The Co-op Innovation Award funds organizations and businesses that use the cooperative model to foster economic opportunity and address issues facing their communities.
Donor Name: Capital Impact Partners
State: All States
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Awards and Prizes
Deadline: 06/12/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Priority will be given to co-ops where the majority of members of the community served are living with low incomes. They want to amplify innovative models that can be replicated locally, regionally or nationally. The award is intended to support early-stage projects and provide catalytic capital that will attract other funders.
Capital Impact Partners supports Co-op Innovation Award winners that focus on methods for expanding innovation and impact for communities nationwide through food, housing, and worker co-ops, that drive economic development and job creation.
Funding Information
Organizations are chosen yearly to receive up to a $50,000, one-year grant to recognize innovative strategies to increase the number of foods, housing, and worker co-ops serving communities.
Uses of Funds
The uses of funding include, but are not limited to:
- Financial projections
- Project scope and design
- Feasibility analysis
- Operational and staff costs
- Training development
- Leadership and professional development
- Tools and technologies
- Outreach and marketing
- Contractors or consultants.
Eligibility Criteria
Your organization must be a nonprofit 501c3, have a nonprofit 501c3 fiscal sponsor, or cooperative entity to apply. There are no geographic restrictions within the United States; projects can be national, regional, or local.
For more information, visit CIP.
