No Nolanverse:
Em O Cavaleiro das Trevas Ressurge , Bruce Wayne é identificado como o principal patrocinador do Orfanato de Saint Swithin de Gotham. Robin John Blake cresceu por lá. Além de pagar as contas do orfanato, Bruce visitou-o pelo menos uma vez, presumivelmente para mostrar seu apoio pessoal às crianças que moravam lá.
Após a morte (falsa) de Batman no final do filme, ficamos sabendo que Bruce deixou metade da Mansão Wayne reconstruída (Alfred Pennyworth ficou com a outra metade), e grande parte de sua fortuna, para Saint Swithin, e nós provavelmente podemos suponha que as crianças serão criadas na mansão.Blake: But we've met before. It was a long time ago. I was a kid. Uh, St. Swithin's. It used to be funded by the Wayne Foundation. It's an orphanage. My mom died when I was small. It was a car accident, I don't really remember it. But my dad got shot a couple years later over a gambling debt... and I remember that one just fine. Not a lot of people know what it feels like, do they? To be angry... in your bones. I mean, they understand. Foster parents. Everybody understands... for a while. And then they want the angry little kid to do something he knows he can't do. Move on. So after a while, they stop understanding. They send the angry kid to a boys' home. I figured it out too late. You gotta learn to hide the anger. Practice smiling in a mirror. It's like putting on a mask.
So you showed up this one day, in a cool car. Pretty girl on your arm. We were so excited. Bruce Wayne, billionaire orphan. I mean, we used to make up stories about you, man. Legends. And, you know, with the other kids, that's all it was, just stories, but.... Right when I saw you, I knew who you really were. I'd seen that look on your face before. It's the same one I taught myself. I don't know why you took the fall for Dent's murder... ...but I'm still a believer in the Batman... even if you're not.
Bruce Wayne: Why did you say that your boys' home used to be funded by the Wayne Foundation?
Blake: Because the money stopped. Might be time to get some fresh air. Start paying attention to the details.
Nas revistas em quadrinhos:
Nos quadrinhos, ele assumiu a responsabilidade de criar nada menos que 3 órfãos. Esses três eram Dick Grayson (parte de uma família de artistas de circo, seus pais foram mortos durante a apresentação), Jason Todd (que tem duas histórias de origem - na primeira, sua história é idêntica à de Grayson - família de acrobatas de circo, pais mataram a metade da performance; no segundo, ele é um moleque de rua órfão que Batman pegou no ato de roubar as rodas do Batmóvel) e Tim Drake a> (cujos pais foram envenenados - sua mãe foi morta imediatamente; seu pai sobreviveu por um tempo, mas depois foi assassinado pelo capitão Boomerang). Conhecemos esses personagens melhor como Robins 1 a 3.
Ele também é o principal filantropo de Gotham, e entre as muitas instituições de caridade que ele supervisiona através da Fundação Wayne estão vários orfanatos.
Through the Wayne Foundation and the organizations underneath, Wayne not only addresses social problems encouraging crime and assists victims in a way that his Batman persona cannot, but the arrangement also provides a large network of connections in the world of charities. He finds out about the newest trends and newest arts, and at the same time maintains connections to the streets through the soup kitchens and social services groups, which augments his crime fighting efforts.
- WikipediaThe Martha Wayne Foundation is a patron foundation and supporter of arts, families, education and tolerance. The foundation supports and helps to run a number of orphanages and free schools, and provides teachers for those who have learning difficulties. Artists can apply for grants from the foundation to help support them in furthering the arts. The foundation sponsors companies like Family Finders Inc. in Gotham. Family Finders is an organization directed at finding lost people and uniting families. The foundation sponsors and runs dozens of soup kitchens in the city.
- Batman Wikia