Social Justice Fund for Ventura County | "Creating Change, Not Charity"

SJF promotes fairness, equality and human rights. We strengthen social justice by creating change, not charity.
We invest in community organizing – the process of bringing people together and helping them develop their voices, realize their power and collectively act to create real change in their lives and communities.
A neighborhood council of parents worked hard to get streetlights in their community to make it safer for their children.

The Social Justice Fund for Ventura County (SJF) is a social change grant-making and educational organization created and guided by Ventura County donors. SJF has been established to advance equality and opportunity for all.

SJF has made 8 grants which can be viewed here.

With these grants, SJF has awarded a quarter of a million dollars in grants to progressive community organizing efforts in Ventura County since 2007.

"A Tale of Two Counties: Bridging the Widening Gaps in VC": an educational forum for policy-makers & community leaders, January 27, 2012

More details are here.

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We're working on the exciting collaborative event in January (see box at left), our May event and preparing for the next grantmaking cycle (dates are up on the calendar.)