Supporting early childhood, neuroscience, and education.

Improving child and adolescent mental health.

Promoting the health of Maine’s children.

Founded on family. Focused on neuroscience, health, and education.

Neuroscience Research Promoting breakthrough research in basic and clinical neuroscience
Early Childhood Fostering lasting changes in child care and early childhood mental health
Independent School Education Developing leadership in independent school educators and administrators
Children’s Mental Health Advancing the prevention and treatment of ADHD and depression
Health of Maine’s Children Advancing the health of Maine’s children, especially their oral health

Featured Grantees

All Our Kin

Raising the quality, availability, and sustainability of family child care.

All Our Kin
Jessica Schleider, Ph.D.

Evaluation of Single-Session Interventions for Youth and Parents with Depression.

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Partnership for Children’s Oral Health

Ensuring that all Maine children can grow up free from preventable dental disease.

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How We Work

Inspired by the values of our family

For generations, the Klingenstein family has valued family involvement, patience and discipline, scientific research, measurable results, the advice of experts, and the joy that comes from helping make a difference in people’s lives.

Tackling important issues to benefit people

Klingenstein Philanthropies is committed to helping people by supporting breakthrough research in neuroscience, and by funding programs that improve the lives of children, especially in the fields of mental health, oral health, medicine, and education.

Disciplined commitments to our areas of focus

The areas we commit to are challenging and do not lend themselves to easy answers or quick fixes. They require patience and a long-term perspective. Once the decision has been made to get involved in a field, we tend to stay the course.

Current Funding Opportunities

We’re grateful for our partners in neuroscience, children’s health, and independent education. Please look through the current funding opportunities to see if there is an opportunity for us to work together.

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NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

Four Klingenstein-Simons Fellows Receive NIH Director’s New Innovator Award

Lucas Cheadle, Yvette Fisher, Hidehiko Inagaki and Summer Thyme have been named 2022 recipients of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director’s New Innovator Award. Established in 2007, the NIH Director’s New Innovator Award supports early career researchers working on innovative, high-impact projects in the biomedical, behavioral, or social sciences. It is part of the…

Research shows links between LENA Grow participation and social-emotional growth

LENA, an Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund grantee, launched an initiative in 2021 to bring its “talk pedometer” technology and practice-based professional development to early childhood educators in Washington, D.C. Results show that participating children experienced significant increases in all domains of the Devereux Early Childhood Assessment (DECA), including Initiative, Self-regulation, and Attachment/Relationships, as…

Pitt Psychiatry Awarded $16.2M by National Institute of Mental Health Center

Led by David Brent, a member of the Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation Scientific Advisory Committee, the University of Pittsburgh’s Department of Psychiatry has been awarded a $16.2M National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) grant focused on addressing adolescent suicide, with a focus on Black and Hispanic youth. Learn more from the University of Pittsburgh.