The Stryker Johnston Foundation (SJF) is a private family foundation based in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It was founded in 1995 by Ronda Stryker and Bill Johnston. We partner with organizations and groups that work to strengthen and build thriving, equitable communities.

We invest in and partner with organizations and groups working to end intergenerational poverty in Kalamazoo County, Michigan. We follow a trust-based philanthropy model. This model is driven by values. It is centered on relationships. It is aware of how power works. It prioritizes equity, trust, and ongoing partnership.

We are working with our partners to end the cycle of poverty in Kalamazoo County. We are using our power as a foundation to support, champion, and raise up the work of people who are making real change in our community.

Our Vision

We want to help make a more just, equitable, and caring world where everyone can live a healthy and fulfilling life.

Our mission

We partner with organizations and groups to change the systems and structures that create intergenerational poverty, particularly among Black people, people of color, and other communities that have been left out or left behind.

Our Commitment to Anti-Racism and Anti-Oppression

At the Stryker Johnston Foundation - we’re all in. We listen to and work with our partners to best serve our community. We do this by making sure trust, equity, inclusion, and belonging are at the center of our collective efforts.

We are deeply committed to growing as an anti-racist foundation. We are reflecting on our past and how we have contributed to and upheld systems and structures we now work to change.

We believe we can best achieve our mission by raising up and supporting work that is led by and serves Black people, people of color, and other communities that have been left out or left behind in the past.