Great Friend to Kids Award
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
Overview
Purpose: Initiated in 1991 to honor individuals or institutions that have made a national and/or international impact to strengthen the education and lives of children.
Geographic Scope: National and/or international impact
Eligible Nominees: Past awardees include policy makers, researchers, educators, and activists from around the world
Recognition
- Individual recipients and representatives of institutional recipients are presented their award at ACM's annual conference, InterActivity
- Awardees are invited to address InterActivity attendees at a plenary session
Recent Recipients
- 2023: Kathy Hirsh-Pasek, PhD – For outstanding contributions to understanding the development of early language and literacy and the role of play in learning; Lefkowitz Faculty Fellow in Psychology at Temple University and Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution; translational researcher and author of 16 books
- 2022: PBS KIDS – For outstanding impact on the lives of children, building knowledge, critical thinking, imagination, and curiosity through partnerships with parents, teachers, caregivers, and communities
What Association of Children's Museums Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 25
- Total given
- $372K
- Median grant
- $16K
- Range
- $6,000–$18K
- By dollars: New York 13%, California 11%, North Carolina 9%. Top recipient cities: Lafayette, CO; Charlotte, NC; Jacksonville, NC.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
Example grants
Wow Children's Museum · Lafayette, CO
Meowseum discovery days, simons foundation math literacy cohort participation
$18K
Discovery Place · Charlotte, NC
Meowseum participation, simons foundation math literacy cohort participation
$18K
Zing Zumm Children's Museum · Jacksonville, NC
Simons foundation math literacy cohort participation, world wide day of play…
$17K
Santa Cruz Children's Museum of Discovery · Capitola, CA
Simons foundation math literacy cohort participation, world wide day of play…
$17K
Virgin Islands CM · St Thomas, VI
Simons foundation math literacy cohort participation, world wide day of play…
$17K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Youth programs
- Education
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