Purpose and Mission The Dr. Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Foundation was established in 1999 with a $40 million gift following Dr. Atkins’ death in 2003. The Foundation funds independent scientific research examining the role of metabolism and nutrition in obesity, diabetes, cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer’s Disease and other serious health concerns confronting our society today. One of the few grant-making organizations dedicated to research in this arena, it also supports educational programs and endowed professorships at major universities. The Atkins Foundation, which is not affiliated with and operates independently of Atkins Nutritionals, Inc., is governed by a board of directors led by Veronica Atkins-Mersentes under the stewardship of National Philanthropic Trust, an independent public charity that manages more than $650 million in charitable assets and has disbursed more than $1 billion in grants to charities around the globe. The mission of the Dr. Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Foundation is to positively impact and elevate the role of nutrition in health and lifestyle through a proactive grant-making strategy that seeks to invest in the science of nutrition and the formulation of nutrition policy. Recognizing that we cannot do this by ourselves, the Foundation will achieve its goals by finding partners in the public, private and nonprofit sectors who will join us in collectively rethinking the role of nutrition in disease prevention and health management. The Dr. Robert C. and Veronica Atkins Foundation c/o NPT, 165 Township Line Road, Suite 150, Jenkintown, PA 19046-3593