Building new lives and communities rooted in dignity, care, and belonging
Women and gender expansive people of all conviction histories and incarceration lengths are welcome here. We meet people with housing, a living wage job, and a community that believes we are more than our worst mistakes.
More about Benevolence Farmwomen and trans people return to North Carolina from prison every year
People who have called Benevolence Farm home since 2016
Program alumni remain in community after two years
Transition back into the workforce with a living wage through our farm-to-body care social enterprise.
Employment
The time and space to heal with people who have been there.
Wellness & SupportFormerly incarcerated people are closest to the solutions. Benevolence Farm co-creates responses that inform policy, narrative, and our very own community-based services.
Seven tiny homes, built and designed for and by formerly incarcerated people. This is the first community of its kind in the state, seeded from an alumna’s idea.
Visit the Tiny Home Community
Our body care is infused by herbs and flowers grown right here on the Farm. Each product is made by residents earning a living wage. Buying our products funds someone's financial future.
$40 pays for a month of probation fees. $200 funds a week of food stipends. Every dollar invests in people returning home.
DonateSeven homes with their own keys and front porches, built for and by formerly incarcerated people. Join us in Graham for the ribbon cutting and open house.
Visit the Tiny Home Community