A skeptic. A wounded man whose dream of playing professional baseball had just been dashed and whose mother had just died far too young. A wanderer, searching for a path his faith was pushing him to find, but not sure what that looked like or where it led. A college baseball coach with zero experience in affordable housing. That’s how Jim Knight described himself when he first came to Jubilee Housing in 1994 as an intern, as part of the Discipleship Year program with The Church of the Saviour.

Co-Founder and Board Member,
Jubilee Housing

I have known Jim for all the years he has been a part of Jubilee Housing. I most love picturing him at Tryst on 18th Street early in the morning having his tea, doing his prayers, and working…

Assistant Teacher, US Kids Child Development Center, Inc.
Resident and Board Member, Jubilee Housing

When Jim came to Jubilee, I was pregnant with my daughter who will turn 20 in March. He always says that she’s his first Jubilee baby, because they got…

Vice President and Mid-Atlantic Market Leader,
Enterprise Community Partners

I constantly see two things that define Jim’s powerful impact on people’s lives.  The first is his unwavering commitment to justice housing and to bringing others into awareness that justice…

Resident and Former Board Member,
Jubilee Housing

I came here as a single mom from a domestic violence situation with a four-year-old. Mr. Jim saw something in me that others didn’t, that I was a good fundraiser and that it was a passion.     

President and CEO, Illumine Interim Executives 
Former Interim VP for Institutional Advancement, Jubilee Housing

I distinctly remember the first time I saw him; he’d just come on board and was getting a tour of Jubilee Housing. I was standing by the water…

President & CEO, Northern Virginia Health Foundation
Vice Chair, Board of Directors, Jubilee Housing

It’s rare to be in intimate spaces holding sincere, heart-led conversations with people different from ourselves. Jim Knight’s invitation to do so lies at…

COO,
Recovery Cafe DC 

I can see it now: Jim pacing outside of Tryst, after drinking his 1000^th glass of green tea, talking on his BlackBerry. It was 2008, and he and others were starting to meet around the crisis of…

Home Health Aide, Homecare Partners
Former Resident and Board Member, Jubilee Housing

Many years ago when my oldest son, James, was four, Disciple House was a client of my cleaning service business. Jim Knight was living there…

Founder and former CEO,
Manna, Inc.

He is as tenacious as they come. When he took over at Jubilee Housing a number of issues needed to be addressed. Every building they owned needed renovating – soup to nuts…

Resident and Former Staff and Board Member,
Jubilee Housing

It is almost impossible for me to tell just one story about Jim Knight. I have known Jim since he was a Jubilee Housing intern working in the maintenance department. The residents loved him…

President & CEO,
Coalition for Nonprofit Housing & Economic Development

Jim was on the board of CNHED years before I replaced its founder, Bob Pohlman, in 2014. He was co-chair of the housing committee…

Board Chair Emerita,
Jubilee Housing

Over the 12 years of my leadership role, Jim Knight and I developed a dynamic and meaningful partnership that I will treasure for the rest of my life. With his vision and courage…

SVP, Director of Client & Community Services,
PNC Bank

It was clear this was not just a job for Jim. It was a call. I was moved, realizing that my job, too, was not just a job; that I was part of a team making a difference in lives and in strengthening…

Founder, Jubilee Jobs
Co-Founder and Board Member, Jubilee Housing

I remember a few years ago Jim came into our Potter’s House worship and announced we were supposed to buy the building across 18th Street from Tryst — the next day. It was barely…

Former COO,
Jubilee Housing

Jim Knight and I met at a poignant moment for Jubilee Housing and for me. Jubilee was finally renovating The Maycroft, purchasing four additional buildings and focusing even more diligently…