From his dorm at Georgetown in 2014, Darius Baxter had a good idea. Make that a GOOD idea.
Growing up in D.C., Baxter experienced the uncertainty of homelessness. Raised by a single mother after the murder of his father, Baxter says he committed early on to the sea of helping Black families find a pathway out of poverty.
“When I was growing up, I wanted to be a preacher,” Baxter says. “I guess I’m following in that footstep, but in a slightly different way. I had a call to serve.”
In his dorm, he envisioned a summer camp focused on kids in southwest D.C. After an inaugural five-week program on a $1,500 budget, the District saw potential in the newly dubbed GOODProjects, granting the program $500,000 to work with D.C. youth moving out of juvenile detention.
The project grew from there. In 2018, the nonprofit launched its first GOODZone. The initiative focuses on families living in public housing within federal Opportunity Zones, offering “Family Success Coaches” to work…
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