Plant With Purpose
San Diego, California, United States 路 Nonprofit 路 Global 路 since 1984
Christian nonprofit pairing tree planting with savings groups and regenerative farming to end rural poverty
About
Plant With Purpose was founded in 1984 as Floresta by Tom Woodard after relief work in the Dominican Republic and adopted its current name in 2010; it is headquartered in San Diego, California. It works with rural farming families in nine countries (Burundi, DR Congo, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Haiti, Malawi, Mexico, Tanzania, Thailand) through 'Purpose Groups' that combine savings-and-loan groups, farmer-to-farmer training in regenerative agriculture and agroforestry, tree planting, and church partnerships, and it commissions a triennial external impact study.
What they run
Community groups combining savings-and-lending, farmer-to-farmer training in regenerative agriculture, tree planting and church partnership.
The numbers
| Metric | Year | Value | Program | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trees planted | 2019 | 5,000,000 | Organization-wide | Self-reported | sourceBlog post, 17 Jan 2020, on fiscal year 2019: 'We were able to plant five million trees' |
| Trees plantedto date | 2021 | 40,000,000 | Organization-wide | Self-reported | sourceBlog post, 14 April 2021: 'recently planted its 40 millionth tree' |
| Trees plantedto date | 2026 | 90,239,181 | Organization-wide | Estimated | sourceSum of per-country 'trees planted' counters on the homepage (Burundi 11,758,914; DR Congo 9,348,437; Dominican Republic 27,718,428; Ethiopia 4,881,557; Haiti 9,291,279; Malawi 527,348; Mexico 1,469,333; Tanzania 21,263,497; Thailand 3,980,388); no headline total shown |
Upcoming events
None listed here right now. Send us their calendar feed. Their volunteer page is the place to look.