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LOCAL OUTREACHHOSTED SINCE 2025 · ACTIVE

East End Porch

A front porch that stays open on the block that needed one.

Support the porchRead the story[ HERO PHOTO · THE PORCH, SATURDAY ]

CATEGORY

Local outreach

NEIGHBORHOOD

East End

OPEN

Sat 9am – 2pm

RUN BY

Six neighbors

THE STORY

Not a program. A porch.

Six neighbors bought the derelict house at the end of their street, fixed the porch first, and started opening it on Saturdays — coffee, homework help, a working phone, a printer, and adults who know everyone's name. Nothing is scheduled. Everything is consistent.

Fiscal sponsorship lets a genuinely small effort accept grants and donations without incorporating, filing, and hiring an accountant before it has finished the roof.

►[ VIDEO · SATURDAY MORNING ]

Filmed from the street with neighborhood permission. Children are not identified.

IMPACT TO DATE

A year of Saturdays

48

Saturdays open without missing one.

70+

Neighbors who use the porch monthly.

1

Block that now has a place to go.

LED BY

The porch collective

PROJECT STEWARDS · SIX NEIGHBORS

They decide what the porch does. We keep the books and the receipts.

ALSO A PARTNER AT

SOME

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KEEP THE PORCH OPEN · FS-05

Coffee, paper, and a roof that holds.

Restricted to East End Porch. Their budget for a whole year is smaller than most galas.

SELECTED

$25 — one saturday

Support the porchGIVE ANOTHER WAY →
Fiscal sponsorship patch

FISCAL SPONSORSHIP DISCLOSURE · STATION FS-01

East End Porch is a fiscally sponsored project of SWAT for Christ, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Gifts are made to SWAT for Christ, restricted to this project, and released against documented costs. SWAT for Christ holds legal and financial responsibility; the project keeps its own leadership, name, and direction. Donations are tax-deductible as allowed by law.

THE SHOWCASE

Other projects under our roof

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