Fifty-six years ago, our founder, Jeanne Clarke Wood, started Children Incorporated. Her mission then was to improve the lives of as many children and families as she could possibly reach, and that remains our mission today. Our Annual Fund ensures we can continue to carry on Mrs. Wood's vision and help children in need for many years to come.

Donations to our Warm Clothing Fund allow our coordinators to purchase boots, coats, hats, scarves, and mittens for our sponsored children living in particularly harsh weather, such as in Detroit, or Eastern Kentucky. You can make a huge difference in the life of a child by contributing to this fund today!

Donations to our COVID-19 Response Fund will be used to provide food and emergency supplies to the children in our program who are in immediate need during this uncertain time.

Back to school is one of the toughest times for children in need. Not having new outfits or school supplies to start the school year off right can diminish their confidence and make it difficult for them to focus. Contributions to our Back to School Fund make it possible to give children a little extra for a better beginning, so that they feel good and are ready to learn.

Giving a child a pair of shoes and socks can mean the difference between them going to school or not. Children Incorporated has always made a point of providing good, solid shoes to these children, knowing that shoes can be too expensive for many families. As such, our Shoes and Socks Fund has been one of our most meaningful endeavors.

In Kenya and Ethiopia, children need mosquito nets to protect them from mosquito-borne illnesses so that they’ll be healthy enough to attend school. Each year, we purchase thousands of nets, thanks to donations to our Mosquito Net Fund, which we distribute to our sponsored children and their families.

The purpose of our International Feeding Programs Fund is to feed enrolled children who would otherwise go hungry so that they can be alert at school and ready to learn. This fund supports programs in the Philippines, Kenya, and Ethiopia to buy grains, meats, vegetables, and cooking supplies to feed children.

Donations go to support feeding programs in the U.S., such as our backpack feeding program, which gives children in Eastern Kentucky food to take home on the weekends and food in the summer when school is not in, and they are not receiving meals on a regular basis.

We add new children to our program every day, and finding enough sponsors for all of them is one of our greatest challenges. The global need is so profound that some children wait months for a sponsor. Gifts made to our Shared Hope Fund provide immediate assistance to children awaiting sponsorship.