The United Co-op Appeal (UCA) is an annual workplace giving program that is managed by the Cooperative Development Foundation.

Recipient Organizations are Leaders in the Field

The UCA's recipient organizations are an outstanding group with a long track record of developing successful cooperatives. These organizations believe in, promote and support cooperatives as a means of empowering people to solve problems and improve their lives. Donors can choose to give to one, several, or all of the recipient organizations. CDI is proud to be among our colleagues and partners in the list below.

• ACDI/VOCA

• The CDF Fund

• Cooperative Development Institute

• Cooperative Development Services

• CHF International

• Cooperative Fund of New England

• Federation of Southern Cooperatives / Land Assistance Fund

• The ICA Group

• The NCBA Fund

• NRECA International Foundation

• Northwest Cooperative Development Center

• CooperationWorks! Scholarship Fund

• Sollars Fund for International Cooperation

• Urban Homesteading Assistance Board (UHAB)

• Women’s Action to Gain Economic Security (WAGES)

Focus on Infrastructure: CDI Supports the Data Commons

CDI will use the funds gathered from the UCA to support the pre-development of the Data Commons Project (DCP). The Data Commons Cooperative (DCC) will be formed as a multi-stakeholder (worker and consumer) cooperative providing information services to the cooperative community through an online, open-source, interactive database. Born out of the needs and interests of several local, regional and national cooperatives, cooperative development organizations, and cooperative activists, the DCC is being formed for the purposes of: fostering knowledge sharing among economic initiatives rooted in their communities, such as cooperatives, credit unions, employee-owned companies, land trusts, and community-supported agriculture; developing the technology and processes needed to reduce the cost of knowledge sharing; applying these tools to create a "data commons" that will be a key resource for those seeking to understand and participate in the rooted economy; and making that commons available online both on the web (as users prefer) and via a revision control system (key to long-term evolution and survival of the data).

It's Efficient and Effective

If your workplace has signed up as a host organization, you can ask to have your donations contributed automatically from your paycheck. Contributions go straight to recipients thanks to a donation from the Nationwide Foundation that covers administrative costs. Alternatively, you can donate online to the UCA directly or send a check to made out to United Co-op Appeal/CDF to the attention of Terence Buen, Program Director, 2011 Crystal Drive, Suite 800, Arlington, VA 22202.

More Questions?

Download the UCA Brochure or call Terence Buen, 703-302-8097, .