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Cincinnati Union Co-op Initiative (CUCI) is a non-profit that partners with individuals and organizations to create worker-owned businesses that sustain families. CUCI emerged from the historic partnership between Mondragon, the world’s most successful network of worker-cooperatives, and the United Steelworkers in October of 2009. Here in Cincinnati, like so many other parts of this country, the need to create jobs is paramount. Families and neighborhoods across our region are struggling with high rates of long-term unemployment. For these individuals, solutions offered by public and private sectors are scarce and inadequate. These workers and the families and communities they support need and deserve not just a job, but a career path that provides a family sustaining wage, benefits, essential training, and effectively diminishes barriers to long-term employment. Learn about the recent initiatives that CUCI has been working on in the community! website: https://www.cincinnatiunioncoop.org/

Loans

Sustainergy

Equipment purchase loan

Loan to purchase injection foam equipment, opening inventory, Vacuum Set, and Mold Remediation Equipment which will increase revenue by 138K and net income of 51K allowing Sustainergy to raise wages, provide healthcare, and access two new markets that customers are requesting.

Cincinnati, United States
March 9, 2018
US $32,500.00

Our Harvest

Worker-owner buy-in #2

Financing worker's membership share to help cooperative's cash flow

Cincinnati, United States
October 26, 2018
US $2,136.00

comp.coop

Line of Credit

A revolving line of credit drawn against invoiced client contracts, bridging the 60-120 day gap between project delivery and payment while comp.coop brings its six-person team to full W2 salaries.

Cincinnati, United States
June 24, 2026
US $60,000.00

Renting Partnerships

Renovation Overage on Land Trust Purchase of Duplex in College Hill

Acquire a duplex for affordable resident managed housing

Cincinnati, United States
December 4, 2023
US $25,000.00

Shine Nurture Center Cooperative

Building expansion loan

Business Expansion Plan: Doubling Capacity and Profitability

Cincinnati, United States
May 26, 2026
US $863,723.92
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