Supporting LENA
Improving child outcomes together
As a growing national 501(c)(3) organization serving an overlooked part of the population — our youngest children — your support is vital to changing the lives of children through early talk.
Your Investments help …
Innovations
Evolve our breakthrough technology to meet the needs of our mission: redesigning for new environments, anticipating shifts in the sector, and applying our research in ways that challenge the existing system.
Scaling
Keep costs affordable for local, state, and national partners as we grow and innovate, so they can use LENA to improve early childhood quality for every child.
Impact
Support enhanced program materials, training, and research that improve access and fidelity for LENA programs — especially in areas of greatest need.
Give educators the data they need to create interactive, quality early childhood classrooms for every child so family and development supports at the program and system level work more effectively
Powered by Philanthropy
As a nonprofit social enterprise, LENA is committed to being good financial stewards while equipping ourselves to innovate and further our mission. We take dual pathways to funding:
- Generating revenue through the sale of our products and services, like LENA Grow.
- Securing generous funding from philanthropic organizations that share our vision for improving child outcomes.
Philanthropic funding is a catalyst for scaling our work to make an even bigger impact. With national and place-based funding, we can subsidize partner costs, take risks, invest in forward-looking solutions, and pilot innovations.
Our organization is strong. And we have the data to prove our work.
Our evidence-based professional development program, LENA Grow, delivers powerful outcomes, along with evaluation data across demographics. And LENA SP is driving new insights across academia. Supporting LENA is one of the most cost-effective ways to invest in children’s school readiness and long-term success — unlocking the potential of every child across the country.
LENA’s ability to make parent-child interactions visible and quantifiable resonated with us. We love that the numbers are coupled with social connection and empathy that data alone can’t offer.
– Carly Roberts, Program Officer, Early Impact, Overdeck Family Foundation
