NEWS

Become a sponsor of the Arturo Sandoval Benefit Concert today! Check out all the benefits for sponsors here.

We are excited to announce that ARTURO SANDOVAL will be headlining a Benefit Concert for Duke Ellington School of the Arts on May 27!

Meet Arturo Sandoval who is headling a benefit concert for Duke Ellington School of the Arts on May 27, 2025 at George Washington University

Thank you to our Ellington Experience sponsors! We appreciate you supporting the next generation of artists!

Attention shoppers! The online catalogue for our 50th Anniversary Silent Auction is coming soon!

Not able to sponsor the Ellington Experience but want to help? You have come to the right place! We appreciate gifts of any size! Please...

Duke Ellington School of the Arts Presents 3rd Annual Black History Month FASHION SHOW in collaboration with Saks Fifth Avenue February...

Please join us on the evening of Saturday, February 22, 2025 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Duke Ellington School of the Arts!

Help C.A.M.P. raise $85,000 to buy much needed equipment for our students to use to create ART. Dear Supporters, We are thrilled by the...

Happy Thanksgiving to our Ellington families, staff, students and supporters!

Oprah at Ellington!

View our IRS 990 tax forms here to see how we use our donations!

Please save the date of November 14 for a special evening at the residence of the British Ambassador Dame Karen Pierce.

As part of our 50th Anniversary, we have begun a Legacy Planned Giving Program. Legacy Givers will become part of DESA for the next 50 years

Learn all about our students, donors, and upcoming 50th Anniversary!

Ellington Class of 2024 Graduation. Photo Credit: Robert R. Roberts/The Washington Informer The Ellington Fund is an all-volunteer board...

Get a view into our dual curriculum, where arts are integrated into everything we do!

Ellington Fund Board President Ari Q. Fitzgerald, DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson, April Ellington, Edward "Duke" Ellington Jr.,...