Whole Planet

Whole Planet, a project of Whole Foods Market Foundation, empowers entrepreneurs and smallholder farmers living in poverty to create or expand their own small businesses. Our mission is poverty alleviation through microcredit.

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Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

People Power Microcredit: Whole Planet Foundation’s Victor Quiroz
We will take you behind the scenes to introduce you to the teams that are dedicated to empowering the world’s poorest people to become entrepreneurs. You will meet Field Officers, volunteers, and Whole Planet Foundation staff. Through their stories you will get a glimpse into a day on the job—whether it is in Austin, Texas or Huehuetenango, Guatemala.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Whole Planet Foundation Launches Campaign to Alleviate Global Poverty
Whole Planet Foundation partners and Whole Foods Market suppliers commit $1.05 million to support microfinance initiatives across the world.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Ultra-Poor Graduation Partnership to Reach 4000 in Burundi
We are excited to announce our new partnership with Concern Worldwide in Burundi to support their Terintambwe program, which provides case management services to ultra-poor households so they have opportunities to become more self-sufficient and start small businesses.

Responsible Business & Employee Engagement

Sambazon is #FundingHerFuture through Whole Planet Foundation
Sambazon has been a proud donor to Whole Planet Foundation since 2011 and has contributed more than $260,975 to the foundation’s mission to alleviate global poverty through microcredit, with a pledge to donate $50,000 as a member of the Supplier Alliance for Microcredit in 2019.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Whole Planet Foundation Gives "Field Officer Award: Africa and the Middle East"
To kick off 2019, The Whole Planet Foundation team would like to thank our network of microfinance institutions, the implementing partners who administer the microloans Whole Planet Foundation funds.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Aflore and Whole Planet Foundation Help Small Businesses Blossom in Colombia
Whole Planet Foundation was created to support communities worldwide where Whole Foods Market sources products. Flowers for Whole Foods Market stores across the US, Canada, and the UK, are sourced in large quantities from Colombia — so while it’s perhaps a bit of a happy coincidence, it seems quite fitting that Whole Planet Foundation’s newest microfinance partner in Colombia is called Aflore, the name of which comes from the Spanish word flor, for ‘flower.’

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Water and Sanitation Finance in Indonesia
Back in 2014 when Whole Planet Foundation's partner in Indonesia, KOMIDA, found that 40% of their own clients lacked a toilet, they wanted to address sanitation specifically as part of their social mission.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Giving Opportunity Throughout the New Year: From Your Family to Theirs
Whole Planet Foundation invites you to join the Family Fund, a program that leverages the power of community to alleviate global poverty for families through entrepreneurship.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Introducing Bidhaa Sasa, Whole Planet Foundation’s Newest Microfinance Partner in Kenya
Whole Planet Foundation is excited to introduce Bidhaa Sasa, their newest partner in Kenya. Bidhaa Sasa sells, delivers, and finances beneficial products to low income populations in rural areas. Our team likes their client-centric approach to affordable credit, responsive customer service, and attention to internal systems.

Responsible Production & Consumption

Holiday Purchases Power Her Potential: Gifts that Give Part II
Here are 7 more brands you can find at Whole Foods Market giving to support microloans for women entrepreneurs this holiday season.
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