Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund Archives

December 21, 2020

Grantee HealthySteps Featured on PBS NewsHour

On December 17, 2020, PBS NewsHour highlighted Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund Early Childhood grantee HealthySteps as a model of adverse childhood experience (ACE) prevention. NewsHour’s report, titled “Invisible Scars: America’s Childhood Trauma Crisis”, featured a first-hand look at how HealthySteps prevents and mitigates the effects of ACEs, a silent epidemic in our country…

October 26, 2020

Esther A. and Joseph Klingenstein Partners Named to The Holding Co.’s Care 100

The Holding Co. an innovation lab of Pivotal Ventures, recognized 100 leaders in the care sector, including Natalie Renew, leader of the Home Grown funder collaborative that includes the Esther A. and Joseph Klingenstein Fund, and Jessica Sager, CEO of grantee All Our Kin. Learn more about their ideas for shaping the future of…

October 20, 2020

Coronavirus Threatens to Push the Child-Care Industry Over the Edge

According to an August 2020 survey conducted by Esther A. and Joseph Klingenstein Fund grantee Bipartisan Policy Center, only 30% of parents with children under age 5 have sought child care during the pandemic. This survey is cited in the Wall Street Journal’s article on the effects of the pandemic on child care. Read the…

October 14, 2020

Child Care Centers Are Not Linked to COVID Spread, According to Large Study

Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund early childhood grantee Walter Gilliam, Ph.D. of the Yale Child Study Center just released his study of COVID-19 transmissibility in child care centers. Articles describing his research are featured in the Wall Street Journal and at People.com.

September 17, 2020

Yale teams get multi-million-dollar awards to study biology of Parkinson’s

Yale research teams, headed by a former EAJK Fellow, will receive approximately $9 million in grants from the Aligning Sciences Across Parkinson’s (ASAP) initiative to study the underlying biology of Parkinson’s disease. Pietro De Camilli – the John Klingenstein Professor of Neuroscience, a 1989 Klingenstein Fellow in Neurowscience, and investigator for the Howard Hughes Medical…

September 17, 2020

Discoverer of neural circuits for parenting wins US$3-million Breakthrough Prize

Catherine Dulac, a member of the EAJK Scientific Advisory Committee and molecular biologist at Harvard University, has been awarded a Breakthrough prize — the most lucrative award in science and mathematics – for her work on the neurology of parental roles. In the 1990s, Dulac isolated the pheromone receptors in mice that govern sex-specific social behaviors. Virgin…

August 18, 2020

UCSF Neurological Surgery Announces New Department Chair

Edward Chang, M.D. has been named the new Chair of the Department of Neurological Surgery at UCSF. He is currently a Professor of Neurological Surgery at UCSF and Chief of Epilepsy Surgery and will begin his new role as Chair on September 1, 2020. Doctor Chang sits on the Klingenstein-Simons Fellowship Scientific Advisory Committee, and…

August 11, 2020

D.C. Child Care Reopening Fund Q&A with Marica Cox Mitchell

The Esther A. and Joseph Klingenstein Fund collaborates with four funders, including the Bainum Family Foundation, to support at least 115 home-based child care providers. Marica Cox Mitchell, Director of Early Learning for the BFF, details the collaborative’s response to challenges raised by the COVID-19 pandemic. Read full article at New America.

July 29, 2020

Without National Strategy For School Reopenings, Parents Face Uncertainty

Natalie Renew – director of Home Grown, a nonprofit organization improving the quality of in-home child care and a fundee of the Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund – speaks to NPR about the challenges faced by childcare providers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Listen to the the full piece at NPR.

July 28, 2020

Mystery Solved About the Machines That Move Your Genes

In a new paper published September 2 in Nature Physics and supported by the Klingenstein-Simons Foundation, researchers provide insight into the cellular machinery that segregates chromosomes during cell division and why this process sometimes goes wrong. Read the full article at Science Daily,

July 23, 2020

Why Some Mosquitoes Prefer Humans

Mosquitoes have been called the deadliest animal in the world: tiny creatures so dangerous that genetic engineering may be necessary to win the battle against them. But not all mosquitoes are equally responsible for devastating the human population by spreading disease. Out of thousands of species, only a few like to bite humans. Why do…

July 14, 2020

D.C.-Area Child Care Centers Struggle To Stay Afloat Amid The Pandemic

WAMU details the Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund’s efforts — in partnership with Bainum Family Foundation, A. James & Alice B. Clark Foundation, The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation and the Richard E. & Nancy P. Marriott Foundation — to a create $1 million pot of money to help 115 small early…

May 22, 2020

Will early learning, after-school shift toward home-based care?

Natalie Renew and Karen Tylek of HomeGrown, an Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund fundee, discuss Philadelphia’s new pre-K initiative, which includes licensed family-child care homes as part of a “mixed-delivery” system – meaning both school- and community-based providers can receive a contract to serve children in the program. Read the full article at Education Dive.

April 28, 2020

Women Face Amplified Risks in the Pandemic. Funders Are Responding

The Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund is proud to announce the recipients of grants to neuroscience to support collaboration and research.

April 28, 2020

Early Childhood Policy Meets Early Childhood Science, Part 3: On Formal vs. Informal Learning Settings

Early Learning Nation profiles All Our Kin and the Home Grown initiative, both Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund recipients, in a discussion about providing professional development, dollars and business assistance to home-based childcare providers. Read the full article at Early Learning Nation.

April 22, 2020

Want to Support Your Community’s Equitable Recovery from COVID-19? Invest in Child Care

The Bridgespan Group profiles Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund fundee Home Grown collaborative’s toolkit for establishing an emergency fund that meets the needs of local providers and caregivers. Topics include determining goals, understanding emerging and ongoing needs, choosing a funding approach, and selecting partners. Read the full article at The Bridgespan Group.

April 13, 2020

Rapid-Response Grant Opportunities for Pandemic Crisis

Home Grown, a fundee of the Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund, will make at least $1.2 million in grants to nonprofit organizations that provide emergency support for in-home child-care centers, in particular those that care for the children of essential workers. The fund anticipates making between 10-15 grants of up to $100,000 to purchase…

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