Community Giving
With help from our generous customers and vendors Whole Foods Market Hollywood raised
$49,208
in 2011 to help our local and global communities!
At Whole Foods Market we give back to the community in many ways, from product donations, to our Community Support Day and Dimes for a Difference Program and Scrip through Great Lakes. Please read on for more information on these programs.
In response to the incredible interest we’ve had from our communities for a gift card fundraising program, our non-profit and school customers can now purchase WFM gift cards from Great Lakes. Here are the details:
- Qualifying schools and non-profits can purchase WFM cards at a 3% discount
- There is no cap, so organizations will not visit the site and find “sold-out” messaging
- To set up a program or purchase cards, simply fill out an enrollment form on Great Lakes website.
Whole Foods Market has specific guidelines for the organizations we are able to support through donations. In addition to being a 501c3, you must fall must fall into one of the following categories:
- Environmental Preservation and Conservation
- Preventative Health Care
- Hunger Relief
- Organic Farming/Sustainable Food Resources
- Animal Compassion
Because Whole Foods Market believes in being an active community member, requests from other civic and charitable groups will be considered if the organization is in the immediate vicinity of a store location, meets our core values, and funding is available.
We do not donate foods to individuals, individuals seeking pledges, multiple requests from the same organization or organizations and/or causes. Each approved organization is restricted to one donation per year from any and all Whole Foods Market. Past support of an organization or an event is not a guarantee of future support.
5% COMMUNITY SUPPORT DAY
At Whole Foods Market, we are active participants in our community. We are extremely proud of our community involvement and the relationships that we continue to make each month! We strive to make a difference.
Our 5% Community Support 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 5% Days.
Download our 5% Community Support Day application here.
Community Support Day Application
Dimes For a Difference
Each quarter, Whole Foods Market Hollywood selects three non-profits to be beneficiaries for our Bag Refund program. For each bag you re-use, you can claim a ten cent deduction off your grocery bill, or you can choose to apply your refund to one of the non-profits listed at the register.
Here are a list of organizations that have benefited from our 5% Days, Dimes for a Difference Program and other charitable giving :
- Animal Aid
- Isobel’s Club House
- Oregon Chapter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
- Friends of Trees
- Multnomah County Summer Reading Program
- Kellogg Community Garden
- Oregon Food Bank (OFB)
- California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF)
- Share our Strength – Portland
- Green Empowerment
- Audubon Society of Portland
- Bicycle Transportation Alliance (BTA)
- SOLV
- School & Community Reuse Action Project (S.C.R.A.P.)
- Dove Lewis
- Eco Trust
- Growing Gardens
- Farm Aid Inc
- SCRAP
- North By NE Community Health
- Lighthouse Farm Sanctuary
- Oregon Zoo Foundation
- Loaves and Fishes
- Children’s Heart Foundation
- Community Warehouse
- Make a Wish Foundation
- American Cancer Society
- Healthy Waters Institute
- Pixie Project
- S.M.A.R.T.
- Friends of the Trees
- Lower Columbia River Estuary
- Quest Center for Integrated Health
- Oregon Hunger Task Force
- FreshWater Trust
- Tryon Community Farm
- Columbia River Keepers
- Autism Research and Resources of Oregon
- Portland Rescue Mission
- Red Cross-Portland
- Oregon Citizens for Safe Drinking Water
- Oregon Environmental Council
- Wildcat Haven
- Bola Moyo
- Pangaea Project
- Portland Habitat for Humanity
- Animal Aid Inc.
- Three River Land Conservancy
- Pacific NW College of Art
- Quest Center
- Salmon Safe
- Portland Youth Builders
- Western Rivers Conservancy
- American Cancer Society of Portland
- Healthy Waters Institute
- Oregon Trout Inc.
- Children’s Heart Foundation Oregon
- Community Warehouse
- Make a Wish Foundation Oregon
- Christie Care
- Prosperity Portland
- Out to Pasture Animal Sanctuary
- Leukemia Lymphoma Society
- Portland Tool Library
- Beverly Cleary PTA
- Dove Lewis Emergency Animal Hospital
- Children’s Healing Art Project
- Northeast Emergency Food Program
- Family Dogs New Life Shelter
- PAW Team (Portland Animal Welfare Team)
- Portland Youth Builders
- Friends of Family Farmers
- Autism Society of Oregon
- Northeast Community Center
- Beverly Cleary School Foundation
- Fences for Fido
- Kinship House
- Loaves and Fishes
- Portland Rescue Mission
- Potluck in the Park
- Schoolhouse Supplies
- Grant High PTA
- Hollywood Senior Center
For information on participating in a 5% Community Support Day and Dimes for a Difference, or for other donation requests, please click on one of the links above and email the completed application(s) and a copy of your charity’s 501c3 not for profit letter from the treasury to Megan Hornbeak, Marketing & Community Relations Specialist at megan.hornbeak@wholefoods.com.
