The Philippine Jesuit Aid Association, Inc. (PJAA) was registered with the SEC as a non-stock, non-profit corporation on 21st of May 2007 by a group of incorporators who were interested in supporting the Philippine Jesuit Province and its mission. It is a grant-making/fundraising arm of the Philippine Jesuit Province (through Isabela Cultural Corp. or ICC). ICC is responsible for managing and distributing the funds to intended programs and beneficiaries as per their MOU. Its present office is located at 3rd Floor CLC Center, Seminary Road, Ateneo de Manila University Campus, Loyola Heights, Quezon City. The association has six (6) regular staff, one (1) part-time staff, numerous volunteers, and nine (9) members of the Board of Trustees.
Its purposes (V-M-G), among others, are “to develop strong partnership between the Philippine Jesuit Province and the lay communities in supporting the various missions and projects of the Jesuits in the country”, focusing on the following areas: financial support for the formation & education of future Jesuit priests, care of elderly & infirm Jesuits, services to prisoners, the sick, the poor, & indigenous people in particular areas of the country, and other works of the Jesuit Province.
