Cooperative League of the United States of America
Ncba clusa is the apex association for all co-ops in the U.S. with a mission of developing, advancing, and protecting cooperatives. It realizes its vision of helping more people use cooperatives to build a more inclusive economy by engaging in advocacy, public awareness, education, and cooperative development.
Cooperative League of the United States of America at a glance
In short: Cooperative League of the United States of America gave $555K across 6 grants in 2025 (avg $92K), mostly in Puerto Rico. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.
- Annual giving (2025)
- $554,627
- -57.7% vs 2024
- Grants made (2025)
- 6
- -33.3% vs 2024
- Average grant
- $92,438
- -36.5% vs 2024
- Median grant
- $52,907
- Total assets
- $40,223,528
- -14.6% vs 2024
- Primary geography
- Puerto Rico (88% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
- Latest 990 filing
- Form 990, 2025 View filing
Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.
Who Cooperative League of the United States of America funds
How this funder distributes its grants
Top Recipients
Top 5 recipients in 2025
The largest 2025 recipient was Productores De Cafe De Puerto Rico ($209K). Together the top 5 received $329K.
Organizations only. It also paid 1 grant to individuals ($225,814), which are not listed by name.
Grant Size Distribution
25 grants across all recorded years
The most common grant size was under $50K: 17 grants of 25 (68%).
Geographic Focus
Where this funder awards grants
Grant Distribution by State
Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 6 itemized grants.
States
Cities
Giving History
Giving Over Time
Total grant dollars and number of grants per year
From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $395K (2023) to $2.8M (2019). In 2025 it made 6 grants totaling $555K.
Hatched bars: grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
Grants by year
Grant recipients and amounts by year
| Recipient | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 1 grant to individuals Recipients not named | — | $225,814 |
| Productores De Cafe De Puerto Rico Adjuntas, PR | Sub award expense at procafe thorough jan - dec 2025 | $209,389 |
| Just Resultsllc Washington, DC | Contractor Services at Just Results Through Jan-Dec. 2025 | $60,000 |
| Universidad De Puerto Rico Estacin Experimental Agricola San Juan, PR | Sub award expense at estacion agricola thorough jan - dec 2025 | $45,813 |
| Sustaincert USA Inc Dover, DE | Sub Award Expense at Sustaincert Thorough Jan-Dec 2025 | $7,393 |
| La Liga De Cooperativas De Puerto Rico San Juan, PR | Sub award expense at la liga de cooperativas de pr thorough jan - dec 2025 | $6,218 |
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Financial History
Multi-year comparison from IRS filings
| Filing year | Total Assets | Revenue | Expenses | Grants paid | Grants | Net Investment Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $40,223,528 | $20,036,129 | $21,295,317 | $554,627 | 6 | $26,098 |
| 2024 | $47,080,415 | $31,567,658 | $32,637,154 | $1,310,673 | 9 | $57,570 |
| 2023 | $38,436,236 | $25,171,337 | $25,551,263 | $395,264 | 10 | $42,140 |
| 2022 | $40,978,734 | $27,723,018 | $27,593,754 | $704,140 | Total only | $138,605 |
| 2021 | $35,943,233 | $28,881,759 | $28,938,413 | $735,564 | Total only | $32,501 |
| 2020 | $36,345,270 | $36,155,141 | $35,906,899 | $2,593,631 | Total only | $82,981 |
| 2019 | $29,719,499 | $42,142,079 | $41,895,936 | $2,777,621 | Total only | $41,662 |
"Total only": grants paid as reported on the IRS filing, which lists no individual grants for that year.
About Cooperative League of the United States of America
Based on IRS filings
Cooperative League of the United States of America is a public charity, based in Washington, DC. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $40.2M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 6 grants totaling $555K. Net investment income was $26K.
Leadership & Key People
Officers and directors from IRS filings
Cooperative League of the United States of America is led by Douglas O'Brien, President & CEO on every filing since 2019; 9 of 34 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.
Officers on the 2025 filing
Douglas O'Brien
President & CEO
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$372K (2019) → $363K (2025)
Samuel Filiaci
Regional Director & Southeast Asia
Regional Director of South East Asia → Regional Director of Southeast Asia, 2022
Regional Director of Southeast Asia → Regional Director & Southeast Asia, 2025
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$251K (2019) → $286K (2025)
Cristine Nardi
Senior Director, Us Coops & Ec. Development
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$144K (2025)
Manuel Serrano
Senior Vice President & International Programs
Senior Vice President - Int'l Programs → Senior Vice President, 2020
Senior Vice President → Senior Vice President & International Programs, 2025
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$252K (2019) → $263K (2025)
Valeria R. Roach
Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Chief Financial Officer → Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, 2020
On filings since 2019
40 hrs/week
$305K (2019) → $373K (2025)
Bageshwari Sherchand
Chief of Party
Practice Area Director → Chief of Party, 2023
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$168K (2022) → $176K (2025)
Jhon Manning
Vice President, Grants, Contracts & Compliance
Vice President Grants, Contracts & Compliance → Vice President, Grants, Contracts & Compliance, 2023
On filings since 2022
40 hrs/week
$164K (2022) → $159K (2025)
Alain Xavier Ky-Zerbo
Deputy Chief of Party
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$176K (2025)
Carl Hammerdorfer
Senior Vice President, Programs & Innovation
New on the 2025 filing
40 hrs/week
$191K (2025)
Carla Decker
Board Member
Chair → Chair -, 2023
Chair - → Board Member, 2024
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Christopher Roe
Board Member
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Cornelius Blanding
Board Member
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Devin Fuhrman
Board Member
Treasurer - → Treasurer, 2022
Treasurer → Board Member, 2025
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Erbin Crowell
Board Member
Chair → Chair -, 2021
Chair - → Board Member, 2022
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Karen Zimbelman
Board Member
2nd Vice Chair → Board Member, 2025
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Michelle Schry
Board Member
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Paul Bradley
Board Member
Board Member - → Board Member, 2020
On filings since 2019
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Brian Cavey
Treasurer
Board Member → Treasurer, 2025
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Juan Fernandez
Board Member
On filings since 2020
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Brad Captain
Board Member
On filings since 2021
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Debbie Wege
Board Member
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Emma McCormick
Board Member
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Fred Gibbs
Board Member
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jeffrey Connor
Board Member
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Sylandi Brown
Board Member
On filings since 2022
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ann Divjak
Board Member
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ann Feforchak
Board Member
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Matthew Wehland
Board Member
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Tracy McIntyre
Board Member
On filings since 2024
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Alexandra Stone
Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Christina Jennings 2nd Vice Chair
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Jill Tomalin Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Ladonna Sanders Redmond - Sec
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Rosemary Mahoney Board Member
New on the 2025 filing
2 hrs/week
No compensation reported
Former officers (52)
- Former: Esteban Kelly Chair (2025) — Then Board Member · Filing note: Until
- Former: Esteban Kelly (2019–2024) — Chair
- Former: Tamela Blalock (2020–2024) — Vice President & Cooperative Relations
- Former: Jacqueline Bass (2021–2024) — Vice President & Business Development
- Former: David Swanson (2022–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Jacob Hamlin (2022–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Jill Tomalin Secretary - (2023–2024) — Chair
- Former: Mary Griffin (2023–2024) — Executive Director - Cdf
- Former: Rosemary Mahoney (2023–2024) — Board Member
- Former: Brian Cavey - Board (2024) — Member
- Former: Christina Jennings - Secretary (2024)
- Former: Jeffrey Connor - Board (2024) — Member
- Former: Karen Zimbelman - 2nd Vice (2024) — Chair
- Former: Ladonna Sanders Redmond - Board (2024) — Member
- Former: Patrick Connealy (2019–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Matt Buzby (2020–2023) — Vice President & International Operations
- Former: James Zappa (2021–2023) — Board Member -
- Former: Ladonna Sanders Redmond (2021–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Christina Jennings (2022–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Jackie Klippenstein (2022–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Raymond Guthrie (2022–2023) — Board Member
- Former: Christina Jennings Board (2023) — Member -
- Former: Deborah Trocha (2019–2022) — Board Member -
- Former: Diane Gasaway (2019–2022) — Board Member -
- Former: Ellis Carr (2019–2022) — Board Member -
- Former: Howard Brodsky (2019–2022) — Board Member -
- Former: Jerry McGeorge (2019–2022) — Board Member -
- Former: Jill Tomalin (2019–2022) — Secretary
- Former: Karl Rosenberg (2019–2022) — Chief of Party -
- Former: Kim Garmany (2019–2022) — Board Member -
- Former: Aissata Wane Director Of (2022) — Finance & Administrator -
- Former: Aissata Wane (2019–2021) — Director, Finance & Administration
- Former: Dave Swanson (2019–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Glennys Reynoso-Pieters (2019–2021) — Country Director
- Former: Gregory Starheim (2019–2021) — Treasurer -
- Former: Ina Schonberg (2019–2021) — Technical Integration Lead
- Former: Jeanne Matson (2019–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Jeffery Connor (2019–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Emma Lindberg (2020–2021) — Board Member
- Former: Larry Thomas Chief Hr (2021) — Administrator Officer -
- Former: Douglas Steinberg (2019–2020) — Practice Area Director
- Former: John Engelen (2019–2020) — Board Member
- Former: Joseph Bergeron (2019–2020) — Board Member -
- Former: Larry Thomas (2019–2020) — Chief Hr & Administrator Officer
- Former: William Stringfellow (2019–2020) — Chief of Party
- Former: Andrew Jacob (2019) — Chair
- Former: Ann Hoyt (2019) — Board Member -
- Former: Emilia Istrate Vice President (2019) — Cooper. Relations -
- Former: Hans Theyer (2019) — Board Member -
- Former: Jasper Schneider (2019) — Board Member -
- Former: Lance Rantala (2019) — Board Member
- Former: Matthew Buzby (2019) — Vice President & Int'l Operations
Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.
Compensation Overview
From 2025 IRS filing
The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $373K, to Valeria Roach (EVP & Chief Financial Officer). 9 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.
Frequently asked questions about Cooperative League of the United States of America
How much does Cooperative League of the United States of America give each year?
Cooperative League of the United States of America gave $555K across 6 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $1.3M across 9 grants.
What is Cooperative League of the United States of America's typical grant size?
Cooperative League of the United States of America's median grant in 2025 was $52,907, and its average grant was $92,438, across 6 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.
Where does Cooperative League of the United States of America give grants?
Cooperative League of the United States of America gives mostly in Puerto Rico: 88% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The next largest state was District of Columbia (11%). The most frequent recipient cities were San Juan, PR (2 grants).
Does Cooperative League of the United States of America give general operating support?
Not in 2025: none of the 6 grants with a stated purpose on Cooperative League of the United States of America's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support.
Who are Cooperative League of the United States of America's largest grantees?
Cooperative League of the United States of America's largest 2025 grantees include Productores De Cafe De Puerto Rico ($209,389), Just Resultsllc ($60,000) and Universidad De Puerto Rico Estacin Experimental Agricola ($45,813), according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. It also paid 1 grant to individuals ($225,814), which are not listed by name. Together they received 57% of its itemized 2025 grant dollars.
How large is Cooperative League of the United States of America?
Cooperative League of the United States of America reported $40.2M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $20.0M.
What is Cooperative League of the United States of America's EIN?
Cooperative League of the United States of America's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 36-2007481. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.
Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.
Data update history
(8)
When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS May 9, 2024)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS May 9, 2025)
- Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS May 7, 2026)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS June 11, 2020)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS May 11, 2021)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS May 4, 2022)
- Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS May 8, 2023)
- IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2019–2024
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