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History & Annual Reports

A Two-Spirit Indigenous-led 501(c)(3) rooted in Kent, WA, growing community wellness since 2022.

About

HeartfulRootz is a Washington State Public Charity 509(a)(2) and non-profit corporation 501(c)(3). We serve communities across Kitsap, Pierce, and King counties, with elixir shipping throughout the USA and Hawaiʻi.

EIN: 88-2881914 · UBI: 604 962 032

Milestones

  1. 2026

    Land purchase plans for the Heartful Home build in Kent, WA advance with community supporters.

  2. 2025

    Collaboration Cafe planning begins; first cohorts of HEART after-school care.

  3. 2024

    Apprenticeship program launches in partnership with Love Warrior Medicinals; herbal elixir subscription opens.

  4. 2023

    First Indigenous youth song-coloring books published; harvest gatherings and markets across the Salish Sea region.

  5. 2022

    HeartfulRootz incorporated as a 501(c)(3) — EIN 88-2881914, UBI 604 962 032.

Annual Reports

A flowing map of our seasons of work — newest at the top, winding down through each year. Same words and photos from our printed annual reports, set in our living page type.

Annual Report 2025
  1. Seattle Showcase

    Seattle Showcase

    Year End

    Connection with BIPGM creatives, comedians, poets and chefs, Inside show for Seattle Showcase

  2. Wellness Meals

    Wellness Meals

    Winter

    Program Development Connections and collaborations with local indigenous food and medicine practices to offer community deeper care.

  3. Fiesta del Maiz

    Fiesta del Maiz

    Autumn

    Indigenous connection to our sacred mama, corn. Public connection to culuture, danza, food, play and creativity.

  4. HEART Youth

    HEART Youth

    Summer

    Afterschool program for BIPGM youth to be more loved and supported, learn to cook healthy, listen to their bodies and better their homes and gardens

  5. Native Art Market

    Native Art Market

    Summer

    Connection with local community and Indigneous artists

  6. Native Art on the Ave

    Native Art on the Ave

    Spring

    Connection with community and Art table for Youth, edlers and everyone welcomed for hands on creativity with natures materials.

  7. Continue Cohort

    Continue Cohort

    Winter

    Deepen our plans for our Indigneous Youth Cohort progam and connecting to local elders for guidence on what plant infomation to share in public coloring song books

Annual Report 2024
  1. Latina Festival

    Latina Festival

    Year End

    Collaboration and Connection with Herencia Festival

  2. Fiesta del Maiz

    Fiesta del Maiz

    Autumn

    Cultural connection and collaboration for public event to celebrate nature and mama corn.

  3. Harvest Song Books

    Harvest Song Books

    Autumn

    Coloring Song Book for youth cohort program started!

  4. Plant Famly App

    Plant Famly App

    Summer

    Developing Plant Family App, where we can grow, share and connect through plant medicine, food is medicine. We dont have to be so divided.

  5. Greenlake Park Vote

    Greenlake Park Vote

    Summer

    Submitted and won a $100k park development plan, yet they changed our wording to make an outdoor shelter rather than include us inside. No funds were shared.

  6. Friends of the Waterfront

    Friends of the Waterfront

    Spring

    Hired to create equity for local BIPGM creatives, not honored or paid. They owe us $20k. Did not support equity, just kept us in same divided situations with their pilot program. We designed greenhouse and more inclusive cultural shared space plan.

  7. Product Creation

    Product Creation

    Winter

    Heartful Rootz branding update and product creation to raise funds for our programs

Annual Report 2023
  1. Reclamation

    Reclamation

    Year End

    Planning paid cohort learning programs to connect us to our cultural knowledge that was stolen from us.

  2. Dec 3 & 4 Market

    Dec 3 & 4 Market

    Winter

    Holiday Makers Market at Sky Nursery, story our cultural background, learn unique techniques of the artists

  3. Nourishing Food

    Nourishing Food

    Autumn

    Community wellness development. Collaboration with Queer the Land

  4. August Land Connect

    August Land Connect

    Summer

    Herbal self care & community care collabroation with Queer the Land

  5. Communtiy Garden

    Communtiy Garden

    Summer

    Land stewardship, connecting people back to the land

  6. Connect with Nature

    Connect with Nature

    Summer

    Sharing creative tools with youth and adults, resource share and empowerment beyond jobs.

  7. Connect to Your Gut

    Connect to Your Gut

    Summer

    Seasonal and culturally connective foods for gut health, wellness starts in our first brain, out tummy.

Annual Report 2022
  1. Dec 3 & 4 Market

    Dec 3 & 4 Market

    Winter

    Holiday Makers Market at Sky Nursery

  2. November Market

    November Market

    Autumn

    Seed exchange, clothing swap, story shares, poetry, drum circle and makers market

  3. September Market

    September Market

    Autumn

    Monthly market plan that The Collective Seattle cancled on us because someone else bought out the space.

  4. Collab with Amazon

    Collab with Amazon

    Summer

    Tried out vending for them, was not supportive. We were able to support our vendors by getting amazon to pay them each $300 for the day

  5. Lake Front Market

    Lake Front Market

    Spring

    At Lake Forest Park— lake front romantic, drum circle, poetry, food, live music, plants, energy work. This was a white owned club house and they invaded our space and yelled at our guests.

  6. Historical Event 6

    Historical Event 6

    Winter 2022

    Sharing our values and boundaires with community, to create a more safe space for BIPGM creatives. One on one meetings with creatives.

  7. Where We Started

    Where We Started

    Dec 11 & 12 2021

    Our first Maker Market at Sky Nursery highlighting and empowering 40 BIPGM handmakers