Invested in safe families, mindful leadership, and sustainable livelihoods.

How we engage with and invest in others

NELA

About NELA

Scholars

About Scholars

Grants

About Our Grants

Next Gen

About Next Gen

NELA

Nueva Esperanza Leadership Academy teaches grades K-8, nurturing students’ identities as gifted and beloved children of God.

About NELA

Scholars

Our Scholars Program supports first generation college students to identify and develop their God-given gifts, talents and dreams in service to community.

About Scholars

Grants

Our grant partners invest in the growth of holistic wellbeing in the most marginalized communities of Mexico, Haiti, India and East Africa.

About Our Grants

Next Gen

As a family foundation, we seek to engage four generations of family members in our work around the world.

About Next Gen

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Our approach

Place-based:

As farmers, we have learned from the land. We prioritize rural communities in an effort to keep people in community, to protect indigenous knowledge, and to nurture rootedness and good stewardship for future generations.

Faith-inspired:

As Christians, we are called to love our neighbors. We seek to partner with visionary leaders who use their faith to inspire a mindset change in community, responding to God’s call to service and justice.

Healing-centered:

As practitioners, we sit with people in their brokenness. We prioritize grassroots initiatives that rise up from communities marked by migration, violence, and exclusion to promote healing and reconciliation.