(Ms. Rachel Davis, Prevention Institute; Mr. Jaime Muñoz; Dr. Amy Stiffarm, Berry Medicine) Honoring the Heart of our Legacy For 40 years, the St. Joseph Fund (SJF) has collaborated with values-driven partners to build healing-centered capacity that advances community power building, equity, and systems change. As we celebrated four decades of community partnerships,
Rooted in Love: Forty Years, One Room In late August, more than 50 grantee partners, board members, consultant partners, and staff gathered online to mark the St. Joseph Fund's (SJF) 40th anniversary. Partners joined from Alaska, California, Montana, Oregon, and Washington for a half-day of celebration, reflection, and collective visioning. Justice Funders (JF), facilitated the
Photo from one of our earliest initiatives, the Community Building Initiative, in Northern California We Can Cure Bodies Guest Post - Gabriela Robles, Chief Executive In a recent podcast episode, Sister Marian Schubert, CSJ, Assistant General Superior, Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange, said something so intrinsic to our work that I haven’t
We Are Not Creating Dependency. We Are Building Independence. Why philanthropy's favorite objection is the wrong question. Guest Post - Jason Lacsamana, Director, Programs and Partnerships I have heard the objection in almost every funder room I have sat in. Sometimes a peer says it plainly. More often it’s a question about sustainability, an exit
Forty Years, One Thread Rooted in Love — what four decades of partnership taught the St. Joseph Fund. In 1986, the newly formed St. Joseph Health System Foundation made its first grant. It didn't go to a hospital or a clinic. It went to Mexico City, where an earthquake had leveled neighborhoods and where recovery
Providence Academy, originally known as the House of Providence, is a former orphanage, school, and regional headquarters for the Sisters of Providence. Joy and Dignity in Catholic Philanthropy Guest Post - Gabriela Robles, Chief Executive In 1843, when Bishop Bourget founded and supported the Sisters of Providence, he offered this blessing to Blessed
Celebrating Our Inaugural Birth Justice Film Festival A segment of our work at St. Joseph Fund (SJF) is to build power alongside grassroots organizations doing the hardest, most healing work in our communities. These efforts were celebrated at our inaugural Black and Indigenous Birth Justice Collaborative Film Festival earlier this year. At the start of
What Happens After the World Cup? Guest Post: Jason Lacsamana, Director, Programs and Partnerships Conversations about the World Cup have taken over the news, social media, camp drop-offs, and lunchrooms. I’ve noticed that even people who didn’t care much about the tournament the last time the world came together to play now do. Maybe it’s
How Sports Build Community Power & Connection Guest Post - Jason Lacsamana, Director, Programs and Partnerships In organizing work, we often talk about struggle, strategy, power, and justice. All those matter, but our team and partners have been talking a lot lately about another essential ingredient. Joy. Joy is not separate from organizing. Joy is
Lessons from the Pool Deck What water polo is teaching my daughter about sisterhood, access, and community power. Guest Post - Gabriela Robles, Chief Executive This spring sports season, I’ve been watching my daughter, Giuliana, grow in a way that reminds me of why access matters so much for young people, especially young girls. She
