The Cooperative Foundation Awards $16,000 in Education and Development Grants
The Cooperative Foundation funded five cooperative education and development grants totaling over $16,000.  The Senior Cooperative Foundation, North Country Cooperative Foundation, National Farmers Union, Minnesota Grain and Feed Association, and the Coretta Scott King Center received funding for their projects in late December 2007 and early January 2008.

    Senior Cooperative Foundation was awarded $8000 to fund a feasibility study of shared purchasing group among existing senior housing cooperatives.

 

    Northcountry Cooperative Foundation’s Northside Food Project received a grant of $2500 to develop a best practices document for inner city co-op development projects.

    Coretta Scott King Center, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH, received $1111 for publication of photos and interviews with Minnesota food cooperative leaders. 

 

    Minnesota Grain and Feed Association’s Cooperative Directors Workshop was granted $1000 to cover expenses associated with cooperative education speaker.

    The National Farmers Union College Conference on Cooperatives was awarded $3500 to support program costs.