Background of cooperatives and CEF's
| Name of FSECs | Pseudonym cooperative name | Year started | Cooperative status | Size of cooperative | Artisans paid | Representative quote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brittany and Julie | Cooperative Good (CG) | 2018 | Business for Profit/Partial partnership with nonprofit | 8 Artisans | Paid monthly salary (“little more than a part time salary” (Julie)) divided by amount of product bought by Cooperative Good over each production season | Motivation for this business model “would allow for sustainability while also providing the opportunity for the artisans to grow their own business” (Brittany) |
| Josie | Cooperative Kind (CK) | 2011 | Hybrid Model LLC (in charge of selling products and providing wages to employees) Nonprofit (Over holistic programs, current projects, or operation costs) | 140 total employees (22 men and 118 women in three locations) | “I don't do piecework. They are employees of Cooperative Kind, and their wages are about two and a half times minimum wage, and they have bonus opportunities, but they get a monthly salary.” | “Our vision at Cooperative Kind is to break the generational cycle of poverty through the transformation of a woman and we know that this transformation comes from holistic empowerment, not just through job creation.” (Josie) |
| Lacey and Cierra | Social Enterprise Empower (SEE) | 2016 | Hybrid Model Social Enterprise (products sold and profits help employ more entrepreneurs) Nonprofit (Entrepreneurship program provides wage, capital and skills to start a business after completion of program) | Varies by each group of women that start program every year | Paid percentage of what earning from making goods then rest of paycheck is put into bank earning interest for future business | “Employment comes in as purely a means to enhance their lives” (Cierra) |
| Name of FSECs | Pseudonym cooperative name | Year started | Cooperative status | Size of cooperative | Artisans paid | Representative quote |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brittany and Julie | Cooperative Good (CG) | 2018 | Business for Profit/Partial partnership with nonprofit | 8 Artisans | Paid monthly salary (“little more than a part time salary” (Julie)) divided by amount of product bought by Cooperative Good over each production season | Motivation for this business model “would allow for sustainability while also providing the opportunity for the artisans to grow their own business” (Brittany) |
| Josie | Cooperative Kind (CK) | 2011 | Hybrid Model | 140 total employees (22 men and 118 women in three locations) | “I don't do piecework. They are employees of Cooperative Kind, and their wages are about two and a half times minimum wage, and they have bonus opportunities, but they get a monthly salary.” | “Our vision at Cooperative Kind is to break the generational cycle of poverty through the transformation of a woman and we know that this transformation comes from holistic empowerment, not just through job creation.” (Josie) |
| Lacey and Cierra | Social Enterprise Empower (SEE) | 2016 | Hybrid Model | Varies by each group of women that start program every year | Paid percentage of what earning from making goods then rest of paycheck is put into bank earning interest for future business | “Employment comes in as purely a means to enhance their lives” (Cierra) |
Source(s): Authors’ own work