Cooperative Development Institute: Northeast Center for Cooperative Business

The Cooperative Fund of New England has been providing loans to cooperatives and small nonprofits serving the needs of low-income people for 35 years. Having started with $11,000 in social investments and an initial $2,000 loan to Buffalo Mountain Food Co-op in 1975, CFNE has over the years made over $19 million in loans, without losing a penny of investors' capital. Read more about their work helping to create good green jobs, healthy local food systems, affordable homes, and cooperative networks in the 2009 Annual Report.