Change Matters

Our Change Matters program generates funds for local, non-profit, and community-enrichment organizations through donations collected at the registers at both Wedge locations. Co-op shoppers are invited to round up their purchases to the next dollar every time they shop, and these small-change donations add up to impactful contributions. While we cannot guarantee a certain dollar amount will be raised across our two retail locations, we typically raise up to $10,000 each month. 100% of the donations go to our partner organizations. Through this program Wedge Community Co-ops seek to create meaningful, productive, and lasting partnerships with local organizations.

For more than 40 years, Change Matters has partnered with organizations doing remarkable things—from building community gardens and feeding families in need, to bringing fresh, local produce into local classrooms. Our commitment supports our greater mission of rebuilding and investing in our neighborhoods, addressing the hunger crisis, and uplifting communities that deserve support—particularly Black, Indigenous, Immigrant, Refugee, and other communities of color.

Our October 2025 Partner

Sisters’ Camelot, a collectively-run Minneapolis non-profit founded in 1997 focused on food justice, waste reduction, sustainable living, community building, and youth education. They are 100% volunteer run, with two main programs: distributing free organic groceries by bicycle (approximately 7,000 pounds per week) to individuals and local food shelves; and serving free prepared food from a vintage bus converted into a licensed commercial kitchen to nourish the community. All Sisters’ Camelot food is rescued locally, including from our own Co-op Partners Warehouse! Nordic Naturals will also donate $1 for every product sold to Sisters’ Camelot in October.

Change Matters Application

If you are a local nonprofit organization that shares our vision building community through a strong local food system, we’d love to hear from you. We partner with certified 501(c)(3) organizations committed to hunger relief, food access, supporting emerging and immigrant farmers, ending homelessness, and empowering historically under-represented communities (people of the global majority, refugees, immigrants, LGBTQ+, disabled, and elderly). Applications are now open on a rolling basis! To be considered for the 2026 calendar year, apply by November 15, 2025.

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Our Impact

$11,317.20

average monthly impact in 2024

$135,806.45

raised in 2024

96

local nonprofits served
in the last 8 years

$1,064,055.45

raised since 2017

2025 Change Matters Recipients

MONTH ORGANIZATION PRODUCT PARTNER ROUND-UP TOTAL PRODUCT PARTNER TOTAL GRAND TOTAL
January Elpis Enterprises Ferndale Market will donate 5% of all sales $11,487.78 $1,121.93 $12,609.71
February Northside Residents Redevelopment Council Nordic Naturals will donate $1 per product sold $10,080.29 $1,721.00 $11,801.29
March Kiwi Cares Salad Girl will donate $1 per product sold $11,333.84 $267.00 $11,600.84
April Reuse Minnesota Baker’s Field Flour & Bread will donate $.25 per product sold, and Lowry Hill Provisions will donate $.50 per product sold $10,287.94 $420.25 $10,708.19
May East Philips Neighborhood Institute Baba’s Hummus will donate $.75 for every product sold $11,240.19 $2,493.00 $13,733.19
June QUEERSPACE Collective Wonderstate Coffee will donate 10% of all sales $10,726.29 $959.83 $11,686.12
July eQuality-Pathways to Potential Jonny Pops will donate 10% of all sales $9,983.16 $393.68 $10,376.84
August Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota Jinx Tea will donate 10% of all sales $10,607.50 $54.10 $10,661.60
September Somali American Women Action Center Bizzy Coffee will donate $1 per product sold $8,566.09 $1,142.00 $9,708.09
October Sisters’ Camelot Nordic Naturals will donate $1 per product sold
November Groveland Emergency Food Shelf
December Owner’s Choice Month: Agate Housing and ServicesDivision of Indian Work, The Aliveness Project