About Us

The Annie E. Casey Foundation (AECF^®) is devoted to developing a brighter future for millions of children and young people with respect to their educational, economic, social and health outcomes.

Our work focuses on strengthening families, building stronger communities and ensuring access to opportunity, because children, youth and young adults need all three to succeed. We advance research and solutions to overcome the barriers to success, help communities demonstrate what works and influence decision makers to invest in strategies based on solid evidence.

Learn more about our grant making

As a private philanthropy based in Baltimore and working across the country, we make grants that help federal agencies, states, counties, cities and neighborhoods create more innovative, cost-effective responses to challenges facing children and young people: poverty, unnecessary disconnection from family and communities with limited access to opportunity.

Since 1948, these efforts have translated into more informed policies and practices and yielded positive results for many kids and families.

Each day, our 190 dedicated staff partner with more than 700 grantees to…

Fix the problems facing our juvenile justice and child welfare systems so that more children can remain safely in their communities and homes.

Help parents connect to work and become financially stable to better care for their kids.

Transform disinvested neighborhoods into places with economic opportunities, quality education, safe housing and services for parents and children.

Focus on data and results and hold ourselves accountable for making a measurable difference for the largest number of children and families possible.

Build the capacity of leaders to achieve better results for children and families and forge broad-based coalitions to advance child and family policies.

Share lessons learned from our work and raise awareness of critical issues impacting children and families.