What is Register Round-Up?
Co-op shoppers have the option to round up their grocery bill to the next dollar and donate to local nonprofit organizations chosen by our Member-Owners. At the end of the designated Round-Up period, 100% of these funds are donated directly to the organization to help them continue to support our community!
We launched our Register Round-Up Program in June of 2019 and have been absolutely blown away by its success. Since then, we’ve raised more than $240,000 for local organizations!
Each year, in May, Portland Food Co-op Member-Owners can nominate up to three non-profits during the designated nomination period.
A slate of nominees is then created.
Co-op Member-Owners vote for their top ten organizations from this slate. Voting takes place online in May each year.
To qualify for Register Round-Up, organizations must:
Currently be a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization or have a 501(c)(3) fiscal sponsor
Not be directly affiliated with a religious organization or political party
Not have received funds through Register Round-Up for the past three (3) cycles.
If you would like for your organization to be nominated for the 2026/2027 cycle, have a Portland Food Co-op Member-Owner ready to nominate your organization during the nomination period next May, 2026.
Please do not contact the store, the General Manager, or the Board about early nomination. There is no other path for nomination except during the publicly announced process next May.
Partners for the 2025 / 2026 cycle
June 2025 - Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center: $6,335.02
July 2025 - Friends of the Portland Community Free Clinic
August 2025 - Legal Services for Maine Elders
September 2025 - Foundation for Portland Public Schools
October 2025 - Wabanaki REACH
November 2025 - People’s Inclusive Welding
December 2025 - Hope Acts
January 2026 - Indigo Arts Alliance
February 2026 - Youth & Family Outreach
March 2026 - Mainely Teeth
April 2026 - Bomazeen Land Trust
May 2026 - ProsperityMe
Our Past Partners
2024–2025
June 2024 - Family Promise: $4,932.00
July 2024 - Cumberland County Food Security Council: $5,091.17
August 2024 - Scholarships for Maine Immigrants: $5,247.14
September 2024 - WMPG: $4,510.03
October 2024 - Milestone Recovery: $5,621.05
November 2024 - Portland Parks Conservancy: $5,475.84
December 2024 - South Portland Food Cupboard: $5,785.91
January 2025 - Living Soil Network: $5,078.26
February 2025 - In Her Presence: $5,107.61
March 2025 - Maine Needs: $6,778.56
April 2025 - SPACE Gallery: $5,867.35
May 2025 - Portland Outright: $6,274.87
2022–2023
June 2022 - Equality Community Center: $3,629.45
July 2022 - Portland Trails: $4,529.35
August 2022 - The Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition: $5,006.10
September 2022 - Portland Gear Hub: $4,381.50
October 2022 - Mayo Street Arts: $4,545.26
November 2022 - Center for Grieving Children: $4,986.79
December 2022 - Pine Tree Legal Assistance: $4,188.72
January 2023 - Portland Public Library: $3,980.89
February 2023 - Committee to Restore the Abyssinian: $4,167.58
March 2023 - Friends of Portland Adult Education: $5,375.87
April 2023 - Cumberland County Children’s Advocacy Center: $3,871.36
May 2023 - MaineTransNet: $4,674.45
2023–2024
June 2023 - I’m Your Neighbor Books: $4,161.50
July 2023 - Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project: $4,604.32
August 2023 - Preble Street: $4,173.50
September 2023 - Presente! Maine: $3,491.10
October 2023 - Sea Change Yoga: $3,507.72
November 2023 - Locker Project: $4,579.46
December 2023 - A Company of Girls - $5,181.20
January 2024 - Palaver Strings - $4,356.22
February 2024 - Birth Roots - $4,137.88
March 2024 - Cultivating Community - $4,825.22
April 2024 - Wild Seed Project - $4,915.79
May 2024 - Animal Refuge League of Greater Portland: $5,261.67
2021-2022
June 2021 - Indigo Arts Alliance: $3,450.65
July 2021 - Presente! Maine: $4,131.89
August 2021 - In Her Presence: $4,158.20
September 2021 - Black P.O.W.E.R.: $4,055.22
October 2021 - Maine Inside Out: $3,739.14
November 2021 - Milestone Recovery: $3,304.64
December 2021 - Maine Needs: $4,101.33
January 2022 - Hope Acts: $3,632.46
February 2022 - Southern Maine Workers' Center: $3,199.17
March 2022 - Through These Doors: $3,848.27
April 2022 - Black Owned Maine: $3,651.70
May 2022 - The Telling Room: $3,501.33
2019-2020
June - August 2019 - Cultivating Community: $3,788.81
September - November 2019 - Maine Access Immigrant Network: $7,552.16
December 2019 - February 2020 - Preble Street: $10,835.45
March - May 2020 - Portland Trails : $4,610.70
2020-2021
June 2020 - Project Feed: $1,888.68
July 2020 - Greater Portland Family Promise: $2,378.73
August 2020 - Cultivating Community: $2,595.91
September 2020 - The Locker Project: $2,661.50
October 2020 - Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center: $3,134.44
November 2020 - Portland Outright: $3,325.69
December 2020 - Maine Access Immigrant Network: $3,642.68
January 2021 - Wild Seed Project: $1,790.39
February 2021 - A Company of Girls: $2,802.11
March 2021 - Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project: $3,461.97
April 2021 - Preble Street: $3,717.66
May 2021 - Wayside Food Programs: $3,611.55