NCDF's
Mission:
"Investing
in Economic Democracy Through Cooperative Enterprise"
Northcountry
Cooperative Development Fund is a member-owned and
member-governed financial intermediary. Structured as a cooperative,
and using a pool of money invested by the coooperative community
and its supporters, NCDF acts as a catalyst for the development
and growth of cooperative enterprises in all sectors. Since its incorporation in
1978 as one of the first community development loan funds
in the country, NCDF has provided producer, worker, consumer,
and housing cooperatives across the upper Midwest with access
to capital. The funds used by NCDF to finance these self-help
enterprises are supplied by cooperative members and socially
conscious individuals and institutional investors.
Institutional investors are a very
important source of loan capital for NCDF. Non-member institutions
such as foundations, religious entities, community groups,
cooperative coalitions, financial institutions and socially
responsible organizations support NCDF's work by making loans
to NCDF at below market rates. Each investor loan helps NCDF
better meet its ever-growing loan demand and leverage other
funds. NCDF offers all investors a modest rate of return with
the guarantee that they are "Investing in Cooperation."
If you are interested in supporting community-based enterprises
through a loan to NCDF, please call our office for more information.
View
a list of NCDF Investors and Contributors
Office phone: (612)
331-9103; fax: (612) 331-9145; general e-mail:
info@ncdf.coop
NCDF
Board of Directors
Name |
Co-op
Affiliation |
|
David Swanson
Dorsey and Whitney Law Firm
|
Lakewinds Natural Foods |
President |
John Gostovich
Independent Consultant
|
Mississippi Market |
Vice President |
Elka Malkis
Wedge Community Co-op |
Wedge Community Co-op |
Secretary/Treasurer |
Megan Teare
Wells Fargo |
Mississippi Market |
|
Roy Berger
Mississippi Market |
Mississippi Marke |
|
Tom Quinn
Wisconsin Farmland Conservancy |
Philadelphia Community Farm |
|
Barbara Broen
Independent Consultant |
Mississippi Market |
|
Cecil Wright
CROPP Cooperative
|
CROPP Cooperative |
|