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</div> <p class="sub-title">Featured International Project</p> <h2 class="featured-projects--heading"> <span>Timor-Leste</span> </h2> <h4>Planting the seeds of self-reliance</h4> <p class="featured-projects--excerpt"><p>In 1994, NCBA CLUSA helped organize 450 coffee farmers into a co-op called Cooperatíva Café Timor (CCT), launching the commercial coffee industry in Timor-Leste. More than 20 years later, coffee is now the small Southeast Asian country’s top agricultural export worth between $15-25 million annually. Today, CCT not only exports coffee, but has also added high-value spices to its lineup. The U.S. is one of Timor-Leste’s main trading partners and two customers for CCT’s coffee and spices include McCormick & Co. for vanilla, cloves and pepper and Starbucks for Fair Trade certified coffee.</p> <p>Our current work in Timor-Leste goes beyond the coffee industry to support employment and entrepreneurship opportunities, meeting both the practical needs of employers and the country’s broader labor market. In partnership with the Institute of Business, we are strengthening workforce readiness and the entrepreneurial skills of Timorese young people.</p> <p>Through foreign assistance, the story of Cooperativa Café Timor has shown how a business—and ultimately, a country—moves toward self-reliance and prosperity.</p> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container-fluid section section--overlay-gradient" style="background-image: url(https://ncbaclusa.coop/content/uploads/2024/05/cafe-del-futuro.png)"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-7 col-sm-offset-5 col-lg-5 col-lg-offset-6"> <div class="featured-projects--content"> <div class="featured-projects--content-map"> <img src="" alt=""> </div> <p class="sub-title">Featured International Project</p> <h2 class="featured-projects--heading"> <span>Puerto Rico</span> </h2> <h4>Staying competitive in a changing environment</h4> <p class="featured-projects--excerpt"><p>NCBA CLUSA’s Café del Futuro project is providing opportunities for coffee farmers in Puerto Rico to pivot and stay competitive in a changing environment. Café del Futuro unites a coalition of cooperatives, support organizations for small farmers, academic bodies and resilience experts working to increase the adoption of innovative coffee farming techniques. The pilot project will incentivize 2,000 coffee growers to adopt cutting-edge practices by subsidizing coffee, shade and hardwood trees; providing cash grants and last-mile technical assistance; and access to specialty coffee markets with the intention of increasing incomes and promising durable economic and food security benefits.</p> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="container-fluid section section--overlay-gradient" style="background-image: url(https://ncbaclusa.coop/content/uploads/2024/05/dulce-esperanza.png)"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-7 col-sm-offset-5 col-lg-5 col-lg-offset-6"> <div class="featured-projects--content"> <div class="featured-projects--content-map"> <img src="" alt=""> </div> <p class="sub-title">Featured International Project</p> <h2 class="featured-projects--heading"> <span>Kenya, Guatemala, Peru and Madagascar</span> </h2> <h4>Strengthening co-op capacity and enabling environments</h4> <p class="featured-projects--excerpt"><p>Through our Cooperative Development Program, NCBA CLUSA is working to strengthen co-op capacity and advance the enabling environments co-ops need to grow and thrive. With their global membership of more than 3 million people and shared set of principles designed to support both economic and social empowerment, co-ops are a powerful force for sustainable development.</p> </p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="featured-proj-nav container-fluid"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-sm-7 col-sm-offset-5 col-lg-5 col-lg-offset-6"> <div class="featured-projects--nav test"> <span class="btn btn-quaternary"> Economic Opportunities </span> <span class="btn btn-quaternary"> Building Resilience </span> <span class="btn btn-quaternary"> Strengthening Cooperatives </span> </div> <p class="soft-top flush-bottom"><a class="btn" href="/programs/current-projects/">View All Projects</a></p> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="section section--highlight-pattern text-center cardstacks"> <div class="container-fluid"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-10 col-xs-offset-1 col-lg-8 col-lg-offset-2"> <h2>a voice for cooperative business</h2> <p class="sub-title">strengthening member-owned businesses and the communities they impact</p> <div class="cardstack"> <div class="cardstack__item"> <figure class="cardstack__item--figure"> <img class="img-responsive cardstack__item__img" src="https://ncbaclusa.coop/content/uploads/2018/09/2xicon-advocacy.png" /> </figure> <h3 class="cardstack__item--title">Raising awareness of cooperative impact</h3> <p>NCBA CLUSA’s public awareness events amplify the success, diversity and impact of the cooperative movement.</p> </div> <div class="cardstack__item"> <figure class="cardstack__item--figure"> <img class="img-responsive cardstack__item__img" src="https://ncbaclusa.coop/content/uploads/2018/09/2xicon-lives.png" /> </figure> <h3 class="cardstack__item--title">Building an ownership economy</h3> <p>NCBA CLUSA is a collaborative partner in, advocate for and driver of an economy that works for everyone.</p> </div> <div class="cardstack__item"> <figure class="cardstack__item--figure"> <img class="img-responsive cardstack__item__img" src="https://ncbaclusa.coop/content/uploads/2018/09/2xicon-resources.png" /> </figure> <h3 class="cardstack__item--title">Providing resources for every co-op sector</h3> <p>Research and analysis by our Cooperative Economists Council helps measure the co-op advantage.</p> </div> </div> <p class="text-center flush-bottom"> <a class="btn btn-secondary" href="https://ncbaclusa.coop/membership/join/">Become a Member Today</a> </p> </div> </div> </div> </section> <div class="parallax-wrap"> <section class="section section--overlay-lightblue panel-callout panel-callout--with-heading" style="background-image: url(https://ncbaclusa.coop/content/uploads/2018/09/home-parr.jpg)" > <div class="container-fluid"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-10 col-md-offset-1 col-lg-8 col-lg-offset-2"> <article> <h1>Membership <span>Opportunities</span></h1> <div class="text-content"> <p class="sub-title">join the cooperative movement!</p> <p>Be part of our work to advance the shared interests of the cooperative community.</p> <p><a class="btn btn-tertiary" href="https://ncbaclusa.coop/membership/join/">Become A Member</a></p> </div> </article> </div> </div> </div> </section> </div> <section class="section section--highlight add-content"> <div class="container-fluid"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-6 col-md-5 col-md-offset-1 module fade-left"> <article class="push-bottom"> <p class="sub-title">democratic, transparent & fair</p> <h2>what is a co-op?</h2> <p>A cooperative, or co-op, buys and sells products or services just like any other business. The difference is a co-op is owned and governed by its members, the people who use it, rather than by stockholders. And, profits are reinvested in the co-op or distributed to its members.</p> <p>In nearly every part of the economy, people have joined together to do business more effectively—from food to construction equipment to childcare—through cooperatives. <a class="btn btn-secondary" href="https://ncbaclusa.coop/resources/what-is-a-co-op/">Read More</a></p> <div class="numbers-container hidden-sm hidden-md"> <div class="numbers-cont"> <img class="numbers-icon img-responsive" src="https://ncbaclusa.coop/content/uploads/2018/08/handshake.png"> <h4 class="numbers-digit">65,000</h4> <span class="numbers-title">co-op establishments in the U.S.</span> </div> <div class="numbers-cont"> <img class="numbers-icon img-responsive" src="https://ncbaclusa.coop/content/uploads/2018/08/four-hands.png"> <h4 class="numbers-digit">1 in 3</h4> <span class="numbers-title">Americans are members</span> </div> </div> <div class="hidden-sm hidden-md"> <a class="btn push-bottom" href="https://ncbaclusa.coop/resources/">Learn More</a>     <a class="btn btn-secondary" href="https://ncbaclusa.coop/resources/co-op-sectors/">Different Kinds of Co-ops</a> </div> </article> </div> <div class="col-xs-6 col-md-4 col-md-offset-1 push-bottom module fade-right"> <img class="img-responsive alignright" src="https://ncbaclusa.coop/content/uploads/2018/09/coop-img.png" alt=""> </div> </div> <div class="row visible-sm visible-md"> <div class="col-sm-4 col-md-offset-1 push-top"> <a class="btn push-bottom" href="https://ncbaclusa.coop/resources/">Learn More</a>     <a class="btn btn-secondary" href="https://ncbaclusa.coop/resources/co-op-sectors/">Different Kinds of Co-ops</a> </div> <div class="col-sm-8 col-md-6"> <div class="numbers-container"> <div class="numbers-cont"> <img class="numbers-icon img-responsive" src="https://ncbaclusa.coop/content/uploads/2018/08/handshake.png"> <h4 class="numbers-digit">65,000</h4> <span class="numbers-title">co-op establishments in the U.S.</span> </div> <div class="numbers-cont"> <img class="numbers-icon img-responsive" src="https://ncbaclusa.coop/content/uploads/2018/08/four-hands.png"> <h4 class="numbers-digit">1 in 3</h4> <span class="numbers-title">Americans are members</span> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="section partnerships-sect section--lightblue"> <div class="container-fluid"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-xs-12"> <div class="partnership__flex"> <a class="partnership__link" href="https://www.ica.coop/en" target="_blank"> <div class="partnership__card"> <img class="partnership__logo" src="https://ncbaclusa.coop/content/uploads/2022/08/coop-logo-v01.png" alt=""> <div class="partnership__txt-grp"> <p>Proud member of the International Cooperative Alliance</p> </div> </div> </a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="section section--gray timeline"> <div class="container-fluid"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-10 col-md-offset-1 col-lg-8 col-lg-offset-2"> <h2>our history</h2> <p class="sub-title">More than a century of building an inclusive economy</p> <div class="timeline__slider push-half-bottom our-history__container"> <div class="timeline__slider--item"> <figure class="img-circle timeline__slider--item-figure"> <div class="timeline__slider--item-figure-container"> <div class="timeline__slider--item-figure-content"> <img class="img-responsive aligncenter" src="https://ncbaclusa.coop/content/uploads/2018/09/icon-1916-sun.png" alt=""> <span>1916</span> </div> </div> </figure> <div class="timeline__slider--item-text"><p><span id="yui_3_17_2_1_1535185940626_319">The Cooperative League of America is formally organized, the precursor organization to <strong>NCBA CLUSA</strong>.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__slider--item"> <figure class="img-circle timeline__slider--item-figure"> <div class="timeline__slider--item-figure-container"> <div class="timeline__slider--item-figure-content"> <img class="img-responsive aligncenter" src="https://ncbaclusa.coop/content/uploads/2018/09/icon-1921-flag.png" alt=""> <span>1921</span> </div> </div> </figure> <div class="timeline__slider--item-text"><p><span id="yui_3_17_2_1_1535185940626_342">The League forms a legal department and successfully lobbies for the passage of a cooperative federation statute in New York, then incorporates as the Cooperative League of the United States of America (CLUSA).</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__slider--item"> <figure class="img-circle timeline__slider--item-figure"> <div class="timeline__slider--item-figure-container"> <div class="timeline__slider--item-figure-content"> <img class="img-responsive aligncenter" src="https://ncbaclusa.coop/content/uploads/2018/09/icon-1935-electricity.png" alt=""> <span>1935</span> </div> </div> </figure> <div class="timeline__slider--item-text"><p>9 out of 10 rural homes are without electric service. President Roosevelt established the <strong>Rural Electrification Administration (REA)</strong> to electrify rural America through the use of rural electric co-ops.</p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__slider--item"> <figure class="img-circle timeline__slider--item-figure"> <div class="timeline__slider--item-figure-container"> <div class="timeline__slider--item-figure-content"> <img class="img-responsive aligncenter" src="https://ncbaclusa.coop/content/uploads/2018/09/icon-1944-cross.png" alt=""> <span>1944</span> </div> </div> </figure> <div class="timeline__slider--item-text"><p><span id="yui_3_17_2_1_1535185940626_383">CLUSA joins with other cooperative leaders to launch a public education campaign to defend the tax treatment of cooperatives in Congress. </span></p> <p><span id="yui_3_17_2_1_1535185940626_388">The<strong> <a href="https://www.cdf.coop/">Cooperative Development Foundation</a></strong> is formed, initially as the Freedom Fund of CLUSA, to help provide war relief through the development of cooperatives and other self-help initiatives in Europe. The first grant ($30,000) helps to launch Cooperative of American Remittances to Europe (CARE). </span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__slider--item"> <figure class="img-circle timeline__slider--item-figure"> <div class="timeline__slider--item-figure-container"> <div class="timeline__slider--item-figure-content"> <img class="img-responsive aligncenter" src="https://ncbaclusa.coop/content/uploads/2018/09/icon-1953-india.png" alt=""> <span>1953</span> </div> </div> </figure> <div class="timeline__slider--item-text"><p><span id="yui_3_17_2_1_1535185940626_417">The international arm of CLUSA is launched in response to a request from the Indian Cooperative Union. Through its first overseas office in New Delhi, CLUSA helped develop and strengthen dairy, fertilizer, farm machinery and other co-ops in the country. </span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__slider--item"> <figure class="img-circle timeline__slider--item-figure"> <div class="timeline__slider--item-figure-container"> <div class="timeline__slider--item-figure-content"> <img class="img-responsive aligncenter" src="https://ncbaclusa.coop/content/uploads/2018/09/icon-1967-leaves.png" alt=""> <span>1967</span> </div> </div> </figure> <div class="timeline__slider--item-text"><p><span id="yui_3_17_2_1_1535185940626_447">Working in southeastern U.S., CLUSA takes on a pilot project as part of the War on Poverty that leads to the formation of the <a href="https://www.federation.coop/"><strong>Federation of Southern Cooperatives</strong></a>.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__slider--item"> <figure class="img-circle timeline__slider--item-figure"> <div class="timeline__slider--item-figure-container"> <div class="timeline__slider--item-figure-content"> <img class="img-responsive aligncenter" src="https://ncbaclusa.coop/content/uploads/2018/09/icon-1974-award.png" alt=""> <span>1974</span> </div> </div> </figure> <div class="timeline__slider--item-text"><p><span id="yui_3_17_2_1_1535185940626_453">The <a href="https://www.heroes.coop/"><strong>Cooperative Hall of Fame</strong></a> is established. Inductees receive the cooperative community’s highest honor.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__slider--item"> <figure class="img-circle timeline__slider--item-figure"> <div class="timeline__slider--item-figure-container"> <div class="timeline__slider--item-figure-content"> <img class="img-responsive aligncenter" src="https://ncbaclusa.coop/content/uploads/2018/09/icon-1985-twin-pines.png" alt=""> <span>1985</span> </div> </div> </figure> <div class="timeline__slider--item-text"><p><span id="yui_3_17_2_1_1535185940626_483">CLUSA changes its name to the National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA).</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__slider--item"> <figure class="img-circle timeline__slider--item-figure"> <div class="timeline__slider--item-figure-container"> <div class="timeline__slider--item-figure-content"> <img class="img-responsive aligncenter" src="https://ncbaclusa.coop/content/uploads/2018/09/icon-1986-lightbulb.png" alt=""> <span>1986</span> </div> </div> </figure> <div class="timeline__slider--item-text"><p><span id="yui_3_17_2_1_1535185940626_489">The “CLUSA approach” to sustainable cooperative development is developed in Niger in the mid-1980s. The method is characterized by local decision-making and empowerment, and was developed by NCBA CLUSA veteran innovator <a href="https://ncbaclusa.coop/blog/veteran-innovator-papa-sene-among-inductees-to-cooperative-hall-of-fame/"><strong>Papa Sene</strong></a></span>.</p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__slider--item"> <figure class="img-circle timeline__slider--item-figure"> <div class="timeline__slider--item-figure-container"> <div class="timeline__slider--item-figure-content"> <img class="img-responsive aligncenter" src="https://ncbaclusa.coop/content/uploads/2018/09/icon-1994-coffee-beans.png" alt=""> <span>1994</span> </div> </div> </figure> <div class="timeline__slider--item-text"><p><span id="yui_3_17_2_1_1535185940626_509">C</span><span id="yui_3_17_2_1_1535185940626_512">ooperativa Café Timor is established with support from NCBA CLUSA. Today, CCT offers its 22,000 member-owners access to global markets—including Starbucks—better prices and healthcare through its network of health clinics. </span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__slider--item"> <figure class="img-circle timeline__slider--item-figure"> <div class="timeline__slider--item-figure-container"> <div class="timeline__slider--item-figure-content"> <img class="img-responsive aligncenter" src="https://ncbaclusa.coop/content/uploads/2018/09/icon-2000-world.png" alt=""> <span>2000</span> </div> </div> </figure> <div class="timeline__slider--item-text"><p><span id="yui_3_17_2_1_1535185940626_541">NCBA CLUSA proposes and sponsors the <a href="https://ncbaclusa.coop/resources/co-op-services/"><strong>.coop Top Level Domain</strong></a>. Many cooperatives and similar trade groups around the world, including the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA), backed the proposal. The technical infrastructure for the .coop TLD was developed by the worker cooperative Poptel in the United Kingdom and became operational on January 30, 2002.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__slider--item"> <figure class="img-circle timeline__slider--item-figure"> <div class="timeline__slider--item-figure-container"> <div class="timeline__slider--item-figure-content"> <img class="img-responsive aligncenter" src="https://ncbaclusa.coop/content/uploads/2018/08/icon-2010-corn.png" alt=""> <span>2010</span> </div> </div> </figure> <div class="timeline__slider--item-text"><p><span id="yui_3_17_2_1_1535185940626_560">NCBA CLUSA’s flagship Feed the Future project Yaajeende is launched in Senegal, based on a comprehensive approach built on the four pillars of food security—availability, access, utilization and governance.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__slider--item"> <figure class="img-circle timeline__slider--item-figure"> <div class="timeline__slider--item-figure-container"> <div class="timeline__slider--item-figure-content"> <img class="img-responsive aligncenter" src="https://ncbaclusa.coop/content/uploads/2018/09/icon-2014-money.png" alt=""> <span>2014</span> </div> </div> </figure> <div class="timeline__slider--item-text"><p><span id="yui_3_17_2_1_1535185940626_584">NCBA CLUSA leads fight to <a href="https://ncbaclusa.coop/blog/congress-secures-2015-funding-for-rural-cooperative-development-grant-program/"><strong>successfully restore RCDG funding</strong></a> for co-ops</span>. <span id="yui_3_17_2_1_1535185940626_589">Credit union membership in the U.S. tops 100 million in June.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__slider--item"> <figure class="img-circle timeline__slider--item-figure"> <div class="timeline__slider--item-figure-container"> <div class="timeline__slider--item-figure-content"> <img class="img-responsive aligncenter" src="https://ncbaclusa.coop/content/uploads/2018/09/icon-2015-handshake.png" alt=""> <span>2015</span> </div> </div> </figure> <div class="timeline__slider--item-text"><p><span id="yui_3_17_2_1_1535185940626_599">NCBA CLUSA receives its first grant from the <a href="https://ncbaclusa.coop/blog/ncba-clusa-receives-750k-grant-from-starbucks-foundation-to-support-coffee-farmer-livelihood-in-indonesia/"><strong>Starbucks Foundation</strong></a> in April to support the livelihoods of coffee farmers in Indonesia.</span></p> <p><span id="yui_3_17_2_1_1535185940626_603">The first meeting of the <a href="https://ncbaclusa.coop/blog/inaugural-meeting-of-interagency-working-group-on-cooperative-development-unifies-federal-agencies-on-co-op-issues/"><strong>Interagency Working Group on Cooperative Development </strong></a>is held in October, a provision NCBA CLUSA worked hard to ensure the inclusion of in the Farm Bill.</span></p> <p><span id="yui_3_17_2_1_1535185940626_607">NCBA CLUSA works with legislators to create the long-awaited bipartisan <a href="https://ncbaclusa.coop/advocacy/congressional-caucus/"><strong>Congressional Cooperative Business Caucus</strong></a> in December, co-chaired by Rep Ed Royce (R-CA) and Rep. 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