Give Back This Giving Tuesday with Cultivate! 🤝🏼🌟
It’s Giving Tuesday and in honor of the day, we would like to introduce our new social impact initiative, the Roots & Blossoms Fund and uplift a variety of Cultivate clients with impact-driven missions.
The Roots & Blossoms Fund 🎨 🌷
At Cultivate, we believe in the transformative power of storytelling – and we know that the arts play a vital role in shaping the next generation of storytellers. That’s why we’re so excited to announce the launch of the Roots & Blossoms Fund, a new grant initiative dedicated to supporting artistic and cultural programming for Vermont youth.
With the goal of making arts more accessible for young people across the state, and inspired by the “1% for the Planet” model, we’re committing 1% of our net revenue to this fund. Through four key areas of support – Access to the Arts, Arts Education & Literacy, Cultural Community Building, and Creative Expression – the Roots & Blossoms Fund will provide grants of up to $1,000 to nonprofit organizations that foster creativity and cultural exploration for kids ages 0-18.
But that’s not all: along with financial support, we’re offering in-kind services to help these nonprofits share their powerful stories with the world.
If you know a Vermont-based nonprofit dedicated to enriching young lives through the arts, spread the word! The application is open for our 2025 grant cycle until February 21st, 2025.
To learn more and apply, visit the Roots & Blossoms Fund page on our website.
Give Back to Cultivate Clients ✨
Cultivate supports a range of nonprofit clients as well as companies with missions to inspire positive social and environmental change. We’ve compiled a list below with information about each organization and how to learn more to support their efforts.
Barr Hill by Caledonia Spirits 🍸 🐝
Barr Hill fans know that honey is the key ingredient in their spirits products—and giving back to the pollinators that support the production of that honey and food systems globally is a part of their brand mission. Through environmental initiatives such as Barr Hill’s Bee’s Knees Week, Barr Hill gives back by pledging and planting pollinator habitat. In the past eight years of their Bee’s Knees Week initiative, Barr Hill has planted more than 1 million square feet of pollinator habitat.
To learn more about Barr Hill’s Bee’s Knees Week and sustainability mission, visit barrhill.com.
Cold Hollow Sculpture Park 🌳
Located in Enosburg, Vermont, Cold Hollow Sculpture Park is home to 70+ sculptures by artist David Stromeyer. The Park operates as a nonprofit with a mission to ignite visitors’ imagination and serve as a place of creative discovery and expression in Vermont. Cold Hollow Scupture Park provides a free, world-class art experience to all visitors while preserving the art and conserving the land.
Donate or learn more here about supporting the Park through volunteering or sponsoring sculptures.
Community College of Vermont 📚
The Community College of Vermont is a public, not-for-profit institution offering the lowest tuition rates in Vermont. CCV accepts one-time or recurring donations which support the college’s academic and institutional programs for students and staff.
CCV offers academic and support programs to their community of both traditional and nontraditional students and their unique needs. CCV greatly appreciates any and all donations as they work toward their ongoing goal of making higher education accessible for all Vermonters.
Donate to CCV here.
Conscious Alliance 🎵
A nonprofit hunger relief organization, Conscious Alliance unifies bands, brands, artists, and fans to collectively support communities in crisis.
Consider donating to Conscious Alliance this holiday season here or support the organization through the purchase of posters and other swag. All proceeds go toward programming to provide art that feeds.
To learn more about the organization and how to be involved, visit consciousalliance.org.
RunVermont 🏃♀️ 👟
RunVermont is a Vermont-based nonprofit organization offering premier events across the state. The organization supports participants of all abilities and levels, offering a diverse range of programs for all types of athletes.
Registration for RunVermont’s largest event, the M&T Bank Vermont City Marathon & Relay is open now. Register here.
To volunteer, sponsor, or further support RunVermont, learn more here.
Vermont Federal Credit Union 💰
Vermont Federal is helping to run a variety of charitable events for the holidays this time of year. Bring nonperishable food items to each of the following events to help give back to the community:
Feed Your Neighbor event at the Hannaford in Essex Junction, VT - November 23, 2024
Toys for Kids - November 29 through December 20, 2024
Feed a Family, South End City Market in Burlington, VT - December 19, 2024
Visit the Feed Your Neighbor event on-site on November 23 and the Feed a Family event on Devember 19 to donate nonperishables. Vermont Federal will also be collecting toys for Toys for Kids and more nonperishable items for Feed a Family at each of its branches throughout the holiday season.
For more information, visit vermontfederal.org.
Vermont Symphony Orchestra 🎻
Celebrating its 90th anniversary with the 2024/25 season, the Vermont Symphony Orchestra is a cultural cornerstone in the region, enriching communities and the lives of Vermonters statewide. With a commitment to artistic excellence, innovative programming, and community engagement, the VSO has established itself as one of the country’s premier state orchestras.
Donate here to the VSO. For more information about volunteer opportunities with the VSO, visit this site.
ZymoChem 🧬
ZymoChem is breakthrough science for a fossil-free future. Headquartered in San Leandro, CA, with a satellite division in Burlington, VT, ZymoChem envisions a world in which the goods we depend on everyday are bio-manufactured from 100% renewable materials and designed for a sustainable economy.
Learn more about Zymochem’s mission toward a more sustainable future at zymochem.com.