Investors are critical to our mission to drive science-based innovation that achieves breakthrough outcomes for children facing adversity.
We remain profoundly grateful for the generous start-up funding provided by Harvard University and the significant investments that have been made by a range of foundations, funding consortia, and individual donors since the Center’s inception in 2006. We would especially like to express our deep appreciation for current funding support we are receiving from (listed alphabetically):
The Center’s mission represents an unprecedented opportunity for a new breed of investors who are not afraid to take risks in pursuit of game-changing innovation in the early childhood space. These investors understand that the risk of failure pales in comparison to the risk of not being bold enough to do whatever it takes to achieve breakthrough impacts. If you are interested in supporting our quest, please contact us now. We’ll be glad to show you how — together — we will leverage advances in 21st-century science to change the lives of millions of young children facing significant adversity.
Contact Gillian Najarian, our Managing Director, directly at (617) 496-1358 or gillian_najarian@harvard.edu.
A Strategy to Achieve Breakthrough Outcomes for Children Facing Adversity (Executive Summary)A Case Statement for the Center on the Developing Child
Center Director Jack P. Shonkoff, M.D., describes the mission of the Center on the Developing Child and its vision for using science to innovate in the early childhood field and fundamentally change the lives of children facing adversity.
For more: Read Investing in Early Childhood Innovation: Q&A with Dr. Jack P. Shonkoff by the Center for High Impact Philanthropy – University of Pennsylvania.
This ongoing series showcases innovative ideas for achieving breakthrough outcomes for children facing adversity through the voices of the people who are part of Frontiers of Innovation.
Browse a comprehensive list of resources from the Center, and filter them by topic or content type. Here you can find all of the Center’s reports, working papers, videos, and more.
This two-minute video features U.S. government, philanthropic, and education leaders speaking about the urgent need for science-based innovation to transform the lives of children and build a stronger society of healthy and capable adults.