Family-owned businesses don’t often stay family-owned for long. Not many businesses have a strong succession plan, and family-owned businesses are no exception. Most are unlikely to remain family-owned as a 2014 study found. 56 percent of family business owners are
Rural Cooperatives Magazine Features Advice from CDI
For Tax Day this year, we published a Co-op Cathy column that answered the questions “What is the maximum dividend rate that co-ops can offer on preferred stock?” and “What are the implications of issuing preferred stock vs. raising capital
Data on Vermont’s Co-ops Now Available
We recently teamed up with Cabot Creamery, the Association of Vermont Credit Unions, and VSECU to build a database of every co-op in the state of Vermont. Now, the results are in! The high-profile cooperative census has helped to create
What is the maximum dividend rate that co-ops can offer on preferred stock?
Meet Cathy, the Cooperative Development Institute’s new answerwoman! She can take on any co-op questions you might have, big or small. Today we address the questions: “What is the maximum dividend rate that co-ops can offer on preferred stock? What
How are nonprofits and co-ops different?
Meet Cathy, the Cooperative Development Institute’s new answerwoman! She can take on any co-op questions you might have, big or small. Today we address the questions: “What are the legal difference between nonprofits and cooperatives? Can you run a nonprofit
Workshop: Imagining and Structuring Artist Cooperatives
Our Executive Director Noemi Giszpenc was invited by the Institut des hautes études en arts plastiques (Iheap), a post-graduate institute for research and experimentation in art, to present to their New York City program about cooperatives for artists. The session
Thankful for the Opportunity to Learn and Teach: Our Past Two Months
October and November have been two incredibly active months for the Cooperative Development Institute! We have been out in communities, making waves in the co-op world, and working directly with allied movements and organizations to cultivate and support their co-op
Last two episodes of My So-Called Housing Cooperative released–heart-breaking and heart-warming
This is it! The Season Finale of My So-Called Housing Cooperative! I decided to release episodes 5 and 6 together, and once you watch them, you will probably understand why. Thanks for watching and please forward to anyone you think
March 8: AORTA Conflict Resolution Workshop in Providence, RI
save the date! March 8: AORTA Conflict Resolution Workshop in Providence Dear Providence & Boston-Area friends, We’re excited to offer a public workshop facilitated by AORTA trainer Jenna Peters-Golden on March 8 in Providence! Here are the details: Resolutions not Ruins: Conflict Resolution in Your
Support “Jackson Rising” Cooperative Conference in May
On Tuesday February 25th, 2014 Mayor Chokwe Lumumba unexpectedly passed away. The Jackson Rising: New Economies Conference (May 2-4, 2014 at Jackson State University) was intended to be one of the primary initiatives and vehicles of the Lumumba administration to build a