Rooted in Love: Adelanto Water Justice Coalition Water-related issues impact the health and livelihood of communities disproportionately. Unidos Por Un Adelanto Mejor, partners of SCJPF’s Community Building Initiative (CBI), are addressing water justice and quality issues in North Adelanto, a city in San Bernardino County in the high desert region of Southern California. The immediate
Building Community Power through Eviction Diversion “Eviction is both a symptom and cause of poverty.” – Orange County Evictions Report As housing costs rise, wages remain stagnant, inflation increases, and rental protections expire, eviction filings are growing. For individuals and families living paycheck to paycheck, one unforeseen expense, such as a medical emergency,
Day of the Worker: CIELO Shines a Light on Informal Entrepreneurs Guest Post - Gabriela Robles, Chief Executive Celebrating and honoring the workers that help our communities flourish, I am highlighting one of our excellent partners, CIELO, an Orange County-based non-profit that connects entrepreneurs with tools, resources, and mentorships to create thriving businesses. What started
A Poetic Reflection on Professional Enrichment in Philanthropy The St. Joseph Community Partnership Fund (Fund), the only grantmaking foundation of Providence, is comprised of a tight-knit team of passionate individuals that invests in and fosters long-term partnerships to ensure communities are lively, hopeful, healthy, and just. Individually, we strive to better ourselves for the benefit
Education Initiative Hosts First In-Person Convening The 13 BIPOC-led community-based organizations (CBOs) that make up the St. Joseph Community Partnership Fund’s (Fund) Education Initiative gathered this month in person for peer learning, deepening of relationships, and sharing of their programs' successes. The CBOs focused on education in the Washington and Montana regions represent the communities
Meet the Challenges of Our Communities on Non-Profit Day Guest post - Jason Lacsamana, Director, Programs and Partnerships Non-profit organizations make a difference by shaping our society and offering hope for a better future - that makes an impact. I'm proud of our work at the Fund, ourselves a non-profit grantmaker. We are dedicated to
Honoring St. Joseph’s Day by Elevating the Voices of Our Community The St. Joseph Community Partnership Fund (SJCPF) addresses the root causes of inequitable systems, focusing on capacity building, education, housing, and disaster relief and resilience. Committed to caring for the “dear neighbor” without distinction, especially the economically poor and vulnerable, we partner with workers in
