The Bonner Foundation is a non-profit organization located in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded by Corella and Bertram F. Bonner, the original purpose of the Foundation was to help those who, like Mr. and Mrs. Bonner, came from underprivileged backgrounds.  Essentially, the Foundation aimed to provide access to education. In 1989, the Foundation began working with colleges and universities, seeking a way both to provide scholarships to students who could not otherwise afford to attend college and to catalyze students and institutions of higher education to participate in community service in their own communities. What started with a small number of endowments at schools along the Appalachian Trail has now grown to a national movement of roughly 3,000 students at over 80 schools working to improve their communities through service, service learning, and gain an understanding of what it truly means to be an engaged citizen.

Mission Statement

Through sustained partnerships with colleges and congregations, the Corella and Bertram F. Bonner Foundation seeks to improve the lives of individuals and communities by helping meet the basic needs of nutrition and educational opportunity.

• The Bonner Foundation is committed to working with all people and institutions regardless of age, race, belief, or nationality.
  
  
• The Bonner Foundation believes that colleges and congregations have vital roles to play in society in nurturing and mobilizing thoughtful, caring, and diverse leadership dedicated to community service.
  
  
• The Bonner Foundation recognizes that often the best way to help someone is to give them the opportunity to help themselves, and that the people best able to address a problem are the people whom it most directly affects.
  
  
• The Bonner Foundation recognizes that effective community service programs involve all stakeholders in their leadership.
  
  
• The Bonner Foundation recognizes that long-lasting partnerships are based on mutual respect and common commitments.
  
  
• The Bonner Foundation supports innovative programs that have the potential to serve as models for the field.

• Bonner Scholar Program

• Bonner Leader Program

Meeting Agendas

1993

• Fall Director and Coordinators Meeting — Washington, DC