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
A Life Transformed
In this time of isolation, our physical distancing makes us more poignantly aware of the good that comes from being connected to others. Jubilee Foundation’s core work focuses on the importance of the physical space where we live and our connection to those who share that space with us. “People centered, Place based” is our…
Congratulations to Our New Scholars
Vista Hermosa Foundation is pleased to announce the addition of 27 new students to our scholars program this Fall! Sixteen are being awarded through FirstFruits Farms in Prescott, WA. The other eleven come from the Tierra Vida community in East Pasco, and are the inaugural group for our new RISE program at VHF. We are…
Shaping the Future of Young Leaders
by Adan Suarez Did you know our newest generation has been dubbed the Alpha Generation? ‘Gen A,’ as they’re called, applies to anybody that was born after 2010. Various articles state that this generation will grow up to be the best educated, most technologically immersed, and the wealthiest ever. While I don’t know about these…
Soup with a Purpose
The meaning of the word “hospitality” is the love of the stranger. One of the signs in the Collegium Café reads, “Enter as strangers, leave as friends” because we believe, and daily seek to practice, the healing power of relationships that are built in this place of welcome. The smiling faces, hot coffee and delicious…
Resiliency in Action
With the Governor’s stay-at-home order in full swing, residents have stepped up their leadership within Jubilee Foundation’s Tierra Vida community. From simple communications of support, to sharing resources between community member, and hosting family get-togethers over social media, our Tierra Vida community has found ways in which to deepen their connection to God, Self, Others…
A New Mindset in Haiti
During the month of April, Vista Hermosa Foundation distributed $218,000 to 27 international grant partners to support their front line work related to Covid-19. These organizations have championed the causes of food relief, access to clean water and hygiene supplies, distribution of accurate information in indigenous languages, and other essential services, all while fostering a…
Conversation as an Essential Activity
This is a reflection that was recently shared with us from our partner in Oaxaca, Mexico. This afternoon we found ourselves again in the field of sunflowers in a plot of land approximately 20 x 10 meters. It is the first time that the owner planted flowers, something of an experiment, a test of which…
Irene – Building Connections
Irene is a new resident of the Tierra Vida community. She has been taking medication and getting treatment for a mental health issue. Recently, Irene suffered from a relapse and began having episodes, which led her to withdraw from her husband and three-year-old daughter. Jubilee staff members introduced Irene to Maria, another resident, and the two…
Neighborliness in the Time of COVID19
As an organization that values both the people within a neighborhood and the very physical space in which they live, the COVID19 crisis has been challenging. While we miss opportunities to host and be physically present to those we serve, staff have used creativity to adapt to what we hope will be a short-term situation. …
International Women’s Day
Eleven years ago, I traveled to Kenya with my mother and 10-year-old daughter. We were 3 generations of women seeking to connect with and learn from the stories of others. We met so many women and girls on our journey, and their stories are forever etched on our souls.