Community Giving
Whole Foods Market Supports Our Community
Whole Foods Market is a company with a conscience, we believe passionately in supporting the communities we serve. A percentage of our sales are used to benefit non-profit organizations on a monthly basis.
Our Community 5% Days are one meaningful way we give back to our community. On designated days throughout the year a total of 5% of the day’s net sales are donated to local non-profit organizations. Customers help support our selected organizations just by shopping on these designated days. Our 5% Days are planned far in advance and fall into themed categories, including Farms & Harvest, Environment, Hunger & Homelessness, and Education. If you would like to be considered for a 5% Day, please send information about your organization, along with a completed donation application form, to the Marketing Team Leader in the appropriate store.
- Download our NYC Donation Application Form & Guidelines.
We’re thrilled to be a part of New York City and its diverse community. Some of the groups we have supported include:
5% Day recipient.
City Harvest
Since we opened our first New York City store in 2001, Whole Foods Market has donated over 205,698 pounds of food to City Harvest.
Since the store opened, Whole Foods Market Bowery alone has donated over 160,000 pounds of food to the Bowery Mission and in an average week donates over 1,000 pounds of food.
Lower East Side Girls Club
Sponsor of 10th Annual Willow Awards Benefit and the Lower East Side Girls Congress.
Girls and Boys Projects
5% Day recipient.
Sponsor of the Live From Home Concert Series and annual Gin Mingle to support New York City residents struggling with homelessness, AIDS and HIV.
New York Food Museum
Sponsor of 6th Annual NYC International Pickle Day.
Council On The Environment of NYC
5% Day recipient: proceeds went to renovate the Miracle Garden, 3rd street and Avenue B.
Sponsor of the Grand Street Settlement Summer Camp serving Lower East Side residents and children.
Sponsor of the New Museum’s monthly Community Day programs and annual Block Party, serving neighborhood families and youth.
Sponsor of the FAB Banner Program to support the city’s longest-standing and only cultural district on East 4th Street.
Whole Foods Market Green Mission
Whole Foods Market composts our food waste by partnering with Converted Organics of New Jersey and Peninsula Compost of Delaware.
We cannot accept compost from customers due to sanitation issues. A local alternative is the Lower East Side Ecology Center, an organization we support by hosting compost workshops and through in-kind donations. Consider bringing your compost to one of their accepted locations : East 7th Street Community Garden between Ave. A and Ave. B or the Union Square Greenmarket.
Community Relations Contact
Sara McGuinness
sara.mcguinness@wholefoods.com
