Rally for Change

Rally for Change Applications Open

Apply to be a Partner by August 31

Vermont non-profits are encouraged to apply to be a partner of and receive donations through our Rally for Change program. Each month, different local community organizations receive donations from shoppers who round up to the nearest dollar at checkout, raising a total of more than $2 million since 2014! Interested in participating? Download and email the application below by August 31, 2025 to grants@citymarket.coop to be considered. You may also download the application here.
 

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How it Works

Anytime you check out at City Market, you can choose to round up your total to the nearest dollar. Each month, we support Feeding Chittenden and other organizations working to strengthen our community. With roughly 4,000 transactions each day across both stores, we all have the opportunity to rally for community-wide change.

Six people in winter coats stand in a row in front of a painted mural. The mural features a mountain on the left and a lake on the right. The second and fourth people from the left each hold an oversized check. The leftmost check is made out to COTS. The rightmost check is made out to the Intervale Center.

You Make a Difference

July's Donation Totals

$4,970.06 went to Connecting Cultures/NESTT (50%)
$2,982.04 went to NFI Vermont (30%)
$994.01 went to Champlain Islands Farmers Market (10%)
$994.01 went to Camp Downer (10%)

Total Raised Since 2014

$2,009,902.49

This Month's Rally for Change Partners

August's 10% PARTNER

ONE (Old NE) Farmer's Market

The Old North End Farmer's Market believes that access to fresh, healthy and affordable food is a basic human right. Working with local farmers, the ONE Farmer's Market has helped to increase food access in a growing & diverse Burlington neighborhood in the heart of the Old North End since 1992.

August's 10% PARTNER

The Dad Guild

Founded in 2019, Dad Guild is a Vermont-based nonprofit organization that is home to a growing network of over 1,000 dads across the state. We believe that when dads and masculine-identifying caregivers are engaged in their caregiving roles, children experience positive outcomes, dads experience positive mental health benefits, large steps towards gender equality are taken and cycles of generational trauma are disrupted.

August's 30% PARTNER

Huntington Open Women’s Land Trust (HOWL)

HOWL is a non-profit land trust held in perpetuity for the full diversity of women, regardless of gender assigned at birth, and transgender, non-binary, and gender expansive individuals. An intentional community, HOWL works to create an alternative to systemic oppression and patriarchy and collectively works to preserve and steward the land, to provide space for community building, service, and skill-sharing, and to collaborate in projects and programming that reflect our shared values of intersectional feminism, compassion, respect, sustainability, and love of the earth.

August's 50% PARTNER

Feeding Champlain Valley

Feeding Champlain Valley strives to increase access to nourishing food, provide more variety in our food offerings, and cultivate a more inclusive environment for everyone living in the Champlain Valley region. The organization foster connections and partnerships with agricultural organizations, clinicians, sister non-profits, housing organizations, and schools -- building a community focused on improving health, maintaining dignity, and challenging inequality.