This week Ann Fedorchak, Managing Director, and Mary Alex Blanton, Senior Vice President, Director of Strategic Marketing at the National Coopertive Bank; and Alison Powers, Director of Economic Opportunities at Capital Impact Partners, will discuss the 2022 Cooperative Innovation Award. The award was created to expand the power of cooperative development in communities of color and/or historically disinvested communities, and empowering organizations to increase economic opportunity for the communities that they serve. Capital Impact, in partnership with the National Cooperative Bank, launched the 2022 Co-op Innovation Award to empower organizations to increase economic opportunity for the communities that they serve, and advance cooperative development in communities of color and/or historically disinvested communities. Priority will be given to food, worker, and housing co-ops, but all sectors are invited to apply. Organizations can submit letters of intent by May 3rd, to apply for a grant award of up to $50,000.

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