CDF News

The Cooperative Development Foundation announces its 2023 grant and scholarship opportunities, which include updated processes and...

Five outstanding cooperative leaders will receive the cooperative community’s most prestigious honor on October 5, 2023, when they are...

Cooperatives and their members are facing losses from some of the worst hurricanes in recorded history. Committed to Principle Six,...

The Cooperative Development Foundation and NCBA CLUSA will welcome a cohort of 24 cooperators from across the globe - from Elk Grove, CA...

The Cooperative Development Foundation (CDF) is partnering with the Native American Agriculture Fund (NAAF) to create a curriculum and...

Washington, DC - Ella Jo Baker was selected as the first Unsung Cooperative Hero. She will be inducted into the Cooperative Hall of Fame,...

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...

Дякую! Thank you! You helped raise $107,361.52 to support cooperatives in Ukraine through CDF's Disaster Recovery Fund Frontier Co-op has...

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...

January 5, 2022 Four outstanding cooperative leaders will receive the cooperative community’s most prestigious honor on October 6, 2022,...

John Holdsclaw IV, Executive Vice President of Strategic Initiatives, National Cooperative Bank, joined the Cooperative Development...

Colmenar Cooperative Consulting LLC, a bilingual (Spanish/English) worker cooperative that offers education and resources for the...

CDF was awarded two grants from USDA to support the Foundation's work coordinating the Home Care Cooperative Initiative. The grants also...

The North Dakota State University Foundation was awarded a $250,000 multi-year grant from the CDF administered CoBank Donor Advised Fund...

Supported by contributions of over $340,000 from more than 450 donors, and nearly $500,000 in programmatic funding, CDF in 2021 expanded...

CDF celebrated the hard work and commitment of 25 caregivers from worker-owned cooperatives for National Caregiver Month. These...

Cooperative champion and 2012 Hall of Fame Inductee Chuck Snyder died Saturday, November 6 from an aortic aneurysm.  Since 1992, Chuck...

The cooperative community’s continued support of the Cooperative Development Foundation has allowed us to make grants, loans, and...

The recently released Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Trends in the Cooperative Community report provides a look at how cooperatives...

Julia Selig joined the staff of the Cooperative Development Foundation as Communications and Operations Associate in November. Julia,...