Viroqua Food Co+op Cooperative Community Fund Grant
About the program: The VFC Cooperative Community Fund (VFCCCF) was established in 2016 to provide grant funding for local educational projects, development projects or events to local nonprofit organizations with a mission consistent with Viroqua Food Co+op. VFCCCF is an endowment that is administered through Twin Pines Cooperative Foundation (TPCF) 501(c)(3). The co-op raises money for the endowment through our Give Where You Live register round-up each October. Applicants can apply in October. Grants are awarded in December.
Criteria for selection:
Local (within 100 miles of VFC) nonprofit organizations are eligible to apply for VFCCCF grants. Priority is given to grant requests for educational projects, development projects and events that match VFC’s mission and focus on but are not necessarily limited to:
social change
food and food systems
cooperative education
health and well-being
sustainable agriculture
nutrition
cooking education
Viroqua Food Co-op Cooperative Community Fund Recipients:
2022 - $600 - Driftless Writing Center-VFCCF Grant was used for the first Ridges & Rivers Book Festival 2023.
2021 - $1000 - Youth Initiative High School-VFCCF Grant was used to create and maintain a community green space behind Thoreau’s Greenhouse.
2020 - $600 - Family and Children’s Center -VFCCF Grant was used to create holiday food baskets to distribute to Family and Children’s Center clients when the Community Dinner was canceled due to COVID.
2019 - $500 - McIntosh Memorial Library - VFCCF Grant was used to expand their free Culinary Literacy Program that included food and gardening classes.
Driftless Writing Center-Ridges and Rivers Book Festival
YIHS students at the entrance to the new Community Garden
Family and Children's Center-Holiday Gift Baskets
McIntosh Memorial Library, Culinary Literacy Program
Other ways we donate
give where you live
microloan
donation
sponsorships