Resources

Starting a cooperatively-owned business requires planning, analysis, financing and capital investment, and marketing.

Shared Capital Cooperative is a national CDFI loan fund that connects co-ops and capital to build economic democracy.

We provide many publications, reports and educational materials. These are primarily authored by USDA staff, but include publications by University partners and other cooperative specialists.

This Manual is designed to provide you with a comprehensive overview of cooperatives: what they are, how they work, and how to start one.

The University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives seeks to increase understanding and encourage critical thinking about cooperatives by fostering scholarship and mutual learning among academics, the cooperative community, policy makers and the public.

Cultivate.Coop is a library of information about cooperatives. Everything here is created by and for people who work in co-ops. You can edit and upload content to Cultivate.coop just like Wikipedia.