INVESTING IN THE FUTURE
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“I always felt driven to ensure that children have a good future ahead of them.”
Klaus J. Jacobs
In 1989, Klaus J. Jacobs established the Jacobs Foundation, one of the world’s leading charitable foundations, as the sole economic beneficiary of Jacobs Holding.
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Commitment to Social Change
The Foundation’s vision is a world in which every child is given the evidence-based learning opportunities they need to thrive. Their work focuses on ensuring that scientific understanding of how children learn sits at the core of teaching and learning practices and informs the development and implementation of education policy. This can only be achieved by promoting the generation and translation of evidence into policy and practice.
The Foundation funds premier research to discover how children learn, promotes the use of evidence by schools and EdTech, and supports countries to shape and implement education policies based on evidence.
To date, the Jacobs Foundation has provided more than CHF 900M in funding to support the future of young people.
