• Foundation grant helps Community Harvest save more fresh produce
• Prenatal & Infant Care Network Luncheon recap - Maternal Medical Leave in Indiana
• New report shows crucial role immigrants play in a growing Allen County
• Staff complete training to help make the Foundation’s work more effective

Community Harvest Food Bank is now able to wash and freeze almost double the amount of fresh produce thanks in part to a grant from the St. Joseph Community Health Foundation. The food bank recently purchased two large vacuum sealers and one industrial-sized salad spinner to greatly increase the output and efficiency of the agency’s blanch and freeze process. The vacuum sealers and salad spinner have been put to work during the...



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On September 14, 2023, the St. Joe Foundation hosted a Prenatal & Infant Care Network luncheon on maternal medical leave in Indiana from legal and medical perspectives. Registered nurse at Parkview Health and Allen County Fetal and Infant Mortality Review (FIMR) coordinator Britte Nihart, OB/GYN, St. Joe Foundation board member Dr. Lora Overton, and Barrett McNagny labor and employment attorneys Carta H. Robison and Rachel K. Steinhofer all shared their eye-opening insights to the approximately 50 Allen County service providers in attendance...

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A recent report called New Americans in Allen County highlights the crucial role immigrants play in the region’s labor force, business creation, and consumer spending power. 

The report was issued by the American Immigration Council, in partnership with Amani Family Services, Downtown Fort Wayne, and Greater Fort Wayne Inc. and is part of the Gateways for Growth Challenge, which focuses on improving immigrant inclusion in participating communities. The St. Joe Foundation contributed $5,000 to support the Gateways for Growth initiative. 

Between 2014 and 2019, the population of Allen County increased by 3.3 percent while the immigrant population grew by...



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In an effort to more clearly understand the values that drive the work of the St. Joseph Community Health Foundation, staff members Meg Distler, Mark Burkholder, and Mary Tyndall recently earned their Catholic Social Tradition and Philanthropy Certificate. The nine-week course was offered by the Center for Social Concerns at the University of Notre Dame, and Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities (FADICA). For their course capstone project, Distler, Burkholder and Tyndall created several web pages that highlight the seven principles of Catholic Social Tradition and how they relate to the work of the St. Joe Foundation and the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ, the sponsor of the Foundation...

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