Anson Stokes’s sisters, Caroline and Olivia, supported the furtherance of deprived groups by giving money to universities and colleges.
 They also funded orphanages, libraries and affordable housing schemes, often with design help from their architect nephew, Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes.
 Their work extended to other countries such as Liberia and the Near East.

On April 26, 1909 Caroline died at Redlands, California.
 Anson Stokes and Olivia were executors of the will that required a fund to be set up and used for the erection or improvement of dwellings in New York City for the poor families, for educational of negroes, Native Americans and needy deserving white students, through industrial schools, the foundation of scholarships and the erection or endowment of school buildings or chapels.
 The Phelps Stokes Fund was to be managed by eleven trustees.
Initially Anson Stokes was reluctant to become involved (he was 71 in 1909), and had told his sister this before she died.
 However, because of the charitable nature of the bequests he agreed to assist with setting up the trust fund.
Anson Stokes’s sisters, Caroline and Olivia, supported the furtherance of deprived groups by giving money to universities and colleges.  They also funded orphanages, libraries and affordable housing schemes, often with design help from their architect nephew, Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes.  Their work extended to other countries such as Liberia and the Near East.
On April 26, 1909 Caroline died at Redlands, California.  Anson Stokes and Olivia were executors of the will that required a fund to be set up and used for the erection or improvement of dwellings in New York City for the poor families, for educational of negroes, Native Americans and needy deserving white students, through industrial schools, the foundation of scholarships and the erection or endowment of school buildings or chapels.  The Phelps Stokes Fund was to be managed by eleven trustees. Initially Anson Stokes was reluctant to become involved (he was 71 in 1909), and had told his sister this before she died.  However, because of the charitable nature of the bequests he agreed to assist with setting up the trust fund.
Anson Phelps Stokes