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Shared Capital Investment Campaign
Happy Earth Cleaning Cooperative, Minneapolis, Minnesota (photo credit Bruce Silcox) Dear Shared Capital Co-op Members, Investors, and Friends, The Good News Demand for financing for cooperative projects has never been higher in our 45 years. In 2022, we had a…
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Shared Capital is a Top Holiday Gift – Everything Co-op
We are deeply appreciative that Vernon Oakes of Everything Co-op has named Shared Capital investments to his top co-op holiday list. You can listen to the episode when…
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Co-op Month 2023 Newsletter
Recent Loans Meeting Unprecedented Need: Our Investment Campaign Heirs Property Relending Program Shared Capital Staff Esther West Wins Gordon Nembhard Award 2022 Impact At-A-Glance Washington Hmong Farmers Cooperative,…
Read Article →July 2022 Newsletter
Shared Capital Gives $40K Back to Borrowers in Patronage The Cooperative Economy Campaign – Invest in Shared Capital Preferred Share Dividend Announced for 2021 New Loans and Members We are…
Read Article →March 2022 Newsletter
Invest in Shared Capital – New Direct Public Offering Board Nominations Save the Date – Annual General Meeting New Loans and Members 2021 At-A-Glance New Episode of Shared Stories…
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We’re connecting you to the voice of cooperators around the country through our video series: Shared Stories. Through Shared Stories, our members tell their stories of cooperation –…
Read Article →August 2021 Newsletter
New Loans and Members CDFI Award Welcome our New Staff Member Meet our Summer Intern Patronage Dividend Notice Annual Meeting and Co-op Forum Report Back Special Member Vote…
Read Article →March 2021 Newsletter
(Virtual) Office Hours – Weekly Starting March 5th New Loans and Members 2020 At-A-Glance We’re Hiring! Last call for Board Nominations Save The Date: Board Election and Annual Member…
Read Article →October 2020 Newsletter
CDFI and Olamina Fund AwardsRecent LoansIt’s National Co-op MonthNew MembersICYMI: Annual Report, Board Election and Annual Member Meeting Upcoming Events CDFI Award and Olamina Fund InvestmentShared Capital received a $1.57…
Read Article →April 2020 Newsletter
Emergency Loans and COVID-19 Resources Board Elections Save the Date for our Annual Member Meeting Our Latest Loans 2019 Highlights Is your co-op facing challenges due to COVID-19…
Read Article →November 2019 Newsletter
Announcing Accelerate Employee Ownership Shared Capital at Eastern Conference for Workplace Democracy Our Latest Loans October is National Co-op Month Welcome Our New Loan Officer Advocacy – Supporting Co-op Friendly Lending…
Read Article →June 2019 Newsletter
In This Newsletter: Federation of Southern Cooperatives Meerkat Media Worker Cooperative Announcing Board Members and Board Officers Welcome our new Loan Administrator Loans Made to Date in 2019…
Read Article →Build Economic Democracy
Nominations are now being accepted for the Shared Capital Cooperative Board of Directors. The election will be held in April and this year three seats are open. Nominations are due…
Read Article →Have you seen our 2017 Annual Report?
We’re so proud to report on the successes our members make possible. Thanks to our 237 member cooperatives and 250 individual members for another year full of impact and intercooperation. Please click…
Read Article →June 2018 Newsletter
Board Election Results, 2018 Annual Member Meeting and Cooperative Forum, Recent Loans Made, Introducing our 2018 Summer Intern, and What are you doing for the 2018 International Day of…
Read Article →February 2018 Newsletter
Build Economic Democracy: Run for the Shared Capital Board of Directors! Nominations are now being accepted for the Shared Capital Cooperative Board of Directors. The election will be…
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Annual Report Now Available
Read about our work, our members and the communities where we made an impact in 2016. Check out the Shared Capital 2016 Annual Report.
Read Article →Shared Capital Finances Community-Owned Solar Energy
Financing from Shared Capital Cooperative is helping Minneapolis-based Cooperative Energy Futures (CEF) to initiate multiple community solar garden projects in Minnesota. CEF is an energy efficiency and community-owned…
Read Article →Co-op Brings Grocery Store Back to the Community
When the Renaissance Community Cooperative opened its doors this fall, it brought back a grocery store to a community that had been without one for eighteen years. The…
Read Article →Looking Forward and Looking Back: Shared Capital Issues $5.5 million in Cooperative Loans, More Committed for 2017
2016 is shaping up to be Shared Capital Cooperative’s busiest year ever. Shared Capital originated nearly $5.5 million in loans to more than 25 cooperatives this year. The…
Read Article →Family Farms Blossom at The Seattle Wholesale Growers Market
“When the market is filled with people and flowers, there is a contagious feeling that we’ve achieved something really special,” explains Debra Prinzing of Slow Flowers. Eighty percent…
Read Article →Organic Valley Principle 6 Cooperative Growth Fund Issues First Co-op Loans
The Organic Valley Principle 6 Coopertive Growth Fund recently announced its first loans, approving financing for Lexington Cooperative Market, Linden Hills Co-op, and Dill Pickle Food Co-op. The loans…
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Shared Capital Makes Loan to Cincinnati’s Start-up Worker Co-op, Sustainergy
Sustainergy launched this year as one of many union worker cooperatives beginning to form around the country. Sustainergy is a worker-owned, residential contracting business that helps homeowners reduce…
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Shared Capital Finances Two New Food Co-op Stores in North Carolina
The Durham Co-op Market is a start-up co-op and has a newly constructed store located between downtown Durham and Duke University with 7,000 square feet of retail space.…
Read Article →2023
Racial and Economic Justice Statement
If Black women were free, it would mean that everyone else would have to be free since our freedom would necessitate the destruction of all the systems of…
Read Article →
Shared Capital is a Top Holiday Gift – Everything Co-op
We are deeply appreciative that Vernon Oakes of Everything Co-op has named Shared Capital investments to his top co-op holiday list. You can listen to the episode when…
Read Article →
Co-op Month 2023 Newsletter
Recent Loans Meeting Unprecedented Need: Our Investment Campaign Heirs Property Relending Program Shared Capital Staff Esther West Wins Gordon Nembhard Award 2022 Impact At-A-Glance Washington Hmong Farmers Cooperative,…
Read Article →2022
July 2022 Newsletter
Shared Capital Gives $40K Back to Borrowers in Patronage The Cooperative Economy Campaign – Invest in Shared Capital Preferred Share Dividend Announced for 2021 New Loans and Members We are…
Read Article →March 2022 Newsletter
Invest in Shared Capital – New Direct Public Offering Board Nominations Save the Date – Annual General Meeting New Loans and Members 2021 At-A-Glance New Episode of Shared Stories…
Read Article →2021
Shared Stories
We’re connecting you to the voice of cooperators around the country through our video series: Shared Stories. Through Shared Stories, our members tell their stories of cooperation –…
Read Article →August 2021 Newsletter
New Loans and Members CDFI Award Welcome our New Staff Member Meet our Summer Intern Patronage Dividend Notice Annual Meeting and Co-op Forum Report Back Special Member Vote…
Read Article →March 2021 Newsletter
(Virtual) Office Hours – Weekly Starting March 5th New Loans and Members 2020 At-A-Glance We’re Hiring! Last call for Board Nominations Save The Date: Board Election and Annual Member…
Read Article →2020
October 2020 Newsletter
CDFI and Olamina Fund AwardsRecent LoansIt’s National Co-op MonthNew MembersICYMI: Annual Report, Board Election and Annual Member Meeting Upcoming Events CDFI Award and Olamina Fund InvestmentShared Capital received a $1.57…
Read Article →April 2020 Newsletter
Emergency Loans and COVID-19 Resources Board Elections Save the Date for our Annual Member Meeting Our Latest Loans 2019 Highlights Is your co-op facing challenges due to COVID-19…
Read Article →2019
November 2019 Newsletter
Announcing Accelerate Employee Ownership Shared Capital at Eastern Conference for Workplace Democracy Our Latest Loans October is National Co-op Month Welcome Our New Loan Officer Advocacy – Supporting Co-op Friendly Lending…
Read Article →June 2019 Newsletter
In This Newsletter: Federation of Southern Cooperatives Meerkat Media Worker Cooperative Announcing Board Members and Board Officers Welcome our new Loan Administrator Loans Made to Date in 2019…
Read Article →Build Economic Democracy
Nominations are now being accepted for the Shared Capital Cooperative Board of Directors. The election will be held in April and this year three seats are open. Nominations are due…
Read Article →2018
Have you seen our 2017 Annual Report?
We’re so proud to report on the successes our members make possible. Thanks to our 237 member cooperatives and 250 individual members for another year full of impact and intercooperation. Please click…
Read Article →June 2018 Newsletter
Board Election Results, 2018 Annual Member Meeting and Cooperative Forum, Recent Loans Made, Introducing our 2018 Summer Intern, and What are you doing for the 2018 International Day of…
Read Article →February 2018 Newsletter
Build Economic Democracy: Run for the Shared Capital Board of Directors! Nominations are now being accepted for the Shared Capital Cooperative Board of Directors. The election will be…
Read Article →2017
Annual Report Now Available
Read about our work, our members and the communities where we made an impact in 2016. Check out the Shared Capital 2016 Annual Report.
Read Article →2016
Shared Capital Finances Community-Owned Solar Energy
Financing from Shared Capital Cooperative is helping Minneapolis-based Cooperative Energy Futures (CEF) to initiate multiple community solar garden projects in Minnesota. CEF is an energy efficiency and community-owned…
Read Article →Co-op Brings Grocery Store Back to the Community
When the Renaissance Community Cooperative opened its doors this fall, it brought back a grocery store to a community that had been without one for eighteen years. The…
Read Article →Looking Forward and Looking Back: Shared Capital Issues $5.5 million in Cooperative Loans, More Committed for 2017
2016 is shaping up to be Shared Capital Cooperative’s busiest year ever. Shared Capital originated nearly $5.5 million in loans to more than 25 cooperatives this year. The…
Read Article →Family Farms Blossom at The Seattle Wholesale Growers Market
“When the market is filled with people and flowers, there is a contagious feeling that we’ve achieved something really special,” explains Debra Prinzing of Slow Flowers. Eighty percent…
Read Article →Organic Valley Principle 6 Cooperative Growth Fund Issues First Co-op Loans
The Organic Valley Principle 6 Coopertive Growth Fund recently announced its first loans, approving financing for Lexington Cooperative Market, Linden Hills Co-op, and Dill Pickle Food Co-op. The loans…
Read Article →2015
Shared Capital Makes Loan to Cincinnati’s Start-up Worker Co-op, Sustainergy
Sustainergy launched this year as one of many union worker cooperatives beginning to form around the country. Sustainergy is a worker-owned, residential contracting business that helps homeowners reduce…
Read Article →
Shared Capital Finances Two New Food Co-op Stores in North Carolina
The Durham Co-op Market is a start-up co-op and has a newly constructed store located between downtown Durham and Duke University with 7,000 square feet of retail space.…
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