Jacobs Foundation
The Jacobs Foundation is one of the world’s leading charitable foundations dedicated to facilitating innovations for children and youth. The Foundation was established in 1989 by Klaus J. Jacobs and his family in an effort to benefit future generations by providing young people with better opportunities for development. The Jacobs Foundation supports research and intervention of the highest quality leading to significant and vital outcomes for children and youth worldwide. The foundation promotes public dialogue by connecting people from the fields of science, policy, society and economy, creating platforms for discussion and raising awareness for the needs and opportunities to improve the living conditions of next generations. With its investment of € 200 million in the Jacobs University Bremen in Germany (2006) it set new standards in private funding in Europe’s Higher Education sector.
Mission
Positive Child and Youth Developmentand create networks to bring about social changes in the area of child and youth development.
Geographic Focus
GlobalProgramme Areas
- Education
- Sciences & Research
- Social/Human Services
- Youth/Children Development