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M Street was built through choice and commitment.
Its future depends on the same.

Questions about giving or partnership?
info@mstreetcenter.org202.312.7150
M Street Center is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
Executive Director
M Street Center exists because people chose to act.
M Street High School shaped generations of Black leaders who changed American life—not because conditions were easy, but because excellence was insisted upon, protected, and shared.
What happens next depends on who steps in now.
Giving to M Street is participation, not charity. It is a decision to stand with this living legacy—and help carry it forward.
When you support M Street Center, you help:
Anchor permanence. Restore a National Historic Landmark as a civic platform for Black cultural authority — a place that will not disappear or dilute.
Strengthen capacity.Sustain youth leadership grounded in history and agency — the ability to think critically, act with purpose, and shape one's own path.
Amplify what matters. Activate stories and standards and models of excellence that expand what people believe is possible.
Create encounter. Build space where generations meet, work side-by-side, and leave changed.
This work is underway now.
Programs are active. Partnerships are forming. The building is being prepared for restoration
Momentum matters.
You don't fund an institution.
You join a lineage.
Give now. Stand with M Street. Help shape what comes next.
Leadership & Accountability
M Street Center is guided by a Board of Directors and led by an Executive Director responsible for the organization's mission, integrity, and long-term future. This leadership ensures that the legacy entrusted to M Street is protected, governed with care, and carried forward responsibly.
Board of Directors
- George Lacy
- Christopher Donald
- Barrington Scott
- E. Renee Ingram
- Kenneth Ward