Who are we? Where do we come from? These are questions that every culture on earth has contemplated. The Leakey Foundation was formed in 1968 with a bold mission... to find answers to these big questions by funding research and sharing discoveries. Dr. Jane Goodall has received 17 Leakey Foundation grants for her studies of chimpanzees. She is an example of how funding from The Leakey Foundation shapes our understanding of what makes us human.