We’ve been blown away by the examples of generosity and kindness that are at the heart of so many brands in the community. We asked some of the most giving entrepreneurs and leaders we know to tell us about how they think about the practice of donating a percentage of sales.

Sasha Skon

We work with Zero Foodprint (https://www.zerofoodprint.org/) because climate work matters. Zero Foodprint is essentially crowdfunding for carbon farming—the more customers spend at restaurants and food retailers, the more funds get directed towards farms to get carbon out of the atmosphere and into the ground. We are committed to offsetting our cabin footprint, and while we try to source as locally as possible, we do occasionally source from farther afoot waters. Striving to be as sustainable as possible, including supporting efforts to counteract emissions is paramount to our business’s core values and mission. Read more>>

Monica Foster

We recently launched a campaign called BELIEVE IN THE GOOD where we sell tshirts with that saying on it and give 10% of our sales to local LGBTQ family members in need of support. Our current mission is to raise funds and awareness for a local trans woman in Reed City. Lilly is a 17 year old woman who has been bullied for using the women’s bathroom at her high school. Since coming out a year ago, her life has had its ups and downs and we’d love to do everything we can to help Lilly know she’s never alone. The funds from the campaign will help fund surgeries for Lilly to feel her most authentic self. Read more>>

 Lana Yanovska

As a Ukrainian, the devastating impact of the full-scale invasion of my country by rusia prompted me to take action. It was an instinctive decision for me to allocate a portion of my art proceeds towards aiding those affected by the war. In choosing the organizations to support, I opted for ones that are actively involved on the ground and I have personal connections with. Many of the people working in these organizations are friends and acquaintances from my school and university days; others are familiar faces from my previous photography projects. Read more>>

Sean Arsenault

We donate a percentage of the sales of every pint of our flagship Wayne’s Pale Ale to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Disease research. My father is Wayne and he currently suffers from Parkinson’s. Read more>>

Brandi Burgei

At LandLocked Ales, we hold an annual event called Pints 4 Purple, in which we donate 20% of all beer sales for the day to the National Pancreatic Cancer Foundation. One of our regulars’ wife died of Pancreatic Cancer, and we work in conjunction with him and the foundation to make it our biggest sales day of the year. We have raised several thousand dollars for the foundation over the years, and this will be our fifth year running when we hold the event in October. Read more>>

Terri Ford

I started a nonprofit organization in the name of 478 Youth and Beyond, Inc. I currently donate a percentage of my small business income from TWF Business Solutions, Inc to further the mission of this organization. I have been working with youth entrepreneurs for years and decided that additional focus has to be placed on our youth to help curb youth violence, mental illness and help work on conflict resolution while creating sustainable wealth through entrepreneurship. Read more>>