Philanthropic Focus Supports doTERRA Healing Hands Foundation Record 2025 Relief Efforts
Written by Wyles Daniel
A 15-year commitment to covering operational expenses allowed the doTERRA Healing Hands Foundation to direct $2,336,277 toward relief projects during the first nine months of 2025. The parent company's absorption of all administrative costs means every donated dollar reaches intended recipients, a philanthropy-first model that facilitated the distribution of 68,725 emergency hygiene kits and approval of 56 matching grant projects through September.
doTERRA International contributed $1,180,000 in administrative support during 2024 alone, according to public filings, maintaining a structure that focuses on commitment to philanthropic impact. This infrastructure proved particularly valuable during 2025, when volunteer teams responded to multiple concurrent disasters while maintaining ongoing development projects across over 111 countries.
Supply Chain Ethics Connect to Humanitarian Framework
doTERRA's work extends from Co-Impact Sourcing partnerships that form the essential oil company's supply chain backbone. More than half of doTERRA's sourcing relationships exist in developing nations, where ethical treatment of suppliers intersects with community development needs. A commitment to fair pricing, on-time payments, and encouragement of cooperative farming groups creates economic stability in regions where the foundation subsequently operates.Taylor MacKay, vice president of strategic sourcing, described the connection during doTERRA's October 2025 acceptance into the Union for Ethical BioTrade. "From the fields where our botanicals are grown to the communities who cultivate them, we strive to be a force for good, striving to create lasting, positive impact through our ongoing commitment to ethical business practices," MacKay said.
Environmental stewardship within sourcing operations, for example, includes recycling plant material from peppermint distillation to fuel boilers, eliminating waste while providing free energy to Pacific Northwest and Indian farmers.
Emergency Response Capacity Built Through Volunteer Networks
Convention attendees assembled 19,100 emergency kits during a 2025 service project, demonstrating how wellness advocate networks function as both distribution and preparation channels. The 766 volunteers and 65 employees who participated added to the 445,000 kits distributed since the program's 2017 inception.Hurricane response illustrated the system's deployment speed. Wellness advocates Dawn Guidry and Shyron Bynog delivered kits to Keaton Beach, Florida, an area struck by both Hurricanes Helene and Milton. Their October 2024 distribution represented part of nearly 24,000 kits deployed across affected southeastern states.
Recipients described the kits' hopeful impact alongside practical utility. "After several days, some neighbors from South Carolina were able to bring us some water and a few supplies," one North Carolina recipient wrote. "And in our bag was a doTERRA 72-Hour Emergency Relief Hygiene kit for each of us; we saw some light in our darkness."
Distribution channels extended beyond natural disasters during 2025. Kits reached homeless populations, shelter residents, and international humanitarian projects, responding to flooding, wildfires, tornadoes, and ongoing displacement situations.
Matching Program Amplifies Individual Fundraising Impact
The foundation approved 62 projects through its matching initiative during 2025, pushing the all-time total beyond 1,165 funded programs. Each approved project up to $10,000 receives dollar-for-dollar foundation support, effectively doubling the financial impact on receiving nonprofits.Misty Bond, vice president of corporate relations and philanthropy, connected the matching program to broader organizational values during the foundation's June 15th anniversary celebration. "The doTERRA Healing Hands Foundation has transformed lives and communities worldwide, creating a ripple effect of positive change," Bond said. "Our projects not only uplift those directly served but also empower the volunteers and organizers who bring them to life."
Convention fundraising generated $78,551 for foundation operations during 2025, supplementing the $1,775,909 in contributions received through September. Total donations since the 2010 founding exceeded $55 million as of the June milestone.
Development Projects Address Systemic Community Needs
December 2024 Giving Tuesday fundraising demonstrated the foundation's capacity for targeted development work. The campaign raised $100,000 to construct a school in Bihar, India, through a partnership with Rising Star Outreach. The project serves children from families affected by leprosy, addressing both educational access and social stigma."We hope to empower families, fight the stigma of leprosy, and build pathways to healthier, more fulfilling lives," Bond said of the India school project.
Foundation programming encompasses self-reliance training, healthcare access initiatives, education infrastructure, sanitation improvements, clean water systems, and anti-trafficking efforts. Bulgaria received funding for a mobile blood donation clinic, addressing critical supply shortages in regions where doTERRA sources rose essential oil. The connection between sourcing locations and development funding reflects the integrated approach linking commercial operations to community support.
Projects across sourcing communities create what the foundation terms "shared value" for supply chain participants. Lavender production in Bulgaria has generated hundreds of jobs through the Esseterre distillation plant in the Dobrich region. Vanilla sourcing in Madagascar emphasizes hand-pollination sustainability, while citrus producers in southern Brazil include both large operations and garden-scale growers in the Co-Impact Sourcing network.
The foundation's registration as a 501(c)(3) organization allows tax-deductible contributions for U.S. donors, with financial transparency maintained through public database availability. See more at www.doterrahealinghands.org.
Kit distribution and matching grants represent the most visible 2025 activities, yet the foundation's structure depends on the parent company's willingness to absorb operational costs. That commitment, now spanning 15 years, separates donated funds from administrative expenses while enabling rapid response to emerging needs. September data suggest annual totals will exceed previous years across both emergency response and development programming.
