California · Nonprofit
United States Federation for Worker Cooperation
United States Federation for Worker Cooperation (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $655,056 to it, the largest being Center for Cultural Innovation ($452,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.0M
- Funders on record
- 4
- Grants received
- $655k
- Net assets
- $825k
What United States Federation for Worker Cooperation does
Mission
To build a thriving ecosystem for worker-owned and controlled businesses - and their cooperative leaders - to power movements for racial justice and economic democracy.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Program
See Schedule OIn 2024 USFWC grew our total membership by more than 8 percent and net member contributions by 7 percent. We provided access to dental and vision benefits for over 660 people across 68 member organizations through our Worker Benefits Program. Through a partnership with Just Futures we also provided access to retirement benefits for 5 member organizations. USFWC continued our training and technical assistance services and resources through our Co-op Clinic and Consulting programs as well as industry specific peer networks.The Co-op Clinic provided 298 members with Technical Assistance or Training services to strengthen worker cooperatives and democratic workplaces. Over 528 people attended our workshops and webinars or received training resources. The Consulting team designed and facilitated low-touch and multi-month projects for 9 organizations with over 122 employees to help them improve their organizational strategy, practices and culture. USFWC hosted our largest-ever Worker Coop Conference in Chicago. It was attended by more than 600 worker-owners and movement builders, and included over 40 sessions and 50 meetups over the course of three days. Our policy team…
The program described on its FY2024 Form 990.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2020 to 2021, from $423k to $921k (+118%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2020 14%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
69% of United States Federation for Worker Cooperation’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (16% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Esteban Kelly
Executive Director
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2020 → 2023: the base broadened from 1 funder to 2 funders, grant income fell $152k → $106k.
From the IRS filings of United States Federation for Worker Cooperation’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
United States Federation for Worker Cooperation leans on a few funders — its largest provides 69% of grant income and the top three 99%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund United States Federation for Worker Cooperation.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2020 100% · 2021 100% · 2023 95% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
98% of United States Federation for Worker Cooperation's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
United States Federation for Worker Cooperation has grown faster than three-quarters of the 1,551 employment nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,551 employment nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like United States Federation for Worker Cooperation
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 2 related entities
- Democracy at Work Institute · exempt
- USFWC Member Benefits Trust · corp_trust
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for United States Federation for Worker Cooperation: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds United States Federation for Worker Cooperation?
- United States Federation for Worker Cooperation (California) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $655,056 to it, the largest being Center for Cultural Innovation ($452,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does United States Federation for Worker Cooperation have?
- IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $655,056 in grants to United States Federation for Worker Cooperation, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of United States Federation for Worker Cooperation?
- Center for Cultural Innovation is the largest funder on record, with $452,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like United States Federation for Worker Cooperation find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing