Alfred Foundation

A philanthropic foun­dation established by Bruce Wayne in June 1964, in honor of his butler Alfred, after Alfred has apparently been killed during an encounter with the notorious Tri-State Gang. Wayne describes the foundation ­which is also referred to as the Alfred Memorial Foundation - as "a charitable organization that will contribute to the betterment of all mankind!". In October 1966 Alfred - who has never really been dead at all - is reunited with the Wayne household, and the name of the foundation is changed from the Alfred Foundation to the Wayne Foundation.

In December 1969, after Dick Grayson has set out for his first year of classes at Hudson University, Bruce Wayne abandons his palatial suburban mansion for a more unencumbered life in the city, establishing a new headquarters for himself in the executive offices atop the Wayne Foundation skyscraper, which he has had converted into a spacious penthouse suite. From this time onward, Wayne supervises the philanthropic ac­tivities of the Wayne Foundation by day and fights crime as Batman by night.