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
JNF 2024
Established a Partnership with Nephila Web Technology Inc.

This is to improve the functionality of HOPEFUL.PH, turning it into an LMS-ready online learning platform.

Completion of the Masayang Pamilya for Teens Program

The 9 sessions of the MaPa for Teens program have been successfully completed in Pasinaya Homes Phase 1 and Phase 4, Bulacan. This program is a collaboration with Parenting for Lifelong Health (PLH) and Ateneo de Manila University. It empowers parents and family members to strengthen positive relationships with their children through evidence-based, collaborative, and creative approaches. The program was attended by 60 pairs of parents and teens and facilitated by staff and community facilitators.

Completion of Emergency and Disaster Preparedness and Training-Workshop with FEPAG

Around 90 beneficiaries composed of HOA officers, health workers, and volunteers from 5 Pasinaya communities in Naic, completed a 5-day training workshop on family emergency plan and hazard mapping, fire and earthquake readiness and prevention, first aid, cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and basic life support (BLS).

Completion of Baselining in nine socialized housing communities.
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

The Basic Family Formation Program was driven by the aspiration to cultivate a profound sense of rootedness, or "matatag," within the families in the community. Recognizing that a strong sense of belonging and stability is crucial for a thriving community, the program aimed to reach out to families and help them acquire knowledge in basic family formation. This knowledge would create a solid foundation for their households and foster a sense of rootedness.

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

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
Granted the Donee Status by BIR
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 Technical Education and Skills Development Authority

COVID pandemicto Pasinaya residents through TESDA’s Training for Work Scholarship Program

In partnership with TESDA, collaborated with Saint Peregrine Institute in Cavite to provide Masonry NCII

to Pasinaya residents 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