Many states have organizations or centers that offer cooperative development assistance. If you are outside Wisconsin and need some help, we suggest you contact the resource closest to you.
Alabama
Federation of Southern Cooperatives Land Assistance Fund
Alaska
University of Alaska Anchorage
California
California Center for Cooperative Development
Democracy At Work Institute
Colorado
Rocky Mountain Farmers Union
District of Columbia
Coop DC
Cooperative Development Foundation
Democracy Collaborative
Georgia
Georgia Cooperative Development Center
Hawaii
The Kohala Center Inc.
Oregon
Northwest Agriculture Cooperative Council
Idaho
Northwest Cooperative Development Center
Illinois
Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs
National American of Students of Cooperation (NASCO)
Indiana
Indiana Cooperative Development Center
Iowa
Iowa Institute for Cooperatives
Cooperative Development Services
Kansas
Kansas Cooperative Council
Kentucky
Kentucky Center for Agriculture & Rural Development
Louisiana
Louisiana Council of Farmer Co-ops
Maine
Cooperative Maine
Massachusetts
Cooperative Development Institute
Neighboring Food Co-op Association
Valley Alliance of Worker Co-operatives
The ICA Group
Michigan
Center for Community-Based Enterprise
Michigan State University Product Center
Minnesota
Agricultural Utilization Research Institute
Cooperative Development Services
CoMinnesota
CoNorth
Cooperation Works!
Food Co-op Initiative
Mississippi
Cooperation Jackson
Mississippi Association of Cooperatives
Missouri
Missouri Institute of Cooperatives
Montana
Lake County Community Development Corporation
Montana Cooperative Development Center
Nebraska
Nebraska Cooperative Development Center
New York
Coordinating Council of Cooperatives
Northeast Cooperative Council
North Carolina
Carolina Common Enterprise
Cooperative Council of North Carolina
North Dakota
North Dakota Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives
North Dakota Farmers Union
Ohio
Kent State University – Ohio Employee Ownership Center
The Ohio State University – Ohio Cooperative Development Center
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Agricultural Cooperative Council
Oregon
Northwest Agriculture Cooperative Council
Northwest Cooperative Development Center
Pennsylvania
Keystone Development Center
Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance
South Dakota
South Dakota Association of Cooperatives
Value-Added Agriculture Development Center
Tennessee
Tennessee Council of Cooperatives
Texas
Austin Cooperative Business Association
Texas Rural Cooperative Center
Vermont
Cooperative Vermont
Vermont Employee Ownership Center
Virginia
Virginia FAIRS
Washington
Northwest Agriculture Cooperative Council
Northwest Cooperative Development Center
Wisconsin
Cooperative Development Services
MadWORC – Madison Worker Cooperatives
UW Center for Cooperatives