The Stockton Children’s Fund was established by Brandin Cooks—native Stocktonian and wide receiver for the Los Angeles Rams—and will serve as a philanthropic fund that can serve the immediate and longer-term needs of children and youth in the City of Stockton. The Fund’s immediate focus will be to help mitigate the disruptive effects caused by the COVID-19 health crisis related to food insecurity, childcare services for essential workers, and education challenges resulting from school closures.

• Food insecurity—help provide nutritious meals to school age children in partnerships with public schools, emergency food banks, and other similar efforts
• Childcare services for essential workers—help with the purchase of supplies, food, and other materials needed to support and keep safe childcare sites utilized by essential workers
• Education challenges resulting from school closures—help children of Stockton’s primary and secondary schools bring education from the classroom into their homes

Donations of any size are welcomed. Those wishing to contribute can make a secure tax-deductible donation in one of the following ways:

• Online: Click Here
• By Check: donations by check can be made payable to CFOSJ (in memo line write: Stockton Children’s Fund), and mailed to:

  Community Foundation of San Joaquin
  6735 Herndon Place, Suite B
  Stockton, CA 95219

• By Phone: using a major credit card, please call (209) 943-2375, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

CFOSJ will waive its processing fees associated with donations to the Stockton Children’s Fund.