Cooperative Development Foundation
The charitable affiliate of NCBA CLUSA, created in 1944 as the Freedom Fund, which gathers money from the cooperative sector and turns it into grants, fellowships, disaster aid and honors so that the cooperative model keeps spreading.
Financial profile
Cooperative Development Foundation · EIN 23-7044533 · 501(c)(3)
| Fiscal year | Total revenue | Contributions | Program services | Total expenses | Net assets | Year end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $4,648,973 | $4,085,371 | $17,251 | $4,943,904 | $11,368,904 | Dec 2025 |
| FY2024 | $2,504,826 | $2,024,144 | $23,656 | $2,250,410 | $10,813,534 | Dec 2024 |
| FY2023 | $1,741,895 | $1,299,776 | $17,293 | $2,825,612 | $10,111,928 | Dec 2023 |
| FY2022 | $3,402,428 | $3,237,586 | $11,182 | $1,828,510 | $10,436,609 | Dec 2022 |
| FY2021 | $1,339,020 | $1,014,095 | $6,304 | $1,833,797 | $10,394,672 | Dec 2021 |
| FY2020 | $982,341 | $704,503 | $6,605 | $1,875,786 | $10,430,261 | Dec 2020 |
Figures exactly as reported. A blank cell was blank on the form. The fiscal year links to the filing.
Peer societies
Five societies CDF is read alongside.
ACE
Association of Cooperative Educators
A democratically run community of cooperative educators across North America that has spent seventy five…
2 companies named
USFWC
United States Federation of Worker Cooperatives
A national federation where worker owned businesses pool their voice, their peer knowledge, and their…
SCNE
Schumacher Center for New Economics
A center that develops and spreads models for a just and sustainable local economy, from community land…
FCC
Farm Credit Council
The trade and advocacy voice of the Farm Credit System, the nationwide network of customer owned lending…
NAHC
National Association of Housing Cooperatives
A federation of resident owned housing that organizers from Greenbelt and Pennypack Woods set out to build in…
5 companies named
Who backs CDF
Every company CDF names publicly as a supporter, exactly as published. Companies also named by other associations on Sociogene come first.
| Company | Support as published | Also named by |
|---|---|---|
| CoBank | Corporate partner | AAI ARA AREAC AFBF AIEC +3 |
| Nationwide | Corporate partner | AAI A CHCI CCC GPC +3 |
| TruStage | Award sponsor | ASCU CCUF CUNA DCUA FSF +3 |
| CHS | Corporate partner | AFBF NFO NGFA NPGA FI +1 |
| National Cooperative BankPublished as NCB | Corporate partner | ACE CAI NACHC NAHC NCUF +1 |
| Loeb & Loeb | Meeting sponsor | ANA CF EEI HFPCR |
| CF Industries | Award sponsor | FI TRC |
| Equal Exchange | In-kind | SCLT |
| Pioneer Utility Resources | Meeting sponsor | NPPA |
| Shared Capital Cooperative | Award sponsor | ACE |
| BriarPatch Co-opPublished as BriarPatch | Meeting sponsor | Only CDF, so far |
| Cabot CreameryPublished as Cabot | In-kind | Only CDF, so far |
| Emmet, Marvin & Martin | Meeting sponsor | Only CDF, so far |
| National Co+op Grocers | Corporate partner | Only CDF, so far |
| Oryana Co-op | Meeting sponsor | Only CDF, so far |
| Pachamama CoffeePublished as Pachamama | In-kind | Only CDF, so far |
Sources: 4 published lists, read October 2026
2026 Hall of Fame Sponsors. Read October 12, 2026. Sponsors of the 2026 Cooperative Hall of Fame.
Thank You Sponsors (Cooperative Leaders and Scholars). Read October 12, 2026. Sponsors of the Cooperative Leaders and Scholars fellowship.
Thank you to our 2025 sponsors. Read October 12, 2026. Sponsors, prize sponsors and snack sponsors of the 2025 Co-op 5k.
The Cooperative Development Foundation is supported by. Read October 12, 2026. Organizations named on the home page as supporters of the Foundation.
Who backs CDF's peers, but not CDF
Companies named publicly by at least one of CDF's five peer societies, and not found in CDF's reviewed public records.
| Company | NAHC | Peers |
|---|---|---|
| Legacy | Attendee Lanyard Sponsor | 1 of 1 |
| Marcus Management | Onsite Program Guide Sponsor | 1 of 1 |
| Rivers Investment Management Group | Named | 1 of 1 |
| Rocket Exteriors | Gold | 1 of 1 |
The outside view
The charitable affiliate of NCBA CLUSA, created in 1944 as the Freedom Fund, which gathers money from the cooperative sector and turns it into grants, fellowships, disaster aid and honors so that the cooperative model keeps spreading.
- Consensus
- Build
- Inward
- Operational
Their shape
The Movement
Gathered around a cause, and built to move.
The Movement is mission-led and built to mobilize, organized around changing something in the world. Its gift is passion and external impact, its challenge is turning momentum into something that lasts.
Also reads toward The Legacy and The Frontier.
Strengths
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