May 14, 20203 minHoward Bowers Fund: A new course after 26 years of service to food cooperativesWhen the Howard Bowers Fund was established at the Cooperative Development Foundation in 1994, it had two objectives: support the develop...
Apr 30, 20201 minCHS Foundation Supports Cooperative Leaders and Scholars InstituteThanks to a grant from the CHS Foundation cooperators aged 18 to 35 and post-secondary students studying cooperatives will have a chance ...
Apr 30, 20201 minCooperation Among Cooperatives Meets Concern for CommunityWhen the worker-owners at Isthmus Engineering & Manufacturing learned about the shortage of personal protective equipment for workers the...
Apr 30, 20201 minGrant Highlight: Disaster Recovery Fund Responds to COVID-19 CrisisDonations to the Cooperative Development Foundation’s Disaster Recovery Fund are being put to work to help cooperatives and their employe...
Apr 16, 20201 minNationwide Foundation Supports CDF MissionThe Nationwide Foundation, a private foundation supported by donations from Nationwide companies, showed its continued commitment to buil...
Apr 16, 20201 minCoBank Fund Helps University of Colorado Fight COVID-19The University of Colorado's hospital system is anticipated to care for more than 50% of COVID-19 patients needing hospitalization in the...
Apr 16, 20203 minHall of Fame Spotlight: Michael MercerAdvocate – Effective defender of credit unions at the state and national level, credited with securing key Congressional support for legi...
Apr 16, 20203 minGrant Highlight: CLSI Alumni, Iwona Matczuk Reflects on Program ExperienceThe Cooperative Leaders and Scholars Institute (CLSI) is an opportunity for co-op employees, board members, or post-secondary students to...
Apr 2, 20203 minHall of Fame Spotlight: Carmen Huertas-NobleVisionary – Recognizing the need for quality professional expertise, she founded a legal clinic to train a cadre of lawyers to advise coo...
Apr 2, 20201 minHelp Co-ops weather COVID-19 with donation to CDF Disaster Recovery FundDonations to the Cooperative Development Foundation’s Disaster Recovery Fund help cooperatives and their employees weather the impact of ...
Apr 2, 20201 minGrant Highlight: Detroit Community Wealth Fund's Co-op AcademyWith support from the Cooperative Development Foundation's Cooperative Education Fund, Detroit Community Wealth Fund (DCWF) launched a 10...
Apr 2, 20204 minLooking Back at Women's History MonthNow that Women's History Month is over, CDF wants to draw attention to five female cooperators recognized during the month of March whose...
Mar 19, 20203 minHall of Fame Spotlight: Everett M. DobrinskiAdvocate – Vocal champion of cooperatives before state and federal legislatures advocating on cooperative taxation, retail wheeling and t...
Mar 19, 20201 min75 Years of Cooperative Impact: Harnessing the Resources of the US Co-op CommunityThe 40,000 cooperatives that flourished in the US in 1960 showed the potential of the model to meet the economic and social needs of prod...
Mar 19, 20202 minGrant Highlight: Center for Family LifeIn Sunset Park, Brooklyn, a densely populated, low income neighborhood with a large percentage of recent immigrants, The Center for Famil...
Mar 4, 20203 minLooking Back at Black History MonthNow that Black History Month is over, CDF wants to draw attention to four Black cooperators recognized during the month of February whose...
Mar 4, 20203 minGrant Highlight: CLSI Alumni Alexis Dunnum Reflects on Program ExperienceThe Cooperative Leaders and Scholars Institute (CLSI) is an opportunity for co-op employees, board members, or post-secondary students to...
Mar 4, 20203 minHall of Fame Spotlight: Ben BurkettActivist: Advocated for access to technical assistance that allowed more minority farmers to qualify for USDA farm programs Leader: Ident...
Mar 4, 20201 minCDF Issues Forum Highlights Co-op Public Policy InitiativesThe findings of a yearlong research effort to identify opportunities and barriers to cooperative development are the topic of the 2020 Co...
Feb 19, 20201 minHonor 2020 Hall of Fame Inductees With a Congratulatory AdThe 2020 Cooperative Hall of Fame inductees have dedicated their careers to bettering lives through cooperative advocacy, leadership and ...
CDF Feb 11 1 min Food co-op GM Award accepting applications Food cooperative general managers looking to up their game can now apply for a grant for leadership coaching services thanks to a program...
CDF Feb 11 1 min Grant supports community forum on environment and community resilience With support from the CDF Cooperative Education Fund, citizens of the northern counties of Vermont and New Hampshire can participate in a...