Scholarships

Many CCMA attendees are challenged by limited resources in their pursuit of gaining the tools they need to better to serve their communities through their food cooperative.

CCMA SCHOLARSHIP FUND

The Cooperative Development Foundation’s Education Fund is offering registration scholarships to attend CCMA 2025. The CCMA Scholarship will cover registration to the CCMA 2025 conference in Duluth, Minneapolis, from May 29 – 31, 2025. This is a needs based scholarship for cooperators from emerging food cooperatives or those that are enduring financial hardship. There is a limit of four scholarships per cooperative or organization.

The Cooperative Development Foundation (CDF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit foundation headquartered in Washington, DC. CDF promotes and develops cooperatives to improve economic opportunities for all. The Cooperative Education Fund supports cooperative research, sponsors cooperative education events and scholarships and develops cooperative education materials and programs.

Additionally, applicants to the CCMA Scholarship Fund can apply for travel support from the Bill Gessner Memorial Scholarship Fund. A total of $2,000 are available annually to assist with travel to the CCMA Conference.

Apply for Scholarship

Deadline for scholarship applications is March 14, 2025.

Applicants will be notified of their application status by March 21, 2025.

If you apply for a CCMA scholarship, please do not register for the conference until after the March 21, 2025 notification date. If you pre-register and are awarded a scholarship, registration fees will be refunded less a 25% administration fee to cover credit card and transaction fees.


RALPH K. MORRIS FOUNDATION

Scholarships may be available through the Ralph K. Morris Foundation Cooperative Leadership Fund. Please visit their website at www.ralphkmorrisfoundation.org.