Free ABC Educational Resources
freely available videos from past special presentations:
- Financial Accounting for Cooperatives: A Question & Answer Skill Building Session with A Bookkeeping Cooperative and Wegner CPAs at the U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives Worker Coop Conference 2021 Conference recordings link
- Sharing the Wealth: How to Setup Profit-Sharing for Your Co-op; at the Washington Area Community Investment Fund’s webinar series 2020 Free recording link
- Financial Accounting for Cooperatives: A Question & Answer Skill Building Session at the U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperative’s annual conference 2020 Conference recordings link
- Forming Cooperatives; at the Solidarity Research Center’s webinar series 2018 Free recording link
Financial Vocabulary
- Glossary of Financial Terms from the financial education toolkit joint project of A Bookkeeping Cooperative, Toolbox for Education & Social Action (TESA), Anti-Oppression Resource & Training Alliance (AORTA), & Fortify Community Health
Cooperative & Solidarity Economy
- Solidarity Economy Principles
- US Federation of Worker Cooperatives Resource Library
- Co-op Law A Sustainable Economies Law Center resource library
- Grassroots Economic Organizing a collective working to promote a solidarity economy through grassroots journalism, organizing support, cross-sector networking and movement-building, and publishing resources
- NYC Network of Worker Cooperatives
- Federation of Southern Cooperatives association of Black farmers, landowners, and cooperatives
- Take Root Justice Capacity Building legal support and technical assistance organization working towards equitable control of resources through cooperative and other non-exploitative institutions with a focus on Indigenous, Black, and Brown communities.
- University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives
- Cooperative Development Institute resource center
- Democracy at Work Institute Resource Library and Online Courses
- Toolbox for Education and Social Action Study Guide to the Cooperative Movement
- Cooperative Economics Alliance of NYC strengthens and expands community-led, democratically-controlled initiatives — from worker, financial and consumer co-ops to community land trusts and gardens, mutual housing, and low-income housing co-ops.
- New Economy Coalition
Union Cooperatives
- 1 Worker 1 Vote
- Los Angeles Union Coop Initiative
- Cincinnati Union Coop Initiative (CUCI)
- The US Federation of Worker Coops Union Coop Council building bridges between worker cooperatives and organized labor, promoting sovereignty of labor and subordination of capital, by harnessing the power of collective action to democratize enterprise.
- Community Wealth article about union coops
- Yes Magazine article about United Steel Workers and Mondragon
- Sustainable Jobs, Sustainable Communities: The Union Coop Model
Trainers/Facilitators
Non-Profit Resources
- Non-Profit Coordinating Committee of NY resource guides for starting non-profits
- How to Guide online record keeping tips for non-profits using Google drive
- Tech Soup software for non-profits
Software Recommendations
- Gusto payroll and benefits
Finance
- CPA Academy – Free recorded webinars on taxes, accounting, and more
- Wegner CPAs – great for taxes for cooperatives and conventional businesses
- ICA Group – helps start and grow worker coops
- The Working World – offers lending that helps grow worker coops
- National Society of Accountants for Cooperatives – organization of accountants focused primarily on larger co-ops, but some gems for smaller co-ops as well.
- Cooperative Development Institute – CDI is a Northeastern incubator and can help you find a cooperative accountant
- Community Wealth Offers information on community wealth building activities
- Public Bank NYC Coalition organizing for a municipal bank as part of a broader vision for racial & economic justice