The Kennedy Austin Foundation (909) 620-0912 Office (800) 660-4927 Fax
We are a family-crisis intervention community. Our mission is to empower, equip and educate families in crisis.
Ethel Gardner & daughter Linda Jones-Edwrads
Who Are We
- The Kennedy Austin Foundation is a nonprofit Wellness and Crisis Intervention Center. Since 1993, we have been serving people of diverse backgrounds, ages, faiths, and cultures within the tri-city area of Pomona, Claremont, and La Verne, through our wellness and crisis intervention programs.
Our Goal
The Kennedy Austin Foundation implements a Grief & Loss program to provide hope and restoration to families who have lost a child.
About the Founder
From Pain to Purpose
Ethel Gardner's inspiration arose from the loss of her only son, Damon Jermaine Jones, who was 17 years old at the time of his fatal car accident in May 1992.
The Kennedy Austin Foundation started with a support group called "A Mother’s Cry” in 1993. In 1995 the name was changed to The Kennedy Austin Developmental Center, a nonprofit, and in 1998, the center was reorganized as The Kennedy Austin Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
The foundation’s name was conceived by the birth of Ethel's first granddaughter, Kennedy Austin, whom she thought she would never see, and who brought life and healing to Ethel's broken heart.
The foundation serves the tri-city area of Pomona, Claremont, and La Verne, California with wellness and crisis-intervention programs designed to educate, equip, and empower families in overcoming the effects of major loss.
We serve people of myriad circumstances, ages, faiths, and cultures. Our services include Survivors of Domestic Violence (which qualifies for court-mandated participants), Creating Space for youth 5-18 years old, the Write the Wrongs writer's workshop, Anger Management for dealing with triggers, Mental Health, the Million Mother’s Rally, and annual holiday giveaways.
The Write the Wrong Writer’s Workshop began in August of 2016, in collaboration with TriCity Mental Health Services of Pomona. The workshop was developed to help individuals seek emotional healing and growth through journaling.
Help Our Cause
Donate Today
Help support The Kennedy Austin Foundation community outreach efforts
Your donations will help the Kennedy Austin Foundation, a 501c(3) nonprofit, continue to serve as “first responders” to those in crisis by providing food, clothing, shelter, and even end-of-life planning resource services.
