Growing a Glowing Community of Care

The Aura Fund and You

The Aura Fund’s mission is to help make a difference in the world by giving back a portion of our gross sales to non-profits who are working toward positive, lasting change for the faces and places of our planet. Plain and simple.

Our Current Partners

Giving Back Keeps the light lit

What Is the Aura Fund & How Does It Work?

The Aura Fund aims to improve and enrich the lives of people who are in need or underserved, and the natural environment we all share. To do this, our goal is to form co-promotional partnerships with nonprofits to sell Aura wine to your donor base, followers and corporate supporters. We talk, you give us the ok to get your info and logo on our site and off we go! On our end, we will use social media, media outreach and promotional activities to grow increased generous support. All POS occurs through the Aura Fund’s website, and fulfillment is managed through our third-party DTC provider that specializes in wine warehousing, shipping, and logistics. Our agreement with you will lay out when/how you will receive the donations garnered through Aura sales.

The purchase experience is easy and seamless and requires no additional or new operational support from our our non-profit partner.

In addition to our own interests, we welcome your ideas on how and where the Aura Fund can have positive impact and look forward to learning what else is out there from you!

Funding Requirements

Registered 501c(3) non-profit
In operation for at least the last three years
Can share a track record of your programs and successes
We intentionally prioritize organizations that support low-income populations, communities of color, and other historically marginalized groups

Want to partner? Click the link below to tell us your story, as much as you can to pique our interest! Remember to share your goal and timeframe, if you have one. Pssst: We respond really well to heart and soul.

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Q & A

How much does the Aura Fund really give back? When you purchase 1-3 bottles, we put $5/bottle in the Fund; 4-6 bottles, we put $6/bottle in; 7-12+ bottles, $7/bottle goes in the Fund. That means a case of wine will provide $84 to a hard-working charity. Even $5 from a single-bottle sale will add up as more and more purchases are made.

How much are the awards? Each will vary, depending on what we work on together to accomplish.

When do you make the award funding available? That will be determined by how soon we can raise the award amount that our partner is looking to receive through sales .

How did you decide to do this, when most wine brands/companies do not? The Aura Fund’s origins start with Stephanie. Over the last few years, she has been deeply involved in grant-writing for a local Parks group, and in creating and managing a neighborhood school-based environmental program in the family’s underserved community that gets elementary students outside and improving the watershed through native plantings in their local park. In addition, she has spent years as an environmental steward in the Columbia Gorge, and is currently on a selected team that helps improve the habitat of the endangered Western Pond Turtle in Washington State. All of this as a volunteer! And this is what kicked off our new direction, how giving back has so many benefits, for those doing the giving, and more importantly, to those receiving the care. So, we did our research and quickly saw how our wine could be a vehicle for positive change, near and far. Others were doing it, why couldn’t we? Like that, another charitable wine company began.

What does it have to do with me? I just want to buy some wine! The purchases we make these days can go a long way, when companies look outside themselves, instead of just reap profits. It takes a customer like you who cares, and a business like ours who cares to realize that by working together, we can help keep our world healthy and happy. Perhaps you’ve heard of 1% For the Planet? It is an initiative that began in 2002 when the founders of Patagonia and Blue Ribbon Flies recognized their responsibility to protect the natural resources they used for the manufacture of their products. Their commitment kicked off a global movement where people like you now seek the brands/companies that give back for the good of all. You and your wine purchase are fundamental not only to the success of the Aura Fund and those non-profits who benefit from it, but to the future viability of our planet!

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