This year we’re celebrating the many ways Nest has continued to build and serve a community where the protection of culture and heritage is realized through handcraft, while providing sustainable livelihoods for our artisan and maker communities in the US and around the world.
Learn more about how we’ve fostered the new handworker economy under circumstances the world has yet to see before, thanks largely to our partners, by viewing our Impact Report.
Read the ReportGive a mask, employ an artisan with Nest’s PPE Purchasing Initiative! Join inaugural funders Qurate Retail Group, Etsy, Target, Amazon, Winn Family Foundation and Cordes Foundation to protect frontline workers and sustain maker businesses during these unprecedented times.
Donate a Mask
Nest works nationally and internationally with micro and small businesses facing the massive economic impacts of the global crisis. Purchase a hand-manufactured mask from a Nest Guild business to support the livelihoods of the artisans and makers who own them.
Learn More
In support of small businesses navigating the numerous challenges of the novel coronavirus, Nest is providing vetted resource guides in business productivity and development, funding, legal, and PPE production guidelines.
Access ResourcesWhat We Stand For
1 Global Economic Inclusivity
The International Labor Organization estimates more than 300 million home-based workers who are too often underserved as part of the informal economy. Nest is focused on increasing the supply and demand for responsible handcraft, generating economic opportunity for home-based workers at the bottom of the supply chain.
2 Women's Wellbeing Beyond Factories
Craft-based work is the second largest employer of women globally—providing a source of livelihood to those limited in their ability to work outside the home. Using universal standards for homes and small workshops, Nest is making female handworkers visible while promoting their fair access to social and economic opportunity.
3 Cultural Preservation
Around the world, time honored cultural traditions embedded in craftsmanship are in danger of being lost. Nest is committed to reviving these techniques through business innovation and a shift in consumer perception surrounding the value of handcraft.
