OUR 2023 Partner
FOSTER & ADOPTIVE PARENT ADVOCACY CENTER (FAPAC)The Foster and Adoptive Parent Advocacy Center improves the quality of life, well-being, and dignity of children in the District of Columbia by strengthening, supporting, and empowering foster, adoptive, kinship, and birth families.
Our Mission
DC WISE (Women In Solidarity for Empowerment) is a non-profit organization committed to investing in, and enhancing organizations that positively impact the lives of women and children in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia.
Our Story
DC WISE was founded in 2014 by a group of like-minded women with the purpose of raising funds for service providers serving at-risk and disadvantaged women and children in the Washington, DC area.
Our Partners
Your Involvement
Our Current Partner

17 Events

8 Partner Organizations

Countless Volunteers

OVER $800,000 Raised
Join us!
Annual gala & Silent auction
October 4th, 2023
5 pm – 8 pm
Eastern Market
700 Pennsylvania Ave. se washington dc, 20003 (Rooftop)
DC WISE has raised over $800,000 for regional charities and we are excited to be holding our annual event in-person again!
This year, DC Wise is raising money for Foster & adoptive parent advocacy center.

WE love our Donors

2023 Sponsors




Summit Title Group Inc





V & S Foundation




DC WISE is a registered non-profit 501(c)(3) organization committed to investing in and enhancing organizations that positively impact the lives of women and children in the District of Columbia. Tax ID: 46-5593472