As a public charity operating from 2017 to 2024, CityBridge Education invested in teachers, leaders, and school teams with the ideas and drive to create new, better educational models for public schools in Washington, DC. During that time, CityBridge incubated numerous charter schools and unique programs inside schools. CityBridge also incubated two signature programs that now operate as standalone public charities—CityWorks (launched in 2019 and independent since 2022) and CityTutor DC (launched in 2021 and independent since July 1, 2024).

CityTutor DC catalyzes high-impact tutoring (HIT) and strategic staffing models to serve thousands of local public school students. This work improves student well-being, accelerates academic performance, and enhances flexible staffing systems in schools. CityTutor is DC’s trusted partner for citywide initiatives related to tutoring, talent, and truancy reduction. To learn more about CityTutor, please visit our website.

The CityBridge network of projects started within CityBridge Foundation, the private family foundation of Katherine and David Bradley.

Katherine and David Bradley launch the Advisory Board Foundation, later renamed CityBridge. The Advisory Board Foundation led several health care-related initiatives—in Russia (pediatric cancer), South Africa (AIDS treatment and nurse training), and locally partnered with the Johns Hopkins Listening Center in writing language training curriculum for use post – cochlear implant.

1994

The Foundation created ServiceCorps to catalyze skills-based volunteering in local corporations.

1995

CityBridge begins national research on successful interventions addressing entrenched, multigenerational poverty and pilots a successful EITC site in Washington, DC. The CityBridge focus on early childhood education is the result of this work.

2000

CityBridge launches the Early Years Education Initiative, a five-year portfolio invested in building capacity and improving quality in early childhood education in DC. Key partners are: Jumpstart, Teach For America, KIPP, DC Prep and Georgetown University.

2006