Haiti Development Institute

Our Vision is a new Haiti built hand-in-hand with opportunity and equity for all. Our Mission is to build communities by supporting local leaders, strengthening organizations, and connecting stakeholders for systemic impact. We empower local leaders, organizations, and social entrepreneurs with the skills, tools, resources and connections they need to lead community development. We help the philanthropic community connect to these organizations and support truly Haitian-led development efforts. And we support communities to convene public and private stakeholders around community planning efforts. HDI grew out of The Haiti Fund, a grantmaking fund created by The Boston Foundation following the devastating 2010 earthquake. The Haiti Fund and HDI have made a combined 284 grants totaling $4.65 million, mostly to grassroots organizations in rural areas tackling baseline poverty challenges. We have provided training, coaching and accompaniment support to over 85 organizations. We have also convened over 25 events bringing together stakeholders within and outside Haiti to advance systemic change, including the Haiti Funders Conference Series. Haiti Development Institute is an initiative of the Boston Foundation that supports a registered Haitian nonprofit of the same name that is certified as a 501(c)(3) equivalent and listed in the NGO Source repository. HDI is supported by long term partnerships with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Inter-American Foundation, Flora Family Foundation and FOKAL. Please see our websites at and for more information about our programs and results.