We create non‑extractive financial infrastructure that shifts economic power to workers and communities.
Joined March 2019
- Tweets 334
- Following 426
- Followers 1,031
- Likes 803
63 Photos and videos
Pinned Tweet
15 Jan 2025
Early in our history, we realized that non-extractive finance can't work when lending decisions get made in a central office far from the communities impacted.
That's why we don't just finance co-ops, but are ourselves a cooperative, governed by our local member organizations.
2
3
382
Mar 24
In just the past five years, Seed Commons has deployed $100 million in non-extractive capital to power the cooperative economy.
Our secret? We raise capital at national scale, while investing in the capacity of the member organizations of our financial cooperative.
1
2
33
Mar 24
Our members, with their deep local connections to their communities, have then been able to build the pipelines of projects advancing democratic ownership through which we have scaled our collective impact.
Learn more in our 2025 Impact Report:
seedcommons.org/projects/202…
1
18
18 Sep 2025
We're thrilled to have been able to make a non-extractive investment in the launch of Yeleen Beauty Makerspace in Washington, DC: "a shared production hub designed for women and founders of color to create, manufacture, and grow their beauty brands."
ALT A group of Black women in lab coats inspect a bottle rolling off a production line
ALT Two black women and a black man show off a table full of cosmetic products, standing behind a counter of lab tools
ALT A giant ribbon is cut in the facility
1
1
67
18 Sep 2025
Yeleen's members can now access the equipment, technical expertise, and shared resources they need to scale their businesses, creating more opportunities and a stronger network for community-based manufacturing.
Learn more: washingtoninformer.com/yelee…
29
4 Sep 2025
What kind of software do you need to manage, at scale, a portfolio of over $115 million in deployed investments, made across a cooperative of 39 local member organizations?
1
46
4 Sep 2025
We exist to distribute economic power to workers & communities—our software system needs to mirror that democratic financial logic in code. There’s no off the shelf software we could use, because there has never been anything that works the way Seed Commons does.
So we built it.
1
35
4 Sep 2025
Learn more about the open-source Madeline system that powers our national financial cooperative: seedcommons.org/posts/digita…
32
2 Sep 2025
Looking for a career opportunity building non-extractive financial infrastructure that shifts power to workers and communities? We have an immediate opening for a Bookkeeper/Staff Accountant — this is a fully remote position.
Learn more and apply: seedcommons.org/posts/bookke…
1
4
1,304
SeedCommons retweeted
30 Aug 2025
Madeline (and Seed Commons) are one of those bright lights that are easy to miss in these brutal and terrifying times.
63/
1
4
6
606
SeedCommons retweeted
21 Aug 2025
USFWC Members - voting is open for your Board of Directors! @SeedCommons
Gather your coworkers and head to usworker.coop/elections to read all the candidate statements and cast your vote! #ThisIsWhatDemocracyLooksLike
ALT A headshot photo of MariaElena Del Valle who has light skin and light brown hair, wears a dark blouse and smiles at the camera. Text reads board of directors elections open until september 8th usworker.coop/elections
1
1
154
💸 Need funding to transition to employee ownership? #RMEOC partners with @SeedCommons to offer non-extractive financing that puts communities first—not profits.
f.mtr.cool/rzbjeuizdg
#SeedCommons #EmployeeOwnership #CoopFinancing #NonExtractiveCapital #ColoradoBusiness
1
1
58
9 Jul 2025
“To be trans and outside is something beautiful we can share.” —Kaija Xiao, founding worker-owner at Gentle Time Farming
ALT A magazine cover for "edible Hudson Valley" with two people and dog posing inside a hoophouse
1
1
66
9 Jul 2025
Through a series of successful non-extractive loans—for startup, facilities expansion, and seasonal working capital—Seed Commons member Cooperation Hudson Valley has helped Gentle Time grow and thrive.
1
43
26 Jun 2025
"The transition to a worker-owned model means 20 employees are keeping their jobs and giving input on workplace decisions." Congrats to Northgate Greenhouses on becoming worker-owned after 6 decades in business, and to Seed Commons member @coopcincy for making this happen!
1
1
2
112
26 Jun 2025
Read more on Northgate Greenhouses conversion to a worker cooperative here: wvxu.org/environment/2025-06…
1
41
5 Jun 2025
Back in 2020, Thrive Santa Ana's organizing helped secure the first piece of property for their new community land trust, the first ever in this Orange County city facing major threats of displacement from rising rents and gentrification. 🧵
1
1
65
5 Jun 2025
Through our member organization @lacooplab, Seed Commons made an initial non-extractive loan in 2022 to help Thrive get the ball rolling on construction. With momentum on the site underway, more funding from the state was unlocked.
1
37
5 Jun 2025
And this spring, La Colmena opened its doors to the community, along w/the initial co-op businesses it is home to: La Milpa Café, Duugich Art, and the SALSA community agriculture project.
Read more at @VoiceofOC voiceofoc.org/2025/04/santa-… and @nextcityorg nextcity.org/urbanist-news/s…
28