ABOUT THE
Lloyd D. Smith Foundation
COMMITTED TO COMMUNITY
The Lloyd D. Smith Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to improving educational resources, career opportunities, and leadership development of students who reside in the Ward Seven community of the District of Columbia. Currently, the Foundation is an all volunteer organization headquartered in Washington, DC. It was formed in 2004 under the stewardship of the Greater Washington Community Foundation (formerly the Community Foundation for the National Capital Region) in memory of the late Lloyd D. Smith who dedicated his life to improving housing, community and economic development, and social services in Ward Seven. The Foundation is funded through individual and corporate donations, fundraising events, grant awards, and other solicited gifts.
OUR MISSION
Our Mission is to prepare a new generation of community leaders by
(1) encouraging, inspiring and empowering students of Ward Seven to pursue and achieve their educational and career goals; and
(2) providing program support to organizations that foster and promote community and youth development in Ward Seven.
PRESERVING HIS LEGACY
Lloyd D. Smith
Lloyd D. Smith was recognized as a pioneer and leader in housing, community and economic development throughout the Washington Metropolitan area. He also received national and international recognition for his many accomplishments and achievements. During the 1980s and 1990s, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Marshall Heights Community Development Organization (MHCDO). Under his leadership, the organization grew from an annual budget of $115,000 to over $5 million and became known for developing single and multi-family housing and commercial properties, and for managing numerous social service programs. Prior to leading MHCDO, Mr. Smith had 27 years of federal and district government service. Mr. Smith was an organizing director of City First Bank of DC and was a mayoral appointee to the Board of the National Capital Revitalization Corporation. He became Chairman and served as Acting President of both organizations.
From Left to Right: First Lady Barbara Bush, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly, Lloyd D. Smith, and Queen Elizabeth II.
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Mr. Smith was the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including the 1993 Local Minority Business Advocate Award; 1994 Points of Light Foundation Community Leadership Award; the DC Building Industry Association’s Community Service Award; and the Local Minority Business Advocate Award presented at the 8th Annual Salute to Blacks in Business. Mr. Smith was a graduate of the Leadership Washington Class of 1991, a recipient of the 1996 Washingtonian of the Year Award, and was inducted into the District of Columbia Hall of Fame Society in 2002.
Mr. Smith has been featured in several documentaries, and his story has been chronicled in The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal. Mr. Smith was instrumental in arranging for former First Lady Barbara Bush and Queen Elizabeth II of England to visit Ward Seven in 1991. President William Jefferson Clinton toured the area in 1993.
Mr. Smith had a passion for African-American history and genealogy. He founded The Pearl Coalition, which was formed to commemorate the escape attempt by 77 local slaves in 1848. He also did extensive research on his family ancestry and was compiling his memoirs prior to his death.
DEDICATED TO SERVICE
Board of Advisors
Nadine J. Parker
Chair
Robyn Smith Goodwine
Executive Director
Tracy Y. Hector
Treasurer Emeritus
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Angela Tucker
Secretary
