Filipino-American Development Foundation

12/24/2024

Grateful to the abundance of skill & community wherewithal to celebrate this feat!
Thank you Community Arts Stabilization Trust 🙏🏽
Let’s continue doing the good work of community thriving!

11/29/2023

08/15/2023

AAJIL is amazing! I’d be honored to chat with anyone in my networks who may be interested in the Formations program ✊🏽

07/25/2023

It is with deep sadness that FADF announces the passing of Joyce Juan-Manalo, a member of our FADF staff and family. Joyce endured an eight-month battle with cancer and transitioned peacefully on July 17, 2023 at the side of her loving husband Allan Samson Manalo along with her brother Boni Juan and his wife Elnora Ebillo.

Joyce was instrumental in shaping SOMA Pilipinas Filipino Cultural Heritage District’s arts ecosystem. Since the late 1990s, Joyce worked with the community from leading Teatro ng Tanan and Kearny Street Workshop to helming Bindlestiff Studio with Allan, supporting countless shows and artists, to co-creating KSW’s Celebrate Your Body fashion show to her favorite project of all, producing the Tagalog festival of plays from 2019-2022 at Bindlestiff Studio. Her heart's work and her spirit will have a lasting impact on the San Francisco Filipino American community she loved.

Joyce also worked with FADF for the last seven years, from designing and coordinating the Parol Lantern Festival and Bayanihan Community Center events, to being an integral part of FADF’s executive director search. Her relationships within SOMA and the San Francisco Bay Area Filipino American community was paramount to her work at FADF, especially with the following organizations: Filipino Education Center Galing Bata, Filipino Mental Health Initiative - San Francisco, SOMA Pilipinas Filipino Cultural Heritage District, Filipino Community Center, South of Market Action Network, Pin@y Educational Partnerships, Bayanihan Equity Center, Pinayista, and the Pinays Rising Scholarship.
To say she will be missed is an understatement. We relied on Joyce’s community building experience, artistic vision and guidance for so many things. SOMA Pilipinas will never be the same without seeing Joyce at the Bayanihan Community Center and at Bindlestiff Studio.
We love you, Joyce. We will always remember how you gracefully reimagined and influenced SOMA Pilipinas arts and culture. We hope to shine a bright light on your legacy.

Filipino-American Development Foundation
SOMA Pilipinas Filipino Cultural Heritage District

To learn more about Joyce, please visit and share Joyce's website, which includes information about her memorial as well as her GoFundMe page. If you're not able to donate, please share the link in her memory.

In memory of Joyce Manalo Juan March 19, 1965 — July 17, 2023 Donate to Joyce’s Memorial GoFundMe Joyce wanted to make polvoron. She had never made the Filipino treat before but she had this little burst of energy the day after receiving her third chemotherapy treatment and wanted to do somethin...

01/01/2023

Bayanihan Community Center ​ 1010 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 415.348.8042 • 415.974.0349

12/31/2022

Happy New Year!
In the afterglow of SF Parol Lantern Fest, please consider donating to FADF 😍

In this spirit of giving, we would be honored to count on your support before the end of the year through the following ways:

Please consider making a donation to FADF and SOMA Pilipinas to grow the impact of the programs and organizations serving the Filipino communities in the South of Market and beyond. No gift is too small and will make a huge difference in the lives of the Filipino community. Click to donate here: https://www.bayanihancc.org/donate.html

Support and advocate. We are excited to continue our partnerships with the nonprofit, government, and corporate sectors, and deepen our engagement with you in the new year. To explore partnership opportunities, please contact Bryan Pangilinan, Director of Fund Development, at [email protected] or 415.244.4888.

Volunteer and spread the word. From strengthening the youth family zone to establishing the SOMA Pilipinas Gateway and performing arts space, our ecosystem of cultural organizations and programs have a variety of year-round volunteer opportunities for you, your employees, and affinity groups. Please contact Raquel Redondiez, SOMA Pilipinas Director at [email protected] or 415.244.9734 for more information and to learn how to get involved.

Bayanihan Community Center ​ 1010 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 415.348.8042 • 415.974.0349

12/30/2022

Happy New Year, friends!
In the beautiful afterglow of SF Parol Lantern Fest, 🤩 please consider donating to FADF. There are wonderful happenings in Filipino American community.

In this spirit of giving, we would be honored to count on your support before the end of the year through the following ways:

Please consider making a donation to FADF and SOMA Pilipinas to grow the impact of the programs and organizations serving the Filipino communities in the South of Market and beyond. No gift is too small and will make a huge difference in the lives of the Filipino community. Click to donate here: https://www.bayanihancc.org/donate.html

Support and advocate. We are excited to continue our partnerships with the nonprofit, government, and corporate sectors, and deepen our engagement with you in the new year. To explore partnership opportunities, please contact Bryan Pangilinan, Director of Fund Development, at [email protected] or 415.244.4888.

Volunteer and spread the word. From strengthening the youth family zone to establishing the SOMA Pilipinas Gateway and performing arts space, our ecosystem of cultural organizations and programs have a variety of year-round volunteer opportunities for you, your employees, and affinity groups. Please contact Raquel Redondiez, SOMA Pilipinas Director at [email protected] or 415.244.9734 for more information and to learn how to get involved.

Bayanihan Community Center ​ 1010 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 415.348.8042 • 415.974.0349

12/29/2021

Happy Holidays!

We are elated to welcome
Gayle Romasanta as FADF's new Executive Director!
Visit the FADF website for our joyous announcement. Closing 2021 with a year-end donation to FADF in Gayle's name would be a fine way to welcome her and to celebrate bayanihan.

Cheers and eternal gratitude for the people and organizations that keep SOMA going strong.

Your donation supports the collective efforts of the Bayanihan Community Center Network of Service Providers in responding to the urgent basic needs of the most vulnerable sectors of the Filipino...

01/15/2021

Help us spread the word. FREE Covid testing in the SoMa!