIES TO THOSE AREAS WHERE THEY WERE MOST NEEDED AND BEST DEPLOYED. ORGANIZED FOR CHARITABLE, EDUCATIONAL, AND SCIENTIFIC PURPOSES UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, THE FOUNDATION RECEIVES FUNDS AND DONATIONS INTENDED FOR THE BENEFIT OF RESIDENTS OF NEAR SOUTHWEST, DEFINED AS THE AREA BOUNDED BY 14TH STREET SW, INDEPENDENCE AVENUE, SOUTH CAPITOL STREET, AND THE POTOMAC AND ANACOSTIA RIVERS. THE FOUNDATION SEEKS AND ENCOURAGES INNOVATIVE AND SUSTAINABLE INITIATIVES, PROJECTS, PROGRAMS AND EVENTS THAT ENHANCE THE COMMUNITY. IT HAS AWARDED ITS FIRST GRANT TO THE SOUTHWEST BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT (SWBID) FOR REVITALIZING THE SOUTHWEST DUCK POND, A TREASURED LOCAL AMENITY, AND VISIONING A CONNECTED SERIES OF PARKS STRETCHING FROM THE DUCK POND TO THE SOUTHWEST PUBLIC LIBRARY. THE GRANT FUNDS WERE PROVIDED BY MILL CREEK DEVELOPERS AS PART OF A COMMUNITY BENEFITS AGREEMENT NEGOTIATED WITH ADVISORY NEIGHBORHOOD COMMISSION (ANC) 6D IN RELATION TO CONSTRUCTION OF APARTMENT BUILDINGS ON 6TH STREET SW. IN PURSUING ITS GOALS, THE FOUNDATION WORKS CLOSELY WITH INDIVIDUALS AND LOCAL INDIVIDUALS, BUSINESSES, AND ORGANIZATIONS. WASHINGTON DC IS A CITY KNOWN FOR MONUMENTAL GREEN SPACES LIKE THE NATIONAL MALL, VAST NATURE PRESERVES LIKE ROCK CREEK PARK, AND STATELY LANDSCAPES LIKE DUPONT CIRCLE. GIVEN THIS WORLD-CLASS COMPETITION, ITS EASY TO UNDERSTAND HOW ONE OF THE DISTRICTS MOST INTIMATE AND SERENE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS COULD FLY UNDER THE RADAR OF THE VAST MAJORITY OF CITY RESIDENTS. THE PRESENT-DAY SOUTHWEST DUCK POND IS LOCATED ON A BLOCK THAT HISTORICALLY WAS KNOWN AS THE COW ALLEY COMMUNITY, PRESUMABLY FOR THE BOVINE CREATURES THAT ONCE WANDERED THE PACKED-EARTH STREET. IN THE FIRST DECADES OF THE 20TH CENTURY, THE REST OF THE DISTRICT WAS EXPERIENCING AN ECONOMIC BOOM, BUT THE MINORITY-MAJORITY SOUTHWEST QUADRANT REMAINED STUCK IN A CYCLE OF POVERTY. THE LARGEST EMPLOYER WAS AN INDUSTRIAL RAIL YARD, AND MUCH OF THE HOUSING STOCK WERE SO-CALLED ALLEY DWELLINGS. IN THE EARLY 1950S, URBAN PLANNERS EMBARKED ON AN EFFORT TO FIX THE AREA FOR RESIDENTS. DENSE, HISTORIC BLOCKS OF HOUSING WERE CLASSIFIED AS BLIGHT AND BULLDOZED TO MAKE WAY FOR REDEVELOPMENT. THE BILL FOR THIS ARCHITECTURAL BLOODLETTING INCLUDED ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOODS AND DOZENS OF HISTORICALLY BLACK CHURCHES. THANKFULLY SIGNS OF LIFE DID EVENTUALLY EMERGE FROM THE RUBBLE OF THE WRECKING BALL. RATHER THAN THE BLAND PUBLIC HOUSING ARCHITECTURE THAT STANDS FRONT OF MIND IN CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY, SOUTHWEST D.C. GOT TOWERS DESIGNED BY FAMED ARCHITECT I.M. PEI. THE AREA ALSO RECEIVED A BOUNTY OF PARKLAND, MOST OF IT WELL-TRAFFICKED RECREATION AREAS: A SOCCER FIELD, BASEBALL FIELD, PUBLIC POOL, PLAYGROUNDS AND NUMEROUS PICNIC AREAS. THE MOST UNIQUE, HOWEVER, IS THE LEAFY FOUNTAIN AT EYE STREET AND 6TH STREET SW. ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS A PART OF THE TOWN CENTER PARKS, AT SOME POINT IT ACQUIRED THE UNOFFICIAL MONIKER SOUTHWEST DUCK POND AMONG LOCALS, AND THE NAME HAS STUCK. THE SOUTHWEST DUCK POND OPENED IN 1972 AND WAS DESIGNED BY THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE FIRM WALLACE MCHARG ROBERTS & TODD. THE CENTER POINT OF THE QUIET PARK IS A WATER FEATURE THAT SOMEWHAT RESEMBLES THE COMMAND BUTTON ON A MAC KEYBOARD FROM A BIRDS EYE VIEW PERSPECTIVE. THREE GAZEBO-SEIZED PENINSULAS JUT OUT INTO THE WATER, EACH PROVIDING SPACE FOR INTIMATE CLUSTERS OF TWO OR THREE LOUNGE CHAIRS. THE PARK IS ESSENTIALLY A DENSE COLLECTION OF PRIVATE BUBBLES, WITH A DOZEN OR SO SEATING CLUSTERS LOCATED FAR ENOUGH AWAY FROM EACH OTHER FOR PRIVACY, BUT CLOSE ENOUGH FOR A PLEASANT PEOPLE WATCHING EXPERIENCE. THE DUCK POND IS A SMALL SQUARE WITH JUST 480 FEET TO EACH SIDE, BUT THE CANOPY OF SHADE TREES MAKE IT FEEL LIKE A VAST GREEN LIVING ROOM. THE SOUTHWEST DUCK POND IS BELOVED BY LOCALS, MANY OF WHOM HAVE SPENT THE LAST DECADE VOLUNTEERING TO REPAIR THE FOUNTAIN PLUMBING AND VEGETATION. 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