# CooperationWorks!

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**CooperationWorks!** is a network of organizations promoting [rural development](/source/Rural_development) through the formation of [cooperatives](/source/Cooperative) in the United States. CooperationWorks! is organized as a [cooperative](/source/Cooperative) of 21 member development centers. The co-op facilitates the coordination of cooperative development efforts and provides business expertise to its member organizations.

CooperationWorks! is partnered with the [National Cooperative Business Association](/source/National_Cooperative_Business_Association) and the [Cooperative Development Foundation](/source/Cooperative_Development_Foundation).[1]

## History

Legislation was signed into law in 1990 authorizing grants to establish a network of rural cooperative development centers throughout the United States. The development centers worked together on an informal basis for nine years. The Madison Principles, a set of standards for cooperative development, were developed in 1995 in [Madison, Wisconsin](/source/Madison,_Wisconsin).[2] In February 1999, representatives from nine cooperative development centers on the U.S. met in Denver to found CooperationWorks!

In September 2009, the USDA awarded $2.9 million in grants to 15 members of CooperationWorks! to create jobs and foster economic development in rural communities.[3]

## Members

- [Arkansas Rural Enterprise Center](/source/Arkansas_Rural_Enterprise_Center)
- [California Center for Cooperative Development](/source/California_Center_for_Cooperative_Development)
- [Common Enterprise Development Corporation](/source/Common_Enterprise_Development_Corporation)
- [Cooperative Development Institute](/source/Cooperative_Development_Institute)
- [Cooperative Development Services](/source/Cooperative_Development_Services)
- [Democracy Collaborative](/source/Democracy_Collaborative)
- [Food Cooperative Initiative](/source/Food_Cooperative_Initiative)
- [Fund for Democratic Communities](/source/Fund_for_Democratic_Communities)
- [Indiana Cooperative Development Center](/source/Indiana_Cooperative_Development_Center)
- [Iowa Alliance for Cooperative Business Development](/source/Iowa_Alliance_for_Cooperative_Business_Development)
- [Kentucky Center for Agriculture and Rural Development](/source/Kentucky_Center_for_Agriculture_and_Rural_Development)
- [Keystone Development Center](/source/Keystone_Development_Center)
- [Latino Economic Development Center](/source/Latino_Economic_Development_Center)
- [Mississippi Center for Cooperative Development](/source/Mississippi_Center_for_Cooperative_Development)
- [Montana Cooperative Development Center](/source/Montana_Cooperative_Development_Center)
- [North American Students of Cooperation](/source/North_American_Students_of_Cooperation)
- [National Cooperative Development Association](/source/National_Cooperative_Development_Association)
- [National Network of Forest Practitioners](/source/National_Network_of_Forest_Practitioners)
- [Nebraska Cooperative Development Center](/source/Nebraska_Cooperative_Development_Center)
- [North Dakota Rural Electric and Telecommunications Development Center](/source/North_Dakota_Rural_Electric_and_Telecommunications_Development_Center)
- [Northwest Cooperative Development Center](/source/Northwest_Cooperative_Development_Center)
- [Ohio Cooperative Development Center](/source/Ohio_Cooperative_Development_Center)
- [Rocky Mountain Farmers Union Cooperative and Economic Development Center](/source/Rocky_Mountain_Farmers_Union_Cooperative_and_Economic_Development_Center)
- [South Dakota Value Added Agriculture Development Center](/source/South_Dakota_Value_Added_Agriculture_Development_Center)

## References

1. [Purchasing Co-ops Give Small Businesses an Edge.](https://web.archive.org/web/20090618115707/http://www.naturalproductsmarketplace.com/articles/purchasing-co-ops-gives-small-businesses-an-e,p4.html) *Natural Products Marketplace.* 22 May 2009.

1. Livingston, Jane. [Revised co-op development curriculum gets test drive in Madison workshops.](http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-13774472_ITM) *[Rural Cooperatives](/source/Rural_Cooperatives).* 1 January 2006.

1. [AGRICULTURE DEPUTY SECRETARY MERRIGAN AWARDS $4.8 MILLION IN RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANTS.](https://web.archive.org/web/20090918175701/http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_1OB?contentidonly=true&contentid=2009/09/0443.xml) *[USDA](/source/USDA).* 15 September 2009.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.cooperationworks.coop/)

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