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Note: For scholarships that may support participation in the annual ACE Institute, please check under the Institute tab.




Scholarships and Grants

Association of Cooperative Educators
ACE offers limited number of travel stipends and scholarships to attend the annual ACE Institute.

Blooming Prairie Foundation
Blooming Prairie Foundation makes grants to non-profit, charitable organizations that conduct any of the following activities: developmental, research, and educational efforts in the organic industry and the cooperative community; The development of organic and natural products; cooperative development in the natural products industry.

CHS Foundation
The CHS Foundation is committed to investing in the future of rural America, agriculture and cooperative business through education and leadership development.

Cooperative Communicators Association Sullivan Fund
The Cooperative Communicators Association has professional development grants available to CCA member and non-members.

Cooperative Development Foundation
CDF brings together the funds and partners to incubate and replicate innovative programs through new and existing cooperative enterprise.

George and Gladys Dunlap Cooperative Leadership Award Program,
Nationwide Insurance Foundation This is a competitive grant program to support cooperative business principles and cooperative enterprise.

Ralph K. Morris Foundation
The Ralph K. Morris Foundation was established to perpetuate the memory of Ralph Morris and the contributions to rural America and the cooperatives movement that he made during his legal career. The foundation funds educational opportunities for people, who through either experiences or future plans, exhibit a desire to contribute to the betterment of agriculture, rural America and the cooperative enterprise.

SONYA Scholarship Fund
The SONYA scholarship fund is available to cooperative leaders holding elected officer positions and who are currently enrolled full-time at an institute of higher learning. The fund aims to provide scholarships to encourage further cooperative education. This award may be used to cover registration costs and travel to cooperative education programs. To apply, submit an application. Deadlines rolling.

The Cooperative Foundation
The Cooperative Foundation supports cooperative education programs, research and development of resources.

Other
Food Coops 500
The Food Co-op 500 Program is a support system that seeks to enable a faster and more efficient start-up process to develop new retail grocery co-ops.