Provides farming tools and training to smallholder farmers who lack access to quality and timely seeds, fair markets, and tools.
Provides microloans to financially excluded people who run or want to start a small business and have few affordable options for capital.
Graduates women out of extreme poverty who live on less than $2.15 per day, have no steady income, and who lack access to basic needs.
Provides access to essential goods like solar home kits to people who have limited access to reliable and affordable water and energy.
Our Mission:
Whole Planet helps people living in poverty build long term financial resilience through income growth, savings, and access to essential resources like food, shelter, water & sanitation.
Loan owns a rice mill and used her microloan to grow her business in Vietnam. Photo by WPF's Claire Kelly.
We provide funds to microfinance institutions.
They empower entrepreneurs and smallholder farmers living in poverty by creating access to financial capital in the form of microloans.
OUR PARTNERS
Our Impact:
Since we were established by Whole Foods Market in 2005, we've funded over 7 million microloans to help entrepreneurs improve their own lives in countries where Whole Foods Market sources products. Loan repayments grow our impact over time, as funds cycle through the microfinance institutions and communities we fund.
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Our 2024 Impact:
In 2024, Whole Foods Market Foundation invested $14 million in 39 countries around the world supporting 1,239 organizations and schools to help advance healthy food access, nutrition and economic opportunities. Learn how the work of Whole Planet and our other projects are providing essential resources to help build healthy, and prosperous communities for the long term.
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Featured Video: Margaret’s Story
Video Credit: Angus Cann/Whole Foods Market