Cooperative Development Foundation

The Cooperative Development Foundation promotes cooperative education and development to improve the economic and social well-being of all people. We do this through 1) cooperative development projects for which we provide programmatic and/or financial support; 2) funding and dissemination of materials and research about cooperatives and economic issues impacting communities historically excluded because of discrimination and geography; education efforts that improve the leadership and skills of cooperative staffs and boards; and university related projects that strengthen rural communities, cooperatives and agriculture practices and 3) raising the awareness of cooperatives as an economic alternative both domestically and abroad. CDF supports its mission through direct expenditure, grants, and loans.