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Thanks to a grant from CDF's Howard Bowers Fund, Spanish speaking communities will have access in their native language to Food Co-op Initiative's Guide to S...

With nearly $1,200,000 in grantmaking and spending on programmatic work, an updated website, successful events, and increased partnerships and outreach, CDF ...

The legacy of cooperative developer and Hall of Fame member Bill Gessner lives on with a grant to Cooperative Development Services to host an annual event in...

When the Howard Bowers Fund was established at the Cooperative Development Foundation in 1994, it had two objectives: support the development and expansion o...

Thanks to a grant from the CHS Foundation cooperators aged 18 to 35 and post-secondary students studying cooperatives will have a chance to attend the Cooper...

When the worker-owners at Isthmus Engineering & Manufacturing learned about the shortage of personal protective equipment for workers they did what good engi...

Donations to the Cooperative Development Foundation’s Disaster Recovery Fund are being put to work to help cooperatives and their employees weather the impac...

The Nationwide Foundation, a private foundation supported by donations from Nationwide companies, showed its continued commitment to building a more inclusiv...

The University of Colorado's hospital system is anticipated to care for more than 50% of COVID-19 patients needing hospitalization in the state. Thanks to a ...

Advocate – Effective defender of credit unions at the state and national level, credited with securing key Congressional support for legislation vital to the...

The Cooperative Leaders and Scholars Institute (CLSI) is an opportunity for co-op employees, board members, or post-secondary students to participate in a na...

Visionary – Recognizing the need for quality professional expertise, she founded a legal clinic to train a cadre of lawyers to advise cooperatives Thought le...

Donations to the Cooperative Development Foundation’s Disaster Recovery Fund help cooperatives and their employees weather the impact of the COVID-19 contain...

With support from the Cooperative Development Foundation's Cooperative Education Fund, Detroit Community Wealth Fund (DCWF) launched a 10-week co-op academy ...

Now that Women's History Month is over, CDF wants to draw attention to five female cooperators recognized during the month of March whose work continues to c...

Advocate – Vocal champion of cooperatives before state and federal legislatures advocating on cooperative taxation, retail wheeling and territorial integrity...

The 40,000 cooperatives that flourished in the US in 1960 showed the potential of the model to meet the economic and social needs of producers, workers and c...

In Sunset Park, Brooklyn, a densely populated, low income neighborhood with a large percentage of recent immigrants, The Center for Family Life's (CFL) Coope...

Now that Black History Month is over, CDF wants to draw attention to four Black cooperators recognized during the month of February whose work continues to c...

The Cooperative Leaders and Scholars Institute (CLSI) is an opportunity for co-op employees, board members, or post-secondary students to participate in a na...