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.
Thank you to everyone who participated in this year's Party with a Purpose!
Watch a recap of the 2023 event
Whether you attended in-person or bid on virtual auction items, your support helped us to raise more than $125,000 for microcredit entrepreneurs across the globe!
Our Mission:
We empower the world’s poorest people with microcredit, giving them a chance to create or expand a home-based business to lift themselves and their families out of poverty.
ABOUT US
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 pro-poor microfinance institutions.
They empower the world’s poorest people 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.
SEE OUR GLOBAL IMPACT
Featured Video: Margaret’s Story
Video Credit: Angus Cann/Whole Foods Market
Celebrating our Supporters
Our Donors
We're proud to receive gifts from individual donors, Whole Foods Market shoppers, brands, and corporate sponsors who believe in our mission to alleviate global poverty through entrepreneurship.
Whole Foods Market
We began to alleviate poverty in 2005 where the company sourced products. Since we began, Team Members have donated more than $11 million from their paychecks and the company has covered our operating expenses.
#TeamWFM in Action
Hundreds of Whole Foods Market Team Members have made an impact in 15 countries, donating their time and learning about microfinance partners as part of the Whole Foods Market Team Member Volunteer Program.
Which Whole Foods Market Suppliers have helped to donate over $17 Million?
