OUR MISSION is to develop underserved students’ potential by teaching them resilience and integrity through the transformative power of education and the arts.  By partnering with local and national foundations, the Stan Deen Foundation seeks to improve the quality of life for beneficiaries by investing in their education and artistic abilities in order to build stronger, better informed, and more engaged individuals.

Of all the relationships Stan formed throughout his lifetime, few were as special as the one with his surrogate son – Nate, who officially changed his name to Nathaniel Deen in March 2018.

Stan Deen helped Nathaniel see that life isn’t about all that you receive, but more about all that you give to others. Stan would often say this quote from HELLO DOLLY… “Money is like manure, it’s no good unless you spread it around encouraging young things to grow.” Nathaniel Deen has established THE STAN DEEN FOUNDATION to not only honor Stan, but to work with and rehabilitate children and teens who have endured tragedy or slipped through the cracks of public education just as he did. Nathaniel is living proof that “all the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.”