Fort Kendrick Foundation, Inc. · Atlanta, Georgia
Access changed my path.
Now we widen it for others.
Fort Kendrick Foundation invests in access — to education, health, global exposure, and financial literacy — starting in Southeast Atlanta, where the need is personal and the commitment is permanent.
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Access Is the Lens
Our Four Pillars
Every program we fund traces back to one question: who gets access, and who doesn’t. The answer determines outcomes. We start in Southeast Atlanta because that’s where this Foundation is rooted — and we build from there.
Education
Scholarships, tutoring, mentorship, and career readiness — from early college programs to the Elonte’ D. Porter Fellowship Fund.
Maternal & Fetal Health
Doula support, prenatal care navigation, and health education addressing disproportionate maternal mortality among Black mothers.
Global Exposure
Passport scholarships and study abroad access for first-generation students — because the world shouldn’t start at a fee.
Financial Literacy
Money management, credit building, and wealth education rooted in the principle that ownership changes outcomes.
“Fort Kendrick Foundation exists to make access deliberate — not luck, not the exception. A return on investment measured in outcomes, not intentions.”
Our Mission
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Why We Exist
A story rooted in access.
Fort Kendrick Foundation was built on a simple conviction: what changed one life can change many — if the access is made deliberate.
The Founder’s Story
Access changed my trajectory.
I grew up in Zone 3, Southeast Atlanta — a community where the nearest full grocery store is a drive, not a walk, and a gas station often passes for a market. I know what a food desert costs a family. I grew up in one.
What changed my trajectory was access — deliberate, structured, someone-opened-the-door access. An early college program placed me in Georgia State classrooms by 11th grade. That one intervention built the belief that I could perform anywhere. It took me across the country for college, and eventually to China — the first time anyone in my family had lived outside the United States. That experience didn’t just expand my world. It proved the world was bigger than the block I came from.
Agriculture runs through this story. In the South, working the land has always been tied to survival and to ownership — two things Fort Kendrick Ranch carries forward. And when I look at health outcomes for Black women and infants in Georgia, I see the same pattern: not a failure of people, but a failure of access — to quality prenatal care, to early intervention, to providers who show up. That gap is measurable. And it’s closeable.
Fort Kendrick Foundation exists to make that access deliberate — not luck, not the exception. A return on investment measured in outcomes, not intentions.
— Elonte’ D. Porter, Founder
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Pillars, all delivered through one lens: access
2026
Year of incorporation in Fulton County, Georgia
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Where this Foundation is rooted — and where we build from
How We Work
Three principles behind every decision.
Principle
Access as investment
We don’t fund charity. We fund intervention. Every dollar goes toward removing a specific, documented barrier — a passport fee, a doula visit, a financial literacy session.
Principle
Outcomes over intentions
We measure what changes. Not how many people attended — but whether the gap between potential and opportunity closed. Programs that don’t move that needle don’t scale.
Principle
Rooted, then radiant
We start in Southeast Atlanta because that’s where this story lives. But the model is built to replicate. Community-specific by design; scalable by intention.
Our Work
Four pillars. One lens.
Every program we fund traces back to one question: who gets access, and who doesn’t. The answer determines outcomes.
Access Is the Lens
Fort Kendrick Foundation operates across four program areas. Each one targets a specific, measurable gap between potential and opportunity — in Southeast Atlanta, and communities like it.
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Education
Education
Education is how access compounds. One intervention — an early college placement, a scholarship, a mentor who opened a door — builds the belief that you can perform anywhere. That belief changes trajectory.
Fort Kendrick Foundation funds scholarships, tutoring, mentorship, and career readiness programs rooted in the communities where the gap between potential and opportunity is widest. We also support hands-on experiential learning through land and agriculture apprenticeships.
ScholarshipsTutoringMentorshipCareer ReadinessAgriculture
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Maternal & Fetal Health
Maternal & Fetal Health
Black women in Georgia die from pregnancy-related complications at more than twice the rate of white women. That is not a failure of people. It is a failure of access — to quality prenatal care, to providers who show up, to early intervention before crisis.
Our Maternal & Fetal Health pillar funds doula support, prenatal care navigation, and health education for Black mothers and families in Metro Atlanta.
Doula SupportPrenatal NavigationHealth EducationProvider Partnerships
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Global Exposure
Global Exposure & Cultural Preservation
The world is bigger than the block you came from. For first-generation students, the barrier is rarely ambition. It’s a passport fee. A plane ticket. Not knowing anyone who’s done it.
We fund passport fees, travel stipends, and mentorship for students ready to study, serve, or explore abroad. We also support the preservation of family and cultural heritage — because knowing where you’re from changes how far you believe you can go.
Passport FeesTravel StipendsStudy AbroadCultural Heritage
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Financial Literacy
Financial Literacy
Wealth is built, not given — and it starts with knowing where to begin. Our Financial Literacy pillar delivers hands-on workshops on money management, credit building, homeownership, and long-term wealth.
Rooted in the principle that ownership changes outcomes — a value this Foundation carries directly from the land.
Money ManagementCredit BuildingHomeownershipInvestment Basics
What We Fund
Initiatives built on access.
Each initiative is designed to remove one specific, documented barrier. Targeted. Measurable. Permanent.
The Fort Kendrick Passport Scholarship
The Fort Kendrick Passport Scholarship removes the first barrier to global exposure. We fund passport fees, travel stipends, and mentorship for first-generation students ready to study, serve, or explore abroad — because a student who can’t afford a passport shouldn’t be stopped at the starting line.
Passport & visa fees
Travel stipends
Pre-departure mentorship
Cultural exchange placement
First-generation students
Status: Flagship initiative — accepting founding supporters now.
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What’s Next
Building toward four pillars, one program at a time.
These initiatives are in active development. If you’re interested in early partnership, reach out.
In Development
Elonte’ D. Porter Fellowship Fund
Supporting Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business MBA students pursuing study abroad as part of their graduate education.
In Development
Healthy Beginnings Initiative
Doula access and prenatal care navigation for Black mothers in Metro Atlanta, in partnership with local maternal health providers.
Planned
Financial Literacy Workshop Series
Hands-on guidance on opening brokerage accounts, Roth IRAs, and high-yield savings — the first steps toward wealth that no one taught in Zone 3.
Governance
Founding Board of Directors.
Fort Kendrick Foundation is governed by a founding board committed to deliberate access and measurable outcomes.
The Board
Our founding directors bring expertise across physical therapy, project management, business operations, public health, and community leadership — united by a shared commitment to closing the gap between potential and opportunity.
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Elonte’ D. Porter
Founder & Director
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Anthony Norman III, DPT
Director
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Vantrease Porter
Director
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Dr. Nekolas Milton
Director
Legal & Governance
Formation & Status
Fort Kendrick Foundation, Inc. is incorporated as a nonprofit corporation in the State of Georgia, Fulton County. Federal 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status application is pending with the Internal Revenue Service.
The Foundation operates under bylaws adopted by the founding board and is committed to the highest standards of nonprofit governance, transparency, and fiscal responsibility.
Governance inquiries: hello@fortkendrickfoundation.com
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We’re building Fort Kendrick Foundation from the ground up. Whether you want to give, partner, or simply stay close — this is where it starts.