Weaver Street Market award grants each year to local nonprofits for community projects that focus on “Access to Healthy Food.”
The grants come from our Cooperative Community Fund (CCF), a sustainable endowment fund for community donations. In the past, WSM grew the endowment fund through contributions from owners and shoppers, including the purchase of Hope for the Holiday products, proceeds from wine shows and co-op events, and donated owner dividends and shares. The endowment’s current value is $370,000.
Since its inception in 2006, this endowment fund has grown and distributed over $91,559 in grants to 47 local non-profit organizations. Each year, a dedicated committee of consumer and worker-owners carefully selects the grant recipients with community projects that focus on “Access to Healthy Food” (such as Community Agriculture, Hunger Relief, Nutrition and Cooking Education, Healthy Food Environments, Advocacy, and Food Waste).
Cooperative Community Grants are closed for this year!
2025 CCF Grant Recipients
$2,845 Jubilee Healing Farm (Orange County) received a grant for their Garden Expansion Project, enabling them to triple the garden’s size and boost food production, which is donated to OCIM, a local food pantry, with plans to support PORCH and TABLE in the future to further enhance food security in the community. This project incorporates an innovative eco-therapy component using horticulture to help those with mental health needs in the community.
$2,501 Hillsborough Community Farm (Orange County) was awarded a grant for their Enclosing the New Garden project. This grant will help them rebuild their garden in a new area after being destroyed during the Hurricane Chantal floods. This garden is dedicated to donating fresh produce to Orange County families and supports PORCH Hillsborough’s food distribution efforts, ensuring access to healthy food for everyone.
$5,595 Transplanting Traditions Community Farm (Orange and Wake County) received a grant for their Refugee and Immigrant Producer Hub Infrastructure Project. This project will expand their facilities to include a wash and pack station. It supports farm businesses offering culturally relevant foods, meeting safety standards, and diversifying fresh produce. As a collective of refugee farmers in Chapel Hill, it serves as a cultural hub, celebrating heritage and sustaining agricultural traditions for refugees, mainly from Burma.