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Grateful to everyone who joined us at the 2026 Klingenstein Third Generation Foundation National Medical Student Fellowship Conference at Yale School of Medicine. For two decades, this conference has inspired students to pursue careers in child and adolescent psychiatry. @AACAP

Congratulations to Defensores de la Cuenca on receiving an Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund Environment Program grant for its Climate Solutions Initiative, which will help under-resourced neighborhoods that have experienced environmental inequities in Prince George’s County, MD, mitigate heat island effects, reduce stormwater runoff, and improve local air quality. tucuenca.org

@ClimateMayors is a bipartisan, peer-to-peer network that has mobilized more than 350 U.S. mayors who demonstrate climate leadership through meaningful actions in their communities. This grant supports Climate Mayors’ Building Protection for Mayoral Leadership on Local Climate Policy project, which will provide mayors with tools, tactics, and messaging resources to advance climate change policy within states that limit local authority on energy use, transportation electrification, and building decarbonization. climatemayors.org

Congratulations to GridLab on receiving an Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund Environment Program grant for its IRP CoLab Center, which will coordinate GridLab’s partnerships with resource planners, utilities, and other stakeholders to build support for integrated resource plans (IRPs) that would improve grid reliability by increasing deployment of clean energy resources. gridlab.org

Congratulations to the Stanford University Center on Early Childhood on receiving a three-year Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein early childhood grant to support the development, testing, and evaluation of the FIND Learning Pathways Framework. The framework guides educators from online learning into video-based reflection and coaching. The project will also integrate iFIND, an AI tool that reduces video review time and makes coaching more efficient. Over three years, FIND will test, refine, and scale this approach to create lasting impact for early childhood educators and the children they serve. earlychildhood.stanford.edu

Congratulations to the Harvard Graduate School of Education on receiving an Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein early childhood grant to support the project, “Generative AI Agents and Young Children,” led by Ying Xu, PhD, Assistant Professor of Education. This project will conduct the first empirical study on AI-powered digital companions and their effects on young children and caregivers, focusing on the developmental impact of AI-enabled toys. The findings will provide causal evidence to guide age recommendations, responsible AI toy design, and policy decisions related to AI technologies for young children. gse.harvard.edu

The Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund is pleased to support the AIM Institute in its work to expand its Early Reading Success Schools (ERSS) model. The ERSS program provides a diverse cohort of schools across the country with professional learning, teacher and leader coaching, and resources focused on evidence-aligned literacy in Grades K-3. This grant supports the development of a professional learning course specific to Grades 2-3, a Multi-Tiered System of Support Skill Builder for leaders, and ongoing support of teachers, coaches, and school leaders in the program. @AIMSchool aimpa.org

Congratulations to Science to People on receiving an Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund general operating grant to support its work to develop two AI technologies, one that pulls from more than 10 million peer-reviewed scientific articles, and the other that translates this scientific information into easy-to-understand scripts for a range of digital formats such as videos, podcasts, and press releases, that can be used by content creators, online influencers, and public-health communicators. @VeriSciAI sciencetopeople.org

Congratulations to New York Focus on receiving an Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund general operating grant. New York Focus is New York’s only statewide nonprofit newsroom, producing investigative and accountability journalism about how decisions made in the capital impact communities across the state. This grant will help to strengthen its reporting capacity. @nysfocus nysfocus.com

Congratulations to @CTMirror on receiving an Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund general operating grant. The Connecticut Mirror (CT Mirror) is a nonprofit, non-partisan, digital-only news organization covering public policy, government, elections, and life in Connecticut. ctmirror.org

Congratulations to the @SabinCenter for Climate Change Law on receiving an Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund Environment Program grant for its Cities Climate Law Initiative, which will provide municipalities resources to address legal questions about climate action. climate.law.columbia.edu

Congratulations to @ZEROTOTHREE on receiving an Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein early childhood grant to support HealthySteps in implementing its Epic Turbocharger Package at large healthcare sites in New York, Maryland, and California, enabling the collection of high-quality data to identify health disparities, tailor early interventions, and inform expansion across the HealthySteps network. zerotothree.org

Congratulations to the Anacostia Watershed Society on receiving an Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund Environment Program grant for its Building Ecological Resilience Through Adaptive Forest Restoration in the Anacostia Watershed project, which will help restore an 18-acre riparian habitat along the Anacostia River. @anacostiaws anacostiaws.org

Feng Zhang, Ph.D. received a Klingenstein Neuroscience Fellowship in 2012. @SciShow stopped by his lab to see what might be the next generation of gene editing. @zhangf youtube.com/watch?v=_Uimla…

Congratulations to the Interstate Renewable Energy Council on receiving an Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund Environment Program grant for its Building Local Capacity for Large-Scale Solar-Plus-Storage project, which will provide customized technical assistance to local governments ready to implement the toolkit recommendations it developed during the initial year of this project. @IRECUSA irecusa.org

With the support of an Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund Environment Program grant, @ICLEI_USA helped 22 state capital cities create policy roadmaps to incentivize energy efficiency programs for buildings and to promote electric vehicle adoption. icleiusa.org

Congratulations to Next Step Domestic Violence Project, recipient of a 2025 Patricia D. Klingenstein Grant to help youth in Hancock and Washington Counties, Maine break the cycle of domestic violence and create relationships based on equality through evidence-based interventions. nextstepdvproject.org

Congratulations to @MessalonskeeHS, recipient of a 2025 Patricia D. Klingenstein Grant for new kitchen equipment for the school's Life Skills Program, which promotes skill development and diminishes isolation for students with developmental disabilities. mhs.rsu18.org

With the support of an Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund Environment Program grant, the Anacostia Watershed Society planted native trees, removed invasive vines, and engaged community volunteers to restore forested areas along the Anacostia River. @anacostiaws anacostiaws.org

Congratulations to @GoNatureForward on receiving an Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund Environment Program grant for its Langley Park and Brentwood Climate Resilience project, which will involve designing and installing climate-resilient green infrastructure at the site of CASA’s Maryland headquarters in Langley Park as well as in a park owned by the town of Brentwood. natureforward.org