Mission: WabiSabi’s Nonprofit Partner Grant provides unrestricted funds and exposure for Moab’s nonprofits so they may further increase their impact in the Moab community.
The Partnership
In exchange for funding, Wabi expects strong communication and promotion from our partners to help us better do what we do. In 2022, WabiSabi is seeking to create true partnerships with the organizations we serve. See the attached updated “2022 NPP Perks” chart & stay tuned for future updates on how your organization can partner with Wabi.
The more our partners promote WabiSabi, the more people shop at our thrift store which means more funding for our Nonprofit Partners! We rely greatly on hearing feedback from our partners to help us make our programs more effective!
- WabiSabi will:
- Fundraise through WabiSabi Thrift Store’s “token system” for your nonprofit - a dollar of every $5+ purchase earns the shopper a $1 voting token!
- Purchases under $5 earn a $0.10 voting token
- Provide a monthly check via mail or direct deposit based on the number of tokens your organization received for the previous month.
- Promote your organization:
- Provide direct link to your organization via Wabi’s website.
- Provide short informational material about your org to Wabi shoppers/voters.
- Host 2 Partner only informational/networking events.
- Fundraise through WabiSabi Thrift Store’s “token system” for your nonprofit - a dollar of every $5+ purchase earns the shopper a $1 voting token!
- Partner Organization will:
- Provide strong communications by:
- Completing satisfaction/areas for improvement survey to nonprofits.
- Attending 1 Wabi staff meeting per year (to share information with Wabi staff about your amazing organization)
- Promote WabiSabi by:
- posting WabiSabi’s yard sign on site sharing your organization is a WabiSabi partner
- sharing on social media that your organization is a WabiSabi partner
- Provide strong communications by:
Who Are Our Partners?
WabiSabi seeks to partner with nonprofits that strengthen the Moab community and strive to wisely use their resources to provide for those in need. We hope to serve a diverse cross section of our community. With those guidelines in mind, WabiSabi’s Nonprofit Partners are selected to serve a large variety of ages, cultural backgrounds, and causes.
WabiSabi tends to favor local grassroots organizations over local branches of state or national organizations and prefers nonpolitical and nonreligious organizations. WabiSabi requires applying organizations to have official nonprofit status.
Quick Facts:
- For 2022, WabiSabi will have 8 Nonprofit Partner slots available
- NPP checks are awarded on a monthly basis
- As a reflection of the democratic nature and community interaction inherent of WabiSabi, we will have one of our partnership slots decided by a “Community Pick.” Whichever organization receives the most votes from an online community-wide poll will automatically receive partnership status
- The remaining 7 slots will be decided by the WabiSabi Board of Directors
- All qualifying organizations are invited to apply for funding each year
Timeline for 2022 Partnerships:
August 16th: Nonprofit Partner Applications OPEN
October 15th: NPP Applications CLOSE
November 1st-28th: Community Pick Facebook Poll
December 1st: 2022 NPP decisions announced to applicants
January 3rd: New jars in store, press release to community, updated website
February 8th: 2022 NPP Orientation, first checks distributed
The NPP Application Process
To be accepted as a Nonprofit Partner, an organization must complete the attached application. This application is reviewed for selection by the WabiSabi Board of Directors. If accepted, Nonprofit Partners will be funded for one year starting in January, 2022.
Please submit your Nonprofit Partner application electronically by Friday, October 15th, 2021 by either completing the application on our website or as a PDF or word document file e-mailed to (must include photo and other necessary attachments). Please note a hard-copy application is no longer necessary.
If you have any further questions regarding the application process, please feel free to contact Liz at or call the office at 435-259-2553, M-F. Thank you!
