Local Economy Models
Below is a list of businesses and organizations featured in Local Dollars, Local Sense, listed by chapter in alphabetical order. You can also find organizations using the map.
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305 Flora Street, Suite E
Belingham
Washington 98225
Contact Person/Title: Martin Sorge, network coordinator
E-mail: info@livingeconomies.org
Phone:360-746-0840Type of Organization: non-profit
Scope of Organization: national network
Mission Statement: BALLE’s mission is to catalyze, strengthen and connect networks of locally owned independent businesses dedicated to building strong Local Living Economies.
Resources: Annual BALLE Business Conference, Extensive Network of Business Alliances, Support for Business Alliances, Local Economic Development Materials (for members), Economic Development Leakage Calculators (for purchase).
PO Box 843
Bolinas
California 94924
Contact Person/Title: Elizabeth Ü, founder
E-mail: elizabeth@financeforfood.com
Phone:415.891.9194Type of Organization: non-profit
Scope of Organization: national
Mission Statement: Finance for Food educates sustainable food system entrepreneurs about the wide variety of capital opportunities available, helping them identify and secure values-aligned financing. Ultimately, our goal is to increase the pace and scale of the transition to a food system that restores the health of our bodies, families, communities, economies, and environment.
Resources: Forum on raising capital for sustainable food-based businesses, Upcoming book on raising capital for food entrepreneurs, Blog, Workshops.
613 4th Street, Suite 208, Santa Rosa
California 95404
Contact Person/Title: Crystal Santorineos, Office Manager
E-mail: www.postcarbon.org/contact/
Phone:707.823.8700Type of Organization: non-profit
Scope of Organization: national
Mission Statement: Post Carbon Institute provides individuals, communities, businesses, and governments with the resources needed to understand and respond to the interrelated economic, energy, environmental, and equity crises that define the 21st century. We envision a world of resilient communities and re-localized economies that thrive within ecological bounds.
Resources: Map of Resilience Network, Publications, Speaker Bureau.
8 Walnut Avenue
Berwyn
Pennsylvania 19312
E-mail: thelab@bcorporation.net
Phone:610-296-8283Type of Organization: non-profit
Scope of Organization: national
Mission Statement: B Lab is a nonprofit organization dedicated to using the power of business to solve social and environmental problems. B Lab drives systemic change through three interrelated initiatives: Building a community of Certified B Corporations to make it easier for all of us to tell the difference between “good companies” and just good marketing, Accelerating the growth of the impact investing asset class through use of B Lab’s GIIRS Ratings & Analytics by institutional investors and Promoting legislation creating a new corporate form that meets higher standards of purpose, accountability and transparency.
Resources: Certification process for sustainable businesses, Business support for members.
Community and Economic Development Office of Burlington
149 Church Street, Room 32
Burlington
Vermont 05401
Contact Person/Title: Bruce Seifer, Assistant Director of Economic Development
E-mail: cedofd@ci.burlington.vt.us
Phone: 802-865-7144
Type of Organization: local government
Scope of Organization: local
Mission Statement: The Community and Economic Development Office is a department of the City of Burlington. We work with the community to foster economic vitality; preserve and enhance neighborhoods, quality of life and the environment; and promote equity and opportunity for all residents of Burlington.
Resources: Affordable housing assistance, Business assistance. including extensive reports and analysis of the local economy in Burlington, “How Burlington Became an Award Winning City,” a comprehensive history of CEDO and a guide for any city for how to support local innovation and entrepreneurship, Minority and Women Business Enterpreneurs support and registry
25 Winooski Falls Way Suite 203,
P.O. BOX 67,
Winooski VT
Vermont 05404
E-mail: http://www.oppsvt.org/contact-us/
Phone:(800) 865-8328Type of Organization: CDFI
Scope of Organization: local
Mission Statement: To offer affordable financial services to Vermonters and socially responsible investment options to those seeking to impact their community.
324 Wells Street
Greenfield
Massachusetts 01301
Contact Person/Title: Lynn Benander, president
E-mail: info@cooppower.coop
Phone:877- 266-7543Type of Organization: co-op
Scope of Organization: regional
Mission Statement: Co-op Power is a multi-racial, multi-class movement building a sustainable and just energy future.
Resources: Energy efficiency services and fuel, heating oil buying groups, investment opportunity in biodiesel plant Northeast Biodiesel.
Cooperative Fund of New England
P.O. Box 3413
Amherst
Massachusetts 01004-3413
Contact Person/Title: Kalista Aird, Marketing and Special Products
E-mail: cfne@coopfund.coop
Phone: 1-800-818-7833
Type of Organization: CDFI
Scope of Organization: regional
Mission Statement: The Cooperative Fund of New England (CFNE) is a community development loan fund that is a bridge between socially responsible investors and cooperatives, community oriented non-profits, and worker-owned businesses in New England (and parts of New York).
Resources: Loans to cooperatives, Opportunities for investors through promissory notes called “Social Investment Loans”.
CROPP
One Organic Way
La Farge
Wisconsin 54639
Phone: 1-888-809-9297
Type of Organization: co-op
Scope of Organization: regional
Mission Statement: The mission of the Cooperative Regions of Organic Producer Pools is to create and operate a marketing cooperative that promotes regional farm diversity and economic stability by the means of organic agricultural methods and the sale of certified organic products.
540 E 105th Street
Cleveland
Ohio 44108
E-mail: skiel@evergreen.coop
Phone:216.923.0606Type of Organization: co-op
Scope of Organization: local
Mission Statement: The Evergreen Cooperatives of Cleveland, Ohio are pioneering innovative models of job creation, wealth building, and sustainability. Evergreen’s employee-owned, for-profit companies are based locally and hire locally. We create meaningful green jobs and keep precious financial resources within our community. Our workers earn a living wage and build equity in their firms as owners of the business.
209 Maple Street
White River Junction
Vermont 05001
Contact Person/Title: Don Kreis, treasurer and board member
E-mail: president@coopfoodstore.com
Phone:603-643-2667Type of Organization: co-op
Scope of Organization: local
Mission Statement: The Co-op’s mission is to Provide the Upper Valley’s best selection of high-quality goods and services at fair prices; Deliver outstanding customer service through a friendly, knowledgeable staff; Serve our community as a responsible corporate citizen and a trustworthy resource on nutrition, consumer, and environmental issues; and Promote the cooperative principles and spirit.
Resources: Second biggest food co-operative in the nation, has helped nearby towns create their own food cooperatives (i.e. Littleton), Hanover Cooperative Community Fund makes annual donations to local organization.
La Montanita Food Co-op
3500 Central SE
Albuquerque
New Mexico 87106
Contact Person/Title: Robin Seydel, manager
E-mail: robins@lamontanita.coop
Phone: 877-775-2667
Type of Organization: co-op
Scope of Organization: local
Mission Statement: La Montanita Co-op is a community-owned, consumer cooperative with three locations in Albuquerque, one in Santa Fe and one in Gallup. We believe a strong local/regional economy based on a network of relationships between producers and consumers not only provides the safest, freshest food but is an important tool in the creation of a cooperative and sustainable future.
Resources: La Montanita Fund, a grassroots investing and micro lending program that takes co-op members’ investments and uses them to support local farm and food businesses.
National Cooperative Bank
2011 Crystal Drive,
Suite 800
Arlington
Virginia 22202
E-mail: http://www.ncb.com/contact.aspx
Phone: (800) 955-9622
Type of Organization: membership association
Scope of Organization: national
Mission Statement: NCB, FSB (NCB), a federally- charted savings bank is the only bank in the United States dedicated to delivering nationwide banking products and solutions to cooperatives and other member-owned organizations throughout the country.
1401 New York Ave. NW, Suite 1100
Washington, D.C. 20005
Contact Person/Title: Adam Schwartz, VP Public Affairs and Member Services
E-mail: http://www.ncba.coop/contact
Phone:(202) 638-6222Type of Organization: co-op
Scope of Organization: national
Mission Statement: To develop, advance and protect cooperative business.
Resources: Co-op Marketing and Promotion including 2012 International Year of Cooperatives, Annual Reports and the Cooperative Business Journal, currently at work developing a national Co-op fund for the International Year of Cooperatives, developing a co-op database.
219 Main Street SE, Suite 500, Minneapolis, MN
Minnesota 55414
Contact Person/Title: Timeka Kuhnley, Loan Technician
E-mail: info@ncdf.coop
Phone:(612) 331-9103Type of Organization: CDFI
Scope of Organization: national
Mission Statement: NCDF creates opportunities for cooperatives and social investors to invest in the national cooperative movement, with an emphasis on community development within economically challenged and underserved communities. Since its founding in 1978, NCDF has originated over $31 million in cooperative financing.
Resources: NCDF offers one to seven year investment notes, Offers loans to Housing and Business Cooperatives, specialized investment fund for worker ownership.
216 F. Street, PMB 1844 Davis
California 95616
Contact Person/Title: David Thompson, founder
E-mail: cmurnighan@community.coop
Phone:530-753-COOPType of Organization: non-profit
Scope of Organization: regional
Mission Statement: Since 1964 TPCF has administered over $2.5 million dollars in grant programs going towards the development of many types of cooperatives. With grants from many sources both public and private TPCF has developed not only food coops but credit unions, cable television cooperatives, health cooperatives and housing cooperatives. No matter the range of our cooperative development activities we always pay special attention to the educational and development needs of food cooperatives.
Resources: Resources for community ownership of Trailer Parks, Cooperative Community Fund.
125 North Fulton Street
Ithaca
New York 14850
Contact Person/Title:
E-mail: afcu@alternatives.org
Phone:(877)273-AFCUType of Organization: CDFI
Scope of Organization: local
Mission Statement: To build wealth and create economic opportunity for underserved people and communities.
Resources: Business CENTS program offers technical assistance and loan support, Community Partnership Lending allows non-profits to set up loan programs while Alternatives manages the back-end.
50 United Drive
West Bridgewater
Massachusetts 02379
Contact Person/Title: Daniel Fireside, Capital Coordinator
E-mail: invest@equalexchange.coop
Phone:774-776-7400Type of Organization: co-op
Scope of Organization: international
Mission Statement: Equal Exchange’s mission is to build long-term trade partnerships that are economically just and environmentally sound, to foster mutually beneficial relationships between farmers and consumers and to demonstrate, through our success, the contribution of worker co-operatives and Fair Trade to a more equitable, democratic and sustainable world.
Resources: Equal Exchange CDs, Certificates of Deposit through Eastern Bank which directly provide working capital to Equal Exchange.
2001 S Street NW, Ste. 570
Washington, D.C. 20009
E-mail: info@ilsr.org
Phone:202-898-1610Type of Organization: non-profit
Scope of Organization: national
Mission Statement: The Institute’s mission is to provide innovative strategies, working models and timely information to support environmentally sound and equitable community development. To this end, ILSR works with citizens, activists, policymakers and entrepreneurs to design systems, policies and enterprises that meet local or regional needs; to maximize human, material, natural and financial resources; and to ensure that the benefits of these systems and resources accrue to all local citizens.
Resources: Big Box Tool Kit for countering mega-retailers and strengthening local businesses, Move Your Money and community banking advocacy information , Extensive publications on many important aspects of a self-reliant economy, Huge amount of information on recycling.
E-mail:moveyourmoneyproject@gmail.comType of Organization: non-profit
Scope of Organization: national
Resources: Tools to locate local banks and credit unions, Forums on community banking, links and other social networking resources to advocate for community banking.
39 Broadway, Suite 2140, New York
New York 10006-3063
Contact Person/Title: Rafael O Morales, Communication & Public Affairs
E-mail: info@cdcu.coop
Phone:800-437-8711Type of Organization: membership association
Scope of Organization: national
Mission Statement: The Federation helps low- and moderate-income people and communities achieve financial independence through credit unions.
Resources: Financial literacy and assistance tools, Technical assistance for Credit Unions , Investment program for CDCUs.
140 Jug End Road, Great Barrington
Massachusetts 01230
Contact Person/Title: Susan Witt, Director of Education
E-mail: neweconomics@neweconomicsinstitute.org
Phone:413-528-1737Type of Organization: non-profit
Scope of Organization: national
Mission Statement: The New Economics Institute is a US organization that uniquely combines vision, theory, action, and communication to effect a transition to a new economy — an economy that gives priority to supporting human well-being and Earth’s natural systems. Our multidisciplinary approach employs research, applied theory, public campaigns, and educational events to describe an alternative socio-economic system that is capable of addressing the enormous challenges of our times. Our premise is that a fair and sustainable economy is possible and that ways must be found to realize it.
Resources: Strategies for a New Economy conference in 2012, a rich history of publications including over 30 years of Schumacher lecture transcripts available online, local currency for the Berkshire region BerkShares, information and legal documentation for community land trusts.
Pax World Mutual Funds
30 Penhallow Street, Suite 400
Portsmouth
New Hampshire 03801
E-mail: info@paxworld.com
Phone: 800.767.1729
Type of Organization: for-profit
Scope of Organization: national
Mission Statement: Pax World was founded in 1971 by two men with a well-defined mission. Luther Tyson and Jack Corbett, who had worked on peace, housing and employment issues for the United Methodist Church, wanted to make it possible for investors to align their investments with their values. At the same time, they wanted to challenge corporations to establish and live up to specific standards of social and environmental responsibility.
Resources: Offers actively managed mutual funds at the forefront of Sustainable Investing, integrating Environmental, Social and Governance factors (ESG) into investment analysis.
Public Banking Institute
Contact Person/Title: Ellen Brown, Founder
E-mail: http://publicbankinginstitute.org/contact-us.htm
Type of Organization: non-profit
Scope of Organization: national
Mission Statement: To further the understanding, explore the possibilities, and facilitate the implementation of public banking at all levels — local, regional, state, and national.
Resources: Newsletter, legislative guides, advocacy materials.
320 Washington Street, 4th Floor, Brookline
Massachusetts 02445
Contact Person/Title:
E-mail: info@slowmoney.org
Phone:510.408.7645Type of Organization: non-profit
Scope of Organization: national
Mission Statement: To enhance food security, food safety and food access; improve nutrition and health; promote cultural, ecological and economic diversity; and accelerate the transition from an economy based on extraction and consumption to an economy based on preservation and restoration.
Resources: National gathering to promote and explore alternative ways of investing in food and farm businesses and provide opportunities for investors to connect with entrepreneurs, Founding principles and petition signing , Directory of investment opportunities, Soil Trust for investing in farms across the country.
1 Hallidie Plaza, Suite 210
San Francisco
California 94102
Contact Person/Title: Claudia Viek, CEO
E-mail: cameo@microbiz.org
Phone:415.992.4480Type of Organization: non-profit
Scope of Organization: regional
Mission Statement: CAMEO’s mission is to promote economic opportunity and community well-being through Micro Enterprise development.
Resources: Policy and advocacy on microfinance issues, Support for microfinance organizations, Database of investment opportunities in microfinance (under development).
41 South Main Street
Hardwick
Vermont
E-mail: newvermontcooking@yahoo.com
Phone:802.472.7053Type of Organization: for-profit
Scope of Organization: local
Mission Statement: From farm to table, emphasizing local and sustainable produce, artisan products, and responsible business practices that support our communities.
P.O. Box 268
Wiscasset
Maine 04578
E-mail: cei@ceimaine.org
Phone:207-882-7552Type of Organization: CDFI
Scope of Organization: regional
Mission Statement: Our mission is to help create economically and environmentally healthy communities in which all people, especially those with low incomes, can reach their full potential.
Resources: Social investing opportunities in loan funds, Venture capital fund focused on regional companies.
New York
E-mail:http://www.grameenamerica.com/contact-us.htmlType of Organization: non-profit
Scope of Organization: international
Mission Statement: Grameen America provides affordable micro-loans to financially empower low-income entrepreneurs.
Resources: Loans to individuals living in poverty for entrepreneurship purposes and subsequent support.
501 Seventh Avenue
New York
New York 10018
E-mail: info@lisc.org
Phone:(212) 455-9800Type of Organization: non-profit
Scope of Organization: national
Mission Statement: The Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) is dedicated to helping community residents transform distressed neighborhoods into healthy and sustainable communities of choice and opportunity — good places to work, do business and raise children. LISC mobilizes corporate, government and philanthropic support to provide local community development organizations with: loans, grants and equity investments, local, statewide and national policy support, and technical and management assistance.
Resources: Provides support for local economic development initiatives, Tremendous library of downloadable publications.
1530 Main Street, South Weymouth
Massachusetts 02190
E-mail: cic@sssb.com
Phone:(800) 660-7800Type of Organization: CDFI
Scope of Organization: local
Mission Statement: At South Shore Savings Bank, a true community bank, building relationships is our mission. Instead of simply selling a product or service, we aim to develop a complete financial relationship with our customers.
15 State Street/ P.O. Box 827
Montpelier
Vermont 05602
Contact Person/Title: William Belongia, executive director
Phone:(802) 223-1448Type of Organization: non-profit
Scope of Organization: regional
Mission Statement: The Vermont Community Loan Fund (VCLF) transforms Vermonters’ lives by providing loans, grants and technical assistance for affordable housing, small businesses, child care providers and other community facilities benefiting lower-income Vermonters.
Resources: Investors in the Loan Fund earn a financial return, can receive tax benefits and create opportunity right here in our communities. Anyone can invest with the Loan Fund: individuals and families, businesses and banks, faith-based organizations, other nonprofits, foundations and community organizations…even local, state and the federal governments.
Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund (VSJF)
3 Pitkin Court, Suite 301E, Montpelier
Vermont 05602
Contact Person/Title: Ellen Kahler, executive director
E-mail: info@vsjf.org
Phone: 802-828-1260
Type of Organization: non-profit
Scope of Organization: state-wide
Mission Statement: The Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund was created by the Vermont Legislature in 1995 to accelerate the development of Vermont’s green economy. We do this by providing early stage grant funding and technical assistance to entrepreneurs, businesses, farmers, networks and others interested in developing jobs and markets in the green economy.
Resources: Farm to Plate Initiative and the Farm to Plate Strategic Plan (a 10 year plan for doubling the amount of local food produced and consumed by Vermonters); the VT Agriculture Development Program; the Renewable Energy Atlas of Vermont; and the Vermont Bioenergy Initiative. The VSJF launched the VSJF Flexible Capital Fund, L3C as a new type of near-equity investment vehicle in the state, in 2011.
VSJF Flex Fund
Blog
3 Pitkin Court, Suite 301E, Montpelier
Vermont 05602
Contact Person/Title: Janice St. Onge, President
E-mail: janice@vsjf.org
Phone: (802) 828-0398
Type of Organization: L3C
Scope of Organization: state-wide
Mission Statement: The Fund is the first of its kind in Vermont to be strategically focused on providing near equity or mezzanine financing (subordinated debt, royalty financing and/or warrants) to a unique, and often, neglected group of growth companies in Vermont. These businesses are on the forefront of accelerating the development of healthy food systems, renewable energy, vibrant economies and resilient communities, while also protecting the environment in Vermont.
Resources: Provides near equity or mezzanine financing to sustainable growth companies in Vermont, Offers accredited investors the opportunity to put their money to work locally, facilitates access to CEO advisory services and business leadership networks through the Peer to Peer Collaborative.
2200 Oxford Street
Berkeley
California 94704
Contact Person/Title: Ari Derfel, co-founder
E-mail: info@gatherrestaurant.com
Phone:510.809.0400Type of Organization: for-profit
Scope of Organization: local
Mission Statement: We see food as a gift and a privilege. Every time we sit down at the table we recognize that food travels to us through the efforts of many. Each meal is the result of hundreds of farmers who spend their lives cultivating fruits and vegetables and raising animals, others who pick, pack, ship and sell their bounty, and those who prepare, cook, and serve our meals. These human efforts combine with the elements and cycles of nature to bring us our daily harvest. When we add to this list all of the people who designed and built Gather, the furniture, the dishware and every other aspect, we see more clearly the true privilege of every meal.
915 8th Street Suite 205
Boone
Iowa 50036
Contact Person/Title: Craig Downs, president
E-mail: info@iowamicroloan.org
Phone:515.212.0182Type of Organization: non-profit
Scope of Organization: regional
Mission Statement: IowaMicroLoan is a program created to help Iowans realize their goal of achieving business success when there is a solid idea, team, and commitment to make it work. IowaMicroLoan was created for those microbusinesses that are considered on the fringe of risk-bearing capacity for most traditional financial institutions.
Resources: Loans and assistance to Iowa businesses.
721 NW Ninth Avenue
Suite 225
Portland
Oregon 97209
Contact Person/Title: Leslie Christian, founder
Phone:503.221.9883Type of Organization: for-profit
Scope of Organization: regional
Mission Statement: Upstream 21 is an Oregon corporation, based in Portland, that was formed in 2004 to put financial and other resources to work in successful, privately held small companies and help them improve their financial, social and environmental performance. We acquire small, locally-owned private companies with products or services and business practices that are designed to benefit and sustain their employees, their communities and the environment (Upstream Companies).
1429 Broadway
Oakland
California
Contact Person/Title: Cortt Dunlap, founder
E-mail: info@awakencafe.com
Phone:(510) 863-1440Type of Organization: for-profit
Scope of Organization: local
Mission Statement: Our mission is a simple, but ambitious one: Bring People Together. Launch Movements.
Community Grocers, Mt. Ayr, IA
104 N Fillmore Street
Mount Ayr
Iowa 50854
Contact Person/Title: Jeff Haugland, manager
Phone: 641-464-2101
Type of Organization: for-profit
Scope of Organization: local
Cutting Edge Capital
436 14th Street, Suite 1120
Oakland
California 94612
Contact Person/Title: Jenny Kassan, CEO
E-mail: info@cuttingedgecapital.com
Phone: (510) 834-4530
Type of Organization: for-profit
Scope of Organization: national
Mission Statement: Cutting Edge Capital provides small and mid-sized businesses with the information, tools, and expertise they need to raise capital in a way that fits with their unique business model and long-term goals.
Resources: Economic Development Consulting Services, Financing Assessment, Capital Raising.
301 8th Street, Suite 225
San Francisco
California 94103
E-mail:press@indiegogo.comType of Organization: for-profit
Scope of Organization: national
Mission Statement: IndieGoGo offers anyone with an idea – creative, cause-related, or entrepreneurial – the tools to effectively build a campaign and raise money.
Resources: Online fund-raising platform.
New York
E-mail:press@kickstarter.comType of Organization: for-profit
Scope of Organization: national
Mission Statement: Kickstarter is a funding platform focused on a broad spectrum of creative projects.
Resources: Online fund-raising platform.
3180 18th Street
San Francisco
California 94110
E-mail: http://www.kiva.org/help/contact-us
Phone:(415) 358-7500Type of Organization: non-profit
Scope of Organization: international
Mission Statement: We are a non-profit organization with a mission to connect people through lending to alleviate poverty. Leveraging the internet and a worldwide network of microfinance institutions, Kiva lets individuals lend as little as $25 to help create opportunity around the world.
Resources: Allows online peer-to-peer loans, no interest
Contact Person/Title:Rebecca Ryan, founderType of Organization: membership association
Scope of Organization: national
Resources: Website in development to serve as center of information for Local Investing Opportunity Networks.
Local Investment Opportunities Network (LION)
1220 Water Stree
Port Townsend
Washington 98368
Contact Person/Title: James Frazier, contact person
E-mail: lion.outreach@L2020.org
Type of Organization: community group
Scope of Organization: local
Mission Statement: Our mission is to build prosperous local businesses, keep investing money in our community, and help build a more resilient and sustainable economy in East Jefferson County.
Resources: A history of how the network was founded and functions is available online, legal documents and analytics are available upon request.
Contact Person/Title: Dana Mauriello, co-founder
E-mail:dana@profounder.comType of Organization: for-profit
Scope of Organization: national
Mission Statement: From offering a step-by-step fundraising system, to providing unique individual tools to assist entrepreneurs at all phases of their community funding journey, to holding events, to simply building awareness and community around this vision, we’ve evolved our products and will continue to do so to best meet entrepreneurs’ needs. Through these changes, we remain committed to our original vision, that all people are empowered to pursue their dreams through entrepreneurship.
111 Sutter Street, 22nd Floor, San Francisco
California 94104
E-mail: http://www.prosper.com/help/support.aspx
Phone:1-866-615-6319Type of Organization: for-profit
Scope of Organization: national
Mission Statement: Prosper is the world’s largest peer-to-peer lending marketplace, with more than 1,160,000 members and over $272,000,000 in funded loans.
Resources: Allows online peer-to-peer lending, administers loans
436 14th Street, Suite 1120
Oakland
California 94612
Contact Person/Title: Janelle Orsi, co-founder
E-mail:Janelle.SELC@gmail.comType of Organization: non-profit
Scope of Organization: national
Mission Statement: The Sustainable Economies Law Center (SELC) facilitates the growth of sustainable, localized, and just economies, through legal research, professional training, resource development, and education about practices.
Resources: Research, Legal Documents.
305 Flora Street, Suite E
Belingham
Washington 98225
Contact Person/Title: Martin Sorge, network coordinator
E-mail: info@livingeconomies.org
Phone:360-746-0840Type of Organization: non-profit
Scope of Organization: national network
Mission Statement: BALLE’s mission is to catalyze, strengthen and connect networks of locally owned independent businesses dedicated to building strong Local Living Economies.
Resources: Annual BALLE Business Conference, Extensive Network of Business Alliances, Support for Business Alliances, Local Economic Development Materials (for members), Economic Development Leakage Calculators (for purchase).
P.O. Box 3003
Lancaster
Pennsylvania 17604
Contact Person/Title: Trex Proffitt, founder
E-mail:info@lancasterstockexchange.comType of Organization: non-profit
Scope of Organization: local
Mission Statement: To provide equity funding for local small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) and simultaneously facilitate economic growth through a regional stock exchange.
Resources: Local Stock Exchange for Lancaster Area under development
Mission Markets
333 Hudson Street,
6th Floor
New York
New York 10013-1006
Contact Person/Title: Michael
E-mail: info@missionmarkets.com
Phone: (646) 837-6877
Type of Organization: for-profit
Scope of Organization: national
Mission Statement: To provide the essential infrastructure to scale the social and environmental markets by facilitating transparency, efficiency, and impact measurement.
Resources: Capital raising for member businesses , Transaction platforms for organizations doing innovative investing and trading.
Contact Person/Title: Michael Sauvante, CEO
E-mail:http://www.commonwealthgroup.net/v2/contact-usType of Organization: for-profit
Scope of Organization: national
Mission Statement: The Commonwealth Group is dedicated to the study and promotion of socially responsible business and financial institutions.
Resources: Resources and assistance for businesses doing direct public offerings, along with an excellent primer on going public, “Main Street Matters” (MSM) campaign where they are trying to introduce the idea of the SRO for small business, public policy (contact Sauvante for current advocacy projects).
7315 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1100W
Bethesda
Maryland 20814
Contact Person/Title: Carrie Hutchison, media contact 301-280-6003
E-mail: info@calvertfoundation.org
Phone:800.248.0337Type of Organization: non-profit
Scope of Organization: national
Mission Statement: Calvert Foundation’s mission is to maximize the flow of capital to disadvantaged communities in order to create a more equitable and sustainable society. By creating innovative financial products and services, we have made it possible for everyday people, not just institutions, to participate in financial instruments that directly serve communities. It’s a win-win. You can lift people out of poverty through an investment that also earns a financial return.
Resources: Consulting and customized portfolio services for foundations looking to do program-related investments, the Community Investing Note, which allows individuals to purchase securities that are invested in microenterprises and affordable housing, which allows individuals to purchase securities that are invested in microenterprises and affordable housing.
7315 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1100W
Bethesda
Maryland 20814
Contact Person/Title: Lucas Pappas
E-mail: lucas.pappas@calvertfoundation.org
Phone:301.239.5911Type of Organization: CDFI
Scope of Organization: national
Mission Statement: The mission of Community Investment Partners (CIP) is to build an industry for community investing by offering an array of advisory services to organizations seeking to channel capital to underserved communities.
Resources: Advisory services in asset management and capital.
1655 Old Leonard Avenue
Columbus
Ohio 43219
Contact Person/Title: Steve Fireman, President
E-mail: http://www.ecdi.org/ecdi/ContactForm.action
Phone:(614) 559-0115Type of Organization: CDFI
Scope of Organization: regional
Mission Statement: To invest in people to create measurable and enduring social and economic change.
Resources: “Small Business assistance, microlending, Invest Local Ohio, a fund investing in $10 million in South and Central Ohio area businesses, (under development, but you can read about it here:, Individual Development Accounts (IDA) clients who are not yet loan ready. Extensive Business training pre loan and for clients in portfolio. Specialty training i.e. food related classes, food safety, home health care. One on Technical assistance from professionals such as attorneys accountants, marketing professionals and staff…
Growing Entrepreneurs/Access to markets- ECDI continues to help develop portfolio client’s businesses by providing the contracts, access to market their goods and a commercial kitchen…a Food Cart Commissary”.
No Small Potatoes
Contact Person/Title: Eleanor Kinney or Chris Hallweaver
E-mail: eleanorkinney@mac.com or chrishallweaver@gmail.com
Phone: 380-3155 or 329-5048
Type of Organization: community group
Scope of Organization: local
Mission Statement: To make self-directed low-interest loans to Maine farmers and food enterprises.
1002 O’Reilly Avenue
San Francisco
California 94129
Contact Person/Title: Mark Herrera, Invester Relations
E-mail: mark.herrera@rsfsocialfinance.org
Phone:415.561.6160Type of Organization: non-profit
Scope of Organization: national
Mission Statement: To transform the way the world works with money. Emphasizing: spirit, trust, interdependence, community, innovation and equality.
Resources: Social Investment Fund, Mezzanine Fund, and PRI Funds. Loans in the areas of education & the arts, food & agriculture, and ecological stewardship.
PO Box 193716
San Francisco
California 94119-3716
E-mail: takecontrol@pensco.com
Phone:866.818.4472Type of Organization: for-profit
Scope of Organization: national
Mission Statement: PENSCO is solely dedicated to the business of being a custodian of alternative investments in retirement accounts.
Resources: Serves as custodian for alternative investments in a range of categories for self-directed IRA accounts.
