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 reconciliation.
At this time, funding applications are available by invitation only.
Our 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
Energizing Youth: Passion, Purpose, & Performance
The Broetje Family Trust firmly believes in the importance of meaningful work for overall well-being. In response, we initiated an internship program spanning our three focus areas: Servant Leadership, Community Building, and Philanthropy.
Discovering Connections
Lakeside, an independent coeducational school in Seattle, teamed up with Pasco’s NELA leadership academy for three days of community outreach. Together, 13 NELA students and 15 Lakeside students collaborated at the 2nd Harvest Food Bank
International Day of the Girl
October 11 marks the International Day of the Girl, one of the days nearest and dearest to our hearts here at Vista Hermosa Foundation.
Read about one of our partners in Kenya and how they are giving girls a second chance to rebuild their lives.
We For Others: Mindset Change in India
In February of 2023, members of the Vista Hermosa Foundation traveled to India to visit grant partners for site visits. Read Joseph and Jermaine’s reflections on expectations they had about this trip and how they experienced a mindset change.
It Takes a Community
Jonathan Llamas is a RISE Scholar who has been in the Tierra Vida Community since the very beginning. Hear more about his story and what has inspired a significant change in his life below.
Partners with a Purpose
Adela Toledo Luis and Kristin Leitz traveled all the way from Juchitán, Oaxaca, Mexico to visit us at Broetje Family Trust in the month of January and shared stories about Centro de Compartimiento.
NELA’s “Learning Leaders”
Read and learn about how students from NELA are job shadowing teams at Broetje Family Trust to achieve their dreams. See the work that they’ve been doing and working on all school year.
A Good Action Speaks Louder Than a Thousand Words
On October 29, members of the community advisory committee for the Immigrant Advocacy initiative traveled to Hermiston, Oregon for the Buen Vecino training, sponsored by the Ford Family Foundation.
After the Bell at Tierra Vida
Sit back, put your headphones on, and discover the journey Tierra Vida staff has been on to transform the After School Program. Eli Martinez, Community Engagement Manager, shares his reflections in a short podcast.
Hope in Hardship
In Kenya, 4.2 million people were affected by drought after four successive rainfall underperformances. This got the attention of the Board who requested updates and inquired about what our partners on the ground were doing.