This annual report details the activities and financial status for 1999 of the Bernard van Leer Foundation, a private institution created in 1949 for broad humanitarian purposes. Following the introduction by the chairman of the Foundation's board of trustees, the report of the executive director details activities during the Foundation's fiftieth year of operation. The remainder of the report contains a financial statement for 1999 and describes, by country, the major grants made by the Foundation in 1999. A profile of the Foundation concludes the report. (KB)