instruments in schools, and a site that says so.
the Kool Kids Foundation buys instruments for children in underfunded school districts. Robert "Kool" Bell and his late wife Sakinah Bell started it, and it is a 501(c)(3) out of Montclair, New Jersey. the site states the work, the money and the people behind it on four pages a donor can read in a minute.
- what it is
- a 501(c)(3) music foundation
- based in
- Montclair, New Jersey
- fundraisers since
- 2020
- built by
- Studio Raine
who the Kool Kids Foundation is.
the Kool Kids Foundation gives children with a passion for music access to the proper instruments, in school districts that cannot buy them. it is a 501(c)(3) at 50 Church St. in Montclair, New Jersey, and it runs on one line: "It's Kool To Keep Music Alive in Schools."
notable work
- founded by Robert "Kool" Bell and his late wife, Sakinah Bell, for children attending underfunded school districtskoolkidsfoundation.studioraine.art
- a 501(c)(3) organization, EIN 27-1366279, based in Montclair, New Jerseykoolkidsfoundation.studioraine.art/contact
- it started with Robert's own: the Boys & Girls Club of Jersey City gave his band, Kool & the Gang, its instruments and somewhere to playkoolkidsfoundation.studioraine.art
- that band entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2024, as Rolling Stone reported on the foundation's own news wallkoolkidsfoundation.studioraine.art
- TAPinto Montclair, August 2023: "iconic musician donates $25K to Montclair music program"koolkidsfoundation.studioraine.art
- News 12 New Jersey, August 2023: the co-founder donating thousands to New Jersey schools for music educationkoolkidsfoundation.studioraine.art
- Music Connection, July 2023: grants presented to New Jersey kids education organizationskoolkidsfoundation.studioraine.art
- eight fundraisers held since 2020, seven annual golf outings and the 2024 Kool Soiree NYCkoolkidsfoundation.studioraine.art/events
- a board of six: Robert "Kool" Bell as founder and chairman, Hakim Bell as president, Muhammad Bell as vice presidentkoolkidsfoundation.studioraine.art/board
- the rest of the board is Ty Muse of Visions Federal Credit Union, Marc Goldberg of Paradocs and Sonya Holubowski of Tyndale USAkoolkidsfoundation.studioraine.art/board
- eight partners behind it, among them the New York Giants, RWJBarnabas Health and Tito's Handmade Vodkakoolkidsfoundation.studioraine.art
the problem
a foundation is asked for money by strangers, so the site has one job: show that the work is real before anyone is asked to give. the proof existed, eight years of fundraisers, a named board, instruments in actual school bands, and it was spread across a page that did not put any of it in front of a donor quickly.
what got built
four pages in the foundation's own words and photographs: the mission and what the money buys, every fundraiser since 2020 with its own gallery, the board of directors with each person's role, and a way to reach them. the donate button is there on every page, and the news a donor would look up is on the home page with a link out to each outlet.
how ai tools read it
every page answers one question in its first line, says what the organisation is in plain text, and carries its description and structured data as a nonprofit with its address, its email and its profiles. the sitemap lists all four pages.
the build, measured.
read off the live site on 20 october 2026.
- pages in its sitemap
- 4
- fundraisers, a gallery each
- 8, back to 2020
- photographs on the events page
- 122
- press stories, each linked to its source
- 4
what this build used
a full site build on the foundation's own host.
one of our builds in web development for the music industry.
questions this build answers.
what is the Kool Kids Foundation?
a 501(c)(3) organization in Montclair, New Jersey that gives children with a passion for music access to the proper instruments in underfunded school districts. Robert "Kool" Bell and his late wife, Sakinah Bell, founded it, and its line is "It's Kool To Keep Music Alive in Schools."
who runs the Kool Kids Foundation?
a board of six. Robert "Kool" Bell is founder and chairman, Hakim Bell is president and Muhammad Bell is vice president, with Ty Muse of Visions Federal Credit Union, Marc Goldberg of Paradocs and Sonya Holubowski of Tyndale USA.
who built the Kool Kids Foundation website?
Studio Raine, a design and software studio in New York City. four pages, eight fundraiser galleries holding 122 photographs, a board page and four press stories each linked to the outlet that published it, with a description and structured data on every page.