Nurturing the roots of holistic wellbeing
Rather than focus on project-based outputs or services, we seek to invest in the holistic wellbeing of people living in vulnerable communities around the world.
Through our grantmaking, we prioritize community-led initiatives that seek to heal people’s connections to God, self, others, and creation. As communities embrace new mindsets about their own identity and purpose, and learn to steward resources in more innovative ways, new paths unfold.
We believe if you heal the spirit of a people, they will lead themselves
We believe that it is not simply lack of access to such things as education, healthcare and job creation that keeps communities from flourishing, but a much deeper brokenness of spirit evidenced by lack of voice, purpose, meaningful relationships, agency and connection. (See Theory of Change)
Choosing our Grant Partners
When exploring new partnerships, we use the following criteria in our evaluation process.
We focus on 4 geographic areas – Mexico, Haiti, Northern India, and East Africa – prioritizing community-based organizations in specific regions of each country that can be connected and learn from each other.
Our support goes beyond funding. We seek to be mutual partners, creating opportunities for networking and collaboration across regions.
We seek partners who share our values and approach to living and working in community.
We are place-based, prioritizing rural communities; we are faith-inspired, responding to God's call to service and justice; and we are healing-centered, prioritizing grassroots initiatives that promote healing and reconcilation.
If your organization meets all of our partner requirements and would be interested in future funding, please fill out our inquiry form.
Our Global Partners
Our current grantees work in one or more of the following areas of community development.
Stories
Changing Mindsets and Livelihoods in India
Inderpaul is a cotton farmer in the Vidarbha region of India. Due to poor weather conditions, he fell into heavy…
Combatting Gender-Based Violence in Latin America
In 2018, VHF hosted our first international grant partner retreat in Mexico City. Forty people from 15 organizations attended. Following…
We For Others: Mindset Change in India
When I (Joseph) joined Vista Hermosa Foundation as a Program Officer to steward relationships with partners in East Africa and…
Changing Mindsets and Livelihoods in India
Combatting Gender-Based Violence in Latin America
We For Others: Mindset Change in India
Gardening in Community
As the largest community garden in the Tri-Cities, the Tierra Vida community garden hosts over 37 families…But the garden does more than just supply healthy food.
Farming God’s Way
Russell Ochieng is an extension educator for Care of Creation Kenya (CCK), a non-profit in the Rift Valley with the mission of pursuing a God-centered approach to farming so that all people and creation can flourish.
A Lesson from Marigolds
A year ago, schools across the world were asked to close their doors to help contain the spread of COVID-19. Teachers and staff at NELA creatively thought of ways to continue to help students connect to self, God, family, and nature.
In the Field with Ralph Broetje
Ralph Broetje has been farming in Washington State for more than 50 years, living out his God-given call to care for people and the land. We recently interviewed him in the field to catch his reflections on the season…
Applications are Open for the 2021–2022 School Year at NELA!
Nueva Esperanza Leadership Academy (NELA) is a Christian school for grades K-8 that integrates servant leadership, trauma-informed practices, and social-emotional learning into all aspects of the curriculum. NELA values diversity and celebrates uniqueness. With Christ as our perfect model of love and service, we are a community where children, families, and staff can feel safe,…
The Castañeda Family and the Power of Education
by Guadalupe Broetje, Scholars Coordinator and Jesenia Hernandez, Program Assistant, Vista Hermosa Foundation First Fruits Scholars Cesar and Karen Castañeda graduated with bachelor’s degrees from Washington State University in 2019 and 2020 respectively. We had the honor of seeing their confidence grow during their educational journey as first-generation college students. One of the biggest goals of the Scholars Program is that students transform into servant leaders, seeing beyond their own needs,…
“Poor English”
by Melinda Adair, Programs Manager, Center for Sharing He approached the Collegium Café counter with a quiet and forced confidence. While only in his early- or mid-20s, the blonde-haired young man was undeterred by my smiling eyes and warm greeting and proceeded to order his lunch in very direct and succinct terms. He didn’t speak with much of an accent, but…
A New Story
by Roger Bairstow, Executive Director, Jubilee Choices are all around us in terms of who we want to be and in what type of world we wish to live. As I reflect on the past year in which COVID has had dominion over our interactions with others, I have a deep sense of gratitude for those…
#ChooseToChallenge 365 Days of the Year
by Jesenia Hernandez, Program Assistant, Vista Hermosa Foundation When social media hashtags fade away and powerful reminders of women’s rights are toned down until next year, how will we confront the injustices we see? Will we internalize our pain and the suffering we see around us, or can we unite and transform negative energy into…
Healing Broken Systems this International Women’s Day
by Suzanne Broetje, Director of Communications and Philanthropy, Broetje Family Trust This International Women’s Day is more important than ever. As we pause to recognize the important women in our lives, we must also recommit ourselves to undoing unjust systems that harm and exclude women and girls in every country of the world. For me,…