Tag: Whole Planet Foundation

Whole Planet Foundation Launches Annual Campaign to Alleviate Poverty

Stuart Mitchell

Whole Planet Foundation is a Whole Foods Market non-profit dedicated to alleviating poverty locally and globally.  For two weeks beginning June 23, shoppers can donate at the registers in Whole Foods Market stores in the U.S., Canada and the UK and online to alleviate poverty in countries that supply Whole Foods Market stores with products. Since 2006, Whole Planet Foundation has disbursed $92 million through microfinance partners in 78 countries in Africa, Asia and the Americas, including in 20 U.S. cities. Whole Planet Foundation collaborates with a wide network of microfinance organizations and…

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Whole Planet Foundation Launches Annual Poverty Is Unnecessary Project

Stuart Mitchell

This October, Whole Planet Foundation celebrates its global impact on poverty and the partners who further its mission. In 2005, Whole Foods Market launched Whole Planet Foundation, its non-profit dedicated to global poverty alleviation through microcredit in communities around the world where the company sources products.  The Poverty is Unnecessary Project spotlights Poverty is Unnecessary Fund supplier partners who collectively are committed to donating $250,000 and culminates in the foundation’s signature Annual Benefit and Auction via an online format.  For the first time, you can join Whole Planet Foundation’s Party with…

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