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AMERICAN JESUITS INTERNATIONAL
ANNUAL REPORT
FISCAL YEAR 2025
(JULY 2024-JUNE 2025)
DEAR PARTNERS, SUPPORTERS, AND FRIENDS,
As I look back on the past year, one image keeps returning to me. It is an image of Johana, a student at a Fe y Alegría school in the Bañado Norte community of Paraguay—a flood-prone neighborhood where access to school is shaped by unpaved roads and unreliable infrastructure. For Johana and her classmates, school is more than a place to learn; it is a source of hope and possibility.
The multi-faceted role school plays in Johana’s life has stayed with me. It is not only a place where she can nurture her dream of becoming a teacher, but a space where her entire community can grow and flourish. Her story reminds me how pivotal support for Jesuit education and development initiatives truly is.
Across Latin America, Africa, and Asia, American Jesuits International had the privilege this year to accompany Jesuit organizations, including Fe y Alegría, serving more than 45,000 individuals like Johana as they work to build a more just world.
In our first year as American Jesuits International, much of how we accompanied Johana and thousands of others was shaped by both growth and uncertainty. We launched under our new name, deepened board engagement and partnerships across the Jesuit network, and welcomed new colleagues. At the same time, a sudden suspension of U.S. foreign aid forced programs to pivot overnight, leaving families and communities asking how they would continue. In these moments of fragility, I was reminded of Jesus’ invitation: “Give, and gifts will be given to you … For the measure with which you measure will in return be measured out to you.” (Luke 6:38).
When institutional support wavered, you responded with generosity that sustained possibility. In this first year, we mobilized more than $3.4 million to support Jesuit education, livelihoods, and humanitarian initiatives across three continents—the highest level of support in our history and a foundation for years of mission ahead. What moves me most is not the number, but the spirit behind it. In a year when global solidarity was tested, our community chose presence over distance and accompaniment over indifference.
As you read this report, I hope you see not only impact, but relationship. Not only resilience, but shared commitment. Together, we are proving that solidarity is rooted in faith, trust, and deep respect for human dignity.
Thank you for your trust, your commitment, and your compassion. We carry this mission forward together.
With gratitude,
Nate Radomski
Executive Director
American Jesuits International
OUR IMPACT
GLOBAL SOLIDARITY, LOCAL ACTION
We collaborate with local Jesuit organizations by providing financial support and project resources to help them expand their capacity to address the challenges their communities are facing. With support from generous individuals and organizations in the United States, we are responding to the Jesuits’ call “to go anywhere across the geographical and cultural frontiers where there is need of working with Christ.”
Impact
Despite unprecedented shifts in foreign aid, Jesuit programs remain committed to accompanying individuals and communities on the margins. Students with physical disabilities and special learning needs are welcomed into inclusive classrooms in Guatemala. In Haiti, goat rearing programs are providing economic stability and helping to keep students in school. A Jesuit health clinic in Burundi is advancing HPV testing to identify and treat cervical cancer while also expanding their awareness and outreach efforts.
Across Latin America, Africa, and Asia, the Jesuits respond to the needs of their communities and promote projects and initiatives that build a brighter future. We are honored to be part of this expansive response to the needs of God’s people. The projects we support are having a direct impact on the lives of people living on the margins. From classrooms to social centers and health clinics to community gardens, these programs are affirming human dignity and providing the resources our brothers and sisters need to transform their lives and their environments.
Hearing their stories and being part of these responses also has a real impact on our lives. Join us and let the great work of the Society of Jesus have an impact on your life as well.
Impact
Our Mission
We build just and equitable societies by mobilizing support for Jesuit education and development initiatives that serve marginalized communities in Latin America, Africa, and Asia.
Our Vision
Inspired by Ignatian values, we envision a world in which the dignity of each person is respected, human rights are protected, creation is cared for, and all people thrive.
Mission & Vision
Our Strategic Partners
We envision our work with our partners as a relationship based on our shared values that fosters solidarity, mutual understanding, and hope for a brighter future. Fe y Alegría International and the Comparte Network are both prime examples of this type of bridge building.
Through mutual trust and understanding, in alignment with our mission and vision, and with the support of the two Jesuit Conferences in the Americas, these organizations have been affirmed as our strategic partnerships. Together we are leveraging a global community of solidarity to promote sustainable and impactful responses for our brothers and sisters in need.
Strategic Partners
Where We Worked in FY2025
Project Map
Project Statistics
53
Projects
45,000
Beneficiaries
$2,495,679
Project Financing
This past year, our work has been shaped by close collaboration with fellow Jesuit organizations and with our partners. Whether we were coordinating a response to unprecedented changes in global solidarity or designing program frameworks that extend beyond a single year, the strength of our relationships with other Jesuit organizations has been essential. At the same time we have learned more from the communities we serve by strengthening how we document impact through data, stories, and images that reflect the real lives behind the work.
Ixchel Palencia
Projects Manager
- Foundations: $2,797,533
- Individuals: $529,849
- Corporations: $77,352
- Investment: $6,017
- Other: $3,617
- Programs: $2,636,797
- Management & General: $540,029
- Fundraising: $201,797
Financial Statements
ACT: Donate, Advocate, Pray.
Small acts of solidarity contribute to transformative and empowering projects. Your actions contribute to sustainable and impactful responses to the injustices faced by those living on the margins of our society.
Act
In his first letter to the Romans, St. Paul reminds us “we celebrate in hope of the glory of God. And not only this, but we also celebrate in our tribulations, knowing that tribulation brings about perseverance; and perseverance, proven character; and proven character, hope; and hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out within our hearts through the Holy Spirit.” Rom 5:2-Rom 5:5 NASB.
This last year has brought its fair share of tribulations, but it was also brimming with hope and perseverance. The outpouring of support from our community has sustained our partners and expanded the great works of the Jesuits in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Whether through your donations, your prayers, or your advocacy on behalf of those in need, you have made an impact this year.
After our first full year as American Jesuits International, we are filled with gratitude for all of the support we have received. We are also reaffirmed in our determination to work relentlessly on behalf of those living on the margins. Your support and the support of our community of Jesuit solidarity is the inspiration and affirmation that transforms tribulations into hope.
Thank You!
Act
Jorge - Argentina
Impact
Like many 16-year-olds, Jorge is passionate. He loves technology. He’s an avid reader. He’s a fútbol (soccer) fanatic. He also has a family who is unwavering in their commitment to his education, ensuring he has access to a learning environment that’s both inclusive and empowering.
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Cristina - Mexico
Impact
Yomol A’tel means “together we work, together we walk, together we dream” in Tseltal. It also refers to a group of 28 coffee producers in the community of Nuevo Progreso who came together in 2001 to imagine a better way to sell their product.
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Stories of Impact
We Advocate
Advocacy is an essential part of building communities which respect the dignity of each person, protect human rights, care for our common home, and allow all people to thrive. During the 2025 fiscal year, our organization continued to support meaningful public policy that can help build a better world.
In October 2024, we joined Fe y Alegría International in their “For The Right To Learn” campaign which advocated in defense of the universal right to education for all. Led by the voices of young people, this campaign included a public witness in Quito, Ecuador with nearly 400 participants and representatives from 22 countries where Fe y Alegría is present. Alegría Crespo, Ecuador’s Minister of Education, was presented with a manifesto that had been written by young people. In it, they expressed their proposals in response to the challenges that jeopardize their right to inclusive and quality learning. These young people emphasized that they do not want to be passive receivers of knowledge. They want a transformative education that allows them to be true protagonists of their realities.
In early 2025, we joined non-profit organizations around the country in denouncing the unprecedented cuts to U.S. foreign aid. In addition to public statements and direct advocacy, our community sent more than 50 emails to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, reminding him of our shared Catholic and American values and calling on him to restore the United States’ leadership in foreign aid. Alongside our emergency fundraising efforts, this sustained advocacy reflected our commitment to global solidarity despite changes to U.S. policies.
Advocate
We Pray
On Easter Monday in 2025, we lost an incredible advocate for the poor and marginalized with the passing of Pope Francis. As the first Jesuit to lead the Catholic Church, the late Pope Francis exemplified the care and compassion that is the very core of our faith and we joined the chorus of voices mourning his passing.
As early as 2013, the Pope’s Encyclical Evangelii Gaudium argued for a vision of a missionary church, driven by joy and hope, and encouraged “a missionary impulse capable of transforming everything, so that the Church’s customs, ways of doing things, times and schedules, language and structures can be suitably channeled for the evangelization of today’s world rather than for her self-preservation.”
Inspired by Francis’ hope-filled vision of our mission as Catholics and his willingness to change systems and structures of our society to better serve the needs of those on the margins, we pray for his intercession on behalf of our work, our partners, and all those we serve.
FY2025
In 2023, the U.S. Jesuit Provincials voted to merge Magis Americas and Jesuit Missions, Inc., consolidating the international development efforts of the U.S. Jesuits into a single organization. Renamed American Jesuits International (AJI), our organization continues this shared mission of solidarity with Jesuit organizations around the world. Following this transition, the 2025 fiscal year was marked by the reaffirmation of our identity and mission as well as a continued growth of our community of Jesuit solidarity.
This past year we celebrated great successes and confronted dramatic changes to foreign aid funding. Sudden and dramatic cuts to U.S. foreign aid left many Jesuit programs struggling to find new sources of support. The cost of these changes has been nearly incalculable. However, in the immediate aftermath, we saw an incredible outpouring of support which allowed us to raise $385,166 for schools and social centers in need, allowing them to cover the gaps while they reevaluated and, in many cases, shutter their programs as responsibly as possible.
Today, American Jesuits International is grounded in the long history of Jesuit development organizations made possible by the generosity of our donors and the enduring commitment of those who accompany communities on the margins. As we look to the future, we are inspired by a clear mission, deep faith in Christ and His message of hope, and a firm commitment to accompany Jesuit works around the world in building more just and compassionate communities.
An Overview: Our FY2025
Highlights from FY2025
This year we learned from our partners in the field, visiting Colombia and Guatemala. We responded to unprecedented cuts to U.S. foreign aid that left Jesuit programs in crisis. We promoted a regional effort to expand inclusive education programs in Latin America. All thanks to your support.
On the Ground
To Educate is to Include
Our work spans a broad range of Jesuit programs across our priority areas, but if there is one theme that truly stands out from Fiscal Year 2025, it would be our support of inclusive education programs. This past year we supported the construction of the “Seeds of Faith School” in Guatemala, built from the ground up to be accessible and inclusive for all students; we promoted mental health and wellness services at the Loyola Jesuit Secondary School in Malawi which are helping albino students feel more at welcome in the school community; and we developed a regional project which aims to strengthen inclusive education practices of Fe y Alegría in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru.
All of these projects are part of our pursuit of the same dream: To ensure that children, young people, and adults with disabilities and learning difficulties can develop essential life and work skills by adapting methods and resources to each student, fostering safe and participatory environments.
Why inclusive education is so important:
54%
of children with disabilities are enrolled in school, compared to 77% of those without disabilities
26%
of children with disabilities are enrolled in school, compared to 77% of those without disabilities
240
MILLION
of children with disabilities are enrolled in school, compared to 77% of those without disabilities
Project Highlight
Our Approach
Improving Teacher Formation:
We train teachers and families to better support students with disabilities, with a focus on early education.
Strengthening Vocational Training:
Developing skills, facilitating internships, and promoting workplace inclusion.
Expanding Accessibility in Schools:
Improving infrastructure, equipment, and fostering an educational culture without barriers.
Raising Awareness and Public Action:
Advocating for the right to inclusive education through campaigns and strategic partnerships.
When we refer to inclusive education we are referring to education where differences are accepted and valued; we are envisioning schools that enhance the development of everyone, for everyone. Inclusive education is not only about the access of students with disabilities to regular schools, but also about eliminating or minimizing barriers that limit learning and participation of
all students.
Fernando Anderlic
Director of Director of Fe y Alegría
Argentina
Project Highlight
Launch of the “For the Right to Learn” campaign, October 2024.
The Festival for the Right to Learn in Quito, Ecuador brought together nearly 300 participants from the 22 countries where Fe y Alegría is present. Led by the voices of young people, this campaign aims to mobilize efforts among governments, civil society, businesses, and other key actors to ensure that all people, without exception, have access to quality education.