YOU Make a Difference!

Your support empowers young people with conditions like autism, spinal cord injuries, rare genetic diseases and more to receive the personalized care they deserve. As the year draws to a close, we invite you to consider making a donation. Your gift can help make a lasting impact.

Meet Our Ambassadors!

Each year, patients and students from our programs are selected as ambassadors to share their journeys during our annual Festival of Trees. We proudly celebrate the accomplishments of this year’s ambassadors, each of whom embodies resilience and hope. Meet some of these incredible individuals at Kennedy Krieger:

Support Remarkable Individuals

By donating, you can support our ambassadors and the many children and young people who turn to the Institute for care. Your contribution helps advance life-changing research, education and specialized healthcare that touch countless lives.


Our Need Is Urgent

One in six children in the U.S. has a nervous system disorder, disease or injury—that’s more than 12 million kids. At Kennedy Krieger Institute, we’re striving to improve this reality through our research, clinical trials and dedicated patient care.

Kennedy Krieger serves 27,000+ patients (9% ages 0–3, 61% ages 4–14, 20% ages 15–20 and 10% ages 21+), from 24 Maryland counties and Baltimore City, 50 states and 35 countries. The Institute offered 110,994 telehealth appointments during that time. During the 2022–2023 school year, the Institute’s schools (which comprise a lower/middle school, a high school, a school named “LEAP,” a D.C.-area school and a Southern Maryland school) served 475 students from more than 15 school districts in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C. Also in fiscal year 2023, the Institute conducted over 500 active research studies and offered 29 adaptive sports programs for children and adults. Kennedy Krieger offers more than 80 interdisciplinary programs in a wide range of specialties.

Learn More About Kennedy Krieger

We treat our patients and students, and their family members, as unique individuals. By integrating research, education and care throughout our over 80 interdisciplinary programs, we ensure the best possible outcomes. Your ongoing support helps children and young people from Maryland and around the globe thrive, whether they are learning, moving or experiencing the world differently.

Make a gift to Kennedy Krieger, because this is where hope happens.
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