• What is a Cooperative, On Cooperative Identity ~ ICA

• What is a Coop? ~ NCBA CLUSA

• What is a Financial Cooperative ~ The Balance

• What Are Cooperatives ~ Corporate Financial Institute

• Types of Cooperatives (Manitoba Gov)

COOPS ALIVE!

• 40 Acre Coop (MN Hemp Growers)

• Frontier Coop (Marketing Cooperative ~ Brands:  Frontier Co-op, Simply Organic® and Aura Cacia®)

• REI Coop (Purchasing Cooperative since 1938)

• Mondragon (Since 1956 - there needs to be a movie!) 

NOT QUITE A COOP

• Ujamaa Farms

LISTS, NETWORKS

• Cooperative Network DC

• Farmers Restaurant Group

• Cooperation Jackson (MS)

• Members of Shared Cooperative Capital

DOCUMENTARIES

• Stories.coop (Collecting Stories since 2012)

• The Banker Ladies YT Short

• Cooperative Heritage Trust (Rochdale Pioneers) ~ Vimeo Rental

• Cooperative Innovation Awards (Innovation Capital)

INDUSTRY INFRASTRUCTURE

• NBCA CLUSA

• International Cooperative Alliance

• Capital Impact / Momentus Capital

• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) 

PUBLIC EDUCATION

• Cooperatives First (Canada - Sponsor : Federated Co-operatives Limited)

• Employee Ownership Equals, Case Studies

• Project Equity (Employee Ownership Conversion Facilitators)

• The Lean Coop ~ Start.coop

• https://www.co-oplaw.org/knowledge-base/other-tax-status-options-for-a-worker-cooperative/

• Co-opLaw.org Coop Basics

UNIVERSITY EDUCATION

• Clemson University Center for Cooperative and Enterprise Development 

• Kansas State University Arthur Capper Cooperative Center 

• University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives

• St. Mary's Coop & Credit Union Mgt (Canada)

• Ohio State University Coop Mastery 101, Workbook, ($)

STARTUP ORGS / EDUCATION

• Start.coop (Resource Pages)

• Project Equity (Employee Ownership Conversion Facilitators)

• The Workers to Owners Collaborative  Additional Resources on Page

• Seeds for Change (UK) Tools for Cooperative Organizing

UPCOMING

• NCBA CLUSA Impact Conference 2023

• Project Equity (EO) : Monthly Awareness of Transitioning to Employee-Owned

ARCHIVED

• World Cooperative Conference 2o21 (ICA)

Collaborative Technology Alliance

Neighboring Food Co-op Association

Platform Co-operativism Consortium

United States Federation of Worker Cooperatives

Bread for the World

Initiative for Equality

US Congress

• Hickenlooper : 4 Bills Introduced includes Cooperatives Access to SBA Loans, NCBA CLUSA Article

• Article : Coops in Build Back Better Act

US GOV

• Interagency Working Group on Cooperative Development

USDA

• USDA search : Cooperatives

• USDA Cooperative Services

• What is a Coop?, How to Start a Cooperative

• Programs and Services for Cooperatives

• Publications for Cooperatives

  • Cooperative Information Reports

    • How to Start a Coopertive CIR 7, Powerpoint

    • Income Tax Treatment of Cooperatives CIR 44-1, -2, -3, -4, -5, 

    • Understanding Cooperatives CIR 45-1, -2, -3, -4, -5, -6, -7, -8, -9, -10, -11, -12, -13, -14, -15

SBA

• Business Guide : Business Structure 

MassChallenge

Start.coop

• Progressive International 

• Sociocracy for All - Basic Concepts and Principles

• Democracy @ Work (Education and Media)

PODCASTS, WEBSITES, ...

• Everything Coop

• Coop News

BOOKS - STORIES

• Collective Courage

BOOKS, PAPERS - BUSINESS

• Cooperative Capital (St. Mary's) 

• The Capital Conundrum (ICA)

• Cooperative Management, Cote

• Facilitator’s Guide to Participatory Decision-Making, Kaner, Lind, Toldi, Fisk, Berger

• Collaborate Better, Invision

• WOCCU - International Operating Principles

BOOKS - SOCIAL, ECONOMICS, POLITICS, POLICY

• Retrieving the Co-operative Values-Based Business

• Uniform Limited Cooperative Association Act

  • ULCAA - A Trojan Horse in Our Midst ~ Article

  • ULCAA Enactment Kit ~Uniform Law Commission, Final (2019)

  • ULCAA - An Introduction ~ Drake Journal of Agricultural Law 

CASE STUDIES

• Just Us Coffee Roasters Cooperative Case Study

• Unicorn Grocery Case Study

• Identity.coop (dot Coop approval)

Accounting / Legal / Professionals

• • National Society of Accountants for Cooperatives (NSAC)

  • Cooperative Professionals Guild, Wild Apricot.org (Lawyers / Accountants)

  • Open Collective (Bookkeeping and Financial Platform for Collectives)

  • Sustainable Economies Law Center

  • Co-op Law  (online legal resource library)

FINANCIAL

• • Detroit Community Wealth Fund

  • Shared Cooperative Capital