Farm Generations Cooperative

Farm Generations Cooperative: (Cooperstown, New York)— was formed to create a farmer-owned marketing platform for producers selling food directly to their communities. It has helped to provide access to healthy food for families living with low incomes by developing accessible technologies for farmers to accept SNAP, WIC, Double Up Food Bucks, and produce prescriptions. Farm Generations Cooperative will use the $50,000 grant to replicate and expand the program regionally in addition to documenting the success of its food access work for farms across the country.

Fideicomiso Comunitario Tierra Libre

Fideicomiso Comunitario Tierra Libre (Los Angeles, California) is a nonprofit community land trust dedicated to creating and preserving permanently affordable housing for residents living with low incomes in the Los Angeles neighborhoods of Boyle Heights and East Los Angeles. Through FCTL, the Tonalli Tenant Association will use the $40,000 grant to create East Los Angeles' first housing cooperative, fostering long-term economic sustainability through collective investment, shared governance, and community cooperation.

Nashville Equitable Housing Cooperative 

Nashville Equitable Housing Cooperative (Nashville, Tennessee) is a coalition of grassroots organizations advancing cooperative housing solutions across Tennessee. In 2024, NEHC developed its first 60-unit limited-equity affordable housing cooperative, a major achievement in a state where co-op resources and funding are scarce. To build on this success, NEHC will use the $50,000 grant funding to develop the Cooperative Community Playbook to document Tennessee-specific strategies, legal frameworks, and engagement tools that will expand affordable cooperative housing.

Prospera Community Development

Prospera Community Development’s (Oakland, California) mission is to partner with entrepreneurs to launch businesses that foster cooperation, economic independence, and well-being in communities. Prospera recently launched Comunidades Prospera, which is a structured series of courses presented in Spanish that enable community-based organizations to advance cooperative entrepreneurship, financial autonomy, and collective leadership within their communities. The $35,000 grant will enable Prospera to scale Comunidades Prospera by creating outreach materials and new strategic partnerships with organizations that are deeply rooted in the community. 

U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives

U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives (Chicago, Illinois), or USFWC, serves as the only national membership organization focused on advancing economic opportunities through cooperative worker ownership. USFWC will use the $30,000 grant to launch the Win-Win Child Care Initiative, which pilots a scalable model linking unions and worker co-ops to incubate childcare businesses. This initiative will deliver quality care, quality jobs, and a replicable path for leveraging union assets toward economic development for childcare workers.