ABOUT
OUR MISSION
The Sarah Ralston Foundation supports and enhances the quality of life of vulnerable and underserved older adults residing in Philadelphia County.
ABOUT US
Born from the Ralston Center, an organization with a long history, The Sarah Ralston Foundation seeks to continue that impact by using its resources to give grants and to serve as a community partner to organizations serving older adults in Philadelphia.
OUR GUIDING PRINCIPLES
The Sarah Ralston Foundation is led by nine guiding principles that direct all of its work.
The Foundation:
- Supports ideas, actions and deeds that facilitate our mission.
- Understands, appreciates, and leverages community assets – creating synergies while addressing community needs.
- Practices, supports, and facilitates anti-ageist beliefs, principles, and actions.
- Recognizes the importance of relationships to the well-being of older adults.
- Seeks partnerships with significant potential impact including those organizations whose programs have shown impact and those organizations whose programs intend to have impact.
- Practices, supports and facilitates diversity, equity, inclusion and anti-racist beliefs, principles, and actions.
- Seeks out grantee partners who are successfully serving vulnerable and underserved older adults with particular attention to BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) and other underrepresented populations.
- Seeks out organizations led by BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) and other underrepresented persons as grantee partners.
- Embodies the principles of trust-based philanthropy to advance equity, shift power, engage the community, and build mutually accountable relationships.