COOPERATIVE COLLABORATION: AN UNTAPPED MARKET
Tom DeckerDirector of Cooperative Development
NCBA
NCBA • Founded in 1916• Who we represent• What we do• How we do it
FACTS ABOUT CO-OPS• Well over 30,000 co-ops in the U.S.• 1 in 3 Americans are co-op members• Co-ops generate over 2 million jobs every year• Most of the nation’s 2 million farmers are co-op
members• 88% of the milk produced in WI is from co-ops• U.S. cooperatives contribute almost $700 billion in
annual sales and possess over $3 trillion in assets• The top 300 cooperatives in the world make up the 10
largest economy
TYPES OF COOPERATIVES• Consumer• Producer• Worker• Purchasing• Hybrid
THE GLUE• What do all cooperatives have in
common and binds all cooperatives together?
COOPERATIVE DECADE• Participation• Sustainability• Identity• Legal Frameworks• Capital
GROWING THE CO-OP ECONOMY• Austin• Philadelphia• Madison• New York• Pacific Northwest• Western Mass
AUSTIN PILOT• History– Austin Cooperative Think Tank– Austin Cooperative Business Association
• Process• Outcome• Goals
AUSTIN PILOT• Chamber vs. Development• Underpinnings/Ends Statements• Benchmarks for Success• Independent Business Affiliates• What NCBA Provides• Sustainability
CREDIT UNIONS• Credit Unions and Cooperatives?• An Untapped Market?• Examples of cross-sector
collaboration
THANK YOU!Tom DeckerNCBA
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