The Fathership Foundation is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to strengthen men, families and communities by supporting male parenting, formal education and training, and community stewardship. Founded in 2013 by Dr. Jonathan Rasheid Williams, Jr., the organization operates in Philadelphia, PA and Wilmington, DE. The Foundation strives to implement culturally competent and evidence-based services to address the root causes of generational poverty and empower people to obtain greater employability and livable wages.

The Fathership Foundation provides a range of programs to increase the amount of formally educated and work-ready adults. Interventions include an academic fathership program that facilitates fathers’ and father figures’ involvement in their children’s academic experience; a community academic re-entry program that offers academic and vocational placement, GED preparation and testing, adult basic education programs, vocational training, and college; and workforce development and job placement.

Visit the Fathership Foundation’s website to learn more.