Home Care Conference focuses on co-op success, caregiver wellbeing
The 5th Annual National Home Care Cooperative Conference focuses on skills needed to run and govern a successful co-op and home care...
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CDF News
Feb 11, 20211 min read
CDF is seeking a new Executive Director
The Cooperative Development Foundation is hiring a new Executive Director. The ideal candidate is a “Professor Gadget” of fundraising,...
Feb 11, 20211 min read
Virtual Co-op 5k registration now open
Lace up your sneakers and crank up the tunes, it's time to hit the pavement again for the CDF Virtual Co-op 5k, a weeklong event...
Jan 14, 20211 min read
CDF Board Chair Rich Larochelle appointed to FCI Board
CDF Board Chair Rich Larochelle joined the Food Co-op Initiative's (FCI) board of directors in January. A career long cooperator and Hall...
Jan 14, 20211 min read
4,000 Haitian farmers need your support
NCBA CLUSA and its partners have undertaken a new crowdfunding initiative to support the growth of an innovative cooperative effort that...
Jan 14, 20211 min read
CDF Development Fund offers grants for urban home care co-ops
Home care cooperatives in urban areas can now apply for grants to support training and technical assistance thanks to support from the...
Jan 14, 20211 min read
Conference focuses on skills needed for home care co-op success
The Annual National Home Care Cooperative Conference is one of the highlights of the year for those that believe worker-ownership offers...
Jan 7, 20219 min read
CDF Announces 2021 Inductees to the Cooperative Hall of Fame
Four outstanding cooperative leaders will receive the cooperative community’s most prestigious honor on October 7, 2021, when they are...
Dec 17, 20201 min read
CDF, NCBA CLUSA and RWJF partnership continues with second grant
The partnership between the Cooperative Development Foundation, NCBA CLUSA and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) continues with a...
Dec 17, 20202 min read
Co-op Governance Survey supported by CoBank Advised Fund
The University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives is launching the first national, cross-sectoral study on cooperative governance...
Dec 17, 20201 min read
Cooperative Education Fund supports returning citizens
Collective REMAKE, an organization working to develop worker-owned businesses that accommodate and respect the needs of returning...
Dec 17, 20201 min read
CDF received extraordinary support in an extraordinary year
Supported by contributions of over $330,000 from more than 450 donors, nearly $400,000 in programmatic grants, and prudently managed...
Nov 12, 20201 min read
NCB/CDF support DC Limited Equity Housing Initiative
The National Cooperative Bank and CDF are helping the District of Columbia Limited Equity Cooperative (LEC) Task Force spread the word...
Nov 12, 20201 min read
Cooperatives important component in Reimagining Native Food Economies Report
CDF and NCBA CLUSA are partnering with the Native American Agriculture Fund (NAAF) on an online conference to look at the potential of...
Nov 12, 20202 min read
Unleash the Power of Co-ops with a year-end donation
The cooperative community's continued support of CDF's mission to promote and develop cooperatives to improve economic opportunities for...
Oct 16, 20201 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 and the...
Oct 16, 20201 min read
Cooperative Leaders and Scholars Institute welcomes its 2020 cohort
Thanks to CHS Foundation and CDF's Cooperative Education Fund, eleven young professionals participated in the Fourth Annual Cooperative...
Oct 16, 20201 min read
Co-op 5k winners announced
Nearly 500 co-ops and cooperators from coast to coast and across the pond participated in the Virtual Co-op 5k between September 29...
Oct 16, 20202 min read
2020 Hall of Fame fetes four outstanding cooperators
Ben Burkett, Everett Dobrinski, Carmen Huertas-Noble and Michael Mercer were officially inducted into the Cooperative Hall of Fame on...
Sep 10, 20201 min read
CDF Board Member Larry Blanchard marks 60 years of service
For the past 60 years, "people helping people" has been the mantra of CDF Board Member and credit union stalwart Larry Blanchard. An icon...
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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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