We are pleased to support our community with small financial donations to organizations and events that align with our mission and advocate the following: cooperatives, food access, sustainable food systems, environmental sustainability, health & well-being, social change, education, and the arts. To apply click the donation form below.

People's Food Co-op Community Donation Guidelines:

1. Alignment with PFC's mission and initiatives, as outlined above.

2. Organizations and events must be a 501c(3) non-profit under the Internal Revenue Code.

3. Groups making requests must be non-discriminatory.

4. Political candidates or parties, religious organizations, private clubs, individuals or sponsorship of individuals, and third-party fundraisers will not be considered.

5. Kindly submit your request at least 30 days before your event.

We provide most of our support in the form of $25 PFC gift cards, used to purchase goods from the Co-op, as door prizes, or as auction items.

Donation Form

People’s Food Co-op Community Fund

Do you love a nonprofit in our area? It may be a good fit for a grant from the People’s Food Co-op Community Fund (PFCCF).

Projects should be focused on one of the following:

Food and Food Systems
Nutrition
Health and Well Being
Sustainable Agriculture
Cooperative Education
Social Change and Inclusion

The granting process is closed for 2025. The process will reopen in May 2026.

2026 PFCCF RECIPIENTS

LA CROSSE

La Crosse Area Suicide Prevention Initiative

The La Crosse Area Suicide Prevention Initiative is committed to promoting awareness that suicide is a public health problem that is preventable. Our goals are:

Education

To increase awareness about suicide prevention throughout the greater La Crosse community through the annual Suicide Summit, annual Awareness Event, annual Dance for Hope, ongoing QPR Training and distribution of written information via the SPI Website, SPI Facebook, and numerous educational events and fundraisers.

Advocacy

To support and establish legislation at the state and national levels related to Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Insurance Parity.

Access

To increase access to care for at-risk populations by: reducing the stigma associated with help-seeking and raising the public's knowledge of risk factors for suicide, the warning signs, and preparedness to respond.

Safety

To assist communities in creating suicide-safe environments by: providing information to obtain gun safety locks and encouraging safe storage of firearms, supporting pill collections where community members can safely dispose of unused medications, providing information regarding crisis intervention resources.

ROCHESTER

Bolder Option

Bolder Options provides wellness-based mentoring for middle school youth, age 10 - 14 years old. Once we identify youth who need support we match them with volunteer mentors who meet with them every week for a year. Throughout their year together, participants focus on holistic personal development through weekly activities hosted by staff. We make mentoring fun and meaningful.

Co-op’s build community. From over 13,000 community members who have taken a stake in their Co-op by becoming an owner to the numerous non-profit organizations that we dedicate time, space, education, monetary donations, and awareness to, we make our communities stronger.

Our concern for community is integral to our mission statement:

Working together to build a sustainable community,
while treating all people with kindness and fairness.

And is woven through the work we do every day from the connections we make with local farmers and producers, the partnerships we form with community organizations, and our commitment to you, our customer.