The Amherst H. Wilder Foundation (“Wilder”), is a Minnesota nonprofit health and human services corporation that has served the greater Saint Paul, Minnesota area since 1906. Wilder operates more than 40 programs and services that help children succeed in school, troubled youth and families create healthy futures, individuals and families maintain long-term housing, and older adults remain independent. Wilder leadership programs work to nurture and build skills of emerging community leaders while renewing the energy and commitment of experienced leaders. Wilder Research is one of the nation’s largest nonprofit research and evaluation centers dedicated to the field of human services.

Mission
The mission of the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation is to promote the social welfare of persons resident or located in the greater Saint Paul metropolitan area by all appropriate means including:

• Relief of the poor
• Care of the sick and aged
• Care and nurture of children
• Aid of the disadvantaged and otherwise needy
• Promotion of physical and mental health
• Support of rehabilitation and corrections
• Provision of needed housing and social services

And, in general, the conservation of human resources by the provision of human services responsive to the welfare needs of the community, all without regard to, or discrimination on account of, nationality, sex, color,
religious scruples or prejudices.