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 April 2026 Partner

Our April Change Matters partner is Urban Roots, on a mission to empower youth through nature, healthy food, and community. Based on the east side of Saint Paul, they envision a world where all communities have unlimited access to nature and healthy food. They are the largest employer of youth in paid internships in areas like urban farming & agriculture, natural resource conservation, and culinary pathways. Baba’s will also donate 15% of all sales during the month of April.

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 for 2027.

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Our Impact

$11,975.95

average monthly impact in 2025

$143,711.45

raised in 2025

108

local nonprofits served
in the last 9 years

$1,207,766.90

raised since 2017

2026 Change Matters Recipients

MONTH ORGANIZATION PRODUCT PARTNER ROUND-UP TOTAL PRODUCT PARTNER TOTAL GRAND TOTAL
January Legal Rights Center Salad Girl $10,078.72 $222.00 $10,300.72
February Tubman Nordic Naturals $9,046.03 $1,586.00 $10,632.03
March Minnehaha Food Shelf Jinx Tea $10,252.66 $331.97 $10,584.63
April Urban Roots
May Hmong American Farmers Association
June Wildflyer Coffee
July Brightside Produce
August Midwest Food Connection
September Youthlink
October Co-op Affordability Project
November Community Emergency Service (CES)
December Whittier Alliance