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 May 2025 Partner

Our May Change Matters partner is East Phillips Neighborhood Institute (EPNI). The East Phillips community is repurposing a vacant 230,000 square foot warehouse and 2 acre parking lot in Minneapolis into a neighborhood hub. The hub will support public health, environmental justice, and economic opportunity through aquaponics and raised bed urban farming, renewable energy generation, small business spaces, and a community ownership model. Baba’s is donating 75 cents per product sold to EPNI in May.

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
May East Philips Neighborhood Institute
June QUEERSPACE Collective
July eQuality-Pathways to Potential
August Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota
September Somali American Women Action Center
October Sisters’ Camelot
November Groveland Emergency Food Shelf
December Owner’s Choice Month: Agate Housing and ServicesDivision of Indian Work, The Aliveness Project