Empowering Individuals in the Global Community Through Entrepreneurship

Ways To Give

Donate Online

If you are interested in supporting our global mission of empowering a community of microentrepreneurs you are encouraged to make a donation directly on our website here. Whole Foods Market covers all core operating costs of the foundation, so any donated resources would be directed to our microlending programs run by one of our implementing partners. A contribution at any level is appreciated, and your gift will have a real impact on women all over the world. Donate Now »

Mail

To donate by mail, please send a check, made out to "Whole Planet Foundation" to:

Whole Planet Foundation
Attention: Donnell Dianne Ocker
550 Bowie Street
Austin, TX 78703

Matching Gifts

Many employers sponsor corporate matching gift programs and will match charitable contributions that their employees make.

Contact your company's human resources department to find out if they match gifts and to learn your options.

Whole Planet Foundation is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Donations are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.

Network of Individual Donors to the Foundation

Whole Planet Foundation is developing a Leadership Network to cultivate, recognize and honor individual donors to the Foundation. More information on how to get involved in this network will be announced in 2008.

Empower Entrepreneurs Campaign

In 2007/2008, Whole Planet Foundation will launch a fundraising strategy to catalyze new corporate resources towards the mission of microfinance and to empower entrepreneurs in the developing world. Whole Foods Market is inviting four companies and foundations to join us in a strategic alliance to Empower Entrepreneurs, with a goal of changing the economic future of over 2 million people.

We are seeking partners who share our values; a commitment to a global community of stakeholders; mutual dedication to ensuring employee happiness; commitment to the environment and demonstrating entrepreneurship and pro-business attitudes.

With a small core of strong, strategic alliances we can collectively increase our impact in the microfinance arena.

Supplier Alliance for Microcredit

Supplier Alliance for Microcredit is a global alliance of companies who are currently vendors to Whole Foods Market and share a desire to change the world, one entrepreneur at a time. They are committed to supporting the mission of the Foundation. Whole Planet Foundation and our supplier partners are striving to increase education and awareness of global poverty through in-store promotions and other campaigns. We also hope to align programmatic goals of supplier partners and Whole Planet Foundation for significant impact around the world.

We are seeking collaborators (from Whole Foods Market's vendor community) who share our values and who would like to maximize programmatic impact on the ground to become partners in an alliance among vendor partners

Benefits
  • Create global network of microentrepreneurs
  • Leverage philanthropic dollars times number of partners
  • Creating economies of scale to fund microcredit
  • All partner resources in the Campaign directed to micro lending
  • Participate in twice yearly collaborator meetings to co-evolve mission
  • Build key relationships among our companies
  • Recognition of participation on the Whole Planet Foundation website
  • Spotlight partnership through Whole Foods Market National Product promotion
  • Increase knowledge of this mission with customers and vendors, as desired
  • Live up to conscious capitalism values and a higher corporate purpose

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