Our lending is based on the principle that a truly equitable economy needs to be non-extractive.
Here are the cooperatives in Baltimore and beyond that we have financed or supported.
Baltimore Bicycle Works
Baltimore Bicycle Works is Baltimore’s worker owned and democratically managed full-service bicycle shop.
Mera Kitchen Collective
Mera Kitchen Collective is a community-driven, food-based cooperative focused on empowerment of refugee and immigrant women by tapping into their passion for cooking, self-expression and creating community.
Thread Coffee
Thread Coffee, incubated as a new worker cooperative, is a woman and queer owned coffee roasting company dedicated to working in solidarity with coffee growing cooperatives in the Global South
Core Staffing
The Core Staffing Cooperative is a cooperative staffing agency owned and operated by and for residents returning to the community after incarceration.