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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Whole Planet Foundation Announces Top 2023 Supplier Donors
Whole Planet Foundation’s is proud to announce 2023 top supplier donors! These brands are creating income-generating opportunities to alleviate global poverty through the Foundation's microlending programs.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Health-Ade Joins Whole Planet Foundation’s Supplier Alliance for Microcredit $50,000 Fund
2022 was a challenging year in many ways but amid those challenges Health-Ade decided to increase their annual contribution in support Whole Planet Foundation’s mission to alleviate global poverty by joining the Supplier Alliance for Microcredit $50,000 Fund.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Whole Planet Foundation Receives $150,000 Donation From Whole Foods Market's Donor Advised Fund
Given the first average loan size of $181 funded by Whole Planet Foundation, this generous contribution will fund microloans creating 4,200 income-generating loans.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Shop Brands That Give Back Through Microcredit This Holiday Season
Whole Foods Market suppliers are empowering microentrepreneurs with income-generating opportunities this holiday season. These like-minded companies are donating a portion of their sales in select Whole Foods Market stores in December to fund microcredit through Whole Planet Foundation.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Empowering Entrepreneurs: Interview With Urth Expedition's Founder Gabriele Brown
For Whole Planet Foundation’s 2022 annual benefit & auction, the Party With a Purpose, Gabriele Brown, founder of Urth Expedition Limited, donated auction items to raise funds and awareness for low-income entrepreneurs working hard to escape poverty.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Whole Planet Foundation Announces $10,000 Fund Donors
Whole Planet Foundation’s $10,000 Fund donors are committed to supporting microentrepreneurs around the world in 2022.

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Whole Planet Foundation 2022 Trailblazer Award Honors Papyrus-Recycled Greetings and Seventh Generation
Over the last several years, Whole Planet Foundation has honored annually a trailblazer advocate who has gone above and beyond to support our mission as they foster their own.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Advocates Raise $211,500 for Whole Planet Foundation's Poverty Is Unnecessary Project
Whole Planet Foundation is grateful for the outpouring of support for its 2022 Poverty Is Unnecessary Project. Suppliers to Whole Foods Market contributed $150,000 and the Annual Benefit & Auction celebrated the Foundation’s impact and raised $61,500

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Poverty Is Unnecessary $25,000 Fund Donors Are Creating Economic Opportunities for Low-Income Entrepreneurs
Suppliers of Whole Foods Market are empowering microentrepreneurs, primarily women, with economic opportunity. These generous brands fund microloans for entrepreneurs living in poverty so they can start or expand a small business, often home-based.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Whole Planet Foundation Poverty Is Unnecessary Project 2022
Between October 17-21, Whole Planet Foundation will host a local and global in-person and online auction is open for bidding, with plenty of items available at starting bids of $10 and $15.
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