Anna T. Jeanes Foundation

Kindness. Caring. Community. Peace.

Our Mission

Provide for the health and wellness of the 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 Care Program at Jeanes Hospital and through 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 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
Joseph Evans, Vice Chairman
Clark S. Frame, Treasurer
Elly Reinhardt, Secretary
F. Preston Buckman,  Emeritus
George C. Corson
Joseph Evans
Monica Kolb
Martin Ogletree
Joan Randolph
Robert Taylor
Thomas Unkefer
Roger Wood