Our story starts with Max
Max Foundation is named after Max Le Poole who passed away at 8 months old due to a rare viral infection. Max’ parents Steven and Joke Le Poole wanted to bring something positive out of this great loss and prevent other parents from suffering the same sorrow. They also wanted to reach the most impact with the limited resources they had. Principles of effective altruism and Maximum Value for Money guided their search.
Mission & vision
A healthy start for every child in the most effective and long-lasting way
A world where easily preventable diseases are no longer a cause for child mortality
Our strategy
Our new strategy (2024 - 2030) not only sets out our ambitious goals for 2030, but also describes how we will scale up our data-driven results and share them with others to achieve greater impact, our 'Evidence to Scale' strategy. Read about how we want to work on localization, how entrepreneurship and innovation still play a major role in our work, and more.
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Theory of change
Our Theory of Change describes how and why we want to reach our development objective: providing a healthy start in life for children under five in the most effective and sustainable way
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Our team
Our partners
NGO & consortium partners
Network, advocacy & research partners
Business, foundation & institutional partners
