The Annie E. Casey Foundation

Helping to build better future.

Overview

The Annie E. Casey Foundation is a private charitable organization dedicated to helping build better futures for disadvantaged children in the United States. It was established in 1948 by Jim Casey one of the founders of UPS and his siblings who named the Foundation in honor of their mother. focuses on strengthening families building stronger communities and ensuring access to opportunity because children need all three to succeed theyadvance 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. As a private philanthropy based in Baltimore and working across the country They make grants that help federal agencies states counties cities and neighborhoods create more innovative cost effective responses to the issues that negatively affect children 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 larger numbers of kids and families.