Cooperatives

Note: Cooperative banks and credit unions are in the CDFIs Section

ARRIZMENDI ASSOCIATION OF COOPERATIVES
1904 Franklin Street, Suite 204
Oakland, CA 94612
T 415-683-3335
F 510-834-4264
aac@arizmendi.coop
www.arizmendi.coop
Located in California, the Arrizmendi Association of Cooperatives consists of six bakery worker cooperatives bakeries and a development and support collective that provides financial, legal, organizational, and educational support to the members of the Association and coordinates the development of new cooperatives. The Association also provides significant worker cooperative resources on its website, including several listserves that enable networking opportunities for those involved in the cooperative movement.

ASSOCIATION OF COOPERATIVE EDUCATORS (ACE)
c/o The Cooperative Foundation
PO Box 64047
St. Paul, MN 55164
T 651-451-5481
F 651-451-5073
www.ace.coop
The Association of Cooperative Educators is an association of co-op educators, based primarily in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. The association holds an annual conference of cooperative practitioners who teach cooperative educators and trainers.

CDS CONSULTING GROUP
659 Old Codding Road
Putney, VT 05346
T 802-387-6013
info@cdsconsulting.coop
www.cdsconsulting.coop
The CDS Consulting Group Co-op is a network of independent consulting professionals who specialize in food cooperatives. CDS provides consulting, training, and development services by pooling the unique skills and resources of each of its experts. The Consulting Group offers advice to help food cooperatives improve their leadership and performance, grow and expand their companies and membership, and better serve their communities. CDS developed their own model for food cooperative development, Four Cornerstones in 3 Stages: vision, talent, capital, and systems in stages of organization, planning, and implementation.

CENTER FOR COOPERATIVES
University of Wisconsin
230 Taylor Hall, 427 Lorch St.
Madison, WI 53706
T 608-262-3981
F 608-262-3251
www.wisc.edu/uwcc
The Center for Cooperatives at the University of Wisconsin conducts research, training, and education on cooperatives. Its web site includes an extensive clearinghouse of information on nearly all sectors of the cooperative movement.

COOPERATIVE CAPITAL FUND OF NEW ENGLAND
P.O. Box 3413, Amherst, MA 01004-3413
T 910.395.6008 / 1.800.818.7833
F 910.397.2857
cfne@cooperativefund.org
www.coopcapital.coop
Launched in 2007, the Cooperative Capital Fund of New England (CCF) is a socially responsible investment fund that invests in cooperative businesses in the form of "patient capital," or equity-like financing. CCF assists the parts of New England cooperative industry that are established in areas of high need but limited financial resources, providing capital that acts like equity without requiring co-ops to give up control over their own management and destiny, as traditional venture capital might.

COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE
1 Sugarloaf St.
South Deerfield, MA 01373
T 1-877- NE COOPS/413-665-1271
info@cdi.coop
www.cdi.coop
A non-profit organization founded in 1985, Cooperative Development Services has provided consulting services for over 500 cooperatives in a number of sectors, including food co-ops, senior housing co-ops, forestry co-ops, and value-added agriculture.

COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
131 West Wilson St., Suite 400
Madison, Wisconsin 53703
T 608-258-4396
F 608-258-4394
CDS@co-opdevelopmentservices.com
www.cdsus.coop
A non-profit organization founded in 1985, Cooperative Development Services has provided consulting services for over 500 cooperatives in a number of sectors, including food co-ops, senior housing co-ops, forestry co-ops, and value-added agriculture.

COOPERATIVE GROCERS' INFORMATION NETWORK (CGIN)
PO Box 399
Arcata, CA 95518
info@cgin.coop
www.cgin.coop
The Cooperative Grocers' Information Network is a web-based clearinghouse of information on retail food cooperatives. Annually, the network organizes the Consumer Cooperative Management Conference.

COOPERATIVE NETWORK
400 Selby Avenue, Suite Y
St. Paul, MN 55102-4520
T 651-228-0213
F 651-228-1184
wfcmac@cooperativenetwork.coop
www.cooperativenetwork.coop
Committed to building Wisconsin's and Minnesota's cooperative businesses, the Cooperative Network serves more than 600 member-cooperatives, owned by more than 6.3 million residents in those states. The largest statewide association of its kind, the Network provides government relations, education, marketing, and technical services for a wide variety of cooperatives including farm supply, health, dairy marketing, consumer, financial, livestock marketing, telecommunications, electric, housing, insurance, worker-owned cooperatives, and more.

COOPERATION WORKS!
P.O. Box 527
213 South Fork
Dayton, WY 82836
T 307-655-9162
F 307-655-3785
cw@vcn.com
www.cooperationworks.coop
A national organization of 17 rural-based cooperative development centers, CooperationWorks! helps its members work together to revitalize communities through effective cooperative enterprise development. Members provide expertise across all aspects of cooperative development, including feasibility analysis, business plan development, training and education.

CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (CUNA)
601 Pennsylvania Ave.
Washington, DC 20004
T 202-638-5777
F 202-638-7734
www.cuna.coop
Credit Union National Association is the national trade association of credit unions. In cooperation with state credit union leagues, CUNA provides research, advocacy, education, and business development services to member credit unions.

FEDERATION OF SOUTHERN COOPERATIVES-LAND ASSISTANCE FUND (FSC-LAF)
2769 Church Street
East Point, GA 30344
T 404-765-0991
F 404-765-9178
www.federation.coop
Founded in 1967, the Federation of Southern Cooperatives has provided self-help economic opportunities for many low-income communities across the South. A primary objective of the Federation is the retention of black-owned land and the use of cooperatives for land-based economic development.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOUSING COOPERATIVES
1707 H Street, NW, Suite 201
Washington, DC 20006
T 202-737-0797
F 202-783-7869
www.coophousing.org
The National Association of Housing Cooperatives is a nonprofit national federation of housing cooperatives, mutual housing associations, member associations, other resident-owned or controlled housing, professionals, organizations, and individuals interested in promoting the interests of cooperative housing communities.

NATIONAL COOPERATIVE BUSINESS ASSOCIATION (NCBA)
1401 New York Ave., NW, Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20005
T 202-638-6222
F 202-638-1374
ncba@ncba.coop
www.ncba.coop
The National Cooperative Business Association is a trade association that represents cooperatives in a wide variety of fields, including agricultural cooperatives, credit unions, food co-ops, purchasing co-ops, worker co-ops, and others.

NATIONAL COOPERATIVE GROCERS ASSOCIATION (NCGA)
361 East College St.
Iowa City, IA 52240
T 319-499-9029
F 866-600-4588
www.ncga.coop
The National Cooperative Grocers' Association is the largest trade association of retail food cooperatives with 94 member co-ops with 400,000 member-owners in 31 states. Founded in 1999, the association aims to develop joint purchasing, marketing, and other mutual support activities.

NATIONAL COUNCIL OF FARMER COOPERATIVES
50 F Street, NW, Suite 900
Washington, DC 20001
T 202-626-8700
F 202-626-8899
www.ncfc.org
Founded in 1929, NCFC is a trade association of nearly two million farmers and ranchers. NCFC members include nearly 50 national, regional and federated farmer cooperatives, which, in turn, are comprised of some 3,000 local cooperatives, and 27 state and regional councils.

NATIONAL RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION
4301 Wilson Blvd.
Arlington, VA 22203
T 703-907-5500
nreca@nreca.coop
www.nreca.coop
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association is a national trade association of 900 member cooperatives that serve 37 million people in 47 states. The association represents members in regulatory hearings, as well as providing research, training, education, and advocacy services.

NATIONAL RURAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE
2121 Cooperative Way
Herndon, VA 20171
T 866-672-6782
www.nrtc.coop
The National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative (NRTC) represents the advanced telecommunications and information technology interests of more than 1,200 rural utilities and affiliates in 47 states, reducing internet supply costs through negotiating joint purchasing deals. NRTC is leading distributor of satellite television service to rural America.

NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION (NTCA)
4121 Wilson Blvd., Suite 1000
Arlington, VA 22203
T 703-351-2000
F 703-351-2001
www.ntca.org
The National Telephone Cooperative Association is a national trade association representing more than 550 local telecommunications companies throughout rural America, including both cooperatives and small, independently owned companies.

NORTH AMERICAN STUDENTS OF COOPERATION
PO Box 180048
Chicago, IL 60618
T 773-404-2667
F 773-404-2668
info@nasco.coop
www.nasco.coop
Founded in 1968, the North American Students of Cooperation is a trade association of U.S. and Canadian-based campus and community cooperatives, providing education, training, and technical assistance to member cooperatives.

NORTHWEST COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT CENTER
1063 S. Capitol Way # 211
Olympia, WA 98501
T 360-943-4241
F 360-570-8415
www.nwcdc.coop
The Northwest Cooperative Development Center is a nonprofit organization devoted to assisting new and existing cooperative businesses, from daycare centers to credit unions. The group's mission is to foster community economic development, primarily through the cooperative business model. It provides a range of business planning and cooperative education services.

ROC USA
7 Wall Street
Concord, NH 03301
T 603-224-6669 X 251
F 603-225-7425
info@rocusa.org
www.rocusa.org
Following in the footsteps of the New Hampshire Community Loan Fund, ROC USA aims to develop a national network of technical assistance providers to enable mobile home residents to purchase land through cooperatives, creating resident-owned communities. Residents assisted by ROC USA are thus able to build wealth through collective ownership of the manufactured housing park's land. As of April 2009, in New Hampshire where the model was first developed, 92 member cooperatives controlled 20 percent of that state's total manufactured housing market.

U.S. FEDERATION OF DEMOCRATIC WORKPLACES
2129 Franklin Ave. East
Minneapolis, MN 55404
T 415-775-0124
info@usworker.coop
www.usworker.coop
The U.S. Federation of Democratic Workplaces is a newly formed (May 2004) national trade association of worker cooperatives and other employee-owned, democratically run workplaces. The federation aims to provide education, training, and technical assistance to its members.