Milestones

JNF 2025
Awarded a 5-year approval from the Philippine Council for NGO Certification (PCNC)

The highest level of accreditation granted by the Board Council

Earned a finalist spot at the 2025 LCF Guild Awards

for the Community-Based Emergency Preparedness Training under Outstanding CSR Project in Disaster Resilience

Joy~Nostalg received the Social Empowerment Award at the Asia Responsible Enterprise Awards (AREA) 2025

in Bangkok, Thailand through the initiatives of Joy~Nostalg Foundation

Renewed JNF’s License to Operate from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) valid for 3 years
Renewed its Certificate of Tax Exemption from the Bureau of Internal Revenue, valid for 3 years
Expanded its community-led Basic Family Formation (BFF) program

by empowering 30 trained facilitators to lead sessions directly within neighborhood spaces

Extended the Masayang Pamilya para sa Batang Pilipino (MaPa) Teens Program

to Pasinaya Homes Phase 2, enhancing parent–teen communication and engagement across more families

Piloted the Home Empowerment Made Easy (HOME) program

successfully enabling homeowners to thrive through expanded access to financial literacy, income opportunities, and essential services in collaboration with JCI TechMoms and Cebuana Lhuillier Foundation Inc

Established the Home Empowerment Champions

to honor and mobilize community volunteers who dedicate their time to supporting fellow homeowners' growth

Forged a strategic partnership with DSWD Regional Offices III and IV-A to support the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps)

through comprehensive needs assessments and targeted interventions

Collaborated with the MaPa Organization to develop the MaPa Kids Asynchronous Module

providing a vital supplemental resource for children and parents

Partnered with the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP)

Extension and Management Office to conduct community analyses, ensuring program implementations are data-driven and responsive to priority needs

Established five Clustered Cooperatives in Bulacan and Cavite

with members from 26 community-beneficiaries from Sta. Maria, Bulacan and Naic, Cavite

Established 19 Community Foundations (Civil Society Organizations)

8 in Bulacan and 11 in Cavite

Became an active NGO partner of the Naic Municipal Cooperative Development Council and the Naic Municipal Development Council
Joined the Institutional Development Committee of Sta. Maria's Local Development Council
Convened community leaders in Sta. Maria, Bulacan for a two-batch Leadership Summit
Joined the People Management Association of the Philippines (PMAP)

strengthening its commitment to excellence in people management and HR best practices

Continued the three-day Xavier School–Joy~Nostalg Immersion Program

in Pasinaya Homes Phases 1, 2, and 4, Sta. Maria, Bulacan. Over 300 Grade 11 students and teachers lived with families from these communities

Renewed partnership with Mother of Life Center for the Parish Support Program

at Sta. Candida Maria de Jesus Parish in Naic, Cavite, strengthening parish formation and community engagement

JNF 2024
Established a Partnership with Nephila Web Technology Inc

to improve the functionality of hopeful.ph, turning it into an LMS-ready online learning platform

Completed the Masayang Pamilya Teens Program

that helps parents and teens build stronger relationships through evidence-based, hands-on activities. 60 parent-teen pairs joined, guided by staff and community facilitators

Completed of Emergency and Disaster Preparedness Training-Workshop with FEPAG

90 HOA officers, health workers, and volunteers from five Pasinaya communities in Naic completed a five-day workshop on emergency response, first aid, and life support skills

Completion of Baselining in nine socialized housing communities
Renewed partnership with PCPC for the BRIGHT Scholarship Program

ensuring continued support for scholars

Established a new women empowerment partnership with local government units in Bulacan and Cavite

fostering capacity-building and economic participation opportunities

Renewed partnership with CLCP through the "Ang Kuya" Recollection

based on Fr. Johnny Go, SJ's work, held in two partner parishes in Naic, Cavite and Sta. Maria, Bulacan to strengthen faith formation in the communities

Became an active member and Vice President - External of the DSWD – ABSNET (Area-Based Standards Network) NCR East Cluster

strengthening its commitment to social welfare and development through collaboration with government and civil society organizations

Expanded networks and strengthened collaborative efforts through the League of Corporate Foundations (LCF) and the Association of Foundations (AF)

to advance sustainable development and promote inclusive growth.

Launched the three-day Xavier School–Joy~Nostalg Immersion Program

in Pasinaya Homes Phases 1 and 2, Sta. Maria, Bulacan. About 300 Grade 11 students and teachers joined, split into three batches of three classes each

Conducted the first Project-Based Learning (PBL) Experience

where the same students revisited the communities to apply their lessons and share recommendations for improvement

JNF 2023
Established partnership with United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

through its YouthWorks PH program on providing upskilling and employment opportunities to beneficiaries, particularly young people and out of school youth

Established partnership with the Asian Institute Management (AIM)

on the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning towards identifying enabling and mitigating factors to sustainably maintaining homefulness, so as to develop or improve appropriate interventions to better serve beneficiaries

Established partnership with Positive Youth Development Network (PYDN)

on capacity building for the youth of beneficiary communities, particularly in pursuing community interventions based on the practice of human-centered design

Established partnership with Fire Emergency Paramedic Assistance Group (FEPAG)

towards capacitating community beneficiaries in emergency response

Established partnership with the Parenting for Lifelong Health Philippines (PLHPH)

of the Psychology Department of Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) in scaling up the Masayang Pamilya para sa Batang Pilipino Program (MaPa) for community beneficiaries, particularly children and teenagers

Developed and launched the Basic Family Formation (BFF) program

that cultivates a sense of rootedness (matatag) by equipping families with foundational knowledge to build strong, stable, and resilient households

Partnered with Palm Concepcion Power Corporation (PCPC)

for the Bright Scholarship Program deployed in Concepcion, Iloilo to provide scholarships to well-deserving students who are in need of financial assistance

Established partnership with Christian Life Community in the Philippines (CLCP)

in deploying formation sessions among the youth of beneficiary communities

Expanded partnership with the Institute on Church and Social Issues (ICSI)

in designing and deploying modules promoting Catholic Social Teaching with the youth of the local parish and beneficiary communities

Established Partnership with the Mother of Life Center (MOLC)

towards faith and catechetical formation in the beneficiary communities

Established partnership with the Sta. Candida Maria de Jesus  Parish

and its parish youth organization for the formation of their young members

Enabled coaching sessions for cooperatives

in beneficiary communities through the Most Holy Rosary Cooperative and Go Negosyo for business development and other capacity building related to establishing and sustaining a cooperative

Partnered with Pushpin Visuals

for module redevelopment of the Home Empowerment Learning Program (HELP) as asynchronous content in hopeful.ph

Established baseline data on leaders and organizations

within the beneficiary communities through the Randomized Leadership Assessment (RLA), Participatory Community Assessment (PCA), and Training Needs Assessment (TNA)

Revived immersion activities with Xavier School

after the COVID pandemic, whereby residents of beneficiary communities were host families to the students of Xavier School

Became an official member of the Association of Foundations (AF)
JNF 2022
Officially granted Donee Institution status by the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR)

whereby donations received are entitled to the exemption of donor’s taxesn beneficiary communities through the Most Holy Rosary Cooperative and Go Negosyo for business development and other capacity building related to establishing and sustaining a cooperative

Renewal of DSWD License to Operate

as an Auxiliary Social Welfare Development Agency

Secured the second round of PCNC accreditation
Granted the Tax Exemption status by BIR
Partnered with our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Imus, Cavite

to provide scholarship grants to 17 scholars of the parish

Organized MiniMuni

as a social media campaign focused on nation-building, encouraging Filipinos to reflect on the current situation of the country, and taking active steps to be part of the solution, by voting in the elections and participating in community efforts

Partnered with Philippine Business for Education, Inc. (PBed), Simbahang Lingkod ng Bayan (SLB), and John J. Caroll Institute on Church and Social Issues (ICSI)

on the creation of online and community-based content for nation-building efforts

Launched hopeful.ph

as an asynchronous learning platform for Filipinos; developed the Homeful Tool, which is an online tool to help users compute their net disposable income as a means to enhance their financial literacy

Deployed family and community formation modules

to beneficiary communities, particularly the Parent Effectiveness Seminars, in partnership with MSWDO-Naic

Granted the Donee Status by BIR
JNF 2021
Certified by the Philippine Council of NGO Certification (PCNC) as a legitimate non-profit development organization in the Philippines

This accreditation provides a seal of of legitimacy and good NGO housekeeping that is recognized by the government, the NGO sector, and local and international donor community, whereby standards of good governance, financial

Attained renewal of DSWD Certificate of Registration and License to Operate
Pasinaya scholars benefiting from TESDA's Training for Work Scholarship Program

in collaboration with Joy~Nostalg Foundation, finished their training on Masonry (NC II), and were all hired by various construction contractors in Cavite

Formal Partnership with MSWDO-Naic

through a Memorandum of Agreement on the sharing of training materials and the facilitation of workshops with beneficiary communities and  parent leaders

Full transition of Home Empowerment Learning Program (HELP) seminar to online facilitation

through synchronous modalities

JNF 2020
Transitioned from activity-based outputs to Results Based Management

whereby Joy~Nostalg Foundation began employing UN standards for development work, including the crafting of its Results Framework to measure impact to the families and communities it is serving

Established a partnership with TESDA to provide training

for Pasinaya residents who lost their jobs due to the COVID pandemic, collaborating with Saint Peregrine Institute in Cavite to offer Masonry NCII through TESDA's Training for Work Scholarship Program

JNF 2019
Expanded its reach to offer financial literacy seminars and community-based programs

to more beneficiaries in other Pasinaya Homes sites, as well as in Pagsibol Homes

9,014 community members actively participated in the Home Empowerment Learning Program (HELP)

for financial literacy and competence building

Established a model framework

of enabling communities by advocating a community cooperative and a community foundation, both of which to complement a community’s homeowners’ association, whereby improving means for institutional sustainability

JNF 2018
Secured its Certificate of Registration, License to Operate, and Accreditation from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD)
Partnered with Xavier School

on immersion activities for its students with residents of beneficiary communities 

Became an official member of the League of Corporate Foundations (LCF)
JNF 2017
Participated in the Grand Welcoming Ceremony for the first 100 socialized housing residents of Pasinaya Homes Central in Naic, Cavite
JNF 2016
Facilitated the first Home Empowerment Learning Program (HELP) seminar

to capacitate marginalized families with basic financial literacy 

Joy~Nostalg Foundation was officially registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission