Grassroots Economic Organizing

Cooperative Financial Institutions

Financial institutions owned and controlled by their members.

January 13, 2025

New Co-op Financial Association for Southern Small Farmers

Focused on 12 Southeastern states, the new institution will offer low-interest loans and technical support to help farmers, landowners, cooperatives, and ag-based businesses start and grow operations.

Land Tenure & Stewardship Food Cooperative Financial Institutions Family Farms Racial Justice Economic Justice United States
September 7, 2023

The Banker Ladies Council

Meet the Black women organizers defying anti-Blackness to build a Canadian federation of Rotating Savings and Credit Associations.

Financing & Financial Services Cooperative Financial Institutions Solidarity Economy Organizing Financing Canada
March 24, 2022

Cooperative Finance in Haiti and Grenada

A report on the widespread use of formal and informal financial cooperatives by the people of Haiti and Grenada.

Cooperative Financial Institutions Mutual-Aid & Self-Help Groups Racial Justice Economic Justice Latin America
March 14, 2022

Cliff Rosenthal on CDFIs, Co-op Development, and Democratizing Finance

Co-op advocate and Author Clifford N. Rosenthal discusses the role CDFIs play in the development of co-ops, and his book "Democratizing Finance: Origins of the Community Development Financial Institutions Movement."

Community Development Financial Institutions Cooperative Financial Institutions Worker Cooperatives
June 20, 2019

Building a Cooperative Support System

United States cooperative commonwealth Conferences, Events & Gatherings Solidarity Economy Organizing Economic Justice Racial Justice Cooperative Financial Institutions Support Organizations Worker Cooperatives Community Development Organizational Support & Development
March 15, 2019

Creating a Just, Regenerative, and Democratic Economy

United States beyond capitalism cooperative commonwealth solidarity economy Financing Linking Opposition & Alternatives Strategies for Change Economic Justice Immigrant Justice Racial Justice Workplace Democracy Cooperative Financial Institutions Support Organizations Worker Cooperatives Community Development Mutual Aid
June 18, 2018

Worker Cooperatives - Islands in a Sea of Capitalism

United States Western Europe cooperative commonwealth Workplace Democracy Cooperative Financial Institutions Worker Cooperatives
February 3, 2017

Building the Economy We Want

United States cooperative economy solidarity economy Financing Solidarity Economy Organizing Feminism & Gender Justice Immigrant Justice Queer & Trans Liberation Racial Justice Workplace Democracy Cooperative Financial Institutions Worker Cooperatives
January 6, 2017

Principle 7 in Action

United States cooperative commonwealth solidarity economy Solidarity Economy Organizing Economic Justice Immigrant Justice Cooperative Financial Institutions Credit Unions Worker Cooperatives Childcare Financing & Financial Services
December 19, 2016

Solidarity with Standing Rock

United States solidarity economy Solidarity Economy Organizing Environmental Justice Native Justice & Sovereignty Peace Building Community Development Financial Institutions Cooperative Financial Institutions Utilities (Electric, Water, Phone, Internet)