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Healthy Parent-Child Relationships “There is no such thing as a baby. There is a baby and someone.” – Dr. Donald Woods Winnicott Children need nurturing care and strong, stable relationships [...]

Healthy Births and Strong Beginnings Laying the foundation for a brighter future begins well before birth. The prenatal period is critical to a child’s outcomes during infancy, throughout early childhood, [...]

Trustees James Burke Chairman Charles Laurence Carroll Treasurer Christopher Kuenne Board Member Dr. Jeanne Brooks-Gunn Board Member Dr. Renée Boynton-Jarrett Board Member Philip Siana Secretary About the Burke Foundation Our [...]

Staff James Burke President Atiya Weiss Executive Director Renée Nogales Director of Programs Jessica Nugent Senior Program Officer Caroline Bersak Program Officer Sanjana Chandrasekharan Program Manager Kristen Gibbs Operations Manager [...]

New Jersey’s Children The Burke Foundation works to create a better state for New Jersey’s children, because opportunity should be equal across zip codes. While New Jersey has shown positive [...]

Our Areas of Investment We are committed to advancing the most promising prenatal-to-five programs and policies to create and expand systems of support for New Jersey children and families. Healthy [...]

Our Approach We identify and support changemakers who are transforming their communities by improving outcomes for children and families. We pursue targeted initiatives and multi-sector partnerships that catalyze measurable, sustainable [...]

The Burke Foundation invests in transformative early childhood initiatives to build a cycle of opportunity across generations. Values Our community partners guide us and our values drive us. Empathy Our [...]

Our Story The Burke Foundation was established in Princeton, NJ, in 1989 by the late Jim E. Burke. During his 37 years with Johnson & Johnson, Jim Burke built a [...]