Patricia Kind Family Foundation Welcomes Lauren Stebbins as Inaugural Non-Family Executive Director. Read More
Encouraging practical and caring solutions to community problems by supporting preventive and direct service efforts.
Since 1998, The Patricia Kind Family Foundation has made over 4100 grants totaling $63,492,766 to organizations providing services to those in need in Philadelphia as well as Bucks County, Chester County, Delaware County and Montgomery County. Shown is a snapshot of the largest program areas we have funded.
Compass Pro Bono forges lasting ties between local nonprofits and local business professionals to empower thriving, equitable, resilient communities.
Compass Pro Bono believes that nonprofits play a critical role in community well-being, and that local business professionals can play a key role in nonprofits’ success. They envision a world in which nonprofits consistently have equitable access to the business strategy resources they need to thrive, and in which business professionals are actively engaged in critical work for their community.
To date, Compass Pro Bono has supported 206 unique nonprofits in Greater Philadelphia, leveraging the work of 980 volunteers, creating approximately $28,118,929 in pro bono services back to the community.
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.
