CFNE Annual Appeal 2025

The communities we want are cooperative - and we are building them now.

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If you are cooperative to the core, like us, here are some other ways to deepen your connection.

• Become a sustaining donor by selecting “Monthly” when you set up your gift online. 

• Make CFNE a part of your legacy by including us in your estate planning. 

• Become a CFNE investor. Start by checking out our Prospectus.*

• Already a CFNE investor? We welcome your donations of interest and/or principal.

Contact Josie if you’d like to find out more about any or all of these options: 800-818-7833 or josie@cooperativefund.org.

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As a community loan fund all of the charitable gifts we receive have a multiplier effect;

The more lending and technical support we give to co-ops means more people accessing healthy food, good jobs, quality housing, and shared ownership.

Here’s what we’re doing:

Leadership development to ensure that every community in the northeast has access to co-op development support.

Our first five Co-op Navigator Fellows just completed a three-year pilot program. Across the northeast - in Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maine, and New York - the Fellows created educational resources, launched new co-op projects (including a statewide network in CT!), and built organizing infrastructure that will be around for the long term.

Workshops and resources to give cooperators a cutting edge. 

Specialized info on how to start, run, and scale a co-op is not always easy to come by. Every year CFNE holds free workshops for hundreds of cooperators to hone their skills. We maintain an on-demand free library of workshops in English and Spanish on our YouTube channel. And our Co-op Monthly newsletter reaches hundreds of cooperators each month with a curated bounty of info on funding sources, trainings, and other opportunities for co-ops.

Powerful partnerships to shift the regional economy from closures to cooperation

We play a key role in the Northeast Transition Initiative (NETI), a partnership of organization that preserves jobs and businesses by helping small businesses seamlessly transition to employee ownership. In its first two years NETI has trained dozens of economic developers across the region to promote and support exit planning and employee ownership transitions.

*CFNE’s securities are unsecured debt securities subject to terms, conditions and risks described in our Prospectus, including risk of possible loss of the amount invested. Payment is dependent on CFNE’s financial condition at the time payment is due. This is not an offer to sell you our securities. The offering is made solely by the Prospectus and only in states or jurisdictions where authorized. Before investing, you should read our Prospectus.

● Not FDIC or SIPC insured ● Not a bank deposit ● No CFNE guarantee