New Curriculum and Training for Advancing Cooperatives in Indian Country
The Cooperative Development Foundation (CDF) is partnering with the Native American Agriculture Fund (NAAF) to create a curriculum and...
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CDF News
May 20, 20223 min read
Ella Jo Baker selected as first Unsung Cooperative Hero
Washington, DC - Ella Jo Baker was selected as the first Unsung Cooperative Hero. She will be inducted into the Cooperative Hall of Fame,...
Apr 7, 20222 min read
You helped raise $164,773.30 to support cooperatives in Ukraine!
As of April 4, 2022, donors to the CDF’s Disaster Recovery Fund raised an additional $32,411.78 to support the immediate and ongoing...
Mar 16, 20222 min read
You helped raise $107,361.52 to support cooperatives in Ukraine!
Дякую! Thank you! You helped raise $107,361.52 to support cooperatives in Ukraine through CDF's Disaster Recovery Fund Frontier Co-op has...
Mar 2, 20222 min read
CDF partners with National Co+op Grocers and food co-op retail system to aid Ukrainian cooperatives
Ukraine’s cooperative businesses and members are at risk as Russia’s invasion of the country enters day six. In a show of solidarity, the...
Jan 5, 202210 min read
Announcing 2022 Cooperative Hall of Fame Inductees and Introducing Unsung Cooperative Heroes
January 5, 2022 Four outstanding cooperative leaders will receive the cooperative community’s most prestigious honor on October 6, 2022,...
Dec 20, 20211 min read
John Holdsclaw IV joins CDF Board of Directors
John Holdsclaw IV, Executive Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, National Cooperative Bank, joined the Cooperative Development...
Dec 20, 20211 min read
Cooperative Education Fund grants include financial literacy for Spanish speaking worker-owners
Colmenar Cooperative Consulting LLC, a bilingual (Spanish/English) worker cooperative that offers education and resources for the...
Dec 20, 20211 min read
CDF expands work with two USDA grants
CDF was awarded two grants from USDA to support the Foundation's work coordinating the Home Care Cooperative Initiative. The grants also...
Dec 20, 20211 min read
CoBank Donor Advised Fund partners with NDSU Foundation and SDSU Foundation
The North Dakota State University Foundation was awarded a $250,000 multi-year grant from the CDF administered CoBank Donor Advised Fund...
Dec 20, 20212 min read
Cooperative community’s generosity helped CDF expand its work in 2021
Supported by contributions of over $340,000 from more than 450 donors, and nearly $500,000 in programmatic funding, CDF in 2021 expanded...
Dec 20, 20211 min read
CDF celebrated National Caregiver Month
CDF celebrated the hard work and commitment of 25 caregivers from worker-owned cooperatives for National Caregiver Month. These...
Nov 23, 20212 min read
CDF Mourns the Passing of Chuck Snyder
Cooperative champion and 2012 Hall of Fame Inductee Chuck Snyder died Saturday, November 6 from an aortic aneurysm. Since 1992, Chuck...
Nov 23, 20212 min read
Donate Today to Help Cooperatives Seize the Moment
The cooperative community’s continued support of the Cooperative Development Foundation has allowed us to make grants, loans, and...
Nov 23, 20212 min read
DEI Survey Measures and Identifies Areas of Growth Across Cooperative Sectors
The recently released Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Trends in the Cooperative Community report provides a look at how cooperatives...
Nov 23, 20211 min read
CDF Welcomes Julia Selig, New Communications and Operations Associate
Julia Selig joined the staff of the Cooperative Development Foundation as Communications and Operations Associate in November. Julia,...
Nov 23, 20212 min read
2021 Cooperative Hall of Fame
Clark Arrington, Senior Fellow at Seed Commons; Vern Dosch, retired National Information Solutions Cooperative (NISC) President and CEO;...
Nov 23, 20211 min read
Listen to the 2021 Cooperative Hall of Fame inductees
Learn more about the lives and careers of the 2021 Cooperative Hall of Fame inductees on previously taped episodes of Everything Co-op...
Nov 23, 20211 min read
The Development of New Rural Cooperatives
The University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives released the results of its multi- year research and outreach project, Collective...
Nov 23, 20211 min read
Report Shares In-Depth Insights of the State of Cooperatives in California
California Cooperatives: Today’s Landscape of Worker, Housing and Childcare Cooperatives, authored by Hilary Abell, E. Kim Coontz, and...
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Nov 82 min read
CDF Board Service Opportunity
Are you passionate about working at the intersection of cooperative development, building an inclusive and equitable economy, and...
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Nov 84 min read
Sipping from the cup of access and equity - Pachamama Coffee Cooperative
Thirty years ago, Thaleon Tremain embarked on his Peace Corps assignment in Bolivia, focusing on economic empowerment. Little did he know...
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