(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
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
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
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
Picture of the interior of the KeyArena during the Seattle Supersonics’ last home game in 2008 against the Dallas Mavericks@aepennypacker Cropped by User: Noble Story Joy, Belonging, and Basketball Guest Post: Amy, Program Officer At the St. Joseph Fund, we often talk about healing as something that happens through relationship and the people,
Valiant Women Statue, a tribute to the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange Stepping into 2026, Guided by Legacy Guest Post - Gabriela Robles, Chief Executive As we step into 2026, I’ve been sitting with the tension between hope and reality. Last year was not an easy one to feel hopeful about, and
SJF Executive Team and Board Members Forty Years of Charism In 1986, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange established the St. Joseph Fund (SJF) to embody their charism and Christ’s healing ministry. After decades of service through hospitals, schools, and parishes, the Sisters realized that many urgent community needs couldn’t be met
My mom, siblings, and me What My Neighborhood Taught Me About Community Guest Post - Gabriela Robles, Chief Executive My neighborhood in El Monte, California, was a place full of laughter, music, and movement. Kids ran freely, families gathered regularly, everyone knew each other, and we all kept up with who had gone
Building What Can’t Be Seen Healing is the Core of Community Power Guest Post - Jason Lacsamana, Director, Programs and Partnerships “Invisible infrastructure” refers to the structures that are often unseen but are crucial to how communities thrive and can ultimately fall apart. It’s easy to fund buildings, websites, strategic plans, and program expansion. However,
