Since 1954, the Mary Street Jenkins Foundation has promoted the growth and prosperity of Mexico by improving the quality of life of its people by spreading hope. The organization was founded by Guillermo Oscar Jenkins and his wife, Mary Street Jenkins, who moved to Mexico from the United States in 1901. After being the first to build a nursery for working mothers at the Corona factory and several schools at Atencingo sugar refinery, the Jenkins family continued to give back to their community, supporting culture, education, health, and sports for nearly 65 years. Today, the impact of the Mary Street Jenkins Foundation is clear. Young people have benefited from thousands of scholarships, schools, and sports centers, and the overall quality of life in the State of Puebla has improved due to the development of rural clinics and hospitals, as well as the provision of clean drinking water and public services in rural communities. 

To learn more, please visit the Mary Street Jenkins Foundation’s website.

“Our family has dedicated itself for generations to the mission of my grandfather, Don Guillermo Oscar Jenkins, to continue working for the benefit of Mexico, particularly through support for education. We are proud to have joined in the public-private effort initiated by the U.S. Government to make possible international educational experiences for U.S. and Mexican students through support for the Innovation Fund.  We consider it critically important to continue these programs that bring together our great nations.  Our commitment is unwavering.”

Roberto Jenkins de Landa, Mary Street Jenkins Foundation Board of Directors 

“Educational exchanges and academic mobility remain a fundamental element of our bilateral relationship, as best expressed in our co-funding of programs such as Fulbright-Garcia Robles grants and Jovenes en Acción.  What makes 100,000 Strong in the Americas work so well here is the dedication of U.S. and Mexican institutions to work together for the benefit of students and faculty in both countries and the investment by private sector donors like the Mary Street Jenkins Foundation to give them the resources to succeed”  

 John Creamer, Chargé d’Affaires, U.S. Embassy in Mexico City

The Mary Street Jenkins Foundation partnered with the Innovation Fund to foster higher education partnerships and student academic training & exchanges for the following grant competitions: