Cultivate a Brighter Future: Give Back this Holiday Season 🌟💚
Cultivate clients are making a difference and supporting local communities – and you can help, too! Explore (and support!) these initiatives:
Cold Hollow Sculpture Park 🖼️
Home to more than 70 sculptures by David Stromeyer, Cold Hollow Sculpture Park is a nonprofit arts destination committed to creativity, community, and discovery. To help shape the Park’s 2026 programming, consider donating online or by check here.
Food Alliance 🍎
Food Alliance is a nonprofit organization that provides a comprehensive, whole-system certification that addresses safe and fair working conditions, humane treatment of animals, and environmental stewardship for farmers, ranchers, and the food and beverage industries. Visit their website here to learn more about how to donate and support their mission.
Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival 🎹
The Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival is a summer festival that brings youth string musicians from around the world to Vermont to hone their craft. With more than 50 public events that showcase diverse programs of chamber music, the Festival’s goal is to inspire the next generation of musicians, foster artistic growth, and promote an inclusive environment for all performers. Learn more and donate here.
Manchester Music Festival 🎶
The Manchester Music Festival is a chamber music festival and beloved annual event in Manchester, VT, each summer, featuring world-class performances and supporting rising musicians through its esteemed Young Artists Program. Thanks to the generosity of donors, your new or increased gift will be matched dollar-for-dollar up to $20,000. Donate here to support and expand the festival’s programs and impact.
Philo Ridge Farm 🌄
Support Philo Ridge Farm’s organic regenerative farm in Charlotte, Vermont, and help advance education, research, and community engagement in sustainable agriculture. This season, shop local at their Winter Holiday Market on Sunday, December 14, from 10 AM to 3 PM, featuring farm-grown produce and eclectic handmade goods from local vendors. To learn more, visit their Facebook post about the market here.
Renée Rows 🚣
Support Renée Blacken’s Team FOARtysomething’s Atlantic rowing expedition in partnership with Outdoor Adventuring for Good to raise awareness for trauma recovery programs. Her journey, beginning in Antigua and ending in the Canary Islands, spans over three months of physically grueling rowing. To support her and her team, visit their GoFundMe here.
RunVermont 👟
RunVermont is a nonprofit organization that hosts running events and programs and inspires lifelong physical activity by supporting athletes year-round with its events, including the following upcoming events: Freezy Cheeks 5k Series, Half Marathon Unplugged, and the M&T Bank Vermont City Marathon & Relay. Donate to RunVermont here to support their mission and programming.
Still 💝
Still is an advocacy project that raises awareness for Aesthetic Flat Closure as a post-mastectomy procedure. Their projects support, enhance, and create an environment in which “going flat” is accepted, loved, and illuminated through design and art. To donate to Still, visit their website here and scroll to the bottom to access their donation portal.
Vermont Federal Credit Union ✏️🍅
Vermont Federal Credit Union’s Vermont Federal Foundation is a nonprofit organization that helps Vermonters prosper, grow, and enrich their lives. This holiday season, they are hosting several impactful programs that support food security. Donate here to support the organization’s initiatives.
Vermont Symphony Orchestra 🎻
The Vermont Symphony Orchestra is a nonprofit organization with a mission to enrich local communities through music, deliver entertaining performances, and provide music education to Vermont’s rising musicians. Their events, concerts, and performances encourage a love of music across Vermont. Donate here to enhance the organization's mission and support its work.