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 $371,000.
Since its inception in 2001, this endowment fund has grown and distributed over $102,500 in grants to 50 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 and will re-open next summer!
2026 CCF Grant Recipients
$2,117 Food Equity Collaborative (Raleigh) was awarded for their Kitchen Compass project. The project teaches young adults transitioning out of foster care through hands-on cooking and food literacy to equip them with skills and supplies for healthy futures.
$1,908 Hillsborough Community Garden (Hillsborough) was awarded for their Irrigation Support project. The project helps the garden replace damaged water storage tanks needed to expand the garden and continue to support PORCH Hillsborough in providing fresh produce to the community.
$1,270 Inter-Faith Council for Social Service (Carrboro) was awarded for their Holiday Food for Our Neighbors project. The project provides holiday proteins, fresh produce, and festive side dishes in November and December for 200 households in underserved communities in Chapel Hill and Carrboro.
$5,705 Transplanting Traditions Community Farm (Chapel Hill) was awarded for their Walk-in Cooler and Efficiency Upgrade project. The project improves their cooler space by upgrading to a larger walk-in cooler, which will allow the farmers to increase the amount of fresh food they can store in the cooler, including culturally relevant foods for the community.