Absalom Jones Foundation

Vision The AJF is named after the African American abolitionist and founder of the St. Thomas African Episcopal Church, and for the purpose of implementing his vision of socio-economic parity for the disenfranchised residents of Pennsylvania. Mission The mission of the AJF is summarized by the following four pillars: 1) Economic Development. Support, sponsor, and/ or develop programming which creates quantifiable outcomes in the areas of business management, accounting, and legal matters. 2) Education. Support, sponsor, and/ or develop programming which creates quantifiable outcomes in the areas of literacy, financial literacy, science, technology, engineering, math, the arts, parenting, and youth mentorship. 3) Health. Support, sponsor, and/ or develop programming which creates quantifiable outcomes in the areas of affordable care, healthy living/ lifestyle education, and provider access. 4) Human & Civil Rights. Support, sponsor, and/ or develop programming which creates quantifiable outcomes in defense against racial discrimination, injustice, prejudicial practices, and defamation.