Jacobs Foundation

📢 The Jacobs Foundation has surpassed CHF 1 billion in philanthropic giving. This milestone reflects 36 years of evidence-driven philanthropy; advancing children’s learning through research, partnerships & systems reform. Explore ➡️ jacobsfoundation.org/who-we-are/b...

Are smartphones driving the youth mental health crisis? Candice Odgers challenged that assumption in her recent TED Talk. On 3 Nov, she joins Swiss experts to explore what research tells us about technology, mental health and learning. 📺 Watch live from 17:50 CET: www.youtube.com/live/UBoD60O...

Colombia has an active philanthropic sector. At Foro AFE Prosperidad Compartida in Medellín (27–29 October), Ana Cubillo will share how the Jacobs Foundation works with national and international funders to support education. We look forward to exchanging perspectives: foroprosperidadcompartida.com

The proverb says it takes a village to raise a child. Marilyn Ahun’s research helps explain why: parents’ mental health is one of the strongest predictors of child development, and support from the people around a family can make a difference. Read the BOLD interview: bit.ly/4eju31u

Public education creates value that lasts for decades, but doesn’t fit neatly into conventional investment models. So what makes it investable? Six leaders will tackle that question at #BuildingBridges2026. 📍 Room 9, CICG, Geneva 🗓 7 Oct, 10:30–12:00 CEST www.buildingbridges.org/2026-edition/

The Global Evidence Repository is being tested with questions from education partners’ own contexts. Evidence intermediaries, organizations connecting research with policy & practice, are checking whether the repository can help them access and use evidence to support concrete education decisions.

On The Impact Equation, the Jacobs Foundation, IFFEd, and UBS Optimus Foundation discuss education finance from three perspectives. Listen to the episode: www.theimpactequation.org/podcast

On 11 September, Ana Cubillo, Global Program Director at the Jacobs Foundation, will join a discussion at Impact Minds 2026: “Systemic Change: Mobilize Capital to Enable Impact.” Attending? Connect with Ana to learn about our work in Colombia. #ImpactMinds2026

Education needs more than promising initiatives. It needs ways to help them last. Ana Cubillo, Global Program Director at the Jacobs Foundation, will join Impact Minds 2026 in Manaus to discuss co-financing mechanisms. Attending? Connect with Ana to learn about our work in Colombia.

A coalition can agree on the goal and still be pulled in too many directions. Ana Cubillo and Camilo Andrés Morales write about CEPE in Colombia, where shared intent had to become shared focus. Read their piece for CEP: cep.org/blog/what-it... #Colombia #SystemsChange

“Leadership is about creating space — not filling it.” Meet Tanja Kotz, People & Culture Manager at the Jacobs Foundation, whose work focuses on people, culture, and helping colleagues contribute to the Foundation’s mission. 🔗 jacobsfoundation.org/member/tanja... #StaffSpotlight

The Jacobs Foundation announces that Camilo Andrés Morales will conclude his tenure as Country Director for Colombia in September 2026. We are grateful to Camilo for his leadership, commitment, and contributions throughout his time at the Foundation.

What does a child's everyday life actually look like — through their own eyes? Researchers at @leuphana.bsky.social are giving children bodycams to find out, using LEVANTE measures to explore what shapes their development. Read more: levante-network.org/spotlight-on...

The inaugural cohort of evidence intermediaries selected to test the Synthesis-Ready Evidence Repository has been announced! The insights produced by the 15 sites will help shape the decisions that matter for children's learning. 🔗 Learn more: jacobsfoundation.org/accelerating...

🎂 To mark @boldinsights.bsky.social’s 10th birthday, Annie Brookman-Byrne has pulled together 10 principles on the science of childhood and 10 favourite pieces from the archive. 10 principles: boldscience.org/the-science-... 10 favourite pieces: boldscience.org/what-weve-le... #LearningScience

To mark its 10th birthday, @boldinsights.bsky.social is spotlighting its top 10 pieces from the last decade. Explore how research is deepening our understanding of how challenging conditions may enhance children's skills and abilities. 🔗 Watch: boldscience.org/hidden-talen...

How does a @dmolearning.bsky.social story become useful in a classroom? For English language educator Alison Spence Montillet, “Can you crack the dress code?” became a way to build vocabulary with children in Switzerland. Read Alison’s experience in our Annual Report: bit.ly/4w60qYm

Next week in Lima, Camilo Morales joins the V Encuentro Red STEM Latinoamérica for a panel on partnerships and co-financing in education. In Lima? Register for the opening day: encuentroredstemlatam.org Following from elsewhere? Watch the livestream in Spanish: cayetano.plus

What do researchers miss when they are not working closely with schools and education systems? For Hirokazu Yoshikawa, one answer is “the ideas that come from deep practice knowledge”: the insight held by people working with policy and classrooms every day. Explore: bit.ly/4vpyTjA

Uniting actors across philanthropy, the private sector, and government can turn isolated interventions into systemic change. Read about UNESCO recognition of CLEF as a good-practice example for transforming education at scale through partnerships 🔗 jacobsfoundation.org/clef-feature...