The Foundation’s 2017 Annual Report includes updates from our President and Board Chair, an account of our spending and endowment, and an index of all active grants. In addition, profiles of grantees across programs highlight the work we are supporting and the individuals and organizations that are carrying out research and programming to improve the lives of young people.

On Wednesday, June 20, 12:00-1:00 PM EST, senior program officer Kim DuMont will revisit the goals of the Institutional Challenge Grant, share lessons drawn from the first cycle, and review important changes for the second year of the competition. You will also hear from co-PIs of the first Grant, Rachel Dunifon, interim dean of Cornell University’s College of Human Ecology, and Anna Steinkraus of Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County. The partners will discuss the process of developing their proposal and research agenda, the structures that they have put into place to sustain the partnership, and how they are tackling the challenge of institutional change. There will be Q&A opportunities during and after the presentation.

Betty Hamburg was the first woman, and the first and only African American to serve as president of the Foundation, among many “firsts” in her distinguished career.