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

Empowering Women Entrepreneurs: Interview with KeVita's Founder Chakra Earthsong
Chakra Earthsong is the Founder and Chief Formulator of KeVita who alleviates poverty through Whole Planet Foundation. Here’s why it’s important to her and her team.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Reaching Entrepreneurs in Somalia Through Partnership With KIMS Microfinance
Whole Planet Foundation is excited to announce our new partnership with KIMS Microfinance in Somalia! Our three-year, $300,000 project with KIMS will support an estimated 1,000 microentrepreneurs through the group business loan product.

Events, Media & Communications

Whole Planet Foundation Virtual 5K Raises $25,000 for Low-Income Entrepreneurs
Five hundred and fifteen participants joined Whole Planet Foundation’s 2021 Power Your Purpose Virtual 5K to run, walk, bike or move for microcredit.

Sustainable Finance & Socially Responsible Investment

Infographic: Whole Planet Foundation and Partners Are Alleviating Poverty in the United States and Around the World Through Microcredit
Each quarter Whole Planet Foundation compiles field metrics from our microfinance partners who are disbursing and collecting microcredit loans to low-income entrepreneurs living in countries where Whole Foods Market sources products.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

$10,000 Fund Partners Power Her Purpose with Whole Planet Foundation Virtual 5K
Whole Planet Foundation’s $10,000 Fund partners are committed to supporting microentrepreneurs around the world via Whole Planet Foundation’s Power Your Purpose Virtual 5K from August 7-14!

Events, Media & Communications

People Are Moving for Microcredit during the Whole Planet Foundation Virtual 5K
Whole Planet Foundation alleviates poverty in 78 countries in Africa, Asia and the Americas, including 20 cities in the United States.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Whole Planet Foundation Campaign Raises $1.1 Million to Alleviate Poverty Around the Globe
For two weeks during June 23 and July 6, shoppers donated $1,114,474 to Whole Planet Foundation at the registers in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. to alleviate poverty in countries supplying Whole Foods Market stores with products

Social Impact & Volunteering

Sharing Voices from our Partners: Field Officer Awards in West Africa and the Middle East
WPF launched the Field Officer Appreciation Award in 2014 and it remains one of my favorite annual milestones.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Honest Tea Renews Commitment to the Whole Planet Foundation Supplier Alliance for Microcredit
Honest Tea has committed $50,000 to Whole Planet Foundation this year. As a repeat donor, Honest Tea has donated $50,000 to fund 275 microloans and create 1455 opportunities for a better life.

Philanthropy & Cause Initiatives

Topo Chico Renews Commitment to the Whole Planet Foundation Supplier Alliance for Microcredit
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