Community Giving
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.
Donations
Donation Requests are accepted online only. You must complete the online application at least 45 days prior to when you would expect your donation. As part of the process you will be asked to upload a copy of your group’s 501(c)3 letter from the IRS/US Treasury. Please note that this is a federal letter and not the Tax Exempt Form from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
click here to apply for a donation
Community Involvement
There are other ways that our store works with non-profit agencies in the area. We participate regularly with community organizations and in-store by offering our customers coupons at checkout enabling them to support selected nonprofits. The Federation of Massachusetts Farmers Markets, Project Bread, Boston Living Center, and Share Our Strength’s Cooking Matters are a few of the groups which have benefited from this program.
You’ll often find Team Members from the Wayland store sampling food or volunteering at community and fundraising events, too. You’ve seen us at Bonnie’s Boot Camp Annual Work Out Fundraiser, the Eastern MA Wildlife Refuge, Drumlin Farm, the Food Project, HOPESudbury, Russell’s Garden Center, Wayco, Claypit Hill, Happy Hollow, Wayland Middle School, Parmenter, Yoga Reaches Out Yogathon, Habitat for Humanity, MS Walk Worcester, Against the Tide Breast Cancer Walk, and at many public and private health and wellness fairs and food events around town. At larger scale events such as Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation, Earthfest, and AIDS Walk Boston, you’ll often find Whole Foods Market Team Members from all over Eastern Massachusetts!
Recent recipients include:
- Agasszi Village
- Buddy Dog Humane Society
- Children’s Hospital Boston
- Claypit Hill
- Dudley Pond Association
- Friends of Wayland Public Library
- Friends of Wayland Youth Social Workers
- Greater Boston Food Bank
- Green Meadow PTO
- Golden Tones
- Happy Hollow
- HOPESudbury
- Lauren Dunne Astley Foundation
- Manitou Camps Foundation
- Mass Agriculture in the Classroom
- Mass Audubon Society
- Maynard Education Foundation
- Musicians of the Old Post Road
- National MS Society – Central New England Chapter
- OARS 3 Rivers
- Open Table Food Pantry
- Parmenter Food Pantry
- Roxbury Weston Programs, Inc
- Save-A-Dog
- Shared, Inc
- Stow Conservation Trust
- Sudbury Baseball
- Sudbury Education Resource Fund
- The Walden Woods Project
- Wayco Amateur Sports Development
- Wayland Baseball and Softball Association
- Wayland Council on Aging
- Wayland Community Pool
- Wayland High School Boosters
- Wayland High School Scholarship Committee
- Wayland Hockey Association
- Wayland Middle School
- Wayland Public Schools Foundation
- Wayland Rec Department
- Wayland Student Press Network
- Yoga Reaches Out
And although many of our store-supported activities - such as the OARS Wild & Scenic Film Festival and Drumlin Farm Groundhog Day - don’t require us to be there, you’ve snacked on our donations or purchased them to support the programs you’ve attended.
5% Community Giving Days 
are another meaningful way we give back to our community. Four times throughout the year a total of 5% of a day’s net sales are donated to local non-profit organizations. Customers help support our selected organizations just by shopping on these 5% Days!
Some of our recent recipients have been Yoga Reaches Out, Garden in the Woods, Wayland Public Schools Foundation, Drumlin Farm, Land’s Sake Farm, Neighbor Brigade, Sudbury Valley Trustees, and the Wayland Green Team.
Community Relations Contact
Jaimee Rondeau
Marketing Team Leader
508-358-7700 (store)
