The cooperative - CERO which stands for Cooperative Energy Recycling and Organics - helps local restaurants and other area businesses save money and improve the environment by helping them sort a substantial amount of their waste, and then partnering with CERO to collect and sell it. CERO is zero in Spanish - meaning zero waste. Loan for start-up funding.
Earth Designs, Inc. , a landscaping & gardening worker cooperative in Rosendale, NY
Catamount Solar, a worker owned solar cooperative in Montpelier, VT
Portland Food Coop, a retail food cooperative in Portland, ME
Turnpike Park Cooperative, a manufactured housing cooperative in Westborough, MA
Port Clyde Fresh Catch, a fishermen cooperative in Port Clyde, ME
The New School of Montpelier, an employee owned independent school for general and special education in Montpelier, VT
Cultivating Community, a non-profit whose mission is to strengthen communities by preparing New American farmers to grow food in new places. Portland, ME
Boston Tech Collective, a worker owned cooperative providing tech services in Somerville, MA
Vermont Computing Cooperative, a worker owned IT services business in Randolph, VT
Raise-Op, a housing cooperative in Lewiston, MECOVID-19 Co-op Emergency Fund & Resources
To help the cooperative ecosystem weather the Covid-19 crisis, Cooperative Fund of New England launched a $1M Emergency Cooperative Enterprise Relief Loan Fund. The Fund is for cooperatives in New England and parts of New York State who are seeing a dramatic loss of customers and revenue as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. We also offered a 60-day suspension of payments to our borrowers that were at highest risk and greatest need. If your co-op is struggling as a result of the pandemic, please reach out to us.
As a 100% remote workplace, we are fully operational and remain available to assist with your financing, investing, and business technical assistance needs.
Click here for a compilation of resources to support co-op resiliency.
Cooperative Fund of New England
We work for economic, social, and racial justice by advancing community based, cooperative, and democratically owned or managed enterprises with a preference to assisting cooperatives in low-income communities by:
- Providing financial products at reasonable rates
- Developing business skills
- Offering an investment opportunity that promotes socially conscious enterprise
A socially responsible lending organization and investment option.
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