focus areas
At JBRF, we have identified three key areas of philanthropic investment that keep us true to our foundation’s purpose:
Cancer Navigation
JBRF aims to reduce cancer mortality for Black women living East of the Anacostia River by advocating for a health care delivery system that provides racially just services.
Workforce Development
JBRF’s objective is to create equitable pathways to enriching, health-related careers that support upward mobility, meet the aspirations of Black women, create economic stability, and ensure family-sustaining wages.
Community Partnerships
JBRF works with community-based organizations and community members to identify both their most pressing needs and an authentic path for growth and improvement.
Our Human-Centered,
Place-Based Approach
Place-Based Approach
Communities already possess the wisdom, ability, lived experience, and desire to enact change. What they seek is sustainable support and true agency to transform their circumstances. Our philanthropic approach shifts power and resources so that communities can lead their own development, rather than rely on outside directives.
What Guides Us
Driven by a human-centered approach to philanthropy, our work is guided by the following principles:
Improve Health
Outcomes
Outcomes
Centering the needs of East of the River residents and stakeholders in
all decisions.
all decisions.
Collaboration Over Competition
Encouraging cross-sector partnerships among nonprofits, government, corporations, and philanthropy.
Long-term Investment
Prioritizing root causes and long-term solutions over short-term fixes.
Data and Research
Transforming data systems to understand and address inequities.
Our Philanthropic Portfolios
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