This Code of Governance has been developed for community-led housing organizations. Community-led housing organizations encompass a range of entities, including housing co-operatives, tenant management organizations, community land trusts, mutual home...

In an effort to combat dwindling budgets and vanishing resources while demand for services continues to increase, many nonprofits seek opportunities to collaborate in new ways – leveraging resources, sharing...

In this booklet, we start by outlining some basic communication concepts. We then examine steps we can take to enhance communication, including avoiding misunderstandings that arise from assumptions based on...

perhaps even the long-term ‘holy grail’ – for pursuing a more embedded, engaged and ultimately a more encompassing energy transformation for our societies. People – as consumers and prosumers

Homeownership has been a cornerstone of US housing policy since the Great Depression.  Its normative value is steeped in visions of white picket fences and manicured lawns. An economic preference...

Nonprofit or cooperative? Questions about the differences between these two types of legal entities are often part of early discussions about cooperative development.

We understand that the process can be overwhelming, so to help you out, we’ve put together a comprehensive guide to association event planning. In it, we’ll go over best practices...

This report presents a general overview of how cooperative and key concepts are measured for statistical purposes. It is based on extant work and literature. The first part of the report...

Whilst it’s true that good governance will help co-operatives avoid many of the conflicts that can arise when a group of people work together, it’s also important to consider how...

Our vision of a cooperative economy is of an interdependent, dense network of enterprises and institutions that allow us to meet our needs through principled, democratic ownership, and that care...

This study examines the resilience of coffee cooperatives and producer organizations in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, exploring their adaptations in relation to their livelihood capitals.

“A combination of factors, including the rising cost of housing in recent years, has forced many people to look for alternative housing options. This guide to co-op housing attempts to...

In conducting this research, CDS aims to gain a deeper understanding of the current state of the cooperative housing sector within its service area, which encompasses Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin....

This report provides an overview of cooperatives that perform these activities. More detailed reports are available on cooperatives handling each of the major farm products and farm supplies.

Groups of individuals around the world and throughout time worked together in pursuit of common goals.  Examples of cooperation, or collective action, can be traced back to our prehistoric predecessors,...

Stable Home Ownership in a Turbulent Economy: Delinquencies and Foreclosures Remain Low in Community Land Trusts

“A cooperative is a voluntary’ contractual organization of persons having a mutual ownership interest in providing themselves a needed service(s) on a nonprofit basis.

NASCO is democratically controlled by its members through an elected board of directors. In addition, one representative from each member student co-op sits on the Active Member Advisory Council, which assists our...

These Millennium Development Goals are the focus of the world's development agenda today, with multilateral and bilateral organizations, governments, and civil society all seeking innovative ways to reach the goals...

The International Cooperative Alliance defines cooperation as "an autonomous association of people united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and...

The material on cooperative taxation is presented only to provide information to persons interested in the tax treatment of cooperatives and does not represent official policy of the U.S. Department of...

The Measuring the Co-operative Difference Research Network (MCDRN; cooperativedifference.coop) and the Centre of Excellence in Accounting and Reporting for Co-operatives (CEARC at Saint Mary’s University) joined forces to organize an...

Governance is a key component of the co-operative difference. The co-operative values and principles call for an open, voluntary, and democratic process of decision-making, and co-operative governance is a crucial tool in...

Although co-operative housing is widespread and has a significant impact on the quality of life of millions of people, our housing sector remains relatively underappreciated. This joint report represents the...