Community Impact Fund

The SheaButterGH Community Infrastructure Fund

$100 USD deposited per metric ton, on every Commercial and Enterprise order. Real deposits, tracked and shown here, not projected outcomes.

Outdoor shea butter kneading session with the local community, Tamale, Northern Ghana
$100Per metric ton, fixed
4 pillarsEducation, health, conservation, bonus
Founder-managedNot a third-party NGO
On requestReports for verified commercial buyers

Where every $100 goes

35%
Education & Scholarships

School fees, uniforms, and books for cooperative members’ children.

25%
Health Infrastructure

Mechanised borehole, targeted for Q4 2026.

20%
Shea Parklands Conservation

Seedling nursery and community forest patrol.

20%
Direct Cooperative Bonus

Cash paid directly to the women at harvest season end.

Women with bowls of shea nuts at a cooperative workshop, Northern Ghana

Who The Fund Reaches

The same cooperatives behind every batch you buy

The $100 per metric ton does not go to a foundation or a third party. It goes back to the women in these photos, the ones who made your order.

See your own order’s impact

Enter a quantity to see the fund deposit it would generate. This shows deposits only, not promised outcomes.

Total deposit: $0.00
Education & Scholarships (35%)$0.00
Health Infrastructure (25%)$0.00
Shea Parklands Conservation (20%)$0.00
Direct Cooperative Bonus (20%)$0.00

What’s actually happened so far

Completed

Food and clothing donations to the sourcing community

Delivered directly to cooperative members.

In Progress

Mechanised borehole drilling

Target: Q4 2026, named community in Northern Ghana.

Planned

Education fund, first disbursement

Target: end of the 2026/27 harvest season.

Planned

Shea parklands conservation nursery

Target: 2027.

Planned

Community health infrastructure

Target: 2027/2028.

The Community Infrastructure Fund is managed by SheaButterGH founders. Annual fund disbursement reports are available to verified commercial buyers on request.

Questions about the fund

Split four ways: 35% to education and scholarships for cooperative members’ children, 25% to health infrastructure, 20% to shea parkland conservation, and 20% paid directly to the cooperative women as a harvest-season bonus.

We show fund deposits, not invented outcomes. When a milestone is actually funded and completed, like our first borehole, we show it with dates and photos, not before.

Yes. Commercial and Enterprise shipments get a one-page Batch Impact Report showing exactly how much your order contributed and where it went.

Food and clothing donations to the sourcing community are complete. A mechanised borehole is in progress, targeting Q4 2026. Everything beyond that is planned, not yet funded, and we will say so until it changes.

Every order contributes to this fund

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