At Heine Brothers,’ we have always been about much more than simply making a profit. From the beginning, we have been committed to treating people and the planet with respect and dignity. From working directly with organic coffee farmers, to recycling every milk jug we use; from partnering to provide clean water in Mexico, to protecting the natural awesome of the Green River here in Kentucky; Impact is one of the core values of our company, and important to all of us at Heine Bros’.

We love roasting coffee and operating coffee shops and we are proud to be making a difference here in Louisville and around the world. At Heine Brothers’ Coffee, we believe we’re doing well by doing what’s right.

2021 Impact Partners:

The mission of Family Scholar House is to end the cycle of poverty and transform our community by empowering families and youth to succeed in education and achieve life-long self-sufficiency.
Each year, we serve disadvantaged residential and nonresidential single moms and dads and their children with a comprehensive, holistic continuum of care that meets them where they are and empowers them toward their educational, career and family goals. All families have experienced poverty, unstable housing and, most often, domestic violence. Programs and services are responsive to the needs of families and are provided for all ages.

From January 1 – March 31, 2021, Heine Brothers’ will donate $1 to Family Scholar House for every 12oz. bag of Traveler Blend sold.

For more info, visit: https://familyscholarhouse.org/

Educational Justice strives to end educational inequity by pairing a 5th-8th grade student with a high-achieving high school student for long-term academic mentorship aimed at both improving academic performance and providing a meaningful student leadership experience. Our Activists (high school students) are trained as tutors for their Scholars (underserved 5th-8th grade students). Once students are trained a Scholar gets to choose their own Activist. The pair meets one-on-one, every week for at least one hour of tutoring. Students are paired for the minimum of one school year, but in the best case scenario four years when a 5th grader and 9th grader are paired. Our high school students work to bring their Scholar back up to grade level so that once they reach high school they can apply to be a tutor themselves, and create a cycle of change in the Louisville community.

From January 1 – March 31, 2021, Heine Brothers’ will donate $1 to Educational Justice for every 12oz. bag of Mountain Dream sold.

For more info, visit: https://educationaljustice.org/

Carbon, Climate, and Coffee Projects :

Heine Brothers’ donates 3¢ for every pound of coffee that we purchase to the Coop Coffees Carbon, Climate, and Coffee Fund – creating opportunities to support small-scale farmers implement regenerative agricultural practices and to act as environmental service providers. In 2019, Heine Brothers’ funds are going to 8 coffee producer cooperatives, working on 8 different projects:

Hometown Heroes:

“The care of the Earth is our most ancient and most worthy, and after all our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it and to foster its renewal is our only hope.”

-Wendell Berry

Wendell Berry is a Kentucky-based novelist, poet, environmental activist, cultural critic, and farmer. A prolific author, he has written many novels, short stories, poems, and essays. The Berry Center – in New Castle, KY – is putting Wendell Berry’s writings to work by advocating for farmers, land conserving communities, and healthy regional economies.

Learn more at berrycenter.org.

“Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.”

-Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali was an American professional boxer and activist from Louisville. He is widely regarded as one of the most significant and celebrated sports figures of the 20th century. The Muhammad Ali Center – in Downtown Louisville, KY – is a nonprofit museum and multicultural center dedicated to the life and legacy of Muhammad Ali.

Learn more at alicenter.org.

“The meaning of human life lies not in what one individual or generation can achieve, but in the fact that human beings are constantly envisioning and reaching toward something better.”

-Anne Braden

Anne Braden was an American civil rights activist, journalist, and educator dedicated to the cause of racial equality in Louisville and throughout the South. The Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research – a program within the University of Louisville College of Arts and Sciences – was founded to honor the work and legacy of Anne Braden, seeking to advance public understanding of the U.S. civil rights movement, both its powerful history and its unfinished agenda of racial and social justice.

Learn more at louisville.edu/braden.

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