1/15/2026 – Washington, DC – Bank of America has named Goodwill of Greater Washington and Pathway Homes as its 2025 Neighborhood Builders® for their work providing employment opportunities and creating pathways to stable and permanent housing for people and families across the DC region. Bank of America’s signature Neighborhood Builders program continues to be one of the nation’s largest philanthropic investments into nonprofit leadership development, while providing unique multiyear flexible funding annually to high-impact nonprofits in communities nationwide.
Specifically, both Greater Washington, DC nonprofits are each awarded a $200,000 grant over two years, comprehensive leadership training for the organization’s executive director and an emerging leader, and access to a national network of nonprofit peers. Since the program’s inception, 44 nonprofits have been selected as Neighborhood Builders in the capital region, with the bank investing more than $8 million in philanthropic capital into these nonprofits.
The bank’s funding will enable Pathway Homes to expand its outreach efforts via an innovative low-barrier mobile drop-in center offering unhoused individuals access to showers, case management support, and other direct outreach services. Designed to meet people where they are, the Mobile Outreach Unit (MOU) will be a gateway to long-term support, including housing, food security, mental and physical healthcare, education, and workforce readiness.
“In addition to supporting our MOU, these funds will help us complete our Fairfax City headquarters, which will not only serve as a community resource hub, but also include ten one-bedroom apartments for our most vulnerable unhoused neighbors,” said Dr. Sylisa Lambert-Woodard, President and CEO of Pathway Home. “Being recognized as a Neighborhood Builder means so much to us, and the added value of the leadership training comes at an opportune moment for us as we plan the future success of the organization.”
About Pathway Homes
For more than 45 years, Pathway Homes has enabled tens of thousands of people in the National Capital region with serious mental illnesses and other co-occurring disabilities to access affordable housing and critical supportive services to help them recover their lives. Following a housing-focused model, Pathway Homes is a partner in preventing and ending homelessness, touching nearly 2,000 lives each year and ensuring access to affordable stable homes in permanent supportive housing units.
