



welcome to Beacon House!
The mission of Beacon House is to provide children in the Edgewood neighborhood of Northeast Washington, DC with a safe, nurturing, and life-expanding community in which to increase their academic achievement, discover their talents, and to grow into healthy adults who achieve their greatest potential.
Beacon House provides afterschool education and youth development services to nearly 400 children, ages 5-18, annually. We are located in the Edgewood Commons affordable housing complex, in Ward 5 of the District of Columbia, and a majority of the students we serve live on campus.
Our programs focus on closing the education achievement gap – and thus improving the economic trajectories – of children in Ward 5 for whom generational poverty is most persistent.


news & stories
October 2022 Newsletter
What’s inside: A Message from our CEO/Executive Director, Beacon House Parent Spotlight: Devin Waters, Introducing Beacon House’s New Board and Staff Leaders and Photos from the 30th Anniversary Celebration photo gallery.