# Plant With Purpose

> Christian nonprofit pairing tree planting with savings groups and regenerative farming to end rural poverty

Source: https://treerm.org/org/plant-with-purpose · Updated 2026-11-07 · Data license: CC BY 4.0 (https://treerm.org/about#license)

## Facts

- Type: Nonprofit
- Scope: Global
- Headquarters: San Diego, California, United States
- Founded: 1984
- Website: https://plantwithpurpose.org
- Volunteer sign-up: https://plantwithpurpose.org/volunteer/
- Donate: https://plantwithpurpose.org/give/
- Countries where they plant: Burundi, Congo - Kinshasa, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Haiti, Malawi, Mexico, Thailand, Tanzania
- Activity types: Agroforestry (primary), Reforestation, Education & advocacy, Food forests & orchards
- Trees on record: 90,239,181 (larger of latest cumulative figure and sum of annual figures; trees planted or distributed)

## 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.

## Programs

- **Purpose Groups** — Agroforestry: Community groups combining savings-and-lending, farmer-to-farmer training in regenerative agriculture, tree planting and church partnership. https://plantwithpurpose.org/

## Metrics

| Metric | Year | Value | Cumulative | Program | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---:|---|---|---|---|
| Trees planted | 2019 | 5,000,000 | no (that year) | organization-wide | Self-reported | [source](https://plantwithpurpose.org/?p=14743) Blog post, 17 Jan 2020, on fiscal year 2019: 'We were able to plant five million trees' |
| Trees planted | 2021 | 40,000,000 | yes (to date) | organization-wide | Self-reported | [source](https://plantwithpurpose.org/40-millionth-tree/) Blog post, 14 April 2021: 'recently planted its 40 millionth tree' |
| Trees planted | 2026 | 90,239,181 | yes (to date) | organization-wide | Estimated | [source](https://plantwithpurpose.org/) Sum 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 |

Confidence: self-reported is the organization's own published figure; independently verified means a third party confirmed it; estimated means TreeRM derived it and the note says how.

## Links

- x: https://twitter.com/plantwpurpose
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/plantwpurpose/
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/plantwithpurpose
- linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/plant-with-purpose/
- youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_bnkCq4GX13l8bvLPJKoRA

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