Community Giving

Thank you for your interest in Whole Foods Market Broadway's Community Giving program. We are committed to supporting the Boulder County community. We pledge to donate at least five percent of our annual net sales to not-for-profit and educational organizations.

Ways We Give Back

Please read through the following materials carefully in order to decide which program best suits your organization's needs and offers the best chance of being awarded a donation.

Event Donation Requests

For most organizations a smaller Donation Request based on a specific event is more likely to be approved and offers considerable value to the organization.

• Whole Foods Market donates to a specific event that the organization plans.
• We prefer to donate product or gift cards and rarely donate cash. The majority of our products will be our private label products.
• All applications must be received in writing at least 45 days prior to event deadline.
• Phone inquires are discouraged, please apply with a written application. See link below.
• Rarely do we give large contributions to any one organization, allowing us to donate to a wider range and greater number of non-profits.

Supporting Schools

Commitment to our schools is of great importance to us at WholeFoods Market. There are 54 schools in the Boulder Valley School District, over 100 non-public schools (Charter, private, preschools) and many other schools in the surrounding areas that we support.

Bag Donation Program

This program is exclusive to our stores in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Kansas and was specifically created to assist our local schools! At check out, if customers bring in their own bags, they can either take 10 cents off their bill or give 10 cents to a local school. This is an excellent opportunity for a school to partner with Whole Foods Market and raise money. We will change the benefiting school quarterly. Schools, please fill out this bag donation application.

Our Community 5% Days are another meaningful way we give back to our community. On designated days throughout the year a total of 5% of the day's net sales are donated to local non-profit organizations. Customers help support our selected organizations just by shopping on these 5% Days.

Becoming A Community Partner

A Community Partner is a non-profit organization that we feel matches our Core Values and with whom we want to build an ongoing, mutually beneficial relationship. We choose our Community Partners as carefully as we choose our vendors and products for our stores.

Organizations applying for a Community Day should meet all goals of the program. In general we choose organizations that are in the greatest need, have a focused impact on the most individuals or selected causes, and represent the Core Values of Whole Foods Market. All organizations must have nonprofit status (501c3) and focus their efforts here in Boulder County.

Ready To Apply?

To apply for a donation you may pick up the appropriate form at Customer Service or download the applications here.

• Donation Request
• Community Day Application

Please complete the form, attach a copy of your 501c3 status, any applicable brochure on your organization, and a business card if you have one.

Submit your forms in person. All requests must be delivered in person to the Customer Service desk at the Broadway Store. Your application will be dated confirming that it has been received by a customer service representative.

Please do not call to check the status of your application. To best serve our community's needs we must streamline this process and be both efficient and consistent. All applications will be reviewed. If we have further questions we will call you. Once a month we make final decisions based on our monthly projections for the following month. At this time we will call all those granted donations and arrange the time for pick up of the award.
Note: Because we receive hundreds of applications we are not able to personally speak with all applicants.

If we provide a donation for your organization, we will love to hear feedback, have photos sent, pictures drawn, letters written, etc. telling the story of the event. It helps us connect with you, and keep our team members excited and involved in the Boulder Community.

Thanks again for your interest and we hope we can be of help to your organization!

Warm Regards,
Shaya Mercer, Store Marketing Specialist
Whole Foods Market Broadway
Boulder, Colorado