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Building a regional 
solidarity economy 
in DC, Maryland, and Virginia

Beloved Community Incubator helps workers and communities build economic power through cooperative business ownership, access to capital, and network-based support.

How we do it

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Coop Incubation

We provide incubation from idea to launch for worker-owned cooperatives, collectives, and solidarity economy projects, including technical, administrative, and legal support.

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Lending

We’re building a real alternative to traditional lending through the DC Solidarity Economy Loan Fund (DC SELF), which offers solidarity loans to local worker-owned businesses and community projects.

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Network Membership

We support cooperatives and solidarity economy organizations in DC, Maryland, and Virginia with business development, administrative, and legal assistance through the BCI Network.

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Guaranteed Income Project

We're partnering with Muslims for Just Futures to run the country's first combination guaranteed income project and coop incubation project for local workers.

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We host workshops, trainings, social hours, and more. We would love to see you there!
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From Our Blog

The Solidarity Economy Apprenticeship Program
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“The kind of concrete knowledge I have now is empowering because it’s helping my co-op understand...
Supporting Cooperative Conversions in the DC Region
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In addition to more traditional cooperative incubation programs, where worker owners begin...
Growing a Cooperative Landscaping Business Rooted in Justice and Ecology
A worker owner sits in a new red truck with a large logo for Swamp Rose Co-op on the side. Another sign on the truck reads "Ecological Landscaping."
Swamp Rose is a worker-owned landscaping cooperative based in the Washington, DC area, founded...
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Invest in creating a sustainable, dignified future for all workers
Your donation funds leadership development, ecosystem and resource organizing, legal, bookkeeping and administrative support for new cooperatives that create living wage work, as well as solidarity loans, organizing campaigns, and mutual aid projects led by poor and working class people, people of color, and queer people.

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Contact Us

Are you part of a cooperative or collective in DC, Maryland, or Virginia? Interested in becoming a member of the BCI Network? Reach out to us to get more information.
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