 John and Erna Steinbruck, together with Luther Place congregation, founded N Street Village and created a vision and a challenge to the wider community that stirred wide volunteer and financial support.In the late 1980s, Luther Place and its partners initiated a capital campaign to add a permanent night shelter at Luther Place and to build a new complex across N Street to house the various programs for homeless women that had evolved on and near the block.The multi-year effort raised $19.5 million in capital gifts and government grants, loans, and low income tax credits.