Anna T. Jeanes Foundation
Kindness. Caring. Community. Peace.
Our Mission
Provide for the health and wellness of
the geographic community served by Jeanes
Hospital either directly through grants or
service or by linkage to other organizations;
and to continue the Quaker presence and values
in the Hospital and community;
Through our support of the Pastoral Counseling
Program and grants and special activities to
support the wellness of the geographic
community, we bring the legacy of our Quaker
founder, Anna T. Jeanes, to life each and every
day.
The simple violet has been used to symbolize the
woman who began it all. For us, the violet
symbolizes our belief in the value of all life,
the need for a kind and nurturing environment,
and the inner peace that comes with helping
others
Our Background
 The
Anna T. Jeanes Foundation is a faith based,
healthcare foundation operated in the manner of
Friends (Quakers) that traces its roots to Anna
T. Jeanes, a Philadelphia Quaker who was born in
1822 and died in 1907. She was a
forward-thinking activist and philanthropist who
maintained a home in Fox Chase, Pennsylvania on
the grounds that are now the campus of Jeanes
Hospital. She envisioned a facility that would
be controlled by a joint committee of Quarterly
Meeting Homes and would operate under the Quaker
philosophy of compassionate care that treats the
whole person. The Foundation originally acted as
the overseeing link between the Home Committees
of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the religious
Society of Friends and Jeanes Hospital. After
Jeanes Hospital became affiliated with Temple
University Health System, the Foundation
reemerged in its current role.
Anna T. Jeanes had varied interests, among them
southern blacks' struggle for education. At her
request and with her financial support, Booker
T. Washington organized a board of trustees with
the goal of providing supervisors as consultants
and helpers for poor rural schools. That
foundation, established in 1907, became known as
the Negro Rural School Fund. Further evidence of
her commitment to health care is Stapely in
Germantown, a Quaker retirement and nursing
facility, for which she provided initial
funding. There are also several funds started by
Anna T. Jeanes that remain under the supervision
of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.
What We Do
The Foundation supports wellness programs in the
geographic community served by Jeanes Hospital
through its own programs and by providing grants
to community based organizations providing
health and wellness services.
The Foundation supports Friends (Quaker values)
through its ongoing financial support of the
Pastoral Care program at Jeanes Hospital, which
provides spiritual support services to patients,
and offers a Certified Pastoral Education (CPE)
program to qualified individuals pursuing a
vocation in pastoral counseling or hospital
chaplaincy.
The Foundation is committed to the ongoing
provision of quality care and recognizes that
much hospital patient care is delivered bedside
by nurses. To enable this, the Foundation offers
the Dorothy Willits Hallowell Nursing
Scholarship to qualified high school seniors
embarking on a nursing career in an accredited
program.
Our Board
Robert H. Lefever, Chairman
John H. Welsh, Vice Chairman
Clark S. Frame, Treasurer
Carol Ashton-Hergenhan, Secretary
F. Preston Buckman
George C. Corson
Karin Cadwell
Joseph Evans
Walter S. Hallowell
Joan Randolph
Eleanor Reinhardt
Thomas Unkefer
Roger Wood |
