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Cooperative Support Organizations and Resources

(Thank you to Tim Huet of the Center for Democratic Solutions for compiling this list)

Association of Arizmendi Cooperatives
733 Baker Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
(415) 346-5779
Developing a mutually-supporting association of cooperative bakeries.

Center for Democratic Solutions
733 Baker Street
San Francisco, CA 94116
(415) 346-5779
Providing educational, legal, and consulting services to worker cooperatives, primarily those in the San Francisco Bay Area. Maintains a lending library of publications, videos, etc. related to worker cooperatives.

Childspace Cooperative Development Inc.
5517 Greene Street
Philadelphia, PA 19144
(215) 842-3050
Non-profit developer of worker cooperative childcare centers.

ICA Group
One Harvard Street, Suite 200
Brookline, MA 02445
(617) 232-8765
www.ica-group.org
Consulting group for development of worker cooperatives.

National Center for Employee Ownership
1736 Franklin
Oakland, CA 94612
(510) 272-9461
www.nceo.org
Non-profit with a focus on ESOPs (Employee Stock Ownership Plans) as an ownership vehicle.

National Cooperative Bank and NCB Development Corporation
1630 Connecticut Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20009
1-800-955-9NCB (9622)
www.ncb.com
Lending, and in limited circumstances, granting to a range of cooperatives, including worker cooperatives.

National Cooperative Business Association/Cooperative Development Foundation
1401 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 638-6222
www.ncba.org
National cooperative trade association and foundation serving a range of cooperatives, including worker cooperatives.

National Society of Accountants for Cooperatives
6320 Augusta Drive, Suite 802-c
Springfield, VA 22150
(703) 569-3088
www.nsacoop.org
Constituted primarily of finance personnel serving agricultural and consumer cooperatives, but with resources relevant to worker cooperatives.

The Network of Bay Area Worker Cooperatives (NOBAWC)
2335 Valley Street
Oakland, CA 94612
(510) 835-0254
www.nobawc.org
A coalition of worker cooperative and collectives in the San Francisco Bay Area

Ohio Employee Ownership Center
309 Franklin Hall
Kent State University
Kent, OH 44242
(303) 672-3028
www.kent.edu
Focus on ESOPs (Employee Stock Ownership Plans) as an ownership vehicle.

Mondragon Cooperative Corporation
www.mondragon.mcc.es
Describes the work of one of the world's largest and most successful worker cooperative networks located in the Basque Region.

Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute
349 East 149th Street, 10th Floor
Bronx, NY 10451
(718) 402-7766
www.paraprofessional.org
Consulting for and replication of home health care cooperatives.

Southern Appalachian Center for Cooperative Ownership (SACCO)
(828) 232-0632

www.workerowned.org
Consulting for cooperative and employee-owned businesses.

United States Federation of Worker Cooperatives
1995 Oak St., #7
San Francisco, CA 94117
(415) 379-9201

www.usworker.coop

A newly-formed (2004) federation of worker cooperatives throughout the United States.

University of Wisconsin, Center for Cooperatives
University of Wisconsin Madison
College of Agricultural & Life Sciences
513 Lowell Hall
610 Langdon Street
Madison, WI 53703
(608) 262-3981
www.wisc.edu/uwcc
Consulting for and publishing on a range of cooperatives, including worker cooperatives. Maintains a listserver for cooperators from all sectors.


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