Our 2024 Impact
“At the beginning of 2024, Whole Cities, Whole Kids and Whole Planet united as Whole Foods Market Foundation. Whole Foods Market Foundation is on a mission to nourish people and the planet by providing access to essential resources to improve nutrition and create opportunities for financial stability.
As we build on the strong roots of these three projects, the Foundation remains dedicated to investing in opportunities that foster deep, lasting change both in the United States and around the world. Our commitment lies in investing in sustainable, long-term solutions that tap into local expertise and empower communities to lead their own development and health.
During Whole Foods Market Foundation’s first year, we have built a strong framework that is only getting better. I’m excited to harness this momentum and am confident that united, we are only beginning to unlock the Foundation’s full potential. In 2024, we were able to increase our commitments to partners by $14 million in 39 countries across the world.
I look forward to more innovation, collaboration, growth and success in 2025!”
Whole Foods Market Foundation Executive Director
2024 Spotlight Stories
Whole Cities | Zenger Farm
Whole Cities Community First Grant partner, Zenger Farm, believes that communities thrive when people have a direct connection to their food and where it grows. The working urban farm models, promotes, and educates about sustainable food systems, environmental stewardship, community development, and increases access to fresh, healthy food.
Meet Whole Foods Market Team Member, Haley Benes, and see how the Community First Grant program supports home-grown solutions to help improve fresh food access.
Whole Kids | Stratford Friends School
Whole Kids Garden Grant recipient, Stratford Friends School, supports elementary through 9th grade students with language-based learning differences. Their Food for Life program builds upon the school’s long tradition of gardening with cross curricular connections including hands-on lessons on growing, cooking, and enjoying healthy foods developed with an integrated STEAM approach.
Students explore horticultural, career education, financial education, and nutrition within reading, math, and science lessons with a goal to develop key life skill they can use as adults.
Whole Planet | myAgro, Fansoto and CAURIE
Recently, WFMF Board Members joined the Whole Planet team in Senegal to visit three partners — myAgro, Fansoto, and CAURIE MicroFinance — that are helping microentrepreneurs and smallholder farmers increase their income and improve their financial resiliency.
These partners are implementing innovative solutions including support for farming adjustments to the changing climate, creating add-on loans for items that focus on sustainability, financial, and environmental health along with continuing to help launch and grow their businesses through microcredit.
