The W. Clement & Jessie V. Stone Foundation is committed to providing the educational and developmental opportunities to disadvantaged children and young people that enable them to fulfill their potential.

Our grantmaking programs in education, youth development and early childhood development are designed to tackle the problems children and youth face in obtaining an excellent education, accessing the skills that will serve them as they transition into adulthood, and experiencing quality developmental experiences in their earliest years.

We seek to work with great leaders doing promising work that has the potential for advancing the knowledge and practice in our grantmaking fields.

Marcy Whitebook and her team at the Center for the Study of Child Care Employment have recently (May 2009) released their latest publication, Preparing Teachers of Young Children: The Current State of Knowledge and a Blueprint for the Future. The purpose of this two-part paper is to help bridge the world of early childhood and K-12 and to help shape a coordinated research agenda by examining their different vantage points, language and the current state of knowledge about the effective preparation of excellent teachers. Please visit our "reports" section to learn more.

Congratulations to the Stone Foundation's Spring 2009 grantees! For a detailed description of grants awarded, please visit our "Grants" section.