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The Burdock Fund
Protecting Endangered Forest Medicinal Plants & Supporting Women on Their Healing Journey
Help Us Raise $10,000 to Establish Our 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Status
For more than a decade, the Burdock Fund has quietly supported two intertwined missions:
the protection of endangered forest medicinal Plants and deep, long-term healing support for women in need.
We’ve operated as a grassroots initiative since 2013, and now we’re establishing full 501(c)(3) status so we can expand our partnerships, offer tax-deductible giving, and serve more women beginning in 2026.
Until our approval is complete, donations are not tax-deductible at this time.
Thank you for your understanding and your support.
Why We Exist
Many women who reach us have faced cascading challenges from health issues, trauma histories, chronic stress, financial strain, and a lack of long-term support that honors the body, mind, and spirit. They’re often priced out of herbal care or unable to access education that could help restore their agency and well-being.
Short-term programs can be a start, but sustainable change takes time, stability, skill-building, and a community of support.
The Burdock Fund fills this gap by offering a two-year, holistic, relationship-based healing and education program rooted in herbal medicine, somatic work, financial literacy, and personal empowerment.
Partner agencies have described our work as:
“the care that prevents women from falling through the cracks,”
and “the aftercare that keeps healing steady after their formal programs end.”
This is the continuum of care that transforms lives — and it’s urgently needed.
Our Two-Year Model
A Structure That Heals, Restores, and Empowers
Year One: Foundation & Healing
Monthly 1:1 sessions (Zoom and in-person)
Group circles for community and shared learning
Herbal support for nervous system repair, immune resilience, digestion, sleep, and emotional steadiness
Somatic guidance to help release stored trauma
Introduction to financial literacy and practical life skills
Seasonal sanctuary retreats in Vermont (1–3 sessions per summer fully supported)
Full logistical and practical support: transportation, paid time off (when needed), meals, herbal formulas, and on-site care
Women learn to reconnect with themselves, stabilize their health, trust their bodies, and build confidence in decisions that affect their well-being.
Year Two: Growth, Leadership & Reciprocity
By the end of the first year, women have gained enough grounding and skill that they naturally step into the role of mentor for the next group.
This peer model creates an exponential ripple of healing - strengthening families, communities, and future participants.
Women begin to:
Deepen their herbal knowledge
Develop leadership skills
Guide others with compassion and lived experience
Practice reciprocity with the land through stewardship
Integrate financial literacy and self-worth into daily life
Refine practices that sustain long-term health and stability
This is how transformation becomes generational.
Why the Land Matters
Many programs keep healing entirely indoors or disconnected from nature. We work differently.
Women come to the sanctuary for immersive stays because:
Land-based healing reorganizes the nervous system,
Time in protected forest spaces reduces trauma activation,
Stewardship of endangered plants fosters purpose and reciprocity,
And being on sacred, quiet land allows breakthroughs that simply do not happen in institutional settings.
This sanctuary is essential to our mission — not optional.
A Note on Philanthropic Integrity
In recent years, we have been offered large donations and sponsorships from high-level donors. However, these offers required us to relocate our work into cities such as Boston and abandon the sanctuary.
We declined.
The sanctuary is integral to how women heal, how they reconnect with themselves, and how they learn to care for something beyond their own immediate needs. The land stabilizes the nervous system, strengthens intuition, and helps restore dignity and self-worth.
We can not compromise on that.
Where Your Donations Go
Every donation we’ve received — even the small ones — has directly supported:
Tending the botanical sanctuary
Protecting endangered forest medicinals
Developing community partnerships
Stewarding the early stages of the women’s program
As we grow, new contributions will help us finalize our 501(c)(3) and expand our reach with integrity.
Your support helps fund:
Scholarships for low-income women
Herbal medicines for participating families
Nervous system & somatic healing support
Financial literacy education to strengthen long-term stability
Regenerative sanctuary stewardship
Seasonal overnight retreats at the Vermont sanctuary
Administrative support needed for growth
The establishment of our official 501(c)(3)
Your contribution fuels healing, conservation, and long-term community change.
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The Burdock Fund
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19 Main Street
Littleton, NH 03561
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