City Market Onion River Co-op Seedling Grant

City Market Onion River Co-op Seedling Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: City Market Onion River Co-Op
Amount: More than US $25,000
Last Updated: March 15, 2026

Summary

Overview

About City Market, Onion River Co-op City Market, Onion River Co-op, is a community-owned food cooperative with two locations in beautiful Burlington, Vermont. We offer a large selection of local, organic, and conventional foods, and thousands of Vermont-made products. The Co-op is dedicated to supporting the local economy and strengthening the local food system. We work with over 400 independent Vermont farmers, producers, and Vermont-owned businesses to feature the widest selection of local products we can. We regularly stock over 3,000 Local or Made in Vermont products, and Local and Made in Vermont products account for 40% of our sales. As a Member-owned cooperative, we are accountable to our Members. Seedling Grants What Are Seedling Grants? Through our Co-op Seedling Grant program, City Market grants funding to projects from Vermont non-profit organizations whose work strengthens our local food system. This program is currently funded through our Rally for Change program. Seedling Grant History During profitable years, City Market Members receive patronage checks based on their spending as a form of profit-sharing. According to City Market’s By-Laws, any Patronage Refunds that are not cashed within 90 days are donated to organizations supporting our local food system, as directed by our Board. In 2014, City Market created a new program to offer grants through our uncashed Patronage Refund checks – our Seedling Grant Program! Since 2018, this program has been funded through Rally for Change as the Co-op works toward a return to profitability after our South End expansion.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Vermont non-profits working to strengthen our local food system.

Ineligibility

What Seedling Grants do not fund:IndividualsOrganizations without non-profit statusPersonnel costs (wages, labor costs, stipends to individuals, etc.), legal fees, or general operating costs of an organizationPartisan or politically-affiliated organizationsReligiously-affiliated organizations, even if the project itself does not have a religious intent or connection