Who We Are

How We Were Called to MATTER

When Minnesota business owners Dennis and Megan Doyle saw valuable corporate surplus being discarded, they took action. Using what was in their own two hands, warehouse space, they began gathering life-saving resources to put into the hands of people living in scarcity. It soon became their calling, and in 2002 they started Hope for the City.

Today, Hope for the City is now MATTER. Our mission is simple. We help people launch projects that improve communities.

While not a faith-based organization, we refer to MATTER as “faith-inspired.” Our founders started the organization based on inspiration they received from two Scriptural commands: to “care for the least of these”, from Matthew 25; and to be good stewards of God’s creation and its abundant resources, as found in Genesis 2.

Since 2002, with the help of tens of thousands of donors, supporters, partners and volunteers, MATTER has distributed more than $772 million in restorative aid, impacting millions of lives around the world.

Our belief statement reflects the very DNA from which our organization was founded: You matter. Your ideas and actions can change the world. Believe it. We do.