FOCUS AREAS

The Jernigan Foundation invests in solutions that empower the vulnerable, at-risk, and defenseless toward a flourishing future.

 

We do that in places we love, live and work, including:

~Washington state;
~Hawaii’s Big Island; and
~Internationally in South Africa, India, and Uganda.

 

We will occasionally consider requests from organizations in other international countries,
if their mission and work fits with our mission.

 

Some of our current grantees are:

iTHEMBA
iThemba Trust

iThemba School in South Africa

Land for the school to have a permanent home

Hands on Houses

Caring for widows and orphans in their distress (James 1:27)

by building them houses in India, Nepal, and Zambia.

African Hospitality Institute - Uganda

Providing young people training that leads to a living wage job

and career in the hospitality industry

Bridge Receiving Center

A healing place for children in foster care.

Strategic Alliance to Fight Exploitation

Fighting sexual exploitation and trafficking

in Washington state

Heart for Lebanon

Providing holistic care for refugees

and under-resourced families and children in Lebanon

ATK International - Uganda

Education for children in Uganda in isolated rural villages

where educational opportunities are very poor

She is Safe

Transformation groups in India that prevent

young women from being trafficked