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John Butler headshot.
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Dan Kildee headshot.
Maryanne Mott headshot.
Michael Sherraden headshot.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger headshot.
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Ridgway White headshot.
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Youth Engagement

Treasurer Jose Cisneros headshot.
When we talk about children’s savings accounts, it’s easy to think of them as just financial tools. But Mott understood something deeper from the very beginning.” José Cisneros
Treasurer, City and County of San Francisco
Kim Dehmel headshot.
The Mott Foundation’s support for expanding entrepreneurial education in Genesee County has reached thousands of students in many different, beneficial ways.” Kim Dehmel
Youth entrepreneurship coordinator, Genesee Intermediate School District
William Elliot headshot.
If you want to understand the modern history of children’s savings accounts in the United States, you simply have to track the support provided by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation.”
William Elliot III
Founder, Center on Assets, Education, and Inclusion, University of Michigan
Terri Ferinde headshot.
We see that young people who’ve participated in afterschool are less likely to be in the juvenile justice system and are more likely to vote and be engaged citizens.”
Terri Ferinde
Founding partner, Collaborative Communications
Robert Friedman headshot.
The Foundation’s support was instrumental in creation of Corporation for Enterprise [Development], Prosperity Now, also the microenterprise field, the in-state grassroots economic development fields, the asset development field for adults, and then children’s accounts ... I think running through all of those was a fundamental respect for the productive capacity and genius of common people.”
Robert E. Friedman
Founder and chair emeritus, Prosperity Now
Jodi Grant headshot.
I think the Mott Foundation’s investment in afterschool and the afterschool space has been absolutely extraordinary, and it allows us to ... reach millions and millions of families across America, showcasing just how important and valuable afterschool programs are.”
Jodi Grant
Executive director, Afterschool Alliance
Charisma Holly headshot.
I shoot for the moon.” Charisma Holly
Poet, Spoken Word Artist
Tiffany Lovett headshot.
As an educator, I think the work that’s been most impactful to me at Mott is the afterschool field and developing the 50 state networks and the Alliance, and giving both the local grassroots afterschool organization a voice and connection to a larger picture...” Tiffany Lovett
Mott Foundation Trustee
Greg Malkin headshot.
Entrepreneurship is a leap of faith.” Greg Malkin
Founder, Young Entrepreneur Institute
Amy Meuers headshot.
When you bring people together and you help them build relationships, that’s a game-changer.” Amy Meuers
CEO, National Youth Leadership Council
Ron Ottinger headshot.
We’ve been very fortunate to have almost a 20-year partnership with the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. From Bill White to Ridgway White and An-Me Chung to Gwynn Hughes, we’ve just been so fortunate to work with the leadership of the Mott Foundation to excite and engage young people across the country in all 50 states, taking advantage of the confluence of the 50 State After School Network and STEM Next’s wonderful work across the country in STEM.”
Ron Ottinger
Executive Director, STEM Next Opportunity Fund

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Terry Peterson headshot.
The Mott Foundation, particularly in the work of afterschool and summer, has literally stuck with this at least 30 years...” Terry Peterson
Senior Associate, Riley Institute at Furman University
Colleen Quint headshot.
We really have the opportunity to weave those threads together and think about how not only to grow and sustain the field, but to ensure that every child has the benefit — not only of the dollars, but of the knowledge that they matter and that their future matters.”
Colleen Quint
President and CEO, Alfond Scholarship Foundation
Gov. Richard Riley headshot.
Millions of children and families are benefiting.”
Richard W. Riley
Governor of South Carolina, 1979 to 1987
Carlos Santini headshot.
At the end of the day, it was about quality learning experiences.”
Carlos Santini
CEO, Mizzen Education
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger headshot.
Thank you to everyone at the Mott Foundation for all you’ve done for After-School All-Stars and for the millions of kids nationwide.” Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
Michael Sherraden headshot.
One of the mothers in Oklahoma said, ‘You know, the state of Oklahoma thinks my girl should go to college.’ This is the kind of impact we don’t usually measure in social policy.” Michael Sherraden
Founding director, Center for Social Development, George Warren Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis
Tony Smith headshot.
I really believe the Mott Foundation has shaped the out-of-school-time field in a way that nobody else has.”
Tony Smith
CEO and founder, Whyspeople
Jane Walsh headshot.
We want to expose as many young people to the entrepreneurial mindset so that they can think differently about their futures.” Jane Walsh
Executive VP and chief advancement officer, Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship
Zelda Waymer headshot.
A principal approached me and he said, ‘Thank you. Thank you for having this event. Thank you for inviting us, because my kids don't have an opportunity to participate in events like this...’”
Zelda Waymer
President and CEO, South Carolina Afterschool Alliance