Programs

  • Cooperative Development Grants and Loans

    Through its grant and loan funds as well as its unrestricted revenue, CDF makes grants and loans to cooperatives, cooperative development organizations, cooperative lenders, universities and groups organizing cooperatives. We work predominately in the following three areas:1) Development - CDF provides cooperative development projects for which we provide programmatic and/or financial support, particularly in the worker cooperative and food sectors.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $906.9K

  • Cooperative Education and Research Program

    2) Education and Research- We fund the development and distribution of cooperative education and research materials and programs about cooperatives and economic issues affecting communities, with a focus on historically underserved populations and communities; and the education and knowledge sharing of those interested in cooperatives, among various coop sectors, and for emerging cooperative leaders.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $306.6K

  • Cooperative Awareness Initiative

    3) Awareness - Raising the awareness of cooperatives as an economic alternative both domestically and abroad, including the impact of cooperatives on healthy, sustainable and equitable communities.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2022 – Dec 31, 2022
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
    –
    $366.2K