Our Mission
The mission of the Foundation is to financially support organizations that help those struggling daily with the effects of poverty.
Funding Areas
Featured Grantee
Play Streets
Each summer for over 50 years, Philadelphia Parks & Recreation has partnered with residents to host Play Streets. Nearly 350 one-way streets are closed to traffic between 10AM to 4 PM each day for neighborhood children to play safely outside their homes. To ease the burden in underinvested neighborhoods, lunch and a snack are provided to all children. The COVID-19 crisis amplifies the critical need for structured play and learning activities for children. This summer, with more resources and partners, Play Streets has enhanced 100 of its sites in the most underserved neighborhoods to provide additional enrichment activities.
2019
Grant Awards
206
Region Served
Dollars Given
$2,395,500
Patricia & Philip Kind, Jr.
Patricia van Ameringen Kind, born in 1924, was the middle child of Arnold and Hedwig van Ameringen. She was raised in South Orange, N.J. with her two siblings, Henry van Ameringen and Lily Auchincloss. She attended Kent Place School, where she was a star athlete and was voted “best personality” by her classmates. She went on to become a registered nurse at the Monmouth Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, foreshadowing a lifetime devoted to caring for others. Her first nursing job was in Philadelphia where she met the love of her life, Philip Kind, Jr.