Founded in 1949, the Bernard van Leer Foundation focused in 1965 on working worldwide to ensure that babies, toddlers and the people who care for them have a good start in life. Our mission is to improve opportunities for all young children, especially the millions of young children growing up in circumstances of socio, economic and environmental disadvantage around the world.

After five decades of investing in early childhood development, we believe the major challenge is the transition to scale. By working together with governments, civil society, philanthropy, academia, international organisations and business, we find the best programmes and policies to improve children’s lives. We partner with them by providing funding, expertise, networks and support to scale these up for maximum impact.

Primary Functions

• Funding
• Networking/Convening
• Program/Project Implementation

Secondary Functions

• Awareness Raising/Advocacy

Geographic Scope

• Global / regional

Other

• Early childhood development

Website

Bernard Van Leer Foundation

Headquarters location(s)

• The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands

Office location(s)

• Netherlands

Contacts

info@bvleerf.nl

+31703312200

Bernard Van Leer Foundation